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Mike McPhaden

Reporter · CA

Indexed articles, last 90 days
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Aug 31, 2026
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Jul 16, 2026
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  1. Article · Aug 31, 2026 · Mike McPhaden ( @ )

    Man with 500 day Duolingo streak surprised real Spanish conversations not multiple choice (opens the original)

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    COSTA RICA – A Vancouver man boasting a 500-day Duolingo streak was stunned to discover during a recent vacation that conversations with real Spanish speakers are not, in fact, multiple choice. The man in question, 34-year-old Tyler Miller, said he realized something was off from the start. “Day one at our resort, the bartender hit me with “Cómo estás?” I’m sorry, how am I supposed to answer that if I don’t know what my options are? Like, show me a menu or something.” However, no such menu was o

  2. Article · Jul 29, 2026 · Mike McPhaden ( @ )

    Boomers blame social media for setting unrealistic lawn standards (opens the original)

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    ST. CATHARINES — Canada’s Baby Boomers increasingly say social media is to blame for setting unrealistically high standards for their lawns. “Sometimes I’m on Facebook, enjoying posts about how Taylor Swift is dumb and seatbelts are for snowflakes, and then I see a photo of a friend’s perfect, green, rectangle of a yard, and it ruins my whole day,” said Brian Schultz, 66. Schultz is not alone. 83% of Boomers report feeling worse about their lawns after just six hours a day on social media. “Our

  3. Article · Jul 16, 2026 · Mike McPhaden ( @ )

    Toronto air quality plummets to 1990s bingo hall levels (opens the original)

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    TORONTO — Environment Canada has warned that wildfire smoke drifting from Northwestern Ontario has reduced Toronto’s air quality to 1990s bingo hall levels. Elderly Toronto bingo players were among the first to raise the alarm. “The air this morning was a little yellow, like an Early Bird game back in the Chretien years,” said former bingo caller Carol Nowatsky, 70. “But soon it was as thick as the Jumbo Jackpot game. Me and my bingo gals, we figured we better give the government a heads up befo

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