At a guess, tonight’s game between the Maple Leafs and Oilers might draw the largest weeknight hockey audience in Canada this season. Both teams return to action with significant changes to their line-ups since they last took to the ice. It’s always a high-profile showdown between two of the top teams in the country, both featuring a bevy of offensive stars. But tonight, and for both clubs, the focus will be on the back end. (Note: the specially tailored start time of 6:00pm MST = 8:00 EST.) Read More
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<img src="https://www.mtlblog.com/media-library/a-phone-displaying-the-pornhub-logo-an-elections-canada-sign-outside-a-polling-station.jpg?id=60068530&width=1245&height=700&coordinates=2%2C0%2C3%2C0"/><br/><br/><p>Over <a href="https://electionsanddemocracy.ca/federal-election" target="_blank">19 million Canadians cast a ballot</a> during the <a href="https://www.mtlblog.com/tag/federal-election-canada" target="_blank">2025 federal election</a> — but according to <a href="https://www.mtlblog.com/tag/pornhub-canada" target="_blank">Pornhub</a>, some voters were also... a little distracted.</p><p>The adult entertainment site shared its April 28 Canadian traffic stats with MTL Blog, revealing that while visits dropped sharply during peak voting hours, politically-driven searches for terms like "Canada" and "conservative" surged.</p><p>As it turns out, Canadian users had some oddly specific — and weirdly patriotic — interests on election day. Among the top trending search terms were:</p> <ul> <li><strong>Canada</strong> — +323%</li> <li><strong>Real homemade</strong> — +284%</li> <li><strong>Canadian</strong> — +226%</li> <li><strong>Podcast</strong> — +186%</li> <li><strong>Quebecoise</strong> — +152%</li> <li><strong>Happy ending</strong> — +129%</li> <li><strong>Spitroast</strong> — +108%</li> <li><strong>Elbow</strong> — +96%</li> <li><strong>Conservative</strong> — +36%</li> </ul> <p>"Quebec" also saw significant jumps as users sought a little French-Canadian flair.</p><p>And yes, even "elbow" made the list — likely tied to <a href="https://www.mtlblog.com/mark-carney-canada-election-win-liberal" target="_blank">Prime Minister Mark Carney</a>'s viral "elbows up" voting campaign. As for what's so sexy about that, we're hard-pressed to find an explanation.</p><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-rebelmouse-image">
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<small class="image-media media-caption" placeholder="Add Photo Caption...">Plenty of election-inspired searches end up near the top.</small><small class="image-media media-photo-credit" placeholder="Add Photo Credit...">Pornhub</small></p><p>Looking at the traffic itself, Canadians were far less active on the site than usual. Pornhub saw a dramatic dip throughout the day, especially around 8 p.m., when traffic dropped -18.8% below average.</p><p>According to a Pornhub insight expert, this is a sharp contrast to the most recent U.S. election, where traffic actually increased in the evening. For comparison, during Canada’s 2019 federal election, the lowest dip in traffic was just -10%.</p><p>Here's how it broke down:</p> <ul> <li> Traffic peaked early at 6 a.m. (+11.2%)</li> <li> It then tanked from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., bottoming out at -18.8%</li> <li> It shot back up around 11 p.m. ET, finishing the night on an above-average note</li><li>Daytime traffic was down 8.5% while evening traffic was down by 12%. </li> </ul><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-rebelmouse-image">
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<small class="image-media media-caption" placeholder="Add Photo Caption...">Traffic was especially low as polls around the country closed. </small><small class="image-media media-photo-credit" placeholder="Add Photo Credit...">Pornhub</small></p> <p>Notably, BC and Manitoba were the only provinces where traffic stayed above average throughout both day and night.</p><p>Turns out some Canadians can close their tabs when democracy calls — though their search history might say otherwise.</p><p><em>Love this? Check out our <a href="https://www.mtlblog.com/notices/" target="_blank">MTL Blog noticeboard</a> for details on jobs, benefits, travel info and more!</em></p>
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<p><img width="710" height="400" src="https://www.naijanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Babagana-Zulum.png" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Why Mass Abduction Of Students Has Been Curbed In Borno - Zulum" decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" srcset="https://www.naijanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Babagana-Zulum.png 710w, https://www.naijanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Babagana-Zulum-300x169.png 300w" sizes="(max-width: 710px) 100vw, 710px" /></p>
<h2>Governor <a href="https://www.naijanews.com/2024/03/25/governor-zulum-appoints-168-aides-104-board-members-in-borno-state/">Babagana Zulum</a> of Borno State has said mass abductions of school children have been addressed decisively in the state.</h2>
<p>The governor stated this while addressing State House Correspondents after a meeting with President Bola Tinubu at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Tuesday.</p>
<p>Governor Zulum said the state's low student abduction rate is due to the Safe School Initiative, which has been in place for the past seven to eight years.</p>
<p>He said most of the schools are well-fenced and manned by operatives, saying that in addition to the interventions of the military and other security agencies, the state is also using hunters, vigilantes, and civilian JTF.</p>
<p>He said: “<em>We have started since not now because we launched this programme (Safe School Initiative) about seven to eight years ago. Because of the insecurity station in our own state.</em></p>
<p><em>“I believe almost of our schools are well fenced as part of the safe school initiative. We have also deployed the military, the civilian JTF, as well as hunters and vigilantes who are working closely to ensure that our schools are safe.</em></p>
<p><em>“So we’re doing very well, I believe you haven’t heard much in Borno State as regards abduction of school children, it is because our school initiative is working very well. And I also want to commend the Nigerian Army, the Nigerian police and all others. We’re working closely and they’re doing very well in terms of safeguarding our own schools.</em>”</p>
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