 What does it feel like to age and live with dementia? These simulations can show you | | |  | The Current's host Matt Galloway, left, wears a frailty simulation suit. On the right, he tests a tablet-based VR experience simulating dementia, guided by simulation manager Meaghan Adams at Baycrest's Centre for Education and Knowledge Exchange in Aging. (Meli Gumus/CBC) | What if you could truly feel what it's like to grow old — as your body slows down, your senses fade, and the world becomes harder to navigate — years before your own time comes?
Meaghan Adams, manager of simulation and virtual learning at Baycrest's Centre for Education and Knowledge Exchange in Aging, guided The Current host Matt Galloway through the experience earlier this year.
Galloway was equipped with a weighted jumpsuit; tight bands wrapped around his elbows, knees and neck to restrict movement; goggles that blurred his vision; earplugs that muffled his hearing and gloves that dulled his sense of touch.
He was then given a cane and asked to perform what would typically be simple tasks, such as walking to a bookshelf and picking a book.
"There's a real anxiety," Galloway told Adams. "I can't perceive certain things.... There's other people around, but I don't know what's going on."
This visceral exercise offers caregivers a powerful way to build empathy and gain deeper insight into the daily realities of those they care for.
"The people we put in this are not frail, older adults, so they get to embody an experience that's different from their own, and we hope that it changes the way that they approach and interact with the people they work with," Adams said. | | | | | | | AI could transform how we monitor hurricanes. But experts say it needs work | | |  | Peggy Savery's home fights against high winds caused by post-tropical storm Fiona in Port aux Basques, N.L., on Sept. 24, 2022. (Rene Roy/Wreckhouse Press/The Canadian Press) | Artificial intelligence (AI) is currently being integrated into weather forecasting systems around the world, including at the U.S. National Hurricane Center and the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts.
"It will be the next transformation in meteorology," said Jim Abraham, a meteorologist and founder of the Canadian Hurricane Centre — but he also says not to expect AI to fully replace traditional forecasting.
Richard Turner is part of a team at Cambridge University that developed Aardvark Weather, a fully AI-driven weather prediction system, the results of which were published in the science journal Nature earlier this year.
Turner said AI models are "surprisingly good" at tracking a storm's location. But they aren't as good at predicting a storm's intensity, such as its wind speeds, which is important to determine how to respond to an incoming hurricane.
Even as developments continue, Abraham says not to expect AI to fully replace traditional forecasting. The two need each other, he says, as AI relies on data collected from traditional forecasts. | | | | | | | | | Trump's tariff threats inspire an 'Elbows Up' movement in India — minus the hockey | | |  | Activists burn an effigy of Donald Trump during a protest rally on trade tariffs and the war in Gaza in Kolkata, India on Aug. 13, 2025. (Bikas Das/The Associated Press) | If U.S. President Donald Trump thinks he can push India around, he's got another thing coming, says Ashok Kumar Mittal.
Mittal, a member of Parliament in India's upper house, is one of several lawmakers and business leaders in India calling on people to boycott American products in response to the U.S. president's tariff threats.
Earlier this month, Trump vowed to impose an additional 25 per cent tariff on Indian goods on Aug. 27, citing the country's continued imports of Russian oil. That would raise duties on some Indian exports to as high as 50 per cent.
The U.S. president has issued similar threats to other countries who buy Russian oil, in a bid to exert pressure on Russia to end its war in Ukraine.
"India will never come under any kind of pressure by anyone," Mittal said. "Indians are very patriotic."
The surge of nationalism mirrors Canada's response to its ongoing trade war with the U.S., which has been dubbed "Elbows Up," a reference to hockey legend Gordie Howe, who wielded his elbows like weapons on the ice. | | | | | | | Lamine Yamal could be soccer's next mega star — and he's just 18 years old | | |  | Lamine Yamal of FC Barcelona lifts the La Liga title trophy following the match between FC Barcelona and Villarreal CF on May 18, 2025. (Florencia Tan Jun/Getty Images) | At just the age of 18, Lamine Yamal has proven himself as a global soccer star. The only question now is, how big of a star will he be?
Yamal scored one goal and one assist Saturday as a star player for soccer club FC Barcelona over Mallorca in the opening game of the 2025-26 La Liga season.
Many eyes were on the young midfielder, who previously set the record at the age of 16 as the youngest player to debut, score and assist in the league.
It wasn't long ago that Yamal was a relative unknown, with no contract extensions or shoe deals. Instead, the son of African immigrants was living in poverty in the town of Mataró, near Barcelona.
And as the World Cup looms in 2026, with games in both Toronto and Vancouver, former Canadian soccer star Amy Walsh says Yamal will likely be a centrepiece of the marketing around the major event, and a player in the running for the highest award in soccer, the Ballon d'Or.
"I think Lamine Yamal will continue to make strides and elevate himself amongst the world best," said Walsh. | | | | | | | | | |
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