10 years ago, a man predicted what CBCNews.ca would look like today and it's eerily close

In 2006, on the10thanniversaryof CBCNews.ca, we asked our audience to predict the future. We wondered what ourwebsitemight look like on July3, 2016.

"Who will be in the news? What issues will be making headlines? What programming will be on CBC that day?" we asked.

We received dozens of entries to our contest, and apanel of judges selected their favourite.

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Our winner, Michael Chard of Toronto, cameeerilyclose withhis predictions, considering how long ago it was.

This is what our website would look like today if his predictions came true:

Chardcorrectly predicted that the 2016 Summer Olympics would beheld in the Southern Hemisphere, although he had them in South Africa, not Brazil.

Chard was also right when he wrote that Jeb Bush would be a Republican candidate for U.S. president in 2016.Who could have predicted then, though, that by July he wouldhave been eclipsed by Donald Trump?

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In business news, Chard predicted that TimHortonswould expand in the Middle East (correct) with its 100thlocation in Afghanistan (not so much). He also followed Canada's bank mergers to their ultimate conclusion with their conglomeration into a single company.

The New Horizons mission to Pluto was launched in January 2006. Perhaps Chard knew about this.Hiscontest entry included a story about new evidence of "hot spots" on the dwarf planet.

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And among his safer bets, Chard predicted that Toronto subway expansion would be mired in delay,that the Maple Leafs would be in rebuilding mode and that the auditor general would rail against government waste.

What do you think the next 10 years hold for CBC.ca? What will the news look like in 2026? Will it still be presented on awebsiteor will it be on some totally new medium?

Let us know what you think in the comments below.

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Correction:

An earlier version of this story incorrectly stated that a prediction that the 2016 Olympics would be the first held in the Southern Hemisphere was accurate. In fact, there have been previous Olympic Games in the Southern Hemisphere.