In January 1996, Bono and his family were on vacation as guests of fellow musician Jimmy Buffett. Buffett had been extolling the awesomeness of genuine Jamaican jerk chicken, so the decision was made to pick some up.

The fact they were in Miami was no problem because Buffett had a Grumman HU-16 Albatross flying boat he called Hemisphere Dancer. He got it cheap from the US Navy and could fly it himself.

Buffett, Bono, his family, Island Records head Chris Blackwell, and a co-pilot piled into the plane and set course for Montego Bay. But once they arrived, the water was too rough to land, so they diverted to Negril.

However, this diversion was unannounced and when local authorities saw the plane, they assumed it belonged to another drug runner. So they opened fire. More than 100 rounds were fired at the plane with several hitting the fuselage and shattering the windscreen. Fortunately, no one was hurt, no one was charged, and everyone soon hightailed it back to Miami.

There’s no word on whether Bono got his jerk chicken.

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The early days of punk were anything-goes times. The idea was to do virtually everything differently, especially you could be extra strange and provocative.

Enter The Cramps, a New York-based band that was a regular at the legendary CBGB. But their most famous show was with a San Franciso band called The Mutants. In 1978, the two of them journeyed to Napa to play a free show for the psychiatric patients at the Napa State Hospital.

The whole thing was captured on film and released as a 27-minute documentary called, We Were There to Be There. Why did they do it? To bring attention to government efforts to defund and privatize mental healthcare.

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If you’re into the White Stripes and Jack White and you’re looking for the Holy Grail of those songs, you want a 7-inch single released on October 3. 1998, released on Italy Records, a long-gone Detroit label, and originally sold for six dollars. S

ide one features “Lafayette Blues” while the B-side is “Sugar Never Tasted So Good.” This was the second-ever White Stripes single and only 15 copies are known to exist. However, one of those 15 is very special.

Fourteen 14 were created by Dave Buick, the owner of Italy Records while one features the work of Jack White. While Buick’s versions sell for around $525 on the collector’s market, the Jack Version sold for sold for $25,000 US dollars in June 2026.

This makes it one of the most valuable singles in the history of vinyl.

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A new poll has found that while support for the BC NDP remains the same, it is a different story for the BC Conservatives.

A little more than 100 days after Kerry-Lynne Findlay was elected as the leader of the BC Conservatives, support for the party is at 35 per cent, which is down eight points from the 2024 provincial election and 10 points behind the BC NDP, according to Ipsos.

“We have certainly seen political figures with very poor impression numbers in the past,” Kyle Braid, senior vice president of public affairs for Ipsos, said.

“I can never recall seeing a new leader have numbers this negative, this fast.”

This poll comes after a summer series of scandals that saw nine BC Conservative MLAs quit the party, many citing issues with Findlay’s leadership.

The Ipsos poll shows 46 per cent of British Columbians have an unfavourable impression of Findlay and 35 per cent have a very unfavourable one.

Seventeen per cent have a favourable impression.

“They thought they were going to get on track to be the heir apparent in the next election. They’ve gone the other way, they’ve gone in the wrong direction, and David Eby is probably licking his chops right now saying, maybe I can win this after all,” Mike McDonald, former chief of staff to Christy Clark, said.

There is a lot of speculation that Eby may try to take advantage of his opponent’s struggles and call an early election.

“Obviously we’ll keep all options open, but if we ever moved in that direction it would only be to ensure more stability for British Columbians,” Eby said in Toronto on Tuesday.

However, the NDP carries baggage of its own, including a record-high budget deficit revealed on Monday.

“If a campaign is called and they go into it, the NDP has a lot of explaining to do on its record, on the deficit, on hospital closures, on public safety,” Hamish Telford, a political science professor at the University of the Fraser Valley, said.

These are the findings of an Ipsos poll conducted Sept. 8 to 14, 2026. For this survey, a sample of 800 adult British Columbians were surveyed online with sample sourced through the Ipsos panel. Data was weighted by BC region, age, gender and education, in accordance with Census proportions. The precision of Ipsos online polls is measured using a credibility interval. In this case, the poll is accurate to within ±4.0 percentage points, 19 times out of 20. The credibility interval will be wider among subsets of the population. All sample surveys and polls may be subject to other sources of error, including, but not limited to coverage error, and measurement error.

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Provincial transit agency Metrolinx handed out roughly 1,000 limited-edition Lake Ontario-themed Presto cards on Tuesday as part of a drive to push local pride.

The transit cards were handed out near the UP Express section of Union Station, emblazoned with a small graphic of water and the sun in the style of a patch.

On one side, the card reads: “Lake Ontario, Now and Always.”

Metrolinx said the cards were a chance to boost local pride amidst an ongoing trade war with the United States, which has seen President Donald Trump rename the lake within America.

“We’re proud to operate bus and rail service along the shores of Lake Ontario, from Oshawa to Niagara,” Metrolinx wrote in a statement.

“Today’s customer engagement event and limited-edition PRESTO card giveaway celebrate the pride Ontarians and Canadians have in this iconic Great Lake and the name it has carried for generations — Lake Ontario, now and always.”

Trump previously signed an order directing the U.S. government to refer to Lake Ontario, one of the Great Lakes, as “Lake America,” in his latest shot against Canada after trade talks fell apart.

Prime Minister Mark Carney responded to the change, saying the name of Lake Ontario would remain “now and always.” Those words also appeared on the sign unveiled Saturday.

Then, at the end of August, Ontario Premier Doug Ford unveiled a $25,000 giant blue sign on the shores of the lake, which bore the same inscription as the Presto cards.

“President Trump can call it whatever he wants, but I can tell you the rest of the world will always call it Lake Ontario,” Ford told reporters when he unveiled the sign.

“I received numerous calls from governors, they’re saying we’re always going to call it Lake Ontario, and obviously Canada’s always going to call it Lake Ontario.”

Metrolinx said all 1,000 limited-edition cards were snapped up on Tuesday.

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The family of a Winnipeg woman who died after seeking emergency care is calling for action, following the release of further information about the circumstances surrounding her death.

Stacey Ross, 55, died last January after experiencing chest pains and visiting St. Boniface Hospital twice that month. The first time, she was treated after a 12-hour wait in the emergency department on Jan. 3.

She was seen by a physician and referred to a cardiac outpatient clinic, according to a letter outlining a critical incident report from St. Boniface Hospital and the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority (WRHA) obtained by Global News said. Her outpatient appointment was set for Jan. 21, 2026, but she returned to the emergency room before that date, on Jan. 15, with chest pains, the letter said.

During her second 12-hour wait, some testing and assessments were completed. Among those assessments was a troponin test.

The test measures the amount of troponin protein found in a person’s blood when the heart muscle is damaged. Despite the test having been performed, it was not reviewed by triage staff, according to the letter, which pointed to “patient volumes and competing demands” for the delay. When the results were reviewed later, the test detected elevated troponin.

Stacey’s sister, Sherri Ross, said finding out the test wasn’t assessed was “maddening.”

“They didn’t communicate the troponin levels, and that ultimately is what killed her, (it) is really frustrating and maddening,” Sherri told Global News in an interview Tuesday.

Stacey’s sister said when they spoke at 10 p.m. that night in January, Stacey’s condition was unchanged from when she arrived at the emergency department. When she was seen by a doctor 45 minutes later, her condition had changed, prompting the doctor to order additional testing, the letter said.

She died hours later, her family said.

As a result of her death and what the family says has been a lack of change, in her family’s perspective, they are calling on the province to make a serious effort to shorten emergency department wait times.

Sherri said the family “don’t really feel anything came out of the critical incident (report),” especially when it comes to getting answers.

“It’s terrible. I don’t believe anything is being done,” she said. “They say that if somebody’s levels have changed, they’re going to communicate that to the doctor, so that maybe they could be fast-tracked, but I don’t believe any of it.”

She also questioned the delay in formally identifying a cause of death.

“It’s not fair to have to wait that long. Like we don’t even have an ME (medical examiner) result yet from the medical examiner. We don’t have an autopsy. We’ve had nothing, and, like I said, it has been over eight months,” Sherri said.

Stacey’s brother, Ben Ross, said a lack of communication and collaboration must be addressed for wait times to be meaningfully managed.

“It’s a communication problem. Everybody needs to work together. The hospital needs to talk to the health minister. It needs to talk to the premier, and they need to come up with a plan because we can’t just keep losing family,” he continued.

Manitoba’s Minister of Health, Seniors and Long-term Care Uzoma Asgawara said the family is in their thoughts, and they have been in contact with one another.

“I understand how difficult and frustrating it is to still have questions after losing someone they love.  The critical incident review has now been completed and included recommendations aimed at improving care and helping prevent a similar situation from happening again,” the email statement reads.

“No report can undo what Stacey’s family has been through, but they deserve to know that lessons are being learned and acted on. We will continue working with health-system partners to strengthen emergency care, including adding more staff and capacity and improving access to care across the system.”

Asgawara will stay in contact with the Ross family, the statement said.

A WRHA spokesperson also offered condolences to Ross’ loved ones on behalf of the authority’s and St. Boniface Hospital, in an email statement.

“We thank her family for sharing their experiences and perspectives during the critical incident (CI) review process. The CI review has been completed and recommendations have been made to improve patient care and prevent a similar event from happening again,” the statement reads.

“As part of this work, a cardiologist is now providing rapid cardiology consultations in the St. Boniface Hospital emergency department, with the intent to expand the service as staffing allows. This provides emergency department care teams with additional access to specialist consultation for patients presenting with heart-related concerns.”

Stacey’s family said they feel the loss of their sister, and her daughter feels the loss of her mother, constantly. Her sister remembered Satcey for her love for travel, musicals and shopping.

“She was up for anything and not having that is really sad,” Sherri said.

Ben said the hardest part of losing Stacey is feeling her absence.

“There was a moment this summer (when) we were sitting as a family on my back deck and we’re just looking at each other going, ‘Stacey should be here.’ I think that was the hardest thing recently,” Stacey’s brother recounted.

“It’s awful. It’s completely awful when you lose someone like this.”

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New Brunswick is starting another long-term plan to turn around student achievement, after one expert says previous education plans have fallen short.

The education minister says this time will be different, but questions remain about whether the new approach actually addresses what’s been holding students back.

Paul Bennett, a senior fellow with the MacDonald-Laurier Institute, has a stark warning about the possible consequences.

“The stakes are incredibly high. I am very concerned about the future of New Brunswick children,” he said.

The province, led by then-premier Brian Gallant, set out 10 years ago to dramatically improve student achievement. In 2015, 15-year-old New Brunswick students scored about 22 points below the Canadian average in reading, math, and science.

Results released last week from 2025 testing showed New Brunswick ranked last among the provinces in all three subjects, with the gap growing to roughly 35 points.

“I would say, a colossal failure in terms of objectives,” said Bennett.

In June, a report from Auditor General Paul Martin found the province missed all provincial literacy assessment targets during the 2022-2025 audit period.

Education and Early Childhood Development Minister Claire Johnson says this government has a new plan that sets annual targets, and has action plans that will be revisited every three years.

“We’re not going to wait 10 or 12 years to see if we’re meeting our targets. We’re actually going to be looking at that in three-year cycles,” said Johnson.

“If we are not seeing that improvement that we want to see, then we’re going to be able to act quickly and correct.”

The plan sets out priority areas that include creating strong foundational skills in literacy and numeracy, and a focus on well-being.

Johnson adds that improving results also means meeting students’ basic needs through breakfast and lunch programs, more academic supports, and reducing distractions — including a new cellphone ban implemented this year.

“If we make sure that students are well fed, they’re much better prepared to learn,” she said.

But Bennett cautions against explaining the results through social and economic challenges alone.

“Child poverty and socioeconomic challenges are relevant to this, but they are often used as an excuse,” he said.

“You cannot just recycle old ideas, relabel them, and package them.”

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A second set of rental rules in Ontario are set to take effect next week, but while some landlords say it’s to bring balance to the system, tenants’ advocates say it’s the “wrong direction.”

The latest provisions are part of amendments made to the Residential Tenancies Act that were changed through two bills, Bill 60 passed last year, and Bill 97 that received Royal Assent in April.

Some rules came into effect in July, including requiring repayment plans for late rental payments to be done with an official agreement form.

But more rules are set to take effect Monday, Sept. 21, with one of the biggest changes being how much time a tenant could have to pay their rent if they missed the initial payment.

“It really is about just trying to provide some greater balance and fairness to a system,” said Tony Irwin, president and CEO of the Federation of Rental-Housing Providers of Ontario (FRPO).

Under the new rules, if a yearly or monthly tenant misses rent, a landlord can now give an N4 form that provides only a seven-day deadline to pay. The previous rules gave a 14-day deadline.

If the payment is not made within that time, the landlord can then file an L1 form with the Landlord and Tenant Board to evict them for non-payment.

The new rules also define “persistent” late payments as when a tenant doesn’t pay rent within seven days of the due date at least three separate times within six months. This can provide better record-keeping for the landlord to then take action on.

Even though the intent of the new rules is to speed up a process, Irwin cautioned it doesn’t necessarily speed up when the Landlord and Tenant Board actually hears the case.

“Imagine the Landlord and Tenant Board is like a funnel and so if one part of the funnel has been sped up, unless the whole sort of funnel is working it’s got to follow all the way through,” Irwin said. “Otherwise, you’ll make people proceed through one part more quickly, but they’re then going to be waiting held up at another part.”

According to LTB Landlord Paralegals, an L1 application for non-payment can take about three to five months, while the paperwork to deal with persistent non-payments can take five to eight months.

Housing advocates argue the new rules create more problems for tenants.

“They’re making it easier to evict people at a time when people are unable to pay their rent,” said Daniel Tucker-Simmons, principal lawyer at Avant Law and a tenants’ rights advocate. “These aren’t bad apples that need to be dealt with more harshly, they’re people that literally can’t afford one of the basic necessities of life.”

The recent rent report by Rentals.ca and Urbanation for August showed rental prices have fallen in Ontario, but the average cost for apartments and condos sits at about $2,248 per month. A two-bedroom apartment or condo, for example, costs about $2,457 a month.

“So you’re seeing people are increasingly unable to afford their rent and so that’s increasing the number of applications for eviction,” Tucker-Simmons said. “I think it’s the wrong direction.”

Shortening the length of time for non-payment of rent or what defines “persistent” late payments aren’t the only changes. Under Bill 60, a landlord can also move themselves or a family member into their property without paying compensation if they serve an N12 notice at least 120 days before the move-in date.

As well, if a tenant wishes to bring last-minute claims to the LTB at a hearing over late payments, Bill 60 dictates they must pay 50 per cent of overdue rent before they can raise those issues. Those issues could be things like delayed or denied maintenance, illegal entry, or harassment.

“I think that’s intended to show some good faith,” said Irwin. “If you want to bring other matters forward, there needs to have been some effort made to address the prevailing issue in order to then be able to bring other issues forward.”

That requirement is “striking,” Tucker-Simmons said.

“You’re saying, ‘OK, we’re going to put a dollar figure, we’re going to prevent you from raising legitimate issues, potentially legitimate issues against your landlord unless you pay money,'” he said. “So, we are putting a price tag literally on your rights to raise … I think that’s an egregious violation of tenant rights.”

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Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre will try to rally his MPs after a summer of conservative movement infighting and polling that shows his party continuing to trail the federal Liberals by double-digits.

Poilievre and the Conservative caucus are gathering in Penticton, B.C., for a strategy session ahead of the House of Commons’ return next week.

The Conservative leader enters the fall sitting with his party trailing Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Liberals. Polling aggregator 338 Canada has the Liberals with 46 per cent popular support, with the Conservatives at 33 per cent.

Poilievre has also faced continued questions about his leadership from within the Conservative family, after publicly taking what was seen as a shot at Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s campaign manager, Kory Teneycke.

While congratulating former MP Kerry-Lynne Findlay on winning the leadership of the B.C. Conservatives, Poilievre declared it a victory over “liberal lobbyists” from Eastern Canada, a comment widely interpreted as directed at Teneycke, who worked on a rival campaign.

Findlay went on to lose several MLAs, who left the party publicly due to her leadership. Teneycke also publicly shot back at the Conservative leader, suggesting Poilievre was not long for the job. Several prominent Conservative voices spent the summer publicly opining on the future of the party.

Despite the internal turmoil, Poilievre’s comments Tuesday ahead of the retreat sounded like they could’ve come from one of his 2025 election campaign speeches.

“The promise of Canada – that if you work hard, you get a great life, a home you can own, food you can afford, a safe street to live on – that promise is broken after 11 years of Liberal government,” Poilievre said.

“Our mission as Conservatives is to fight for you and to fight for Canada, to save you money. That is our single biggest immediate priority.”

Poilievre took a dig at Carney, accusing the prime minister of participating in “summits and signing ceremonies” – a reference to the Canada Investment Summit in Toronto this week, where the government is trying to lure $1 trillion in foreign investment to the country – rather than delivering results for Canadian voters.

The Conservative leader also questioned Carney’s push for stronger partnership with the European Union – suggesting that the Liberals could force Canadians to pay taxes to the EU or adopt the bloc’s immigration policies, neither of which has been suggested by the government.

“We want Canada to have free trade with Europe, cooperation with Europe, but we never surrender our independence and sovereignty over our laws, our tax money, and our immigration policies,” Poilievre said.

Polling released by Abacus Data Monday suggested that 80 per cent of Canadians support deepening cooperation with European nations on foreign policy, defence and economic priorities – including a strong majority of Poilievre’s own supporters.

“Ninety-two per cent of Liberal voters support deeper cooperation with the EU. So do 92 per cent of NDP voters and 86 per cent of Bloc voters,” Abacus CEO David Colletto wrote of the findings.

“Among Conservative voters, support is lower but still reaches 69 per cent.”

The House of Commons is set to return on Sept. 21.

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The Halifax Wanderers are taking matters into their own hands when it comes to having a permanent soccer stadium in the city.

The owner of the football club, Derek Martin, has brought forward a proposal to Halifax Regional Council to build a stadium on municipal land, with the project privately funded by the Wanderers.

“What I’ve seen over the last 10 years of working on this project is coming up with that type of money is going to be incredibly difficult for HRM right now, so we’ve come up with a solution that we think can work,” Martin told reporters after Tuesday’s council meeting.

The Canadian Premier League team has been playing in a pop-up stadium at Wanderer’s Grounds in downtown Halifax since 2019. That pop-up is on municipal land and lacks amenities such as running water and permanent grandstands.

There have been years of discussions and debates about a permanent stadium.

Martin’s new proposal reimagines the Wanderers Block as a permanent, year-round stadium with the possibility of a winter bubble dome. It would have a 650-space parking area beneath the facility that could also be used by people visiting the nearby QEII Health Sciences Centre. In addition, the plan has extra space for the Halifax Lancers horse riding school and a new lawn bowling green.

The proposal also includes a community sports hub at Maybank Field in Dartmouth, which would provide expanded facilities for soccer and community sports.

“I think we’ve done the best we can to find a solution that satisfies as many stakeholders as we can without it ever being perfect for anyone,” Martin said.

Martin told councillors the project will cost about $100 million and be privately funded.

HRM would still partner in the project through a 99-year lease.

Many on council were tentatively excited by the proposal.

“Now, I’ve been saying very plainly for quite a while that we need to seek partners in our large infrastructure and capital projects. And so that’s what the proponent in this case has done,” said Halifax Mayor Andy Fillmore.

Coun. Tony Mancini called it a “creative approach.”

“Our normal approach is not working anymore because of a variety of different reasons. We need to be more creative. Here’s a creative approach in front of us. I think it’s worthy of the conversation,” he said.

However, there was concern expressed about the quick timeline. The initial plan is to break ground in January 2027.

As well, there are considerations about the use of private investment on public land.

“When we do it this way and when it’s privately owned, we lose that municipal opportunity. I think there’s a lot more to consider,” said Deputy Mayor Patty Cuttell.

Angie Holt, executive director and head coach with the Halifax Lancers, said they’ve had some consultation with the Wanderers and are interested to see where the project goes.

“We’ve been living in the state of uncertainty for a long time now, but I do think that due process is absolutely necessary and we have to make sure this is something that actually is going to work for everybody,” said Holt.

A motion for a staff report for HRM to consider the proposal’s implications passed 15-1.

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