There’s nothing like having the window open or the top down on a great day with tunes blasting from the car stereo. Chances are you’ve got your favourite driving song, if not a series of driving playlists. Is it your imagination, or do some songs sound better while driving?

It has to do with the brain’s sweet spot when it comes to rhythm. The background noise of a car—the engine, the road noise, the vibrations—is pretty consistent. But when you combine that with the slightly less consistent rhythm of a song, your brain shifts into a space where it’s more likely to enhance the novelty of the music.

Driving fast (which adds a sense of danger) while knowing you’re in control (which inspires confidence), combined with a great song (which makes you want to move), results in a little extra adrenaline that just makes everything sound better.

Hey, it’s science.

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In May of 2005 Coldplay had reached a new peak in their career, officially having become a stadium band after two incredibly successful albums and a third soon to be on store shelves. A band this big will naturally draw a crowd. A very large crowd. A crowd that overwhelmed the area around The Edge studio at 228 Yonge Street who were eager to see the band perform acoustically for them.

The sidewalks and street were blocked and this quickly got the attention of the police, who sent over a mounted unit to escort the band after they’d finished performing.

There was a bit of a lecture from Toronto Police, and after this incident all future visits from huge bands were planned accordingly to avoid another traffic snarl.

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The Black Keys have come a long, long way since that first gig in Akron, Ohio, sometime in early 2002.  They played a show in front of just ten paying customers.  The total take for the night was five dollars for guitarist Dan Auerbach and five dollars for drummer Patrick Carney.

Things improved slowly. Their first album was recorded in the basement of Pat’s family’s house. The third album was recorded in an abandoned tire factory. But with each new album, life got a little better–for an indie band, anyway. There was a lot of critical acclaim and much hipster love, but it wasn’t until their 2008 album, Attack & Release, that the rest of the world began to figure out what the Black Keys were all about.  And, of course, things blew up real good with their 2010 album, Brothers.

And where did the band get their name, anyway?  Pat’s father used the phrase “black key” as something that wasn’t quite right.  I wonder what he thinks of his son’s job?

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Lines of cars sat waiting for the lights to change near Toronto’s waterfront on Wednesday morning, as police closed a busy intersection.

Pairs of police motorcycle riders turned the corner at the intersection as drivers watched, followed by a large coach emblazoned with the colours of Bosnia and Herzegovina, whose national team will kick off their World Cup against Canada on Friday.

Another coach and a vehicle came next, along with several more police bikes, before the intersection reopened.

It’s a sight that will become more common in Toronto over the next few weeks as police offer motorcade escorts to the nine international teams that will play in the city and “certain officials” visiting for the World Cup.

A police spokesperson told Global News the move was to deal with safety concerns like “large crowds gathering around team vehicles.”

The motorcade escorts are being provided by officers from Toronto police, Peel Regional Police, York Regional Police, Ontario Provincial Police and the RCMP.

“We are more prepared for not only who we are escorting, which is the team buses, but also for the crowds that we anticipate will be coming to the matches,” Toronto police said in a video posted online in May.

“The idea behind an escort is to safely and efficiently move a vehicle or vehicles from one point to another in that safe and efficient manner with the least amount of impact to our road users.”

The City of Toronto directed questions to FIFA about whether or not providing the escorts was mandatory as part of its host city agreement.

FIFA did not respond to questions ahead of publication.

World Cup motorcades made headlines in the spring, after police in Vancouver refused to provide FIFA President Gianni Infantino with a full motorcade when he visited the city.

Sources previously told Global News that a full motorcade escort so that Infantino could go through traffic lights was requested from police and declined.

A FIFA spokesperson said at the time that the “President was not aware of, or involved in, any requests with authorities in relation to his transportation and security matters.”

Toronto will host six FIFA World Cup matches between June 12 and July 2, including one knock-out game.

So far, nine teams are confirmed as playing in Toronto. Once the Round of 32 is drawn, the figure could increase to 11.

The games will begin on Friday with Canada versus Bosnia and Herzegovina at 3 p.m.

–with files from Global News’ Colin D’Mello and Amy Judd

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A B.C. couple who bank with TD says they’re speaking out after someone fraudulently transferred thousands of dollars out of their account. Rene and Cecilia Diguangco say TD concluded the person who transferred the funds had knowledge of the couple’s banking credentials, something the couple vehemently denies.

“Is this what we get from trusting this bank?” said Cecilia Diguangco.

Back in December 2024, Cecilia says she noticed several withdrawals from the couple’s Home Equity Line of Credit Account (HELOC).

She says they rarely use that account, but between September and October 2024, seven consecutive withdrawals were made totaling $17,000. “Both of us were shaking and I said, ‘ What are we going to do?” said Cecilia.

The retired couple, who have banked with TD for over 30 years, say at no time did they receive an alert from TD about the transactions.

“Usually, if someone sends us some money or we send some money to another person, we get notified, but this transaction we didn’t get any single notification,” Rene said.

The case was investigated by TD, but the couple says the bank refused to reimburse them, stating the person who completed the transactions had knowledge of their online banking credentials and access to their device and password, all of which was their responsibility.

However, Rene and Cecilia Diguangco say they have never shared their banking information with anyone. In fact, the couple says they don’t even know one another’s banking passwords. “She doesn’t even know my PIN and I don’t know her PIN,” said Rene.

Despite having their case reviewed by the Ombudsman for Banking Services and Investments, Rene says the conclusion was the same. “They are pointing at us that it is our fault that we didn’t safeguard our PIN,” said Rene. “I feel deep inside it hurts. You can’t get it out of your head,” he added.

Duff Conacher from the non-profit advocacy group Democracy Watch has been pushing for change in the banking industry.

He says the federal government isn’t doing enough to protect consumers and wants better consumer protections in place similar to the U.K. and Australia, where the burden of proof is on the banks and not the consumer. “Australia essentially has the money go back to the customer automatically unless the bank can prove that they did their due diligence to protect the customer,” said Conacher.

Recently, the federal government passed Bill C-15 to help combat consumer financial fraud, but Democracy Watch argues its consumer protections are still weak.

It wants to see changes to the bill that would immediately require banks to compensate customers for their entire loss unless the bank can prove to the Ombudsman for Banking Services and Investments that they have adequate safeguards in place to prevent fraudulent account transactions.

“The banks set up online banking, pushed everybody to use it by shutting down branches and reducing staff and never put in place the protections and safeguards to actually protect their customer’s money,” said Conacher.

TD told Consumer Matters it couldn’t speak about the Diguangcos case due to privacy.

TD stated in part:

“Generally speaking, our reviews consider a variety of factors, including whether disputed transactions were made using a known device or IP address.”

“Approach unsolicited investment advice with suspicion and take your time to research sources…”

The Diguangcos are now left trying to make up for the thousands of dollars they’ve lost. Cecilia is now working and catering on the side to help ease the financial strain on the family household.

“After this, we don’t want to be with TD anymore,” she said.

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A woman who lost her mother to a Surrey motor vehicle incident says ICBC’s no-fault insurance has left her without justice.

“My mom was a very lively person. She was the best mom. She was … full of energy,” Jenny Choi told Global News.

In September 2022, 51-year-old Holly Park was run over by an SUV driven by a man she was dating at the time.

“Police knocked on my door the next day, saying that there was an incident that happened, and it was under suspicious circumstances because of the relationship she had with the driver,” Choi said.

The driver was never criminally charged due to lack of evidence of intent.

He was fined the maximum $2,000 under the Motor Vehicle Act.

Choi says that for years, her family waited for answers — first a criminal case and then accountability through ICBC.

But under B.C.’s no-fault insurance system, Choi says she learned they can’t sue for pain and suffering.

“I thought this is like unbelievable, because you know you pay for insurance, and you think like living in a country like Canada, you’d think that they would support your family, or just like normal people, and it’s something just like bad happened,” she said.

Choi said that ICBC covered funeral costs, therapy and a death benefit, but she said it doesn’t feel like justice.

“It’s just hard because it’s just hard to, like obviously, like cope with grief, but then also … not have justice or close proper closure, I think, is hard.”

Under the no-fault system, lawyers say that victims really have no options.

“What no fault means is you do not have the right to sue civilly. Period. You can’t sue the other driver. You can’t sue ICBC, for all intents and purposes,” Greg Phillips, past president of the B.C. Trial Lawyers Association, said.

“You get what ICBC gives you, and nothing else.”

ICBC was not available for an on-camera interview on Wednesday, instead providing a statement that said, in part, “ICBC and the provincial government take concerns and feedback about Enhanced Care seriously. An independent and comprehensive review of the model is now underway.”

Choi said she wants to see justice for everyone and that’s why she is speaking out.

“I really think citizens should know what they’re really signing up for if they think about themselves or like a family member that could be impacted in the future,” she said.

“Then I do think people would think twice.”

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The solution to getting the Green Line through Calgary’s downtown core could be stopping short of it altogether, according to Calgary Mayor Jeromy Farkas, who is flirting with the idea of extending the line further south first.

Farkas told reporters Wednesday the move could give officials more time to figure out an alignment through the city’s downtown.

“For me, personally, I’d be looking at perhaps parking some of the more contentious portions of the downtown route, potentially stopping a little bit shorter in the downtown, giving us more time to solve for that portion of the alignment, and taking some of the cost savings and pushing even further south into suburban Calgary,” Farkas told reporters.

It comes as project officials study an elevated alignment proposed by the provincial government as a condition for its $1.5 billion share of funding for the LRT line.

That route would see a track run above 10 Avenue S in the Beltline and turn north over the CPKC Rail tracks to 2 Street S.W., stopping above 7 Avenue S.W.

In response to concerns from businesses and residents in the downtown core over the proposed alignment, city councillors will debate whether to officially explore alternate routes through the core after endorsing a move to do so at a committee meeting Tuesday.

Alberta Transportation Minister Devin Dreeshen indicated the province is “open to discussing refinements” to the project’s alignment througb the downtown core, but maintained “a tunnel is not on the table.”

A tunnel under the core was previously planned for the Green Line’s downtown alignment, but the province withdrew its funding as the line only went as far south as Lynwood/Millican with five fewer stops due to cost concerns.

Farkas suggested buses could be used as an alternate to connect Green Line riders from the Event Centre Station to the MAX Green bus line on Centre Street, instead of running a train through the downtown, until the city could partner with the federal government on a tunnel.

“Another option is to potentially build within the current envelope as far south as we can, and perhaps have the city and the feds only partner on the phase two, which could potentially be a downtown underground option,” Farkas said.

Construction on the southeast leg of the $6.2 billion project is already underway with the current terminus set to be built in Shepard.

According to David Cooper, principal at Leading Mobility, building the Green Line further south to Seton is feasible due to a protected right-of-way for the line.

However, Cooper said council will need to make a decision on the downtown leg, which he noted as been “extensively studied.”

“We know an at-grade option isn’t plausible because the trains are too long for the blocks, and we know the province isn’t interested in a tunnel,” he said. “There’s only a finite amount of options available.”

Some on council are concerned this latest twist in the Green Line saga could impact further extensions of the line to the north.

Ward 3 Coun. Andrew Yule said residents he represents in north-central Calgary are in a “purgatory of transit,” with no hope of the Green Line reaching their neighbourhoods in their lifetimes.

“Spitballing now when we’ve studied this alignment to death just feels irresponsible,” he told reporters. “We have an alignment, we just need to follow it.”

During an update to city councillors Tuesday, Green Line officials said $244 million has been spent on studying and preparing for a tunnel under the downtown core.

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The Quebec Superior Court has prevented the City of Montreal from dismantling a homeless encampment under an overpass, saying officials failed to provide a suitable alternative for the unhoused residents.

The ruling forces the city to respect a bylaw it adopted earlier this year on homelessness, which says moving an encampment is a last resort and requires officials to identify zones where tents will be tolerated. The decision by Justice Alexandre Pless also affirms the constitutional rights to safety, security and dignity of people experiencing homelessness.

“This does not imply a free-standing right to appropriate any property they choose for as long as they choose. But a human being cannot exist nowhere,” Pless wrote in his ruling dated Monday.

He said the city failed to offer viable alternatives to the 10 people who have been living under the Van Horne overpass, near a skate park, since the fall of 2025. The judge issued an indefinite injunction allowing them to stay until the case is heard on its merits.

However, he said if officials find another location for the residents, “one that is sustainable, safe, and respects the residents’ dignity, it remains open to the city to again ask the residents to move.”

In May, the city sent the Van Horne encampment residents a notice asking them to relocate to ensure public access to the nearby skate park and basketball court. The Mobile Legal Clinic, which promotes access to justice for those experiencing homelessness, took up the case and filed an injunction against the eviction.

The legal clinic has also obtained safeguards protecting a large encampment in the city’s east end.

Université de Montréal law professor Karine Millaire says she expects Pless’s injunction to weigh heavily when the case is heard on its merits, which could lead to a permanent order preventing an eviction.

She pointed to a recent decision from the Ontario Superior Court overturning a bylaw in Waterloo, Ont., that would have allowed the city to clear an encampment on a site it wanted to turn into a transit hub. Justice Michael R. Gibson wrote that evicting vulnerable people from encampments without providing alternatives infringes on their right to life.

Millaire says decisions like those issued by Pless and Gibson “should be a wake-up call.”

“It is becoming a humanitarian crisis in Canada’s major cities,” she said, with courts having to “pit individual or state ownership against people’s right to live.”

According to court documents, the City of Montreal had provided the Van Horne encampment residents with two options. One was another stretch of land under the Van Horne overpass further away from the public parks. However, the residents said that stretch was lower to the ground, making it impossible to sleep because of constant traffic noise.

The second location offered by the city was deemed unsuitable by the clinic because the site will be turned into a skating rink in the winter.

On behalf of the 10 residents, the clinic argued that dismantling their encampment would violate their rights to safety and dignity, among others, and that forcing them to move would cause them serious or irreparable harm.

Pless agreed, citing a report from an expert presented in court that said evicting unhoused people from encampments creates increased stress, reduced mobility, greater social isolation, loss of community support and increased risks to health and personal security.

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The banners are designed. The branding is finished. And the artwork that will define the look of the 2026 BC Summer Games is already appearing across Kelowna.

But while the visual identity of the Games is complete, organizers say a major challenge remains: finding thousands of volunteers to help bring the event to life.

Students and volunteers from Okanagan College spent months creating the official artwork for the Games, drawing inspiration from the Okanagan Valley’s mountains, bridge and signature sun.

The project required students to balance classes, part-time jobs and volunteer work with the BC Summer Games, often while working under tight deadlines.

For project coordinator Anastasia Voytovych, the work often meant sacrificing sleep to meet deadlines.

“I think there was a month where I stayed up until 4 or 5 in the morning,” she said. “My family would wake up and see me still sitting there.”

Graphic design artist Tyron Barnett-Lake says seeing his work displayed throughout the city has been both exciting and intimidating.

“Seeing my artwork in public is terrifying and surreal at the same time,” he said. “There is something very rewarding about seeing your art in public for the first time.”

That call for volunteers comes as a team of Okanagan College students celebrates the completion of the official branding and artwork that will welcome athletes and visitors from across British Columbia.

While the creative work is finished, organizers say preparing for the arrival of thousands of athletes, coaches and officials remains a massive undertaking.

“The biggest hurdle that we still have is recruiting volunteers for the Summer Games,” said Michael Saad, director of marketing for the BC Summer Games. “We are looking for upwards of 3,000 volunteers.”

As organizers continue recruiting volunteers, the student artists hope their work will help showcase the beauty of Kelowna to visitors from across the province.

“When people are attending the Games and looking at the art, I really want them to feel the beauty of Kelowna,” said Barnett-Lake.

The Games will run from July 22 to 26.

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It’s a stark reminder for drivers across the city to think twice before driving impaired.

A smashed car on display around Saskatoon this summer, organized by Mothers Against Drunk Driving, aims to remind people of the preventable dangers of driving under the influence.

The car will be at five different locations in the city from June 10 to Sept. 15, being moved every three weeks to high visibility locations in the city.

“When I see the crash car out there, it right away brings me back to seeing the crashed car in the SGI salvage lot that had our four family members in there,” said Linda Van de Vorst.

Van de Vorst is a mother for MADD who lost her son and his young family in a tragic accident involving an impaired driver.

She says she hopes this campaign will make people think.

“Knowing that that car is out there, people are going to ask, ‘Why is it there?’ ‘What is it doing there?'” she said. “Hopefully they will be wise enough to understand, impaired driving can kill or injure.”

In Saskatchewan, MADD says suspensions due to impaired driving are increasing, with an average of 30 people dying from impaired driving per year.

Meanwhile, Police Chief Cameron McBride says they are seeing too many incidents on the road.

“There are times where our police service will do a stop check during the night or evening hours,” McBride said. “And quite often, commonly that stop check will involve eight or nine police officers and there are times, still, where we have to stop the stop check because we’ve got so many impaired drivers that we’ve run out of people to do the work.”

And it never gets easier for the families.

On June 5, a roadside memorial was installed outside of Dundurn to remember Laura Anne Fearnly Hannah and Jamie Jean Hannah, a mother and daughter who were killed by an oncoming impaired driver.

Van de Vorst says she hopes this campaign will bring back a feeling of responsibility for drivers.

“A crash car means there’s an injury involved or a death and with that take responsibility to say, ‘I’m not going to drink and drive’ and ‘I want to ensure that my family knows the same thing,’ or, ‘if I’m out going out with somebody, a group of people, I want to make sure that the people that are there who are drinking and driving don’t get behind that wheel.'”

Watch the video above for more on the visual reminder to plan a ride home.

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