Many artists won’t go back and listen to their previous albums because all they hear are the mistakes and the things they should have done to make it better. But what’s done is done and it’s just best to move on. This happens to Dave Grohl every once in a while. He has a very hard time listening to the fourth album, One By One, from 2002.

Nothing was working during those sessions after three-and-a-half months of work and spending more than a million dollars in studio fees. Production was halted, and Dave went off to do some work outside the band, including a stint with Queens of the Stone Age. Then there was Taylor Hawkins’ near-fatal overdose, which messed things up even further.

The album did eventually come out and sold a respectable four million copies, but Dave feels it doesn’t sound like the band and didn’t feel right. Today, he thinks there are only four good songs on the record and seven bad ones.

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Last time, we traced the meaning of the word punk from the late 1500s to the 1950s. For all those centuries, the word had nothing to do with music. So how did that word come to describe a certain type of rock?

The first time anyone saw the word in print in a musical context was 1969, when the critic Lester Bangs used the word to describe a band called the MC5 in a review in Rolling Stone. In 1971, the writer Dave Marsh used the term “punk rock” in Creem magazine in May 1971. In June ’71, we’re back to Lester Bangs using the word in a long essay called “Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung” while referring to bands with loud, fuzzy guitars. From there, it graduated to the New Yorker, where they used it in an article about the New York Dolls.

And finally, there was a mid-70s fanzine in New York that covered the weird underground stuff in the city. That magazine was called Punk, (a name chosen by writer Leggs McNeil). For many people, any band that appeared in Punk (like the Ramones, for example) was a “punk band.”  From there—well, here we are.

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If I say “punk” in a musical context, you know exactly what I’m talking about: a high-energy, anti-establishment form of music characterized by loud guitars and furious drumming. But how did this word come to denote a genre of music? That’s more complicated than you might think.

Its original meaning—and this is back in 1596 when the word first appeared in print somewhere in England—a “punck” was a prostitute. From there, it evolved into describing someone worthless, stupid, foolish, homosexual or some kind of general good-for-nothing individual. In the 50s, a petty criminal or juvenile delinquent was called a “punk.”

Fine. But where does the connection with music come in? That’s where we’ll pick things up next time.

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The Alberta NDP will be losing some prominent MLAs ahead of the next provincial election,

Four MLAs, two from Edmonton and two from Calgary, have announced their names will not be on the ballot the next time voters in Alberta go to the polls.

They include Lori Sigurdson, who was first elected as MLA for Edmonton-Riverview in 2015 and held several cabinet posts under former Alberta premier Rachel Notley, including minister of innovation and advanced education, minister of jobs, skills training and labour and minister of seniors and housing.

Edmonton-Gold Bar MLA, Marlin Schmidt, who was first elected in 2015 and served as minister of advanced education in the Notley government, has also announced he will not be running again.

Calgary-Buffalo MLA Joe Ceci, who has represented the riding since 2015 and served as the provincial minister of finance and president of the treasury board in the NDP government, has also announced he will not seek re-election.

Prior to entering provincial politics, Ceci was a member of Calgary city council for 15 years, serving as alderman for Ward 9.

The NDP’s shadow minister for health, Dr. Luanne Metz, who was a neurologist and researcher before being elected as MLA for Calgary-Varsity in 2023, has also announced she will not be running again.

In a statement announcing their planned departures from provincial politics, NDP Leader Naheed Nenshi lauded the MLAs for their service and the “tangible and immeasurable ways they have made Alberta better.”

“Before their time in elected office, each of them demonstrated a deep commitment to community service and improving the lives of others, and they carried that same dedication into public life,” Nenshi said, as he thanked them for their service and wished them “every success in their next chapter.”

All four MLAs will continue to represent their ridings until the next election.

The NDP said nomination dates for the party’s new candidates in the ridings will be announced “in the weeks to come.”

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A London, Ont., woman is facing criminal charges after a vehicle crashed into a fitness centre at Sherwood Forest Mall on Friday, police said.

Around 7:30 a.m. on June 13, police said they received multiple reports that a vehicle had struck the building, injuring seven women, including the driver.

All seven were taken to hospital and four of them have since been released, police said Monday. Three remain hospital, one of whom is in critical condition.

Police said evidence suggests the vehicle “accelerated into the building.”

Jennifer Lynn Hopper, 59, has been arrested and charged with six counts of criminal negligence causing bodily harm.

The investigation is ongoing and officers are appealing to anyone who was in the area between 7:20 and 7:50 a.m. on Friday or who may have footage of the incident to contact them.

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New housing in Ontario stuttered slightly last month after a relatively strong start to the year, with the province still far away from its one-time goal of 1.5 million new homes by 2031.

Data from the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation revealed a national drop in housing starts for May of roughly five per cent compared to 2025.

Ontario’s local figures recorded a three per cent drop, with work beginning on 5,661 new units over the past month, compared to 5,866 in May 2025.

The annual totals are still far better this year, with 18 per cent more housing started in 2026 than in 2025.

Despite the stronger performance, Ontario remains far adrift from its stated goal of building 1.5 million new homes between 2022 and 2031.

To date, the province has begun work on 26,084 new units this year; it has a target of 175,000 new homes in 2026. The current pace means 42 per cent of the year has elapsed and Ontario has only achieved 15 per cent of its target.

The Ford government has overseen a flailing housing industry for years.

First, Premier Doug Ford blamed rising interest rates for the lack of housing, promising new homes would sprout “like mushrooms” if rates dropped.

But when the cost of borrowing fell, the housing market didn’t rebound. Ford suggested the cost of building approvals and permits from cities was to blame, an issue his administration has repeatedly tried to address through legislation.

Ontario then unveiled a new home tax incentive for first-time buyers. A couple of months after it was introduced, the premier said he knew it wouldn’t work, suggesting it needed to be expanded.

As part of the 2026 budget, the Ford government expanded that offer to apply to all new homebuyers in the province. It also partnered with the federal government to reduce the development charges paid by homebuilders.

Those measures, Housing Minister Rob Flack has said, have led to a sharp spike in demand for new homes.

“Housing affordability has been out of reach for too many for too long. And that is why, under the leadership of Premier Ford and our great minister of finance, we’ve cut the HST,” Flack recently said in the legislature.

“What are we seeing? We’re seeing a game-changing event. I’ve talked to builders throughout Kingston, Milton, Mississauga, London, Hamilton — it is a game-changer. We are seeing a buzz in sales offices. We’re seeing housing deals closed.”

Despite the buzz, the Ford government is still massively struggling to hit its 1.5 million new homes goal.

As part of the push, it assigned housing targets to major municipalities, offering financial incentives to towns and cities that hit their targets.

Even after adding basement units, long-term care beds and student residences for 2024, the province only achieved 80 per cent of its 125,000 goal last year.

The goal target for 2025 was 150,000; it is 175,000 per year now until 2031.

The government acknowledged late last year that its own goal is likely impossible, with the finance minister calling it a “soft target.”

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Performing the national anthem at a major sporting event was something that Dan + Shay had never done before. Now, they can say they’ve done it on one of the biggest stages in the world: the FIFA World Cup. On opening day, they sang The Star-Spangled Banner in a surreal, once-in-a-lifetime moment that felt far bigger than anything they’d done before.
When asked about nerves, they admitted they absolutely felt them. “Halfway through,” says Dan, “I looked up on the screen and Tom Cruise and David Beckham were there. I was like, ‘you gotta give a guy a heads up when you’re gonna flash them on the screen!’ I almost forgot the words.” No matter how many shows they’ve played, that kind of spotlight hits differently.

In the end, they said it was an honor from start to finish, and one of those experiences that sticks with you long after the final note.

World Cup stage: conquered. Lyrics: remembered. Nerves: still undefeated.

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A 49-year-old man from Maine has been found guilty of murder in the 2024 killing of a man in Esgenoopetitj First Nation, in northeastern New Brunswick.

RCMP say a jury found Keith Martin guilty on Thursday of second-degree murder and attempted murder after a 23-day trial.

Martin was the subject of a nearly 24-hour police manhunt in September 2024 and an alert warning residents of the First Nation to shelter in place because he was at large and armed.

Police issued the alert after 48-year-old Mark Dwayne was found dead on Sept. 5, 2024, and Sylvio Savoie was found injured in what police called a firearm-related incident.

Martin was arrested about a day later by police dog services and emergency response members.

On Sept. 11, 2024, he appeared in Miramichi, N.B., provincial court where he was charged with second-degree murder.

He remains in custody and is scheduled to return to court for sentencing on Sept. 15.

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Metro Vancouver outside workers have escalated their job action to a full-scale strike after rotating pickets in the past few weeks .

Union spokesman Bill Tieleman says all member workers of the Greater Vancouver Regional District Employees’ Union walked off the job Monday with the exception of those designated as essential-service staff.

The union says it is asking residents in Metro Vancouver to consider avoiding 30 regional parks and greenways, since most district employees there will not be working.

The sites including Grouse Mountain Regional Park and the Grouse Grind trail, Pacific Spirit Park in Vancouver, Burnaby Lake Regional Park and others.

The last contract between Metro Vancouver and the workers expired in December 2024, and no talks are currently scheduled with the district saying they have offered possible restart dates without preconditions and the union disputing that claim.

The union represents more than 700 workers covering operations in water and wastewater treatment, air quality tracking, natural resources, parks, infrastructure and ecological reserves across Metro Vancouver.

Union president Jesse Medeiros says workers will decide Monday if they continue the full-scale strike or to consider other job actions to restart talks.

“Our frontline service members have been without a contract for 17 months and they are fed up with Metro Vancouver management stalling and incompetence, so we unfortunately have to take this strong action to get them back to bargaining without preconditions,” he says in a statement.

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The federal government says the toxic drug crisis continues to have devastating effects despite a decrease in opioid-related deaths last year.

Federal health officials say the national rate of toxicity deaths declined by 23 per cent in 2025 due to several factors, including naloxone distribution and changes to the drug supply.

Officials also say opioid-related hospitalizations decreased by 12 per cent last year.

They stress, however, that these changes are uneven and progress remains fragile.

“The progress we are seeing today reminds us that change is possible. But it also reminds us that there is more work to do,” Health Canada said in a statement.

“This crisis is complex. There is no one-size-fits-all approach to preventing or reducing its harms, and the drivers that surround it.”

The number of opioid-related deaths in Canada remained higher than a decade ago, when the public drug crisis emerged.

The government recorded more than 5,600 apparent opioid-related deaths last year, an average of 15 lives lost each day.

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