I’m sure you’ve heard someone use the phrase “Elvis has left the building” in some kind of humorous or ironic way, or maybe even as some kind of catchphrase. But what does it mean and where did the phrase come from?

Yes, the “Elvis” is Elvis Presley, and the phrase itself dates to December 1956, when Elvis appeared in front of an audience for a radio show called Louisiana Hayride at the Hirsch Memorial Coliseum in Shreveport. Elvis did his thing and then left the stage. But the crowd wanted more, and things started getting a little tense. People wouldn’t stop cheering, which made it impossible for the next act to perform.

To calm things down, concert promoter Horace Logan got on the mic and said, “All right, Elvis has left the building. I’ve told you absolutely straight up to this point. You know he has. He has left the building. He left the stage and went out the back with the policemen, and he is now gone from the building.” A portion of that plea is now an evergreen rock’n’roll meme.

How? Because Elvis heard about it and began using the phrase for all his shows.

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Back in the days when radio stations played vinyl, the DJ was always switching between records that played at different speeds. One of the most embarrassing things that could happen to you—and I speak from experience here—is to launch a record at the wrong speed, resulting in music that is too slow or too fast. Cringey stuff. But sometimes there are unintended consequences.

In 1978, the Atlanta Rhythm Section, a Southern rock band, released a single called “Imaginary Lover.” A DJ played the song at 45 instead of 33 and didn’t pay attention. The listening audience did, though. To them, it sounded like Stevie Nicks was singing and that this was a brand-new Fleetwood Mac song.

For a while, the song was considered to be a “lost” Stevie Nicks track before everything was sorted out.

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Ten dollars and enough gas to drive 80 km.

That’s all engaged couple Morris Gilliah and Megan Wallace found themselves with on Wednesday while stranded in Winnipeg. The duo was living in New Brunswick, but after struggling to find work in the province they were offered employment with a family member’s company in British Columbia.

They packed up and were looking forward to a new start and work about 5000 kilometres away, but the journey was anything but forgiving.

“It was all fine until we hit the Quebec highway in the middle of the night when we blew our first tire,” explains Wallace. “The belt completely shredded so we changed the tire on the side of the highway in the middle of the night. It was quite challenging, pretty scary.”

After that, two more tires blew out when travelling through Ontario, adding significant unexpected expenses to the trip.

“We’re defeated, just don’t know what to do,” says Gilliah. “You get to that point that you can only be rejected so many times before you’re thinking you’re done, we’re stranded, we’re here.”

The couple are sleeping in the back of their car in a parking lot at the apartment building of a United Way volunteer who only wanted to be identified as Larry. He says while this doesn’t usually fall into the organization’s levels of support, they’ve stepped up considering the uniqueness and severity of the situation.

“Heartbreaking and sad. Good people having a hard time trying to get to British Columbia to go work. For them to experience that, it breaks my heart, but being sad is just a moment of it then you got to act on it and help in anyway you can.” explained the volunteer.

The couple still isn’t giving up hope, saying they’re more than willing to access food banks along the way, but that they just need to find gas money. Gilliah says this ordeal has been discouraging considering they are just trying to get employment, but he’s still looking forward to the moment he arrives in British Columbia with his fiancée, and gets to see some family.

“I’m going to hug my sister so tight you won’t even believe it,” says Gilliah. “I don’t mind working at all, I’d do just about anything right now for work, because in Saint John’s, there’s nothing. Unfortunately the gas prices went up again, go figure.”

Gilliah and Wallace have opened up a GoFundMe page, hoping to receive enough gas money to get out west.

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A tailgate was thrown in Saskatoon to honour Saskatchewan’s newest multimillionaire, Doug Putland, who won a $44-million lottery jackpot.

Putland won the Aug. 8 Lotto 6/49 Gold Ball jackpot, Sask Lotteries announced at Wednesday’s celebration in Saskatoon – more than 140 kilometres from his home in Prince Albert.

Putland bought his ticket in Rosthern, Sask., while en route to cheer on his beloved Saskatchewan Roughriders. Upon confirming that his ticket was the winner after the early-August draw, he said he “dropped the f-bomb and said, ‘holy smokes this is crazy.’”

“The amazing part is the very first thing I thought of was the truck,” he said at his tailgate, adding that his dream vehicle, a GMC Denali Ultimate, is now his.

Pultand also plans on sharing the money with his family, as well as donating some of it to charity, he said.

“Coming from a very big family, there was 14 of us in the family, and we had nothing. So, it’s kind of overwhelming in a way to know that I can set up my daughters and generations to come,” the winner added.

Putland has three daughters and nine grandchildren.

“They are never, ever going to experience having schooling debts and stuff like that. It gives them a start in life that everybody deserves, and not many get,” he said.

After being handed his $44-million cheque, Putland was also gifted a new, personalized Riders jersey with his surname and an autograph from quarterback Trevor Harris on the back.

“I’m going to wear this to all the games now,” Putland said, adding that he plans on tailgating Roughriders’ games in his new Denali, which came equipped with an incredible sound system.

Putland’s prize is the largest Saskatchewan has seen since 2022, the Western Canada Lottery Corporation (WCLC) said in a news release, noting that sums as large as $70 million were handed out that year.

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A village in central Alberta is on track to house the country’s largest carbon capture project.

Enhance Energy Inc., a carbon management company, says it has broken ground on its Origins project in Clive, Alta., about 140 kilometres south of Edmonton.

Operations are slated to begin in January.

The Origins carbon capture and storage hub, located east of Lacombe, is to initially have capacity to permanently store up to 1.5 million tonnes of carbon dioxide a year.

Enhance Energy already operates Alberta’s largest carbon capture site in Clive, which the company says has permanently stored more than nine million tonnes of carbon dioxide since 2020.

Carbon capture is a technology that traps the carbon dioxide produced by burning fossil fuels before it is released into the atmosphere.

Enhance Energy says Origins will initially store carbon emissions from the Northwest Redwater Sturgeon Refinery and the Nutrien Redwater fertilizer facility in Alberta’s industrial heartland.

The company said it could support a range of sectors, including oil and gas and power generation.

Enhance Energy is a founding partner of Alberta Carbon Trunk Line, a carbon capture system that includes a pipeline running from the Edmonton region to Clive.

The Origins hub will connect to the trunk line and Enhance Energy’s existing facility in Clive.

Tim Hodgson, federal minister of energy and natural resources, said the project will help Canada became an environmentally responsible energy superpower.

“The federal and provincial governments and industry are working together as one Team Canada to build big things in this country again,” Hodgson said in a statement Wednesday.

Brian Jean, Alberta’s energy minister, said in the statement that the project would help the province produce “the most responsible oil and gas in the world” and create jobs in rural Alberta.

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Calgary-based Enbridge Inc. is further expanding its reach into the U.S. market with a US$2.55-billion deal to buy the crude oil business of Tallgrass Energy LP.

The acquisition announced Wednesday includes a 75 per cent interest in the Pony Express Pipeline, a 460,000-barrel-per-day system that connects oil from the Rockies region to Cushing, Okla., a major storage hub.

It also includes a US$300 million plan to expand Pony Express to 515,000 barrels per day of capacity.

Also through the deal, Enbridge gets a 51 per cent interest in the Powder River Gateway system in Wyoming, about 8.4 million barrels of storage capacity across nine terminals and a crude marketing business.

The Tallgrass deal comes two weeks after Enbridge announced plans to buy Salt Creek Midstream’s crude oil gathering business in Texas for US$600 million.

“Both acquisitions … represent the types of opportunities that do not come along very often, and even more rarely meet our disciplined evaluation criteria,” chief executive Greg Ebel said on a conference call on Wednesday.

In a news release, Enbridge said it believes U.S. crude oil production will continue to play a critical role in meeting global energy demand for decades, and the Tallgrass deal “positions the company to lead this mission.”

The Tallgrass deal is expected to close later in 2026, subject to closing conditions that include U.S. antitrust provisions.

The acquisition was announced a day after Ebel said he plans to retire at year end, handing the reins to the current head of Enbridge’s gas utilities business, Michele Harradence.

“Our continued momentum on these strategically important transactions during a time of CEO succession reflects the strength of Enbridge’s planning, deep bench strength and execution capabilities,” Ebel told the call.

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Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe says the latest trade war escalation from the United States would have a minor impact on his province.

He says U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs remain on some key Saskatchewan exports, including honey and wooden furniture, but his executive orders signed Tuesday would drop tariffs on other exports, like road salt and electrical panels.

Trump’s orders are set to take effect later this month and would also ban imports of certain Canadian goods, including motorcycles, some dairy products and alcoholic beverages.

Moe says even with the new orders, about 94 per cent of Saskatchewan’s exports remain tariff free.

He says the goal should be to have no tariffs across the board, as they hurt both Canadian and American businesses and workers.

Moe says his government would continue working with businesses feeling the brunt of the trade dispute while also advocating for Saskatchewan.

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Manitoba could de-privatize all lab tests after striking Dynacare workers were deemed essential by the provincial labour board and ordered back to work, the premier said.

Premier Wab Kinew’s comments come a day after 350 Dynacare workers picketed Tuesday. The Manitoba Association of Health Care Professionals (MAHCP) ordered the company’s technologists and technicians to strike over a wage dispute with Dynacare, who the association claims is underpaying its workers. The day-long strike ended Tuesday evening, after the Manitoba Labour Board ruled that the workers must return to work Wednesday.

“Dynacare sucks. They’ve made an absolute mess of this situation,” Manitoba’s premier told reporters, adding that he would like to see the parties resume negotiations.

“Dynacare, get back to the table. Give these workers a fair deal,” he added.

Kinew said he supports the union’s workers, despite his government successfully arguing to the Manitoba Labour Board that Dynacare is vital to the health system.

Manitoba’s government had to “do the right thing here and make sure the health care system runs smoothly,” the premier said, adding that people would have been forced to wait for potentially life-changing test results if the strike had continued.

“Nobody should be using the results of a cancer test as leverage in a negotiation,” Kinew said.

The premier also laid blame on the former Progressive Conservative government for contracting non-hospital medical testing to Dynacare.

That decision would be difficult and “costly” for the province to undo, Kinew cautioned, saying that “once you scramble the eggs, you can’t unscramble them again.”

“The impact on services is felt by the patients, and the inability to renationalize a universal public health care service being delivered in the province becomes extraordinarily more expensive once it’s been handed to private hands.”

In an email statement for Global News, Dynacare acknowledged that the situation has been “difficult” for patients and the province. A spokesperson for the company said that it shares Kinew’s desire to resolve the contract dispute.

“The fact is that Dynacare shares his commitment to ensuring Manitobans have reliable access to community-based laboratory services, and that is exactly what we are working to protect. We are looking for a sustainable collective agreement that will ensure those services,” the statement reads.

“We have served Manitobans for decades as a trusted partner in the province’s healthcare system, and we believe that kind of partnership will be stronger with a sustainable agreement.”

Dynacare said its offer of interest arbitration remains on the table for MAHCP members.

The union has stated that the root of this strike was a 20 to 50 per cent wage gap between Dynacare workers and those who work in the public sector.

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WINNIPEG – Stuart Skinner is well aware that he could very well become the Winnipeg Jets’ starting goaltender this season.

Connor Hellebuyck, who had been Winnipeg’s starting netminder for the past 10 seasons, recently repeated his request to be traded.

With Hellebuyck’s status still up in the air, Skinner – who signed a two-year deal with the Jets last July – was asked if the situation is on his mind as he gets familiar with his new surroundings.

“It’s funny, it might be me that gets impacted a little bit more,” Skinner said after an informal skate at the Hockey For All Centre on Wednesday. “But I haven’t thought much about it. There’s so many distractions that can go around in this league, through trades, through anybody’s situation. So what I’ve learned in my four years is my job is my job.”

Skinner, 27, split last season between the Edmonton Oilers and Pittsburgh Penguins. He has a goals-against average of 2.77 over 224 career NHL regular-season games.

His new teammates have no control over the club’s goaltending plans either.

“The situation is going to resolve itself one way or another,” Jets captain Adam Lowry told reporters on Tuesday. “As long as (Hellebuyck is) a member of the Jets, we’ll treat that situation as such.”

Hellebuyck, 33, is still under contract for another five years at about $8.5 million a year. The three-time Vezina Trophy winner won the Hart Trophy winner in 2025 as the NHL’s most valuable player.

Skinner, a six-foot-four 215-pound Edmonton native, backstopped the Oilers in two straight Stanley Cup finals (2024 and 2025), losing both series. He was dealt to Pittsburgh in a midseason trade after struggling at times last season.

“It’s always a difficult game when you’re playing in the ‘Peg, so I’m happy to have home-ice advantage here now,” he said. “I’m excited for it. I can’t wait to get in the building.”

Skinner said his new teammates are a “really fun group to be around.”

“Honestly, it’s been awesome,” he said “They’ve made it really easy for me. I knew a few guys but that was about it. Coming in here, everybody has been so nice, so kind and extremely helpful.”

Winnipeg missed the playoffs last spring after finishing 12th in the 16-team Western Conference standings.

The Jets won the Presidents’ Trophy a year earlier but were eliminated in the second round of the post-season.

“In my opinion, I think this team has what it takes to win,” Skinner said. “It’s just a matter of being able to go through (the challenges) for the whole year, playing at a consistent level and sticking together through everything.”

This report by The Canadian Press was first published on Sept. 9, 2026.

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After enjoying a minor trade war boost from Premier Doug Ford’s American alcohol prohibition, Ontario alcohol makers are now bracing for the impacts of a ban on beer, wine and spirits imports from Canada to the United States.

United States President Donald Trump signed five executive orders late Tuesday which, among other tariff decisions, imposed full import bans on Canadian-made cheese, other dairy products, and alcoholic beverages.

The president justified the move as retaliation for Canada’s counter-tariff measures, which went into effect earlier on Tuesday.

The executive orders are the latest trade war twist for brewers and distillers on both sides of the border, who have seen their products used as key bargaining chips in the trade war.

In early 2025, when Trump first announced tariffs on some Canadian goods, Ford removed American alcohol from the shelves of the LCBO, throttling almost a billion dollars in imports from the United States.

The ban meant the LCBO started carrying more domestic wine and spirits, in particular, leading to boosts for the province’s alcohol industries, even as tariffs started to bite.

In the spring of 2026, the Ministry of Finance said sales of Ontario-made alcohol products had increased roughly 22 per cent, with craft products up 35 per cent. An official added that sales of VQA Ontario wines were up 52 per cent after the ban, which included California wine.

Now, with a total import ban instituted by the United States, the picture could change again.

The largest hit from the import ban is likely to be to Canadian spirits, an industry which exported almost $1 billion worth of product to the United States last year.

According to Spirits Canada, 50 per cent of Canadian spirit production is tied to demand from the United States.

The figures for beer and wine are significantly smaller. Canadian wine exports to the United States are in the low millions, although a higher concentration of jobs is in Ontario.

Critics at Queen’s Park are calling on the Ford government to step in to ensure the latest tariff twist doesn’t harm jobs in Ontario.

“This is an urgent situation,” the Ontario NDP’s Catherine Fife said. “One business told me on Friday it’s equivalent to COVID. So they are asking for an emergency response to what is obviously an emerging financial challenge for the province of Ontario.”

Ontario Liberal interim leader John Fraser said the alcohol ban at the LCBO could remain in place, but urged the premier to unveil a response.

“I wouldn’t suggest we need to capitulate in the face of that — I think that’s up to the prime minister and the negotiating team to figure it out. But what he needs to have is a plan in place.”

Ford did not hold a news conference or issue a statement on the alcohol changes on Wednesday.

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