Archives — July 2026

"The Spectrum of Virtuality" by Devin Proctor draws on years of digital ethnographic research to examine how internet spaces shape identity, social relationships, and understandings of what it means to be human. Devin Proctor, assistant professor of anthropology

The Chargers don’t desperately need another defensive tackle, but Vita Vea isn’t an ordinary player. With the Buccaneers’ star requesting a trade, should Los Angeles make a move or stay committed to its current defensive line?

There were certainly no shortage of headlines coming out of the world of sports this week. (Credit: Chris Tanouye/Getty Images, Geoff Stellfox/Getty Images/Yahoo Canada Illustration)There's definitely some withdrawal after the high of the 2026 men's FIFA World Cup but that doesn't mean the action has stopped elsewhere. Canadians are representing well at the Commonwealth Games, the Toronto Blue Jays are into the second half of their season, and Toronto Tempo star Marina Mabrey just showcased her skills at the WNBA All-Star Weekend. The show always goes on in the world of sports and there was plenty that went on the last little while. Here's everything you need to know about the week that was among Canadian sports teams and athletes. Canada off to strong start at Commonwealth GamesElsabeth Black of Canada celebrates with her gold medal after winning the Artistic Gymnastics Women's All-Around Final during day three of the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. Picture date: Sunday July 26, 2026. (Photo by Martin Rickett/PA Images via Getty Images)Ellie Black and Josh Liendo made it a super Sunday for Canada at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow as both claimed gold.

As the era of artificial general intelligence approaches, global value chains in high-technology services are being reconfigured, reshaping how tasks are organized across borders, where comparative advantages exist and who captures the value created. Although global value chains are still commonly understood in terms of physical products assembled from components made in different countries, this conventional view increasingly fails to capture an important part of the global economy, which now moves through fiber-optic cables, cloud platforms and multinational corporate networks rather than in containers.

A new NBA season kicks off with Canadian talent across the league What the referendum results signal to Ottawa

TMU experts explain heat waves, ticks, food safety, air and water quality From heat waves and ticks to food safety and air and water quality, TMU experts break down summer public health concerns and recommendations. (Photo: Pexels/ Image Hunter)

When I told my grandfather I was accepted into my PhD program, he disappeared into the basement and returned with a worn black briefcase. Inside was a letter from Ontario’s Ministry of Education dated 1974. The letter acknowledged that he held a Bachelor of Science in Radio and Electronics Engineering from the Philippines. But it also concluded that his education was equivalent only to Ontario’s now-defunct Grade 13.

Golden Ticket Sports owner Tanner Brightman has been named a finalist for the ABEX Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award, recognition he says reflects the work of the entire team behind the growing Saskatchewan-based company. Brightman said he was surprised to learn he had been selected as a finalist for the award, presented by the Saskatchewan Chamber of Commerce.

[NASA] The abstract in PubMed or at the publisher’s site is linked when available and will open in a new window. Kulkarni A, Tu E, Kolhatkar R, Claudio J, Reinsch S, Blaber EA. RNA-seq analysis of spaceflown mouse lungs reveals changes in circadian gene expression. Gravit Space Res. 2026 Jun;14(1):28-37. Note: ISS results. GeneLab is available at https://genelab.nasa.gov. This article may be obtained online without charge. Journal Impact Factor: 0.9Funding: A. Kulkarni, E. Tu, R. Kolhatkar, and J. Claudio are affiliated with NASA GeneLab for High Schools, Moffett Field. S. Reinsch is affiliated with Space Biosciences Division, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field.

Dr. Hideto Takahashi is shifting the focus of research to find new ways to treat anxiety and neurodevelopmental disorders. Every single thing we do—walking, talking, or feeling anxiety—relies on a constant conversation between cells throughout the brain.

Updated: July 29, 2026 at 2:36p.m. EDTPublished: July 27, 2026 at 10:33a.m. EDTA Toronto man is facing charges after police say that he was pulled over in an SUV that was previously reported stolen after it was towed to a fake auto-repair business in Georgina. Durham Regional Police said they got a report about a white Genesis SUV driving in a dangerous manner at high speeds in Pickering on the afternoon of July 22. Officers found the SUV parked near Liverpool and Kingston Roads and arrested the driver as he was getting out of the vehicle, police said. They added that they located a quantity of cocaine in the SUV during a subsequent search. Police said their investigation determined that the SUV was taken to what was believed to be an auto repair business in Georgina. “The vehicle was reported stolen after the owner attended the location and discovered the business did not exist at this location,” police said.

Saskatchewan’s premier is asking the federal government to help finance event centre projects in Saskatoon, Prince Albert and North Battleford. According to the provincial government, Premier Scott Moe has written to Gregor Robertson, Canada’s federal housing minister, seeking funding for the Downtown Event and Entertainment District (DEED) in Saskatoon, the Prince Albert Convention and Cultural Centre and the Battlefords Arena and Event Centre through Ottawa’s Build Communities Strong Fund. Read more: North Battleford unveils proposed site for $94M arena project

Ursula K Le Guin rewrote the rules of science fiction, replacing the genre’s obsession with weapons and heroes with explorations of gender, social structure, and the transformative power of perspective, writes Maxime Toscan du Plantier, showing how encounters with the “Other” illuminate our own humanity. Science fiction may have appeared in an increasingly secular age, but its preachers still very much believe in original sin. It suffices to watch the opening scene of Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) to convince oneself of it. On the barren and desolate landscapes of a prehistoric Earth, a hominid picks up a femur from a sun-bleached skeleton and, raising it in one of the most famous closeups of cinema history, proceeds to methodically bash a skull as the glorious and triumphant opening fanfare of Richard Strauss’s Thus Spake Zarathustra exalts his deadly discovery. Thus armed, the ape man can spread the good news and reap the rewards of his (who doubts that it is a he?) invention, whose killing power gives him access to a seemingly unlimited supply of meat and, most importantly, allows him to enact vengeance upon a rival, who is clubbed to death.

We're into the final 10 days of the Western Canadian Baseball League's regular season schedule and the battle continues for first place in the east division. The Moose Jaw Miller Express and Saskatoon Berries are neck-and-neck with identical 33 and 13 records.

Luke Littler set several new records at this year's Matchplay.

The education technology industry calls students working on laptops in class personalized learning. Some dashboard metrics call it engagement. Credit: Allison Shelley for EDUimages The Hechinger Report covers one topic: education. Sign up for our newsletters to have stories delivered to your inbox. Consider becoming a member to support our nonprofit journalism.

NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory captured an “orphan” black hole lighting up as it devoured a star on the outskirts of a faraway galaxy. These phenomena are rare to begin with, and none had ever before been seen so far outside of a galaxy’s core. “We were looking for these star-shredding events as a way to find otherwise invisible supermassive black holes wandering away from the galactic cores where they usually reside,” said Robert Stein, a research fellow at The University of Maryland, College Park and NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. “With this discovery, which is one of just a couple that have been confirmed so far, we’ve validated a new technique and can use it to hunt for more.”

Chelsea have held positive initial talks with Brighton about a deal for Danny Welbeck. With a year remaining on his contract, Brighton do not want to stand in the striker's way as long as they get a fair price for his sale. Welbeck has continued to be a reliable goalscorer in the Premier League at 35 years old. Last season he scored 13 times, after scoring 10 in the previous campaign.