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Blake Lively sued for defamation by PR group in ‘It Ends With Us’ feud – National

6Feb

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Entertainment, Movies

Blake Lively sued for defamation by PR group in ‘It Ends With Us’ feud – National

The It Ends With Us legal battle continues — but this time it’s between star Blake Lively and a Texas crisis communications specialist and his company, Street Relations. Jed Wallace and Street Relations are suing the actor for defamation after Lively allegedly pulled them into her legal fight with co-star and director Justin Baldoni over the film.Wallace filed a $7-million lawsuit in federal court in Texas on Tuesday, stating that he had nothing to do with any campaign to harm Lively’s reputation as she alleged in a court filing from December 2024. He is also seeking a court order stating that he didn’t engage in harassment or retaliation against Lively.This came after the Gossip Girl actor filed a petition on Jan. 21 seeking a deposition from Wallace, who Lively alleges was used by public...

Tariff watch: Ministers wrap up D.C. visit, Trudeau to address mayors – National

6Feb

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Politics

Tariff watch: Ministers wrap up D.C. visit, Trudeau to address mayors – National

Three cabinet ministers are wrapping up their visit to Washington, D.C., and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is set to address the mayors of some of Canada’s biggest cities as Canada’s 30-day reprieve from U.S. tariffs continues. Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson, Defence Minister Bill Blair and Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne are all in Washington, wrapping up meetings with U.S. officials this week. The three ministers are expected to speak to the media Thursday.A group of mayors of the 23 largest cities in Canada are also meeting Thursday in Ottawa to “discuss key shared priorities amid an upcoming federal election, and the impacts of a Canada-U.S. tariff war.”The Federation of Canadian Municipalities’ Big City Mayors’ Caucus will hold a press conference later in ...

Canada Post lays off managers amid ‘critical financial situation’ – National

6Feb

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Politics

Canada Post lays off managers amid ‘critical financial situation’ – National

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Canada Post has laid off dozens of managers as the national postal service says it is facing a “critical financial situation.” “As Canada Post continues to respond to the significant financial and operational challenges it faces, the corporation conducted layoffs earlier this week of almost 50 management employees as part of a corporate-wide restructuring,” the Crown corporation told Global News in an email on Thursday.The company said about half of the impacted employees were located in Ottawa and the rest were in Toronto and other parts of the country.“These decisions are never easy, but they reflect the critical financial situation the corporation is currently facing,” Canada Post said....

Is Justin Bieber okay? Singer’s latest public appearances spark wave of concern amid divorce rumours

6Feb

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Life Style

Is Justin Bieber okay? Singer’s latest public appearances spark wave of concern amid divorce rumours

It’s been nearly five years since Justin Bieber released his most recent studio album, Justice, to the world and yet the singer is still dominating the headlines — and has been for some time. Why? People online are saying they are concerned. Bieber has had quite the yo-yo year, with the birth of his first child, followed by scrutiny over the P Diddy drama, followed by divorce rumours.Just yesterday Bieber was snapped by paparazzi while entering a bath house spa during a trip to NYC while wearing a pale yellow hoodie with no shirt underneath, a rolled up mint green beanie and baggy trousers that exposed his boxers.His strangely-outfitted appearance came amid the swirling divorce rumours that are surrounding him and wife Hailey Bieber, even though the couple also stepped out later that day t...

Did you know these lifestyle and food habits are increasing risk of cancer?

6Feb

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Health

Did you know these lifestyle and food habits are increasing risk of cancer?

According to the World Health Organization’s latest data, there were an estimated 20 million new cancer cases and 9.7 million deaths worldwide in 2022. About 1 in 5 people develop cancer in their lifetime. The disease is a leading cause of death, with approximately 1 in 9 men and 1 in 12 women dying due to it. In India, there were 1.41 million new cancer cases and 0.9 million deaths due to the disease in 2022. World Cancer Day is observed on February 4 every year to raise awareness about the growing cancer incidence and facilitate action for reducing disease risk and improving cancer care. Several biological, chemical and environmental factors can interact to cause the condition. While some of these are out of one’s control, deliberate lifestyle choices like consuming tobacco also contr...

Chrystia Freeland to set aggressive timeline for 2% defence spending by 2027 – National

6Feb

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Politics

Chrystia Freeland to set aggressive timeline for 2% defence spending by 2027 – National

Liberal leadership hopeful Chrystia Freeland is expected to outline an aggressive plan to reach Canada’s NATO defence spending targets by 2027. The former finance minister and deputy prime minister is expected to lay out her plan to boost defence spending to two per cent of Canada’s GDP in just two years on Thursday.A source close to Freeland told Global News Wednesday night that the rapid rollout of new defence spending is required due to the world becoming “increasingly volatile and dangerous,” and that Canada must move quickly to both meet international commitments and defend the country’s sovereignty.No details were immediately available on how Freeland would accomplish that goal, which would amount to a massive reshaping of Canada’s spending priorities.Successive Canadian governments ...

Trump’s tariff threat provokes ‘wave of patriotism’ in Canada, polls show – National

6Feb

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Politics

Trump’s tariff threat provokes ‘wave of patriotism’ in Canada, polls show – National

Two new polls suggest Quebeckers are feeling pretty good about their relationship with Canada these days. Between December and February, the share of Quebecers who said they were “very proud” or “proud” to be Canadian increased 13 points from 45 per cent to 58 per cent, according to an Angus Reid poll conducted online Sunday and Monday.The online poll was conducted among 1,811 respondents and has no margin of error. It says the percentage of people in Quebec expressing pride in Canada increased faster than it did in the country as a whole. The poll recorded an average increase in national pride across Canada of nine points, from 58 per cent to 67 per cent.The Prairies are dragging the average down, with Alberta up three points, Saskatchewan up four points and Manitoba down four points. Rep...

Why Shabana Azmi used to laugh at Zarina Wahab?

6Feb

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Why Shabana Azmi used to laugh at Zarina Wahab?

Actress Zarina Wahab, who is awaiting the release of her upcoming streaming title, ‘Armaan’, has shared that actress Shabana Azmi used to make fun of her Hindi in a light-hearted way. The actress recently spoke with IANS during the promotional run of her OTT title, and shared the anecdote. She told IANS, “I was from Andhra, I studied in Telugu, I was still studying, so I left school and went there. My Hindi was very bad. The Hindi accent and the Hyderabadi accent are very different”. She further mentioned, “People used to laugh, Shabana, Kamaljeet Singh, Shelender Singh, all these people were from our batch, they used to make fun of my Hindi in good fun. But, with practice, my Hindi got better because there used to be a lot of our diction classes”. She also spoke about her project as sh...

Trump’s plan for ‘hemispheric control’: Steve Bannon on why tariffs may only be the start – National

6Feb

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Politics

Trump’s plan for ‘hemispheric control’: Steve Bannon on why tariffs may only be the start – National

Sitting in the depths of Steve Bannon‘s chaotic War Room, Global News has an important question for the right-wing media mogul: How seriously should we be taking the president’s insistence that Canada should become the 51st state?Very, apparently.Bannon, a former top aide to U.S. President Donald Trump, says he knows exactly what’s going on. Dramatically shaking his rumpled grey hair, he tells me that we, Canadians, are “misreading the situation” before crossing his arms and launching into a spiel that he seems to have been waiting his whole life for — drawing from his experience serving in the navy, in the Pentagon and his master’s degree in national security studies.He is unequivocal in his belief that Trump’s interest in Canada is strategic and geopolitical and that we’re missing the po...

Donald Trump and the ‘X factor’ looming over Canada’s upcoming election – National

6Feb

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Politics

Donald Trump and the ‘X factor’ looming over Canada’s upcoming election – National

While Canada won a temporary reprieve from Donald Trump’s tariff threats on Monday, the mercurial U.S. president could still be a significant presence in the upcoming federal election. The saying goes that a week is a long time in politics. In 2025, Trump’s first two weeks back in office has seemed like multiple lifetimes — at least in terms of the impact on the Canadian political conversation.The opposition Conservatives have been laying track for a year to make the upcoming election about the carbon tax. But with the threat of Trump’s tariffs hanging over Canada’s head and Liberal leadership frontrunners backing away from a consumer carbon price, the pressing political question appears who is best to lead the country through a potential trade war with our largest economic partner.Dan Arn...