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EDMONTON — Heavy traffic on a website for Albertans to apply for $100 from the provincial government has clogged the site on the day it opened. In an email Wednesday, Alberta’s technology and innovation department says it is aware of “performance issues” with the website related to heavy traffic load The email says that “new functionality has been added” to support the Alberta Energy Rebate Portal, and that support teams would be monitoring the site for the remainder of the day. The direct deposits are meant to help Albertans deal with the high cost of living. Premier Danielle Smith announced…

WhatsApp this week started rolling out username reservations ahead of the broader launch planned later this year. The feature — which lets people find and message each other by handle instead of phone number — is already raising impersonation concerns, drawing scrutiny from security experts and regulators in India, the app’s largest market, with more than 500 million users. The rollout marks a shift in how people identify one another on WhatsApp. Instead of relying on phone numbers as the primary identifier, users will increasingly interact through platform-managed usernames, a change that Meta says improves privacy but that critics argue…

Credit: CBS Emily Wickersham Character: Eleanor “Ellie” Bishop When They Exited: Season 18, Episode 16 Whether They’ll Return: During an August 2024 episode of the “Off Duty: An NCIS Rewatch” podcast, Emily Wickersham hinted that her exit from the series is permanent. “I left the show, I found out I was pregnant a month later … So it was a combo of decompressing and trying to really relax and figure out how things were going to be without work,” she explained of when it hit her that her NCIS stint was over. “It’s all consuming. Your life is all NCIS…

You bought it a week ago. It looks fine. It smells mostly fine. And then you take a bite and know immediately it was not fine. Certain foods spoil on a timeline that does not match what most people expect, and the consequences range from a ruined dinner to a genuine food safety problem. Knowing which foods are deceptively short-lived changes how you shop, how much you buy, and how you store what you have. Which foods go bad faster than you think? The short answer: Fresh-squeezed juice, fresh fish, raw ground meat, cooked grains, brown rice, ground spices, cut…

Losing a spouse is never easy. But life goes on. Many widows and widowers go on to find love again. A Today Show host opened up about dating again after their husband’s death. Keep reading for all the details. Today Host Opens Up About Dating After Husband’s Death The hosts of the Today Show share more than just the daily news. Most of them open up and share parts of their off-camera lives, good or bad. Savannah Guthrie is currently dealing with the very public abduction of her beloved mother. Several hosts of the morning show have gone through divorces or losing their…

Lawd! Kirk Franklin is making headlines after a tense public moment involving his wife, Tammy Franklin, quickly spread across social media. A viral clip has sparked plenty of conversation, with fans weighing in on the unexpected confrontation and the couple’s response after the cameras stopped rolling.RELATED: Too Soon? Kirk Franklin Has Social Media Hollerin’ After Clowning Marvin Sapp’s $40K Donation Request (PHOTO)Kirk Franklin Defends Wife Tammy In Heated ExchangeA video circulating online appears to show Kirk Franklin in a heated exchange with a man who allegedly told the gospel singer that he and his wife, Tammy Franklin, were “going to…

Evernorth, the health services division of The Cigna Group, launched a new AI-powered program for specialty pharmacy on Thursday called Pharmacy Forward. The program is backed by a $100 million investment through 2028. Evernorth serves 190 million people and offers pharmacy, care and benefits solutions. Pharmacy Forward is initially launching with Evernorth’s Accredo Specialty Pharmacy, which serves about 1 million patients battling chronic and complex specialty conditions. Evernorth plans to expand the program to its other pharmacy operations in the future. The program leverages AI in four key areas, according to Matt Perlberg, president of the Evernorth Health Services pharmacy…

Bill Maher says Democrats are “well on their way” to blowing the 2028 presidential election after left-wing Democratic Socialists swept three congressional primaries in New York City last week. The HBO “Real Time” host made the comments in Washington on the red carpet before accepting the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor at the Kennedy Center on Sunday, according to Fox News. “The Democrats just elected three very far-left Democratic Socialists in New York, who are crazy — like outright, really crazy,” Mr. Maher said, according to Fox News. “So, how are they going to blow it? I don’t know,…

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Kaedan Korczak (The Kip, Wikimedia Commons) The Pittsburgh Penguins and Vegas Golden Knights were involved in a transaction involving two Canadian defensemen on Tuesday. The Penguins traded Parker Wotherspoon of Surrey, British Columbia to the Golden Knights for Kaedan Korczak of Yorkton, Saskatchewan according to Rogers Sportsnet. Wotherspoon is joining his fourth National Hockey League team. He was with the New York Islanders in 2022-23, the Boston Bruins for two seasons from 2023 to 2025, and one season with the Pittsburgh Penguins in 2025-26. In 80 games with the Penguins in 2025-26, Wotherspoon had three goals and 27 assists for…