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Sunday, 1 November 2026
The week's headlines
These are the stories in this issue, with a link to each source. Subscribers also get a short summary of every story, my notes on what I finished reading, and a moment of stillness.
Longevity & fitness research
- ACC scientific statement: prescribe exercise, with strength training, in routine heart careAmerican College of Cardiology
- Under 42 minutes of daily bright light linked to higher dementia riskScienceDaily / General Psychiatry
- HIIT cut fat without lean-mass loss in 6-month trial of adults averaging 72ScienceDaily (Univ. of the Sunshine Coast / Maturitas)
- 47-year Swedish study: fitness starts falling around 35; adult exercise adds 5-10%ScienceDaily / Karolinska Institutet
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Canadian banking & finance
- Bank of Canada raises policy rate 25 bp to 2.5% and flags more hikes possibleBank of Canada
- Laurentian Bank breakup closes Nov 1: Fairstone and National Bank split itLaurentian Bank
- Ottawa publishes draft stablecoin regulations; comments close Dec 23BetaKit
- FINTRAC annual report: record $247m in penalties, 35 violation noticesFINTRAC
Finance technology
- Guidewire to buy hyperexponential for $1.7bn plus up to $400mGuidewire
- OCC gives Ripple final approval for a national trust bankThe Block
- SoFi Q3: revenue up 44% to $1.39bn, raises 2026 revenue guidanceSoFi / SEC 8-K
- Barclays cuts about 5,000 jobs, 60% in support roles as AI lifts productivityFinTech Futures
M&A
- DoorDash to buy Instacart for $65 a share, about $17bnDoorDash
- Thrive Holdings to take ADT private at $10 a share, $15.3bn with debtTheStreet
- GE Vernova to buy high-voltage grid maker Trench Group for about $9bnGE Vernova (SEC 8-K)
- La Caisse buys 49.9% of Bell's tower company for C$2.45bnPR Newswire (BCE)
Good news from around the world
- Chiricahua becomes the newest US national parkThe New York Times
- NYC pedestrian deaths fall to lowest since 1910 records beganamNY
- Colorado I-25 wildlife overpass cuts animal collisions 91%The Colorado Sun
- Sudan lifts third-dose vaccine coverage from 39% to 71%; Somalia cholera deaths down 93%Good Good Good
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