Last time, we looked at how metal has fractured into a million different genres, sub-genres, and sub-sub-genres.

For example, have you heard of “blackened crust?” This is a combination of an intense form of punk that’s been mated to black metal. Not for the timid. Drone doom is slow, low, and scary, occasionally punctuated by blood-curdling screams. I love this label: Heavy negative wizard metal. This brings together old-school British metal from the early 80s, power metal, black metal, and fantasy sci-fi.

There’s jazz metal, which is just like it sounds. Imagine lots of improvisation featuring heavy guitars, saxophones, and trumpets. Kawaii metal is a Japanese invention that brings together J-pop with aggressive guitar riffs. And if you’re looking to go back in time, there’s medieval metal, which not only features big guitars but also ancient instruments like a hurdy-gurdy, frame drums, and dudelsacks.

Ain’t music evolution wild?

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From the moment rock’n’roll was born in the 1950s, it has evolved, mutated, segmented, and stratified as people all over the planet put their own spin on it. Now there are eleventy billion different genres of rock. Let’s look at metal, for example. It was born in the late 1960s and has undergone tremendous changes. Here are some of the sounds we have today. Atmospheric black metal: Heavy stuff with added layers of ambient sounds to create a thick, immersive effect. Cybergrind: Insane drum machines garnished with glitchy noise. Electronicore: Metalcore (a subgenre itself) with plenty deep based mixed with poppy melodies. Funeral doom: Slow, dark, and suitable for the most sombre of burials. Goregrind and gorenoise: Disturbing stuff for people who think death metal sounds too much like pop music. More next time.

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Through two-plus games of hockey this season, Winnipeg Jets forwards had combined to score zero five-on-five goals.

That changed in a big way Monday night in Pittsburgh as the Jets got three such goals in the third period of a 3-2 win over the Penguins, improving to 2-0-1 on the young season.

The Jets managed to come on top after a back-and-forth final frame that saw the two teams score four times in just over a four-minute span.

New Jets goalie Clay Stevenson stopped 30 of 32 shots to win in his Jets debut.

“Obviously he made some big, big stops,” said Jets head coach Scott Arniel. “And right up to the end of the game there he was real solid, looked confident, looked comfortable and it was great to see.

“He came as advertised. Really liked how he was poised and played well.”

It was just the sixth career NHL start for Stevenson.

“Honestly, I don’t even have the words,” said Stevenson. “It means a lot, that’s for sure. I really wanted to just be there for the guys in this moment.

“I felt confident. The guys in the room gave me a lot of confidence throughout early on in the game and even in morning skate today.”

Alex Iafallo, Adam Lowry and Cole Perfetti had the markers for the Jets as they picked up at least a point for the third straight game to stay unbeaten in regulation.

After getting shutout in the first two periods, Arniel flip flopped his forward lines in the third period and it paid off almost immediately.

“We really weren’t getting pucks down below the goal line,” said Arniel. “And just blended it up to kinda give everybody kinda a different feel and sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t. But at the end of the day, we did a better job in the third of just staying dialed in and staying with our structure. But more than anything we got pucks down deep and then forced them to play in their end of the rink.”

Perfetti now has five points in the first three games while Mark Scheifele is still pointless.

The Penguins got the first power play of the night when Viggo Bjorck was called for the first penalty of his young career. The Jets killed it off, allowing the rookie to have a good look to score right out of the box but his shot was denied by Sergei Murashov.

Gabriel Vilardi had multiple chances to get on the board in the opening frame. His first came at the back door after a great pass from Isak Rosen, but Murashov made the save. Vilardi also struck iron from the slot after a turnover by the Penguins in their own end.

When all was said and done, the score remained 0-0 after 20 minutes with Winnipeg outshooting Pittsburgh 12-11, including 8-1 over the final 7:30.

Less than a minute into the second, it was Kyle Connor’s turn to rip one off the post, seconds before setting up Scheifele for a net-front chance that was swiped away by the glove of Murashov, who was making just his fifth NHL start.

Several minutes later, the two combined again for another chance as they got free on a partial two-on-one. Scheifele set up Connor for a one-timer but Murashov denied it with the blocker.

With 10:33 to go in the second, Pittsburgh thought for a moment that they had opened the scoring when Ben Kindel redirected a high, fluttering puck through the legs of Stevenson.

Officials immediately waved it off, deeming that the puck was steered in by a high stick. But after they reviewed the play for a few minutes, they determined that Kindel’s stick was not above the crossbar when it touched the puck, so Pittsburgh was given the goal.

Winnipeg got their first power play look with 6:55 to go in the period when Blake Lizotte was called for boarding Dylan DeMelo. But after going 4-for-7 in their first two games, they came up empty on the chance, failing to get a shot on goal.

In the final minute of the period, the Jets hit the iron again, with Neal Pionk ripping a shot from the point that clanged off the crossbar and out of play.

Pittsburgh outshot the Jets 11-8 in the period and carried the 1-0 lead into the third.

But it didn’t take too long for Winnipeg to draw level. Iafallo carried the puck over the Pittsburgh blue line and dished it to Rosen on his right. Rosen then fired a shot that was stopped by Murashov but Erik Karlsson pushed the rebound right to the stick of Iafallo at the side of the net for a tap-in with 15:17 to go in the third.

The goal came after Arniel shuffled the bottom three lines to start the third, with Morgan Barron moving up to the second line, Rosen and Iafallo joining Adam Lowry on the third line and Brad Lambert sliding down to the fourth line.

The third line struck again with 12:52 to go in the third. After DeMelo forced a turnover at the point, Lowry won a battle to free the puck to Iafallo, who drove hard to the net and drew a delayed penalty. Murashov lost track of where the rebound was, allowing Lowry to race to it and poke it home for his first of the season.

Less than two minutes later, the Pens tied things up. A failed clear by Bjorck led to Ville Koivunen grabbing the puck out of the air, putting it on the ice and passing it to the corner for Kindel. He spotted a wide-open Declan Carlile in the slot, who wired a wrister past Stevenson with 11:07 remaining.

The game remained tied for all of nine seconds as the Jets struck right back off the ensuing faceoff.

Pittsburgh actually won the draw but misplayed the puck just outside their own blue line. Josh Morrissey corralled it, skated into the Pens’ zone and sent a cross-ice pass that Perfetti blasted past Murashov to restore Winnipeg’s lead.

The Jets nearly doubled their lead with just under three minutes left when a seeing-eye point shot from Dylan Samberg rang off the post.

Moments later, Pittsburgh pulled their goalie for an extra skater. It took a while for the Pens to get a shot on goal, and with less than 20 seconds to go they got their best look. After Scheifele turned the puck over at the blue line, Evgeni Malkin got a hard shot off from the high slot, but Stevenson turned it aside with his blocker.

Murashov stopped 30 shots in defeat.

The Jets made two lineup changes with Cole Koepke and Jack St. Ivany seeing their first game action of the season, while Tyrel Bauer and Nino Niederreiter came out.

Winnipeg will now return to the Manitoba capital for a three-game homestand and will host the Colorado Avalanche Wednesday night. Puck drop is just after 6:30 p.m. with an extended pregame show on 680 CJOB beginning at 4 p.m.

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A fire in one of the units at  Kelowna’s Hearthstone Supportive Housing complex Monday morning prompted a significant emergency response and the evacuation of the 46-suite building.

“On arrival, fire crews found fire and smoke from the second floor,” said Larry Watkinson, deputy fire chief with the Kelowna Fire Department.

Watkinson said one person, who was inside the burning unit, had to be rescued.

“The alarms were sounding and the person was just unresponsive at that point,” Watkinson said.

According to Watkinson, the individual suffered smoke inhalation.

The building, which is operated by the John Howard Society of Okanagan, sustained water and smoke damage.

A number of residents have been temporarily displaced as a result.

The fire department said the cause is undetermined.

Hearthstone is operated by the John Howard Society of Okanagan and is located on Commerce Avenue.

The fire comes as some businesses operating near Hearthstone say they are increasingly concerned about crime, drug use and disorder in the area.

Shawn Kopf, who manages MasterGlass AutoGlass next to Hearthstone, said he has seen conditions deteriorate during the three years he has worked at the site.

“I’ve been working here for three years at this location now, and it’s just gotten progressively worse,” Kopf said.

He said he regularly sees people using drugs in the area, including in front of the John Howard Society building and nearby businesses.

“They’ll just do it anywhere in front of the John Howard Society building here, in front of our windows,” he said. “You’re seeing 30-40 people walking like zombies around here daily, falling asleep in the bushes.”

Business owners and tenants in a commercial building on the other side of Hearthstone have also raised concerns.

Last week, surveillance cameras captured a person ripping out plants outside the building and several weeks earlier, door handles to an office were tied together with plastic bags, temporarily preventing Gerald Goertsen from leaving while his vehicle was broken into.

“It’s not safe to be here anymore, and something needs to change,” Goertsen told Global News in September.

The John Howard Society of Okanagan and Kootenay was contacted for comment but did not respond by publication time.

Kopf said business operators are frustrated that they continue to see what they describe as increasing drug use, property crime and other problems in the area.

“There’s no consequence for the actions that they take that harm the community,” he said.

 

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The man accused of killing a woman in her Surrey home two years ago pleaded not guilty in court on Monday.

Adam Mann, 42, is on trial for second-degree murder in the June 16, 2024 death of Tori Dunn.

Dunn was critically injured during an apparent random attack in her Port Kells home and died in hospital.

In its opening statement, the Crown said Dunn was stabbed inside her home after returning home from a birthday dinner with her boyfriend.

They were both on the couch and Dunn fell asleep.

Sometime before 9:45 p.m., an intruder entered and stabbed Dunn a few times, the Crown said, including in the abdomen.

The first witness on the stand was Trafford Wace, Dunn’s boyfriend.

The two lived together at the home in Surrey, which also housed two other tenants in units below where they lived.

On June 16, 2024, Wace said he and Dunn came home between 8:30 p.m. and 9 p.m. after having his birthday dinner at his grandmother’s house.

He said they both sat down on the couch, cuddled and watched TV before Dunn fell asleep on his shoulder.

Wace said he got up to use the bathroom and left Dunn on the couch with her eyes closed and the TV on.

He said he came running when he heard Dunn screaming louder than he had ever heard before.

“I see a man, like, up against the wall with Tori in front of him,” Wace said. “I said, ‘Who the f*** are you?”

“He turned and said, ‘Oh shit’”

Wace said the man was wearing a grey sweatshirt, toque and sweatpants, and had stubble on his face.

He said he saw something shiny in his hand and when he asked Dunn what happened, she told him, “he f***ing stabbed me.”

He said he then grabbed a knife, but the man fled and that’s when Wace called 911.

He was tending to Dunn, he added, but she was telling him she thought she was dying.

As he was on the phone with 911, Dunn became unconscious, Wace added.

He said Dunn’s main wound was lower on her right abdomen.
He confirmed the intruder was a stranger to him and had never seen the accused before that day.

One of the first to respond to the 911 call was Surrey Police Service Const. Jay Mander.

He testified he and another member moved Dunn from the living room floor to the grass outside, because it was unclear if the suspect was still inside.

Mander told the court the victim had a “two-inch-long stab wound to her abdomen” and was conscious and flailing before being loaded into an ambulance.

She died shortly afterwards in hospital. While on scene, Mander testified he was advised it was a homicide.

Mann was found within half an hour and within one kilometre of Dunn’s home. Justice David Layton noted to the jury that Mann is of Black and Indigenous heritage.

Dunn’s family and supporters packed the courtroom on Monday for the first day of Mann’s trial, filling half the room, but her father declined to speak outside afterwards.

The Crown will be calling several witnesses, including police officers and a forensic pathologist in the jury trial, which is expected to last three weeks.

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Curaleaf Holdings Inc. says it will sweeten the offer it’s made to buy rival pot firm Aurora Cannabis Inc.

Stamford, Conn.-based Curaleaf now wants to make an offer valued at US$5 per Aurora share. The offer will be comprised of 0.4013 Curaleaf shares plus US$1 cash, based on Curaleaf’s Oct. 2 closing share price.

The company says it’s boosting its bid despite Aurora rebuffing its past overtures because Curaleaf wants to signal it’s trying to negotiate in good faith and show it’s worth combining the cannabis businesses.

Over the summer, Curaleaf made a bid for the Edmonton-based company that was worth US$4 per Aurora share.

That bid included 0.3463 of a Curaleaf subordinate voting share plus 75 cents US in cash, based on its closing share price on Aug. 10.

Aurora urged shareholders to reject Curaleaf’s initial hostile takeover bid, saying the offer undervalued Aurora and was not in the best interests of shareholders.

“Today’s announcement by Curaleaf is not a formal revised bid, and Aurora has not yet received the materials required to conduct a full and proper evaluation,” Miguel Martin, Aurora CEO, says in a news release.

“While the announcement suggests an intention to address concerns Aurora identified with Curaleaf’s initial Hostile Bid, the Special Committee of independent directors will review any formal revised offer once received with the same rigorous, independent and disciplined process applied previously.”

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A Saskatchewan First Nation wants more information, including potential environmental impacts, as Bell Canada continues construction of an AI data centre outside of Regina.

The Standing Buffalo Dakota Nation in Fort Qu’appelle, Sask., penned the letter to Bell Canada and Bell Canada Enterprises, or BCE Inc., Oct. 2.

It called on the company to allow the nation to make its own assessment of the AI data centre project being constructed in the RM of Sherwood.

The letter copied provincial and federal officials, including Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe and Prime Minister Mark Carney.

The nation’s process would involve Bell applying for, and being granted, a permit, as well as meetings with its Elders oversight committee, its chief said.

“These data centres are going to be impacting the traditional territories,” Standing Buffalo Dakota Nation Chief Rodger Redman told Global News in an interview.

“Our issue is that we haven’t even addressed that yet. Yet these projects are coming through. That’s what I’m saying — that these issues have to be addressed.”

The letter states the Sherwood data centre is being built on unceded, traditional Dakota territory.

As a result, the nation is seeking documents, including ecological and cultural baseline studies, in addition to assessments of the expected effects across all the project phases.

“Industry and government, with other companies, will move on to the next area. We have to live here,” Redman said.

“Nothing is going to be able to grow in this area. The farmers aren’t going to be able to grow crops. Our people aren’t going to be able to sustain, provide sustenance from the animals because they’re going to be contaminated.

“(This is) the whole issue of the byproducts that’s coming from these data centres — what’s going to happen with that?”

Bell Canada previously said the centre will run with an air-cooled heat rejection system to reduce the amount of water used for normal operation.

The cooling fluid will be trucked in and added to the system, where it will remain until it must be replaced, according to Bell’s website.

The Standing Buffalo Dakota Nation is requesting further information on that system. Namely, it wants engineering specs, details on how the system will be maintained and how the water will be disposed of, when necessary, according to its letter.

“When we talk about sustainability and looking for the future, it’s not just to deal with and create large amounts of money. Because when you contaminate the land, the water, the air, every living thing that’s surrounding that area, the economies are going to change. Health care is going to change,” Redman said.

Bell was also asked to provide expected replacement schedules for equipment at the facility. The nation’s letter asked the company for details on how equipment will be determined to be ready for disposal, instead of being repaired or refurbished to extend their lifespans.

“I actually don’t want to leave a cesspool of toxic waste for my grandchildren. I don’t think anybody does. So, we need to do our due diligence in looking at impacts of these projects (of) this size and what it means,” Redman added.

The letter ended by calling on Bell to engage with the Standing Buffalo Dakota Nation or to provide the requested documentation within 30 days.

In an email statement for Global News, Bell Canada said it is “committed to ongoing, meaningful engagement with local communities, including First Nations” as it continues developing AI infrastructure.

“Bell AI Fabric projects are developed in accordance with all applicable regulatory and environmental requirements, and we will continue to provide relevant information about potential impacts through the appropriate processes,” the company’s statement continued.

Global News reached out to the Saskatchewan government for comment, but none was received at the time of publication.

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Alberta’s Catholic bishops are imploring parishioners to think about how the province’s upcoming referendum proposals may affect vulnerable people.

The five Catholic Bishops of Alberta, in a joint public letter, ask parishioners to consider the effects of the ballot proposals on children, those in poverty, the sick and the isolated.

“A person’s worth does not depend on citizenship, income, ability or contribution to society,” they state in the letter, dated Oct. 1.

On Oct. 19, Premier Danielle Smith’s government is asking Albertans a series of questions as it seeks a mandate to put limitations and fees on newcomers.

The questions include whether Alberta should seek more control over immigration and put more rules around which newcomers can access services like health care and education.

It also asks if it’s time to put in minimum residency requirements and fees on health and education for some newcomers.

The premier is urging Albertans to vote yes to those proposals, saying immigration is welcome but if not managed places a debilitating burden on public services.

The bishops, in the letter, acknowledge those are legitimate concerns but say, “They must be addressed in ways that respect human dignity and avoid making any segment of our population the object of resentment or blame.”

They add, “Decisions concerning health care, education and public resources should promote equitable access and responsible stewardship, with due regard for future generations.”

The province’s three Anglican bishops have also issued a public statement on the referendum that echoes the concerns of the Catholics.

“Jesus is clear that our neighbour is not just those who we think truly belong,” the Anglican bishops wrote in the Sept. 29 letter to their community.

“We have a responsibility to support and protect the lives, dignity and worth of everyone we meet, regardless of their identity or status in our eyes.”

The Anglican bishops say they do not normally wade into political issues, but say the referendum questions ultimately come down to choosing what kind of society we aspire to have.

The Catholic bishops say that while the church remains independent of party politics, the faithful have a responsibility to bring Christian wisdom and sound judgment to moral questions in public life.

Neither letter tells people how to vote, but both make appeals to the common good.

The Catholic Bishops of Alberta letter was signed by Archbishop of Edmonton Rev. Stephen A. Hero, Bishop of Calgary Rev. William McGrattan, Ukrainian Eparchy of Edmonton Bishop Rev. David Motiuk, Archbishop of Grouard-McLennan Rev. Charles Duval and Bishop of St. Paul Rev. Gary Franken.

The Anglican Bishops in Alberta letter was signed by Bishop of Calgary Rev. Greg Kerr-Wilson, Bishop of Athabasca Rev. David Greenwood and Bishop of Edmonton Rev. Stephen London.

Asked for a response, Sam Blackett, the premier’s press secretary, said in a statement the government is looking forward to getting direction from voters on Oct. 19.

“The questions on immigration simply address the current unsustainable immigration levels in Canada that are putting real pressures on critical public services,” he said.

Blackett added the questions also reflect feedback they heard from Albertans during a series of public town halls last summer.

At one such event in Lloydminster, the prospect of mass deportations drew loud cheers from the crowd.

The immigration questions are part of a package of nine introduced by Smith on Feb. 19.

The day prior to that, Bruce McAllister, executive director in Smith’s office, pointed to religious values when decrying what he called unmanageable population growth in Canada.

“Why import from nations with failed systems when our Judeo-Christian heritage and principles have worked so well here?” McAllister wrote on social media.

The rest of the nine questions address concerns about the Constitution.

The 10th was added later and has become the focus of attention. It asks whether Alberta should stay in Canada or whether it’s time to hold a second, binding vote on leaving Canada.

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A police officer in Kingston is facing charges of impaired driving.

Const. Peter Guy Forbes, a 26-year member of Kingston Police, was arrested and charged on Saturday, Sept. 26.

He was charged with impaired operation of a conveyance and exceeding blood alcohol concentration while he was off duty.

The alleged drunk driving, according to police, happened around 1:35 a.m. near Brock Street. Forbes was taken to police headquarters and released for a future court date.

Forbes has been placed on administrative duties pending the results of its investigation.

Police said no more information will be provided as the case is now before the courts.

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The biggest songs. The hottest stars. The stories behind the songs.

Every week, American Country Countdown with Ryan Fox counts down the Top 30 songs in Country music, featuring exclusive artist interviews, songwriter insights, and the latest news from Nashville.

Catch American Country Countdown with Ryan Fox every Saturday from 8 a.m. to noon on CISN Country 103.9 Edmonton and Country 105 Calgary.

Stella Lefty is holding on to No. 1. “Boston” spends a second consecutive week at the top of the Billboard Country Airplay chart.

“I’ve never sang to people that knew the words to my songs until this year, so I think it’s just been an absolute whirlwind, but that’s the highlight singing with my fans. There’s nothing better.”

With “Boston” now spending a second week at No. 1, Lefty adds another piece of country chart history. She becomes the first solo-billed woman in 22 years whose debut single has spent multiple weeks at No. 1 on Billboard’s Country Airplay chart. The last was Gretchen Wilson, whose “Redneck Woman” spent five weeks at the top in 2004.

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Before “Boston” became a No. 1 hit, Lefty wasn’t even sure she had something special. She began writing the chorus during a Nashville writing trip, with only about 15 minutes to spare before her now-boyfriend, fellow country singer Vincent Mason, picked her up for a date. She later posted the unfinished chorus to her second TikTok account without expecting much from it. “I wasn’t even thinking anything about the song,” she recalled. “I didn’t even think that it was actually good.”

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Stella Lefty and boyfriend Vincent Mason stepped out together at the 2026 MTV Video Music Awards, where she earned three nominations. Lefty shared photos of the couple from the night on her Instagram.

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“Boston” was written by Stella Lefty, Grace Enger, Jacob Kasher Hindlin and Joe Reeves, with Noah Kahan also receiving a writing credit because the chorus interpolates the melody of his hit “Stick Season.” The song appears on Lefty’s debut album, Long Way Home.

“I thought I was just gonna be a songwriter my whole life, would have been amazing, but to see that this song has gotten me so far in so many places and here, it’s just an absolute dream come true. It’s unfathomable to me.”

 

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