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By Tara Deschamps The Canadian Press Posted February 3, 2026 5:34 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Toys “R” Us Canada Ltd. says it has filed for creditor protection while it works to restructure the business. 👉 Visit the Official SleepLean Website The toy retailer says in court documents…

Liberal MP Nate Erskine-Smith says he’s seeking the Ontario Liberal Party’s nomination for an upcoming byelection and “exploring” a run for the party’s leadership in a potential switch from federal to provincial politics. In a post on his blog Tuesday, Erskine-Smith said he wants to run in the provincial riding of Scarborough Southwest to replace…

Iran’s president said Tuesday he instructed the country’s foreign minister to “pursue fair and equitable negotiations” with the United States, the first clear sign from Tehran it wants to try to negotiate as tensions remain high with Washington. It comes after the Mideast country’s bloody crackdown on nationwide protests last month. The announcement marked a…

Twitch streamer and ex-Call of Duty pro OpTic Scump, whose real name is Seth Abner, and his wife Isabelle have just welcomed their first child, a baby boy named Jack Jordan Abner. Jack was born on January 29, 2026. This is the first child for the couple, who have been married since 2023. The news…

French authorities raided the Paris offices of Elon Musk’s X on Tuesday as part of an early-stage investigation into allegations of spreading child sexual abuse images and the generation of deepfakes and Holocaust denial on the social-media platform. Musk has also been summoned for questioning. The billionaire’s X platform and artificial intelligence company xAI are…

Gov. Gen. Mary Simon is in Norway for the start of a trip that will also visit Denmark and Greenland, which comes just weeks after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened annexation of Greenland. A statement from Rideau Hall notes the trip will engage leaders of Norway, Denmark and Greenland for “Arctic collaboration” and emphasizes the…

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Transport Canada says it is “monitoring the situation” after Air India announced Monday that it has grounded its Boeing 787 Dreamliner jets over reports of issues with a fuel control switch. Canada’s aviation authority responded Tuesday to a Global News request for comment on the situation, which follows…

The year 1999 was a standout year for Hollywood movies. Perhaps the imminent threat of Y2K really released people’s creative juices. In that year, we got the Star Wars prequel classic The Phantom Menace, the misunderstood manifesto of machismo Fight Club, the creepy precursor to Kevin Spacey’s behaviour in American Beauty, the kid who could…

The killing of Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old intensive care unit nurse who was fatally shot by federal agents during a protest against  U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s growing presence in Minneapolis, has been ruled a homicide, according to a medical examiner’s report published on Monday. The Hennepin County Medical Examiner’s office determined that Pretti’s death…

27-year-old Jashanpreet Singh has pleaded guilty to unlawfully dealing firearms and unlawfully possessing a machine gun, the US Department of Justice said. Singh was arrested last year at the San Francisco International Airport as he was trying to flee to India. He was charged with unlawful dealing of firearms, unlawful possession of a machine gun,…