Here’s a story about the old days of radio. In 1924, there were all kinds of stories about life on Mars. Might the beings living there be trying to communicate with Earth? An American radio astronomer named David Todd wanted to find out.

He and a partner came up with a way that was supposed to intercept radio signals coming from Mars and then print out the radio waves on paper. There was one catch, though. For this to work, all Earthly radio stations had to fall silent for five minutes at the beginning of each hour for three consecutive days: August 21 to 24, 1924.

And it actually worked. Sort of.

Terrestrial radio silence was achieved, and some radio wave scribbles were captured. Strangely, they resembled a crudely drawn face, something that was dutifully reported in the newspapers. However, Jenkins didn’t believe it meant anything, and he stopped his research, fearful that he’d be branded a kook.

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For reasons that baffle me, people will pay good money to go to a gig only to throw stuff at the performers onstage. It can be bad today, but in the olden days, wow.

On October 10, 1977, some idiot threw a giant M-80 firecracker onstage during an Aerosmith show. Steven Tyler suffered a burned cornea, and guitarist Joe Perry had an artery in his hand rupture, sending them both to the ER.

Now imagine this. In 1989, Metallica played a show somewhere in Canada. The gig wasn’t sold out, so the stage was pushed closer to the seats. This meant that the upper deck was almost directly above the band. Then, during the show, someone from the upper deck started dropping darts on the band.

After four of these bombs, Metallica stopped the show, pointed to the upper deck, and both fans and security jumped on the perpetrator and roughly escorted him out.

What’s wrong with people?

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In the early 1970s, Iggy Pop was completely out of his head on drugs. After an arrest, a judge gave him a choice: jail or commitment to a mental health facility. That’s how he ended up in UCLA’s Neuropsychiatric Institute ward in 1975.

Doctor Murray Zucker diagnosed Iggy with hypomania, which is a form of bipolar disorder. His only visitor was his friend David Bowie, who was having his own drug and alcohol issues.

One day, Bowie was meeting with Ola Hudson, his LA-based costume designer. “I’m going to visit my friend Iggy,” he said. “Can I take your 10-year-old son with me?” Ola thought it might be a good lesson for her boy, Saul. It’ll scare him straight, so she said yes.

That kid grew up to be Slash of Guns N’ Roses. Obviously, the visit to Iggy had exactly the opposite effect on young Slash, didn’t it?

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In 1983, Peter Gabriel was touring with David Bowie as part of Bowie’s Serious Moonlight tour. When the tour moved into Vancouver for two shows on September 11 and 12, Gabriel decided that he needed to try some windsurfing between gigs. It didn’t go well. He fell off his board and tried to swim back to shore. But then he was caught in a riptide and swept to deep water. The only thing that saved him was a last-ditch effort to grab a buoy. He took off his orange safety vest and waved it until lifeguards saw what was going on and were able to rescue him. Gabriel performed that night and thanked the lifeguards from the stage for saving his life.

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Police in Western Australia have charged a 39-year-old man after they say they found approximately 3.5 grams of methamphetamine hidden between the bacon and egg of a McDonald’s McMuffin meal during a search of his vehicle.

The arrest on Sunday was part of an investigation into the buying and selling of illicit drugs in Broome, Western Australia, Senior Const. Ben Lucas told the WA Police Confidential podcast.

A bag of “fresh, hot, warm, lovely-smelling” food from the chain Chicken Treat was discovered in the suspect’s car; at the bottom, police identified a “cold, discarded McMuffin burger,” which drew the attention of officers, Lucas explained, adding that when it was unwrapped, it was found to contain a sealed bag with methamphetamine inside.

In bodycam footage of the search, officers can be seen digging through a paper bag full of fast food before coming across the meth-filled breakfast sandwich, which appeared to have a bite taken out of it.

The video, shared on the Western Australia Police  Facebook page, included a snippet of the Gingerbread Man from Shrek asking, “Do you know the muffin man?”

“It caught us all by surprise,” Lucas said on the podcast.

The man has been charged with possession with intent to sell or supply. He is next due to appear before the magistrates court on Sept. 9.

Police also arrested a woman who was in the car. Lucas said she was released after questioning.

In a message to listeners and those dealing in the synthetic psychoactive substance, Lucas said, “It’s not acceptable within the community; it leaves a scourge on society, and you’ll always be looking over your shoulder because we could be there any time.”

Methamphetamine use in Australia has doubled in the last decade, according to the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission’s annual report, which was released in April.

Australia is the second-highest consumer of meth in the world, after the U.S., the commission says; consumption is tracked through wastewater monitoring.

Statistics Canada data says Canadian cities also displayed very high levels of methamphetamines compared with cities in other countries worldwide, though fentanyl caused three-quarters of all accidental apparent opioid toxicity deaths from January to September 2024, while cocaine accounts for the largest share of illegal drug trafficking violations.

Methamphetamines ranked second.

In its 2025 World Drug Report, the United Nations estimates that, as of 2023, 316 million people worldwide used drugs in the past year. It also found that seizures of amphetamine-type stimulants worldwide broke records in 2023 and represented close to half of all synthetic drug seizures.

North America and East and Southeast Asia are the largest and most active methamphetamine markets, the report says, with those regions accounting for nearly 80 per cent of the 482 tons of methamphetamine seized globally in 2023.

In 2023, 8,049 people in Canada died from apparent drug poisonings, which include those related to the use of opioids, according to the Canadian Mental Health Association.

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Quebec Cardinal Marc Ouellet expressed his gratitude today after winning a civil defamation suit against a woman who accused him of sexual misconduct as part of a class-action lawsuit.

Superior Court Justice Martin Castonguay ruled on Monday that Paméla Groleau’s accusations against Ouellet were unfounded and ordered her to pay him $100,000.

Ouellet issued a brief written statement today from his residence in Rome, Italy.

In it, he expresses his gratitude to the civil justice system and thanks his lawyers and the witnesses who testified.

Groleau had accused Ouellet of touching her without consent on three occasions between 2008 and 2010, while she was training or working for the church.

Ouelette reiterated his plan to donate the $100,000 in damages to organizations fighting sexual abuse against Indigenous Peoples in Canada.

“I pledge to continue the fight within the Church and in society against every form of abuse, particularly sexual abuse, and I unreservedly support substantiated victims in their pursuit of restorative justice,” he writes.

Castonguay’s 52-page ruling, handed down Monday at the Montreal courthouse, is harsh on Groleau.

The judge concluded that her testimony “was neither credible nor reliable.” He noted that she changed her account of the facts several times and that the alleged incidents took place during public events attended by other people.

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Saskatoon police and transit supervisors are actively enforcing a new bylaw designed to support a “safer, cleaner and more welcoming transit system.”

The bylaw, passed by city council at the end of July, won’t change much for riders, the city’s transit authority said. Instead, the bylaw — which went into effect on Tuesday — “supports the experience you already expect on Saskatoon Transit,” according to Saskatoon Transit’s website.

The bylaw is supported by the city’s Transit Code, which expects bus users to respect other riders and employees, pay the required fare, keep vehicles and terminals clean, avoid smoking, alcohol and drug use on transit property and report safety concerns.

“The focus is on education, awareness and compliance, with enforcement tools available when needed,” a release from the city said.

As part of enforcement, riders may be required to show proof of fare payment.

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The New Brunswick government wants residents to weigh in on its data centre policy as it considers a proposal for a facility in the province’s southwest.

The province created a framework for data centre development it says will prevent spikes in electricity costs for ratepayers and minimize the facilities’ impact on the environment.

A news release says the draft policy will support Canada’s efforts to control its own data and develop Canadian artificial intelligence.

The public can share their thoughts on the plan until Oct. 2 through an online form on the government’s website.

The Liberal government’s request for feedback comes as it reviews plans for a proposed data centre west of Saint John, N.B.

The 390-megawatt Spruce Lake AI Hub, pitched by Beacon Data Centres and VotaGrid, is currently under regulatory review.

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Health Canada has issued a product recall for 7,000 PowerG Walking Pads sold in Canada at Canadian Tire due to an electrical hazard.

In a recall notice issued last week, Health Canada says anyone who purchased the PowerG Walking Pad since January 2025 should “immediately stop using the recalled product and return it to a Canadian Tire store for a refund or in-store credit.”

“The affected product does not meet the requirements of the relevant standard for this product category, which poses an electrical hazard,” the recall notice says.

The recall involves the PowerG Walking Pad, Model Number 499-4052 (UPC 8 46325 03115 8).

Health Canada notes there have been no serious incidents or injuries reported in Canada as of Aug. 10.

Consumers who need more information on the recall can contact Canadian Tire by telephone or visit the company’s website.

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Bryan Adams is paying tribute to one of Canada’s most beloved icons, and he says the story behind the song came together in a very unexpected way. In this interview with Q107’s Shawna Whalen, the Canadian music legend opens up about how he became involved with filmmaker Sean Menard’s new documentary, Run Terry Run, and what inspired him to create a powerful musical tribute to Terry Fox.

Run Terry Run, is out October 9th in Canadian theatres, with a TIFF premiere on September 19th in Toronto.

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