OTR Backup 09/25/2026

• Potash – doug — off the record

  I’ll confess; until recently, I only had a vague idea of what potash was and didn’t totally realize its importance. It was only when it became one of the talking points in the trade war…

• The 10 Best Far Side Comics About Music

  From tone-deaf bands to musical mishaps, these Far Side comics prove Gary Larson found something funny in nearly every instrument imaginable.

• UWindsor partnership fast-tracking medical school for students

  The University of Windsor has opened a new accelerated pathway to medical school with a partnership.

• Province invests $80M in University of Waterloo to add 2,500 new seats

  The provincial government says it has invested $80 million for 2,515 new seats at the University of Waterloo in STEM, healthcare, and trades.

• Journey Behind the Falls gets $25M makeover

  Niagara Parks is spending $25 million to reopen a tunnel closed since the Second World War and add two new year-round viewing platforms at Journey Behind the Falls. No taxpayer dollars involved. Phase 1 opens summer 2027.

• Camera surveillance coming to Highway 401 in this stretch of Southern Ontario

• Donald Trump's anxious 7 words to Melania at Xi Jinping meeting spotted by lip reader - AOL

  Expert lip reader Nicola Hickling revealed the 7-word request that President Donald Trump gave to first lady Melania during the welcome ceremony of Chinese President Xi and his wife, Peng Liyuan

• Ottawa city council votes to dump Trump Avenue

• In 1984 an Australian doctor drank a broth of bacteria taken from a patient's stomach to prove they caused gastritis, was ill within days, and 21 years later shared a Nobel Prize for linking the same bug to ulcers - ScienceBlog.com

  Barry Marshall’s self-experiment showed that a stomach bacterium could cause gastritis in a healthy person. The evidence linking that bacterium to ulcers came later, through studies of what happened when patients’ infections were treated.

• Don't Bother With the Microsoft Store. This Free Alternative Is Way Better | PCMag

• I Tested Every Apple Intelligence Feature: Is It Actually Useful, or Just Hype? | PCMag

• CANADA MAKES POWER MOVE FOR GLOBAL SECURITY

  Make no mistake, this is a line-in-the-sand moment. Canada is standing for a better vision of the future.

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