After suffering through four-straight 3-9 seasons, Stanford football called in a familiar name and proven winner to direct the football program as general manager: Andrew Luck.

Luck replaced Troy Taylor with interim coach Frank Reich, who broke out of the three-win slump, going 4-8. Then Luck hired former Cardinal quarterback Tavita Prichart.

Stanford football has played 119 seasons through 2025, dating back to 1891.

The Cardinal did not play any games from 1906 to 1917, when the school played rugby instead, and from 1943 to 1945, due to World War II.

The Cardinal claimed national championships in 1926 and 1940.

In 1926, led by legendary coach Glenn “Pop” Warner, the team was undefeated in the regular season and tied Alabama in the 1927 Rose Bowl.

The 1940 team went unbeaten and untied after defeating Nebraska 21–13 in the 1941 Rose Bowl, but the team ranked No. 2 in the final AP poll released before the game was played.

The table below gives season rundowns with Conference, W-L record, win percentage, coach, and bowl game, if any, for each year

Biodiversity in Wetlands

Since wetlands offer a variety of unique characteristics distinct from other ecosystems, wetland animals adapt their habits and their physical appearance to blend well within these habitats. Common characteristics include webbed feet, streamlined bodies, camouflage, and feeding techniques/adaptations that allow for probing in the mud. 

Wetlands are especially vital as breeding grounds, and their destruction has far-reaching impacts. In fact, 95% of commercial fishing revenue in the U.S. is linked to species that breed in wetlands. Without these habitats, not only does biodiversity suffer, but so does a significant portion of our economy and food supply.

National Protections – Clean Water Act and Endangered Species Act

Under the Clean Water Act of 1972, wetlands that are connected to Waters of the United States (WOTUS)—such as major rivers, lakes, and coastal areas—are federally protected. These connected wetlands play a crucial role in commerce, environmental health, and flood control.

However, isolated wetlands that aren’t linked to WOTUS often fall through the cracks. Without federal protection, they are vulnerable to being drained, filled, or developed.

Here’s where the Endangered Species Act (ESA) steps in. More than one-third of all species listed under the ESA depend on wetlands for survival—whether for breeding, feeding, or shelter. This includes amphibians (ex: eastern hellbender salamanders), birds (ex: whooping crane), mammals (ex: Florida panther), and fish (ex: killfish)  that are increasingly threatened by habitat destruction. 

State governments have passed protections for wetlands and endangered species too, but it’s a patchwork of protections that vary in strength – some states don’t have any protections at all. And, political border lines mean nothing to water and wildlife. That’s why national frameworks for protections are an important part of the strategy to save wetlands.

Since returning to office in 2025, the Trump administration has proposed extreme rollbacks to the implementation of both the Clean Water Act and the Endangered Species Act.

Why It Matters

While protecting wetlands helps save frogs or keeps birds chirping, it’s about preserving ecosystems that support human life, too. The fight to save wetlands is ultimately a fight to sustain the balance of nature and the services it quietly provides every day.

Canada Computers & Electronics continues to investigate a data breach affecting hundreds of people that has left customers frustrated over how the company handled the episode and communicated about it.

“This is something that shouldn’t have happened,” said Eric Pimentel, an IT professional who cancelled a credit card after being warned by the company that he’d potentially been affected — and was later told he was not.

Toronto’s Brad Seward likewise cancelled a card after getting a notification from Canada Computers, before he was advised that he had not been affected.

“It really sounds like this company is all over the place,” Seward said via email.

Canada Computers told CBC News on Tuesday that its “current investigation indicates this incident affected 1,284 customers.”

The Richmond Hill, Ont.,-headquartered retailer previously stated that, on Jan. 22, it learned of a data breach incident involving “unauthorized access to the system supporting our retail website,” which left personal customer information — including credit card information — compromised.

Canada Computers says it took immediate steps to contain the breach. It also notified authorities and launched an investigation. Affected customers were alerted on Jan. 25.

The breach has been reported to the federal privacy watchdog as well as to police in York Region.

Pimentel and Seward are among a half-dozen customers who told CBC News they received notification from the company about the breach and were then subsequently told that was not correct.

The company confirms it sent messaging of this nature out and says it apologizes for the confusion.

“This was a miscommunication,” the company said Tuesday. “Canada Computers sent the original notice to both affected customers and to some who were not impacted. We followed up with [the latter] to confirm that their customer information was not affected.”

The company did not say how many people had received this follow-up messaging.

Breach affected ‘guests’ only, company says

According to the company, the breach affected customers who checked out their purchases as “guests” on its website, and who also entered their personal information, between Dec. 29 and Jan. 22.

Pimentel said he did not check out as a guest. But the company’s explanation has not left him feeling more secure.

“I don’t feel confident at all,” he said, adding that he expects more transparency from a retailer as big as Canada Computers. The company operates more than 30 stores across four provinces, in addition to its retail website.

“It’s not a small mom-and-pop shop in some strip mall,” said Pimentel, who lives in Hamilton, Ont., within driving distance of two of the company’s stores.

Seward similarly said he did not check out as a guest when making his recent at Canada Computers.

And although he was told by the company he was not in the group of affected customers, he said its explanation “didn’t coincide with my experience.”

WATCH | B.C. minister challenged on huge data breach:

We tried to ask this B.C. minister about a data breach

Thousands of workers’ personal information was sold through the dark web after a data breach at B.C. Interior Health. The agency denied it ever happened. The fifth estate’s Mark Kelley showed up at an industry event to ask the minister in charge about it.

Breaches can go unnoticed for months

Terry Cutler, CEO of Montreal-based Cyology Labs, said cybersecurity episodes of this nature often go unnoticed for months before they are detected.

To his point, IBM publishes an annual report on the costs associated with data breaches. In 2025, it said the global average breach life cycle — the mean time required to identify and contain a breach and then restore services — was 241 days, or roughly eight months.

John Bruggeman, a Cincinnati, Ohio,-based cybersecurity professional with OnX, said there’s been suggestion online that customers may have helped bring the problem to the attention of Canada Computers, which could explain why the window of time the company is citing is relatively short.

Bruggeman noted that the company’s description of the incident suggests its website has a branch that deals with guest checkouts that is distinct from purchases made by users with dedicated accounts.

But both he and Cutler say people making purchases as a guest are probably doing so for practical reasons. Bruggeman said he normally decides whether to check out as a guest based on whether he wants to have further communication with the company.

As for the bigger picture, Cutler said stolen data can have a long shelf life, as “cybercriminals can get to it weeks, months, years later.”

To that end, Canada Computers says it has “provided guidance” to affected customers “on protecting their personal and financial information” and offering them two years of credit monitoring and identity theft protection.

If you’re searching for the 2026 Pac-12 Men’s Basketball Tournament schedule or printable bracket, here’s the key update: There is no Pac-12 basketball tournament scheduled for March 2026. The conference is in a transitional phase following realignment, with only two remaining schools (Oregon State and Washington State) competing independently for the 2025-26 season. No tournament was held in 2025, and none is planned for 2026 due to the small league size and ongoing rebuild.

The Pac-12 is set to relaunch fully in the 2026-27 season (starting July 1, 2026) with nine members, including powerhouse additions like Gonzaga. A conference tournament is expected to resume in March 2027 (likely single-elimination, with USA Network and CBS broadcasting per recent media deals). This page explains the situation, lists the incoming teams, and provides resources for fans tracking the new era.

Why is there No 2026 Pac-12 Basketball Tournament?

• The “Pac-12” effectively shrank to the “Pac-2” after the 2023-24 exodus: USC, UCLA (to Big Ten), Arizona, Arizona State, Utah, Colorado (to Big 12), Cal, Stanford (to ACC).
• Oregon State and Washington State retained the conference name and rights but operated with minimal membership for 2024-25 and 2025-26.
• With only two teams, no full conference schedule or tournament was feasible. The focus has been on rebuilding for 2026-27.

The New Pac-12: 2026-27 Membership

The Pac-12 officially expands to nine full members starting July 1, 2026. This includes eight football-playing schools (meeting FBS requirements) and Gonzaga as a basketball-focused full member (non-football).

Confirmed 2026-27 Pac-12 Members:

• Oregon State Beavers (remaining original)
• Washington State Cougars (remaining original)
• Boise State Broncos (from Mountain West)
• Colorado State Rams (from Mountain West)
• Fresno State Bulldogs (from Mountain West)
• San Diego State Aztecs (from Mountain West)
• Utah State Aggies (from Mountain West)
• Gonzaga Bulldogs (from West Coast Conference; basketball powerhouse, non-football)
• Texas State Bobcats (from Sun Belt; added June 2025 as full member)

Key Notes:

• Gonzaga joins for all sports but won’t field football. This boosts men’s basketball with a perennial NCAA contender.
• The league will play a 16-game true double round-robin format in men’s basketball (home-and-away vs. every opponent) for 2026-27, per reports. This allows flexibility for non-conference scheduling (up to 16 games) under the new NCAA 32-game regular-season max.
• Media: USA Network will carry most regular-season games and tournament action (up to championship), with CBS handling the final.

A tournament is likely to return in 2027 (venue rumors point to Las Vegas as favorite), providing an automatic NCAA bid and exciting postseason play.

More College Basketball Resources

Early 2026 March Madness Odds & Predictions

Fans will already be checking out how the prospective PAC-12 members are going to do this March Madness. Here are some tools you can use to help follow the action. 

The Pac-12’s revival. Especially with Gonzaga, San Diego State, and Utah State, could make it a sneaky strong basketball league again.

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Julia pig came to Farm Sanctuary because authorities alerted us to the violent abuse the pregnant pig was facing, after a factory farm worker recorded her screams of pain and fear. As she was being moved from a gestation crate to a farrowing crate, where she would have given birth, she was beaten and shocked with an electric prod. When she collapsed, she was dragged by her ears. As heartbreaking as her story is, the cruelty Julia faced is common in animal agriculture, where mothers and babies are treated like commodities.

Thankfully, just eight hours after arriving at our New York sanctuary, Julia gave birth in safety. Her 16 piglets were born prematurely, and Julia was still injured—but with round-the-clock care, we helped this family heal. Unlike most pigs born into the heartless world of factory farming, Julia’s babies grew up at her side, and this protective mother never needed to be afraid again.

Proposed changes to leash-optional areas to Metro Vancouver’s busiest regional park are largely being put on hold after a vote from regional district directors on Wednesday.

Metro Vancouver staff had proposed a major reduction to trails where dogs could be off-leash at Pacific Spirit Regional Park, which draws four million annual visitors, a third of them bringing their dogs.

It came after multiple reports of conflicts between dog owners and park users who don’t have dogs — including runners and walkers — as well as environmental concerns like trail erosion due to off-leash dogs.

But regional district directors voted on Wednesday to receive a staff report for information and not proceed with its trail changes, and instead focus on enhanced signage and education along the existing trail network instead.

“Over-regulation actually creates less compliance. So, if we don’t get this balance correct, it’s only going to cost us more,” said Vancouver Coun. Rebecca Bligh, vice-chair of Metro Vancouver’s regional parks committee.

“I’d like us to enforce the rules we already have, lean into signage and education, and really see if we can get a better balance,” she added.

Currently, Pacific Spirit Park has 55 kilometres of trails spread across 8.6 square kilometres of land. Around two-thirds of the trail area are designated leash-optional.

Staff’s proposed changes would have reduced that leash-optional area to just over half — along with closing off the central portion of the park to dogs entirely, except for a small leash-required connecting trail.

Park user and dog owner Candy Saga spoke to the committee, and said the proposed changes to the trails would have increased conflict in the proposed leash-required zones.

“We think that that you’re not asking the right question. Is it a trail designation problem or an enforcement problem? We would very much encourage you to focus on enforcement,” she said.

Year-long study

The changes would have gone into effect May 6, and came after a year-long review of the dog management plan at the park.

Metro Vancouver said it received nearly 6,000 responses to a voluntary online questionnaire, along with more than 700 emails and letters, as part of the review.

It said 94 per cent of survey respondents with dogs reported mostly positive experiences at the park, while less than a quarter of visitors without pets did not.

A technical review of the park found nearly 400 documented “dog-related safety incidents,” over the past five years, and visitor monitoring revealed around two-thirds of dogs were unleashed on leash-required trails.

“Our review also found documented impacts of dogs on park ecology, particularly of dogs off-leash,” said park planner Teresa Maddison at the committee meeting on Wednesday.

“Impacts include things like trail erosion, vegetation trampling, soil compaction, wildlife disturbance, dog waste impacts, and water quality degradation concerns.”

While many directors praised the staff proposals regarding off-leash trail reduction, they ultimately voted to further consult with park users and instead increase enforcement.

The increased education efforts will include pop-up information stations, updated signage and website information, a media campaign and increased monitoring of the trails.

“Metro Vancouver Regional Parks will expand existing enforcement patrol to ensure the ongoing success of the dog management program,” said the report.

The regional district says it will also install fencing to prevent dogs from going off the trails in certain ecologically sensitive areas.

Study provides analysis of effective conservation partnerships

The Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden is thrilled to announce that its collaborative research paper, “Growing together: Strengthening the partnership and impact of a zoo and community‐led conservation organization,” has been published in Ecological Solutions and Evidence!  The study highlights the strengths, challenges, and growth opportunities of a decades-long partnership between the Zoo and the South Rift Association of Land Owners (SORALO), a community-driven conservation organization representing 30 Indigenous Maasai communities in Kenya, and provides a model that can be adopted by other international conservation organizations.

“This paper provides a roadmap for other conservation organizations to join forces with community-driven organizations, and its publication makes the principles it contains more widely accessible,” said Cincinnati Zoo coexistence manager and publication lead author Bailey Cadena. “Zoos have an opportunity and even a responsibility to support the work being done by our conservation partners and to learn and grow alongside them. One way we can do this is to grow our collective capacity, and this model facilitates greater impact.”

Cincinnati Zoo has been mentored by SORALO on why community-driven conservation work is vital to a world where both people and wildlife thrive. The SORALO team invited the Zoo’s leaders to listen and learn from African community conservation leaders as they developed what is now called the Naivasha Vision.

“It was an honor for our leaders to be present to hear what our conservation partners discussed as they crafted this guide to effective partnerships. The Naivasha Vision, which is described in more detail in the publication, includes a strong call to action for organizations like our Zoo to establish a shared purpose and vision and to put the needs of the community first,” said Cadena.

Key findings from the paper emphasize:
The effectiveness of trust-based, long-term partnerships in achieving conservation and community development goals.

The importance of cultural respect, transparency, and empathy in fostering collaboration between international organizations and local communities.

Practical recommendations for conservation organizations worldwide to strengthen partnerships and enhance coexistence strategies.

The study was conducted by Cincinnati Zoo staff and SORALO staff, including the founder and executive director, Mr. John Kamanga. The collaboration led to a friendship between Kamanga and the Zoo’s new CEO, David Jenike. Kamanga has taught Jenike and the Zoo the meaning of coexistence between wildlife and people, which has steered the strategic direction for all the Zoo’s conservation efforts. This collaboration was also recognized by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums and received its 2025 International Conservation Award.

“Working together to document our collective work reflects the dedication of both organizations to advancing conservation through collaboration, capacity building, and shared vision,” said Dr. Lily Maynard, vice president of conservation impact at the Cincinnati Zoo. “Our hope is that more organizations will embrace this conservation model, and that is why we’re excited about the paper being published to share applicable best practices.”

Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden has ongoing partnerships with other conservation organizations around the globe in support of its mission to create a future where people and wildlife thrive together.  Learn more about how the Zoo is Saving Wildlife and supporting the next generation of conservation leaders.