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Meghan Markle, Britain’s Duchess of Sussex, is seeking 1.5 million pounds (C$2.6 million) in legal costs after she won a privacy claim against the Mail on Sunday which had printed extracts of a letter she wrote to her father. Last month, a judge at London’s High Court ruled the tabloid had breached her privacy and

Corporate Canada is moving at a glacial pace when it comes to gender and racial diversity at the leadership level, a new report finds. The Zero Report, released Tuesday, found 89 per cent of organizations surveyed had zero Black women in pipeline for executive officer roles – 91 per cent don’t have any Indigenous women

Warning: This article may be triggering for some readers. Please read at your own discretion. Rebecca Adams was living by herself in London, U.K., when the pandemic first hit.  “My mental health was impacted almost immediately,” she says. “I would cry … I felt just so alone.” The broadcaster, originally from Australia, had started a

Prince Harry said he and his wife Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, stepped back from their royal duties because of the toll that British tabloids were taking on their mental health, in his first interview since the couple’s high-profile move to North America. “It was destroying my mental health,” Harry told British TV host James

What makes a potato a man or a woman? Is it the presence of a moustache — or is it simply a name for a spud? Hasbro is rebranding its decades-old line of Mr. Potato Head toys — including the separately-sold Mrs. Potato Head — to make them a single, gender-neutral doll with swappable limbs

Trey Anthony, best known for her work in Da Kink in My Hair, is back with a new book, Black Girl In-Love (with Herself).  The book is both a memoir and a self-help book, giving a voice to Black women in particular, who face unique challenges in the world.  Read more: Angie Thomas’s ‘Concrete Rose’

Big Brother Canada (BBCAN) will be returning to screens in March. On Wednesday, Global announced the ninth season will be making its debut on Wednesday, March 3 at 7 p.m. ET/PT. Hosted by Arisa Cox, who is also one of the show’s executive producers, the show will feature a new cast of houseguests and challenges.

Canadians who are looking to redecorate their homes and save money can do so by getting creative with what they already own.  Vancouver-based lifestyle expert Susie Wall recently joined The Morning Show to give us some tips on how to spruce up our spaces for zero dollars.  Read more: Tiny homes: Perks of buying a

The COVID-19 pandemic has revived an old hobby that is turning out big profits for some people, according to a Riverview, N.B., sports card collector. “I have just never seen the value of cards be this high ever,” said Tim Marney, who has been collecting sports cards since he was a child in the late

Maria Sardelis moved into a retirement home in Ottawa last October to take care of her 98-year-old mother. Her mother was diagnosed with COVID-19 and for two weeks, Sardelis would take her blood pressure, feed her and give her medication left by the door.  Read more: Alone and Apart — Canadians are feeling lonelier than

Antonio Michael Downing grew up in Southern Trinidad surrounded by jungles. But after the death of his grandmother, he made the move to Northern Ontario.Downing shares his full journey in his recently released memoir Saga Boy. Through writing, he shares his experiences of exploring his journey from Trinidad to Canada as well as how he

Job interviews are all about making the right impression, but the pandemic has only added more challenges to the process. Career strategist Chanèle McFarlane recently joined The Morning Show with tips on how to nail your next virtual job interview. McFarlane says it is important to choose the best space and background for your interview

The accumulation of debt has been an ongoing hardship for many Canadians, whether it’s from things like losing a job in the pandemic or trying to repay student loans. Last year, Global News reported two-thirds of Canadians with debt could not keep up with their payments or had to make sacrifices in their budgets.  For

The coronavirus pandemic has caused communities that once met in person to move online, Black-only spaces included.  Allison Hill is the founder of the Toronto-based Black-only space Restore. The wellness program aims to give Black women practical tools to restore hope, joy and community through different wellness practices like group yoga, meditation and counselling —

Richelle Kingsland lives alone in a building near Toronto with no family in sight. After a day of online work and school, she cooks dinner for one and eats on her couch. When she’s not delving into school assignments, she spends evenings catching up with her sister or friends on video calls. While Kingsland says

For 17 years, Butterfly GoPaul has focused on community development like housing and health care in Toronto’s Jane and Finch neighbourhoods. As a worker on the front lines, she said something as simple as securing an affordable place to live is often a barrier families run into. GoPaul said these inequities have been exacerbated by

When Toronto director Kelly Fyffe-Marshall set out to make her short film, Black Bodies, in 2018, she did so as a way to channel her own trauma of being racially profiled while in California. It happened when Fyffe-Marshall and her friends were checking out of an Airbnb. “An elderly white lady saw us and decided

Lily Yee has been a member of the Victoria Chinatown Lioness Lions Club in B.C. for more than 30 years. The club normally organizes big community events like dinners, but this year Yee said they’ve had to get creative with their plans amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The club has partnered with a local restaurant and

A newspaper invaded Meghan Markle‘s privacy by publishing a personal letter to her estranged father, a U.K. judge ruled Thursday, in a major victory for Markle in her campaign against what she sees as media intrusion. The Duchess of Sussex, 39, sued publisher Associated Newspapers for invasion of privacy and copyright infringement over five February

On Monday, Ontario Premier Doug Ford announced his plans to gradually reopen, as the province is no longer in a state of emergency.  This news comes as a relief to small-business owners who can begin to reopen their doors to customers.  The stay-at-home order will remain in effect in Toronto, York Region and Peel Region

Air Canada is cutting an additional 1,500 jobs and suspending more international flights while the airline grapples with heavy travel restrictions imposed to help quell the spread of new coronavirus variants. Effective Feb. 18, the airline told Global News that 17 flight routes to the U.S. and overseas will be temporarily suspended until at least

Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton may be getting married — soon, it seems — but they’re still learning things about each other, and that includes some of their songs. For example, Shelton, a talented musician who (according to Stefani) is constantly singing songs to her, has only just learned No Doubt classic Don’t Speak. They’re

Warning: This article may be triggering for some readers. Please read at your own discretion.Stacy-Ann Buchanan waited 10 years for this moment. It was an evening in March 2012 and the then-30-year-old was putting together a local arts show. It was years in the making. The struggling actress from Toronto tried to find her purpose

It’s been more than a year since the first COVID-19 case was reported in Canada, a whirlwind of days blending in together, over and over again. In an attempt to adjust to a new normal, Canadians had to adapt to their surroundings. This meant learning how to live separately from loved ones and friends, avoiding

Eating healthy does not necessarily mean you need to overhaul your entire diet. Wellness expert Kyle Buchanan recently joined The Morning Show to explain how small changes, like adding nutritious substitutes to your diet, can go a long way. Buchanan recommends using bee pollen for your breakfast or lunch to support liver health, allergies and

In 2018, Donisha Prendergast was packing up to leave a California Airbnb with her friends when a neighbour called 911. The neighbour claimed the Black woman and her friends were breaking into a home. Within minutes, the group was surrounded and detained by several police vehicles, including a helicopter. The incident sparked heated conversations on

Last week, the Government of Canada announced new travel restrictions in the hope of limiting the spread of COVID-19, but many people are still left confused. Vancouver-based travel expert, Claire Newell, recently joined The Morning Show to discuss current travel restrictions and what they mean for Canadians. Read more: Canada’s new travel restrictions a ‘nail

Last week, the Government of Canada announced new travel restrictions in the hope of limiting the spread of COVID-19. Mandatory airport testing will be implemented in Calgary, Montreal, Vancouver and Toronto — with Toronto’s testing now underway. These four cities will be the only locations in Canada funnelling international flights. Infectious disease specialist Isaac Bogoch

Britain’s Prince Harry has won an apology and substantial damages from the publishers of the Mail on Sunday after he sued the tabloid for libel over claims he had turned his back on the military when he ended his royal role. Harry launched the legal action after an article in the paper in October said

While prompted by the coronavirus pandemic, the environmental impact of working remotely cannot be ignored, and some climate change advocates hope to spark further efforts. Turning on your video camera for Zoom meetings instead of driving to work and meeting in-person has already made a difference in our environmental footprint, but some researchers are wondering