When Dr. Siobhan Deshauer makes online videos, her primary goal is to demystify medicine. Her secondary goal? “I call it ‘smuggling in education,’” said the physician and YouTuber, who boasts nearly a million subscribers on the platform. “You’re coming for this mystery and this excitement, but I’m smuggling in some topics that I think are really … Read more
Descrease article font size Increase article font size A technical outage impacting some McDonald’s operations worldwide on Friday was “not related to a cybersecurity event,” its Canadian division says. A spokesperson for McDonald’s Canada told Global News on Friday afternoon the issue, which persisted for a few hours Friday morning, was resolved. “Notably, the issue … Read more
For Canadian comedian Darcy Michael, TikTok became a way to not only share his standup routines, but also build a community with those on the app. But for U.S. lawmakers and Canadian security officials, the app poses a significant threat both to privacy and national security because its parent company ByteDance is Chinese-owned. As the … Read more
These days, Mylene Gamache-Tremblay spends her evenings and weekends taking orders for solar eclipse glasses, and packing and shipping them around the eastern part of the country. The Montreal-area online toy retailer says fulfilling orders is taking up every waking moment: “All of it. Every living hour.” Eclipse glasses are a hot commodity in large … Read more
Canada’s carbon price is set to increase next month despite several premiers asking Ottawa for a pause. The carbon price is a “cornerstone policy” of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s minority Liberal government, said Hadrian Mertins-Kirkwood, a senior researcher with the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. But provincial leaders like Newfoundland and Labrador Liberal Premier Andrew Furey are … Read more
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Health Canada has recalled six brands of 1mg folic acid tablets for potentially containing a higher dosage than is safely recommended during pregnancy. The brands involved in the recall are Compliments, Equate, Health One, Nature’s Bounty, Pharmasave and Sisu. The supplements were sold by the company Vita … Read more
As children and young teenagers increasingly adopt the glamorous skin care routines of social media influencers in the so-called ‘Sephora kids’ trend, dermatologists are raising red flags about the potential harm lurking beneath the surface. The fad known as the ‘Sephora Kids’ has gained popularity on social media, featuring young girls and boys eagerly flocking … Read more
Weeks after the Super Bowl, the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. is still working through a backlog of verifying players’ banking information so that funds can be withdrawn, and it’s not clear when the problem might be solved. OLG spokesperson Tony Bitonti told Global News there was a “significant influx” of new players on the … Read more
Less than a week after a U.S. lab said it detected benzene, a cancer-causing chemical, in several popular over-the-counter acne products, Health Canada said it is reviewing the findings. On March 6, Valisure, an independent lab, reported that benzene can form at high levels in benzoyl peroxide products (used to treat acne) and that it … Read more
Ground cinnamon products containing lead in the U.S. aren’t sold in Canadian grocery stores, according to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA). The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a health advisory on Wednesday urging consumers to dispose of six brands of ground cinnamon that were found to contain elevated levels of lead. The … Read more
