7 h. ago N.B. spa can have topless event without exotic entertainment licence, province apologizes

The province now says a Nordic spa's women-only private event where guests are allowed to be topless does not violate liquor licensing rules.

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9 h. ago Trump said he didn’t know an offensive term he used in a speech is considered antisemitic

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says he didn’t know the term “shylock” is considered antisemitic when he used it in a speech to describe unscrupulous moneylenders. Trump told reporters early Friday after returning from an event in Iowa that he had “never heard it that way” and “never heard that” the term was considered […]

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13 h. ago N.B. spa that wanted to host body positivity event told they need exotic entertainment licence

The co-owners of a Nordic spa are taken aback by backlash over an event they had scheduled for last week, and the province's labelling of it as "exotic entertainment."

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7 d. ago B.C. firefighter denied entry to the U.S.: ‘I don’t know what I’ve done wrong’

"It's annoying cause I've spent three months training for this event and everything just crumbled in a second," Jamie Flynn told Global News on Thursday.

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9 d. ago Former MP Rahim Jaffer returns to politics with bid to be Edmonton's mayor

In an interview ahead of the event, Jaffer told Postmedia he plans to base his campaign on taxes and public safety reforms while creating a better business climate.

Politics

3 w. ago Carney and Trump ‘negotiating’ towards possible ‘positive’ deal: U.S. envoy

'All the indications are that we could move toward a very positive agreement,' Ambassador Pete Hoekstra told Global News' Mercedes Stephenson at an event in Ottawa.

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