An Ontario agency responsible for probing police misconduct is investigating three suspended Peel Regional Police officers over alleged ties to an ongoing corruption probe.

The Law Enforcement Complaints Agency (LECA), which investigates allegations related to the Community Safety and Policing Act, announced Thursday that it’s in the “public interest” for it to take control of the probe.

Earlier this month, Peel Regional Police administratively suspended three officers after York Regional Police unveiled accusations of corruption within Toronto police as part of its probe dubbed Project South.

The allegations against seven active Toronto police officers and one retired Toronto officer include bribery, obstruction of justice, drug trafficking, theft of personal property, breach of trust and the unauthorized access and distribution of confidential information.

No officers from Peel Regional Police have been charged in connection with Project South, a spokesperson for the force told Global News on Feb. 6.

LECA said Peel Regional Police informed them of the allegations against its officers on Monday.

“Based on all the information to date, Director Leach determined that it is in the public interest for LECA to assume control of the conduct investigation,” the agency said in a news release.

“LECA’s conduct investigation will not interfere with any ongoing criminal investigations or prosecutions, nor does the initiation of a conduct investigation displace the right of members of the public to submit a related complaint.”

LECA added that it’s also investigating the misconduct allegations against the Toronto police officers.

The unveiling of Project South sent shockwaves throughout the region and resulted in the announcement of a review into Ontario’s police services and boards.

Ryan Teschner, the province’s inspector general of policing, told reporters on Feb. 9 that the review will examine officer supervision and span of control, screening and vetting of officers, access to police databases and information systems, evidence and property management, and substance abuse and fitness for duty.

If the review finds any non-compliance with policing legislation, Teschner said he’ll determine whether to issue any legally binding directions.

His directions and the full review will be made public.

Toronto police Chief Myron Demkiw has sought the reviews and is currently seeking suspension without pay for six of the seven officers who were charged.

The nuances of legislation don’t allow him to seek suspension without pay for the seventh officer, he has said.

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Prime Minister Mark Carney landed in India on Friday, where he will continue his government’s ongoing efforts to reset a fractured diplomatic relationship with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government.

Carney and Modi are each looking to decrease their countries’ dependence on trade with the United States under President Donald Trump.

“Both for India and for Canada, the big picture is one of diversification and reducing overreliance on the U.S.,” Asia Pacific Foundation vice-president Vina Nadjibulla said.

“There is definitely sort of a Trump accelerator in play here, because both sides are moving quicker than they have in the past when it comes to forging partnerships and making deals.”

Since becoming prime minister, Carney has been criss-crossing the globe in an effort to strengthen relations with other countries. His speech to the World Economic Forum in Switzerland last month — in which he urged middle powers to work together to counter great power coercion — earned headlines around the world.

Modi recently signed one of the largest trade deals in history. India’s trade pact with the European Union covers roughly two billion people.

“The same logic as what is driving Prime Minister Carney is also driving Prime Minister Modi,” said Sushant Singh, a lecturer on South Asian Studies at Yale University.

Carney will spend two days in Mumbai before flying to New Delhi on March 1, where he will meet with Modi.

The two leaders are working to rebuild a diplomatic relationship that came to a screeching halt in recent years.

There have been tensions in the bilateral relationship for decades over the activities of Sikh separatists in Canada who call for the creation of an independent country, to be called Khalistan, out of India’s Punjab region.

India has long accused Canada of not doing enough to quiet the separatist movement, while Canada has defended the freedom of those to express themselves while condemning any violence.

Those tensions clouded then prime minister Justin Trudeau’s first visit to India in 2018.

They erupted into a full-blown diplomatic dispute in September 2023, when Trudeau said Canadian security services were pursuing “credible allegations” that agents of the Indian government were involved in the June 2023 murder of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, a Canadian citizen and Khalistan advocate.

Shortly afterward, India forced Ottawa to send most of its diplomats home.

The conflict escalated in October 2024, when the RCMP accused New Delhi of playing a role in a network of violence linked to domestic homicides and acts of extortion.

Ottawa expelled India’s high commissioner and five other diplomats, saying India had declined to waive diplomatic and consular immunity to allow the RCMP to interview Indian diplomats. India denied the accusations and retaliated by ejecting Canadian diplomats.

The situation thawed when Carney invited Modi to the G7 summit in Alberta in June 2025, where the two agreed to reappoint high commissioners. The two met again at the G20 summit in November, where they agreed to launch formal trade talks to cover a wide range of goods and services, including agriculture and agri-food, digital trade, mobility, and sustainable development.

Some Canadian Sikhs are calling on the government to take a firmer stand on India.

B.C. Sikh activist Moninder Singh, who received a warning from Vancouver police on Sunday about a credible threat to his life, said he suspects that threat is linked to the Indian government.

A government official briefing reporters on Wednesday ahead of Carney’s departure downplayed concerns that Indian government agents are still engaging in such activities in Canada.

He said Carney would not be making this trip if Canada believed that activity was still happening.

However Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree on Thursday would not fully agree with that statement when asked multiple times. Rather, Anandasangaree said there are outstanding issues about the safety and security of Canadians that are being worked out with India.

Nadjibulla said the two countries have been working on the relationship through multiple meetings between their foreign ministers.

“When they met in October in Delhi, they launched a road map for rebuilding and resetting the relationship that has specific areas for co-operation, AI and technology being one of them, energy being another,” she noted.

India’s envoy to Ottawa, High Commissioner Dinesh Patnaik, said in an interview that there has been multiple visits and a lot of interaction among Indian and Canadian parliamentarians, ministers, senior bureaucrats and diplomats.

“This is solidifying what is already present. We have so much good happening,” he said of Carney’s visit.

Carney’s trip to India starts with a large part of the preparatory work already completed, Nadjibulla said. While Beijing and Ottawa launched various talks and agreements after Carney’s trip to China in January, the prime minister is heading to New Delhi with substantial work already underway, she said.

Sushant said while Canada and India could announce some sort of deal on energy following the visit, any announcement is likely to offer only the broad contours, with details to be worked out later.

Expecting concrete things to come out of the trip “might be pitching a bar too high,” he said.

“I think what we should hope (for) is a kind of a direction, a kind road map and kind of a desire to suggest that this is where we want to reach, rather than saying that this the destination,” Sushant said.

There are limits to the relationship, Sushant said. They include the disagreement over the Khalistan issue and freedom of speech, differences in values and visions between the two countries, and what Sushant described as Modi’s “extreme reluctance” to take on Trump.

Canada has ground to make up, Nadjibulla said, noting that during the diplomatic crisis of the past two years, India has signed strategic economic partnership agreements with the other G7 countries.

“We have to now make up for that lost time and really put forward an agenda that will set us up for a 20-year kind of partnership. The time horizon has to be multi-decade,” she said.

But Sushant warned that while Trump has brought the two countries closer together, things could change once the president is no longer in power.

“Unless intrinsically two countries believe that they can align and work together, but instead are being driven only by external factors or one single leader, once that leader is not there or once things change, then this relationship could again go down south,” he said.

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A public showdown between the Trump administration and Anthropic is hitting an impasse as military officials demand the artificial intelligence company bend its ethical policies by Friday or risk damaging its business.

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei drew a sharp red line 24 hours before the deadline, declaring his company “cannot in good conscience accede” to the Pentagon’s final demand to allow unrestricted use of its technology.

Anthropic, maker of the chatbot Claude, can afford to lose a defence contract. But the ultimatum this week from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth posed broader risks at the peak of the company’s meteoric rise from a little-known computer science research lab in San Francisco to one of the world’s most valuable startups.

If Amodei doesn’t budge, military officials have warned they will not just pull Anthropic’s contract but also “deem them a supply chain risk,” a designation typically stamped on foreign adversaries that could derail the company’s critical partnerships with other businesses.

And if Amodei were to cave, he could lose trust in the booming AI industry, particularly from top talent drawn to the company for its promises of responsibly building better-than-human AI that, without safeguards, could pose catastrophic risks.

Anthropic said it sought narrow assurances from the Pentagon that Claude won’t be used for mass surveillance of Americans or in fully autonomous weapons. But after months of private talks exploded into public debate, it said in a Thursday statement that new contract language “framed as compromise was paired with legalese that would allow those safeguards to be disregarded at will.”

That was after Sean Parnell, the Pentagon’s top spokesman, posted on social media that “we will not let ANY company dictate the terms regarding how we make operational decisions” and added the company has “until 5:01 p.m. ET on Friday to decide” if it would meet the demands or face consequences.

Emil Michael, the defence undersecretary for research and engineering, later lashed out at Amodei, alleging on X that he “has a God-complex” and “wants nothing more than to try to personally control the US Military and is ok putting our nation’s safety at risk.”

That message hasn’t resonated in much of Silicon Valley, where a growing number of tech workers from Anthropic’s top rivals, OpenAI and Google, voiced support for Amodei’s stand late Thursday in an open letter.

OpenAI and Google, along with Elon Musk’s xAI, also have contracts to supply their AI models to the military.

“The Pentagon is negotiating with Google and OpenAI to try to get them to agree to what Anthropic has refused,” the open letter says. “They’re trying to divide each company with fear that the other will give in.”

Also raising concerns about the Pentagon’s approach were Republican and Democratic lawmakers and a former leader of the Defense Department’s AI initiatives.

“Painting a bullseye on Anthropic garners spicy headlines, but everyone loses in the end,” wrote retired Air Force Gen. Jack Shanahan in a social media post.

Shanahan faced a different wave of tech worker opposition during the first Trump administration when he led Maven, a project to use AI technology to analyze drone footage and target weapons. So many Google employees protested its participation in Project Maven at the time that the tech giant declined to renew the contract and then pledged not to use AI in weaponry.

“Since I was square in the middle of Project Maven & Google, it’s reasonable to assume I would take the Pentagon’s side here,” Shanahan wrote Thursday on social media. “Yet I’m sympathetic to Anthropic’s position. More so than I was to Google’s in 2018.”

He said Claude is already being widely used across the government, including in classified settings, and Anthropic’s red lines are “reasonable.” He said the AI large language models that power chatbots like Claude are also “not ready for prime time in national security settings,” particularly not for fully autonomous weapons.

“They’re not trying to play cute here,” he wrote.

Parnell asserted Thursday that the Pentagon wants to “use Anthropic’s model for all lawful purposes” and said opening up use of the technology would prevent the company from “jeopardizing critical military operations,” though neither he nor other officials have detailed how they want to use the technology.

The military “has no interest in using AI to conduct mass surveillance of Americans (which is illegal) nor do we want to use AI to develop autonomous weapons that operate without human involvement,” Parnell wrote.

When Hegseth and Amodei met Tuesday, military officials warned that they could designate Anthropic as a supply chain risk, cancel its contract or invoke a Cold War-era law called the Defense Production Act to give the military more sweeping authority to use its products, even if the company doesn’t approve.

Amodei said Thursday that “those latter two threats are inherently contradictory: one labels us a security risk; the other labels Claude as essential to national security.” He said he hopes the Pentagon will reconsider given Claude’s value to the military, but, if not, Anthropic “will work to enable a smooth transition to another provider.”

 

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Federal immigration authorities arrested a Columbia University student early Thursday, triggering protests on campus and allegations that agents gained entry to the university-owned residence by posing as police officers searching for a missing child.

Just hours after detaining student Ellie Aghayeva, though, the federal government abruptly reversed course, permitting her to walk free after an apparent intervention by President Donald Trump.

In a social media post Thursday afternoon, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said he expressed concerns about the arrest during an unrelated meeting with Trump, who then agreed to release her immediately.

“I am safe and okay,” Aghayeva wrote on Instagram, minutes after Mamdani’s post, adding she was in “complete shock” from the experience.

The head-spinning series of events marked the latest consequence of the unlikely relationship between the Republican president and Mamdani, a democratic socialist who Trump once threatened to have deported.

On Thursday, while pitching Trump on a massive housing project, Mamdani also called on the president to drop cases against several other current and former students facing deportation for their roles in protests against Israel.

Aghayeva, a senior from Azerbaijan studying neuroscience and politics, hasn’t been publicly linked to any of the pro-Palestinian demonstrations that roiled Columbia’s campus. A self-described content creator, she has amassed a large social media following by sharing day-in-the-life videos and tips for navigating college as an immigrant.

Early Thursday, five federal agents gained entry to her apartment at 6 a.m. by claiming they were searching for a missing child, according to a petition from her lawyers and a statement released by Columbia’s acting president, Claire Shipman.

“The agents gained entry by stating they were police searching for a missing child,” Shipman said in a video released Thursday night. “Security cameras captured agents in a hallway showing pictures of the alleged missing child.”

Aghayeva then dashed off a message to her more than 100,000 followers on Instagram: “DHS illegally arrested me. Please help.” A photo accompanying the post appeared to show her legs in the back seat of a vehicle.

A Department of Homeland Security spokesperson said Aghayeva’s student visa had been terminated in 2016 for failing to attend classes. Inquiries to Columbia about her visa status and how long she had been enrolled in the university were not returned.

In their petition, attorneys for Aghayeva said she had entered the country on a visa in or around 2016. They declined to provide additional comment, including details about her immigration status.

A spokesperson for DHS, Tricia McLaughlin, said Aghayeva had been placed in removal proceedings and “released while she waits for her hearing.” She disputed allegations that agents had posed as New York City police officers but didn’t respond to questions about whether they had claimed to be seeking a missing child.

The use of disguises or other misrepresentations by immigration authorities has drawn attention in recent months, after federal agents were seen posing as utility workers and other service employees in Minneapolis and elsewhere.

The practice is legal, in most cases. But immigration attorneys say such ruses are becoming increasingly common, adding to concerns about the Trump administration’s dramatic reshaping of immigration enforcement tactics nationwide.

In recent weeks, Trump has once again intensified his attacks on several universities, including Harvard and UCLA. The arrest would seem to mark the first federal enforcement action at Columbia since the university agreed to pay more than $220 million to the administration over the summer.

“It’s a horrifying sign that the roving eye of the administration is turning back to Columbia,” said Michael Thaddeus, a mathematics professor at Columbia and vice president of the university’s chapter of the American Association of University Professors, which has sued Trump.

“The idea that secret police would abduct and imprison students in our midst is something we’d expect from an authoritarian regime.”

Many students and faculty called on Columbia to increase protections for international students following the arrest last March of Mahmoud Khalil, a former graduate student and pro-Palestinian activist, whose deportation case remains ongoing.

In an email to the Columbia community Thursday, Shipman said that residential staff had been reminded not to allow federal law enforcement into university buildings without a subpoena or warrant.

“If you encounter or observe DHS/ICE agents conducting enforcement activities on or near campus, immediately contact Public Safety,” the acting president wrote. “Do not allow them to enter non-public areas or accept service of a warrant or subpoena.”

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The ’80s and ’90s were the golden age of the music video. MTV was a powerful musical, cultural, and even political force that extended beyond the United States. MuchMusic had the Canadian market all to itself and was minting new domestic stars by the dozen every single year. The same thing happened with video channels in the U.K., France, Germany, and Australia.

If you wanted to be a star, you had to have a video to go with every single you released. And because everyone was making videos, competition for attention was fierce.

Budgets got bigger as production values increased, with artsy themes, special effects, expensive sets, new video technology, and on-location shoots. Big-name directors were brought in. Some video directors were so good that they were able to make the jump to TV and movies. They became stars themselves: David Fincher, Spike Jonze, and Mark Romanek.

Releases of videos by big stars were cultural events and sometimes talked about more than the song itself. And that’s because videos were supposed to say something. A basic performance clip just didn’t cut it anymore.

Artists looking at their royalty statements got a shock. After being convinced to make a video for a million dollars—something that happened even with mid-level bands—they found that money being clawed back from their earnings. A video was promotion, and all promotion was a recoupable expense.

But that could be okay if the video helped the song and the album catch fire. If it resulted in more radio play and more CDs sold, then the cost was worth it.

There was some pushback from artists, but they were largely drowned out by the music video–making machine. There was just so much money at stake.

The music video had grown into a global industry. And then technology intervened, and the whole system seemed destined for extinction.

This is part two of the rise, fall, and future of the music video.

Songs heard on this show:

• Beastie Boys, Sabotage
• REM, Everybody Hurts
• Pearl Jam, Jeremy
• Smashing Pumpkins, Tonight Tonight
• Queens of the Stone Age, No One Knows
• Weezer, Pork and Beans
• OK Go, Here It Goes Again
• Linkin Park, In the End

 

Eric Wilhite has our playlist.

The Ongoing History of New Music can be heard on these stations.

• 102.1 The Edge/Toronto – Sunday night at 7pm
• Q107/Toronto – Sunday night at 9pm
• Live 88-5/Ottawa – Saturdays at 9am and Sundays at 6pm.
• 107.5 Dave-FM/Kitchener – Sunday nights at 11pm
• FM96/London – Sunday nights at 8pm
• Power 97/Winnipeg – Sunday nights at 10am and 10pm
• 107-3 The Edge/Calgary – Sundays at 10am and 10pm
• Sonic 102.9/Edmonton – Sunday at 8am and 8pm
• The Zone/Victoria – Sunday at 9am and 9pm
• The Fox/Vancouver – Sundays at 10anm and 10pm
• The Goat Network/Interior BC
• Surge 105/Halifax – Sunday at 7pm
• WAPS/WKTL The Summit/Arkon, Canton, Cleveland, Youngstown – Mon-Fri at 9pm

Don’t forget there’s a  podcast version (along with hundreds of others) available, in case you miss an episode. Get them for free wherever you get your podcasts.

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The OLG says Friday night’s Lotto Max jackpot is worth $70 million and is encouraging Ontarians to grab a ticket.

“Lotto Max is ready to bloom,” the OLG said, as spring approaches and the clocks spring forward in just over a week.

“Whether you’re dreaming of a warm escape or staying cozy at home, tonight’s Lotto Max draw could turn this dreary stretch of winter into something unforgettable.”

In addition to the jackpot, the OLG said there are 10 maxmillion prizes — each worth $1 million.

Tickets can be purchased online or at a retailer until 10:30 p.m. ET.

Draws happen every Friday and Tuesday.

This past Tuesday, the jackpot draw was at $65 million and has increased to $70 million for Friday.

Previously, a lucky winner from Ontario won $15 million in the Lotto Max jackpot in January. Another Ontarian won $80 million in December 2025.

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Here’s a little-known fact about Dexter Holland, singer for the Offspring. This dude is a serious pilot. Ever since he was a kid, he wanted to fly planes. But if you’ve ever had that dream, you’ll know that it’s a pretty expensive pursuit–unless you want to join the Air Force, but that’s not an option for most people. But thanks to the fact that the Offspring has sold tens of millions of albums, Dexter can now indulge in this dream.

Not only does he have his pilot’s license, he also owns a fleet of planes.  There’s a single-engine prop, a twin-engine prop and his newest baby, an executive jet: a Cessna Citation with an anarchy symbol on the tail fin.  And yes, Dexter is certified to fly all of them.  In fact, when the Offspring is on tour, Dexter sometimes flies himself from gig to gig.

Ain’t it cool to be a rich rock star?

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Brady Tkachuk’s first game back with the Ottawa Senators wasn’t an easy one.

The Senators captain returned to the nation’s capital riding the high of a gold medal with Team USA at the Olympics, but his on-ice performance hasn’t been the headline.

Earlier this week, Tkachuk was one of 20 American players who visited the White House and attended the State of the Union following an invitation from President Donald Trump.

But what many Canadian and Senators fans took issue with was an AI-doctored video shared by the White House that made it appear he was disparaging Canadians.

The altered clip, shared by the White House’s TikTok account, inserted fabricated audio of Tkachuk referring to Canadians as “maple syrup eating f—s,” with the expletive bleeped in the video. The video carries a note saying it “contains AI-generated media.”

“It’s clearly fake because it’s not my voice and not my lips moving,” Tkachuk said following the Senators morning skate. “I’m not in control of any of those accounts. … I know that those words would never come out of my mouth.”

The rest of the day didn’t get any easier for Tkachuk.

During the first TV timeout against the Detroit Red Wings the Senators showed video of all its players and staff who competed or worked at the Olympics, ending with Tkachuk and Jake Sanderson.

The display earned an equal amount of boos and cheers.

Tkachuk did earn the support of the home crowd when he opened the scoring with a power-play goal late in the first period.

The captain was once again in the middle of things midway through the second period.

Tkachuk was watching the play and when he went to turn up ice Simon Edvinsson stepped into him. Tkachuk’s own stick hit him in the face, dropping him to the ice.

Dylan Cozens jumped to his captain’s defence and both Edvinsson and Cozens were sent to the box.

“I just didn’t see him and just felt like he lowered his shoulder on me,” Tkachuk said.

Tkachuk returned to the ice before play resumed and skated to the penalty box to confront Edvinsson drawing a 10-minute misconduct.

“I didn’t know that was like an auto 10-minute,” admitted Tkachuk. “I was just expressing my frustration. I didn’t realize that would be a 10-minute.

“Definitely wouldn’t have done it that way if I knew I was gonna get a 10-minute.”

Head coach Travis Green wasn’t a fan of how things played out.

“I don’t want him to be in the box for 10 minutes,” Green said. “You don’t see that call made very often.”

The Senators played a solid game but fell 2-1 in overtime, giving up a crucial two points to a division rival.

Ottawa (28-22-8) is now sit seven points back of the Boston Bruins for the final wild card in the Eastern Conference.

“I definitely felt that we deserved a better result,” said Tkachuk. “I thought we did a lot of great things (Thursday). Their goalie stood on his head and played a great game and just unfortunate we didn’t get the two points that we wanted.”

The Senators schedule doesn’t get any easier as they prepare for a five-game road trip. With the NHL trade deadline set for March 6, Ottawa doesn’t have much time to prove its a contender.

“We’ve got to worry about just our own destiny, our own game,” said Green. “We’re going to lose some games. We got a point out of (Thursday), probably should have got two. All you can do is play and play well.”

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A high-ranking police officer east of Toronto has been suspended after allegedly using a racially inappropriate term.

Durham regional police say an unnamed deputy chief used offensive language during a meeting of the service’s Afro-Caribbean Canadian Internal Support Network.

Chief Peter Moreira says the language was not directed at anyone but that they “recognize the impact words can have, regardless of intent.”

The Durham Regional Police Service Board says it became aware of the incident on Wednesday.

It says the deputy chief has been suspended with pay while an independent investigation is conducted.

Moreira says Durham regional police are “committed to learning and growing as a service.”

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Leave me and my LED mask alone–that’s what I thought as a stranger on the train side-eyed the large, very obvious beauty-device box perched on my lap and finally asked, “So…what is that?” There I was, toting the Shark CryoGlow LED Face Mask home in its full, branded packaging–no discreet tote bag, no attempt at subtlety–just me and my futuristic skincare investment in plain sight. I clutched the box a little tighter, silently screaming. Clearly, they haven’t taken a single scroll through TikTok because if they had, they’d know this viral mask is basically the Beyoncé of at-home beauty tech, beloved by content creators, skincare obsessives… and now, proudly, me.

 

 

After months of watching glowing reviews (and faces), I finally decided to see what the hype was about for myself. I’ve been determined to get my best skin yet—to smoothen my fine lines, even my skin tone, minimize my breakouts. I may never be the dermatologist I once dreamed of becoming, but at least now I can channel Med Spa energy at home.

Read on to discover why my skincare routine is *officially* in its high-tech era forevermore.

 

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Light Therapy Lamp – $39.99

High Frequency Facial Device Wand – $63.99

Biodance Bio-Collagen Real Deep Mask – $25.34

 

What does the Shark CryoGlow LED Face Mask do?

Sleek, sculpted and surprisingly comfortable, this Med Spa-inspired mask combines LED light therapy with under-eye cooling technology–a first in the at-home device category–to transform skin with the press of a button.

LED Light Therapy Modes

Different light wavelengths target specific concerns:

• Red LED: Helps support collagen production and smooth the look of fine lines
• Blue LED: Targets acne-causing bacteria and helps calm breakouts
• Deep Red/Infrared: Works deeper to support firmness and elasticity

Four treatments in one

The four built-in treatments are easy to toggle using the attached remote, letting you choose exactly which mode you want–and in whatever order suits your skin that day.

• Better Aging Treatment (6 minutes): Red and infrared LEDs to help minimize the look of fine lines and support firmer-looking skin.
• Skin Clearing Treatment (8 minutes): Blue, red and infrared LEDs to help reduce acne and redness for a clearer, more even-looking complexion.
• Skin Sustain Treatment (4 minutes): Red, blue and infrared LEDs to maintain radiance and keep your glow going strong.
• Under-Eye Revive Treatment (5–15 minutes): Adjustable cooling therapy with InstaChill technology to soothe, depuff and visibly tighten the under-eye area.

CryoGlow Cooling Technology

Built-in under-eye cooling pads help:

• Visibly reduce puffiness
• Refresh tired-looking eyes
• Soothe and depuff post-long day (or long night)

There are pre-set treatment programs, so you don’t need a dermatology degree to operate it. You strap it on, press a button and let it work its magic for a quick 10–15 minute session.

 

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My review

The first time I wore the CryoGlow mask, I’ll admit, I felt dramatic. It’s giving futuristic superhero meets wellness girlie–and my dog was genuinely terrified. But once the session started, I quickly forgot how I looked and focused on how it felt.

The LED itself is no more than a warm glow across the skin. But the under-eye cooling? That’s the star. It’s like pressing chilled spoons under your eyes, but elevated. It’s not painfully cold–it’s controlled and oh-so-soothing. The kind of cool that makes you instinctively exhale and relax your shoulders. I tested it the morning after a late night and noticed less puffiness. My concealer applied smoother, and I looked more awake than I had any right to.

After about two weeks of consistent use (four to five times per week), here is what I noticed:

• My skin looked brighter and more even-toned overall
• A few hormonal breakouts calmed down faster than usual
• Texture appeared smoother, especially around my cheeks
• My under-eyes looked less swollen–even first thing in the morning

Is it an overnight miracle? No. But LED therapy is about consistency, and when I committed to it, my skin absolutely rewarded me.

What I appreciate most is how convenient it feels. I wear it while working from home, reading a book, watching a show–you name it. It’s skincare that doesn’t demand extra time–just smarter time. It’s quickly become my favourite pre-event or post-travel trick. If the LED is the long game for glow and firmness, the cooling is the instant gratification. And honestly? I love a device that can do both.

 

You may also like:

Estée Lauder Advanced Night Repair Serum – $28

Neutrogena Ultra Sheer Body Mist Sunscreen SPF 60 – $13.98

Gold Bond Age Renew Crepe Corrector Body Lotion – $18.97

 

The pros

The Shark CryoGlow LED Face Mask has officially earned a permanent spot in my lineup. Between the glow-boosting light therapy and the de-puffing cryo moment, it’s become my favourite way to unwind while doing something genuinely beneficial for my skin. TikTok was right on this one–it’s a Med Spa experience without the pricey appointment. To summarize, here’s everything I love about the mask:

• Combines LED therapy and cooling in one device
• Comfortable, structured fit (no flimsy mask slipping off)
• Quick treatment times
• Noticeable brightening and smoothing with consistent use
• The cooling feature is genuinely addictive

The cons

The price point may give you pause—it’s definitely an investment. But when you compare it to professional LED sessions (which can easily run $50 to $100 per visit), the math starts mathing. That’s just four visits a year when you could be using the mask from the comfort of your own home on the daily for the same price.

Design-wise, my only real gripe is the remote. It’s attached to the mask, and while I understand the practicality–you’re not going to misplace it (which, for someone like me who routinely loses things like lip balms and hair clips, is a major plus). It’s by no means a dealbreaker, but it does feel a bit clunky. I wish it were more lightweight or slightly more discreet–especially when I’m moving around the house mid-treatment.

And of course, consistency is key. If you’re the type to use a device twice and forget about it in a drawer, this might not be for you. LED works best when it becomes part of your routine.

 

More LED masks

This compact red light panel delivers 60 LEDs emitting 660nm red and 850nm infrared light to support skin recovery and radiance. With adjustable brightness, angle and built-in timers, it makes consistent at-home (or desk-side) treatments perfectly customizable.[/product_listing]

 

Designed specifically for the lips, this high-tech device uses 56 FDA-cleared red LEDs to boost circulation and support collagen production. It helps smooth fine lines on and around the mouth, leaving your pout looking fuller, softer and more defined.[/product_listing]

 

Give your hands the same attention as your face with this medical-grade LED glove. Featuring 144 red and infrared LEDs, it helps reduce visible signs of aging, support skin repair and even soothe joint discomfort.[/product_listing]

 

This FDA-cleared red light helmet uses 620–660nm wavelengths to stimulate hair follicles, improve scalp circulation and reduce shedding. Just 10 minutes daily over 16 weeks can help boost density and thickness. BonusL it’s hands-free, USB-powered and available in two comfortable sizes.[/product_listing]

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