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While it’s no secret that small businesses have encountered considerable hardship due to closures and restrictions associated with the COVID-19 pandemic, some business owners are remaining optimistic and finding ways to continue fostering communities. For Kevin Allan and Dannah Melad, what started as a mission to make the best gluten-free cookies possible blossomed into Vanilla

Madison McNair and her husband, Raynor Vickers, are van lifers. The couple spent two years living and working out of their 85-square-foot Sprinter van as they travelled through Canada and the United States. Then the couple decided to share their expertise and love of the road with others and start their own van conversion shop,

Laurie Brooks describes her experience taking psychedelic mushrooms as a journey — one that helped her find answers to some of her most important life questions. The 54-year-old mother of four from Abbotsford, B.C., was diagnosed in 2018 with colon cancer. By the time doctors discovered it, the cancer had already advanced rapidly. The fear

Father’s Day 2021 falls on Sunday, June 20, and while the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and provincial lockdowns may make it harder to see the dad in your life this year, getting him something to enjoy is still possible. No matter what type of dad you’re shopping for, Global News has you covered on ideas that

Changing your password can be annoying. But with the rise of online scams and a recent data leak that is said to be the largest in history, perhaps it’s time to swap “password1234” for something less obvious. Hackers exposed more than 8.4 billion passwords in what Cyber News, a website specializing in cybersecurity, is calling

While each individual’s coming-out experience will vary, it’s important for parents of LGBTQ2 children to offer their love and support. Fathers and educators BJ Barone and Frankie Nelson recently visited The Morning Show to discuss their experiences of coming out as gay, and offered advice to parents on how to best support their child. Nelson

Just as things looked to be calming down between Prince Harry, Meghan Markle and the Royal Family, another potential scandal is looming. Following the couple’s announcement over the weekend that they had welcomed their second child, a daughter, on Friday and named her Lilibet Diana Mountbatten-Windsor — the first name a long-held nickname for the

A lifetime resident of St. Stephen, Minnie Wormell says the New Brunswick town and neighbouring Calais, Maine, are borderline co-dependent. “We’re like one town all together,” she says. She and her husband of over 50 years can literally see the United States from their kitchen window. Sitting on the banks of the St. Croix River,

The thought of going back to work in an office terrifies Kiran Jaswal. As one of the few women of colour at a large Calgary-based non-profit, returning to the office means returning to daily microaggressions and dismissals from her coworkers. (Global News is using a pseudonym to protect her privacy.) “Being at home has been

With the sun shining and temperatures creeping upward, it’s time to adjust our skincare routines for summer. Toronto beauty expert Shakereen Chowdhury says going into the summer months, our bodies sweat more, which leads to skin naturally producing more oil. She says there needs to be a balance of hydration and oil production because with