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Nestlé Canada said on Wednesday it will “wind down” and end sales of its frozen food products including Delissio, Stouffer’s, Lean Cuisine and Life Cuisine in the Canadian marketplace over the next six months, according to a company’s press release. In an email to Global News, Nestlé Canada said the company decided to invest in categories that offer the most potential for growth in this “highly competitive Canadian market.”Those categories include candy, coffee items, ice cream, infant food and supplements, health products, bottled water and pet food.“We have determined that the Frozen Meals and Pizza categories are not a strategic…

Byler forever! Finn Wolfhard heard about his Stranger Things costar Noah Schnapp coming out as gay — and he couldn’t happier for him.  “When I saw it, I just had a big smile on my face,” Wolfhard, 20, told GQ in an interview published on Wednesday, February 1. “I was just really proud of him.”   Both the Ghostbusters: Afterlife star and Schnapp, 18, have starred as Mike Wheeler and Will Byers, respectively, on the hit Netflix series since it premiered in July 2016. While the twosome are best pals on screen — with fans speculating that Will may have romantic feelings for…

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Premiers have expressed optimism about striking an improved national health funding deal with the federal government, ahead of next week’s meeting with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. British Columbia Premier David Eby said in Ottawa Wednesday that he believed the federal government would present the provinces and territories with details of a health transfer agreement that could lead to a national deal, but he was open to side talks specific to B.C.These could include discussions about mental health and addictions treatment programs, increasing the numbers of family doctors and expanding home care.“We’ll be talking about core funding for the provinces, but…

New Jersey Devils associate coach Andrew Brunette was arrested on Wednesday for driving under the influence with a golf cart in Broward County, Florida. The county’s arrest log stated that Brunette was also charged for disobeying a stop sign or yield sign and was held on $500 bond. The incident occurred outside a bar, according to the arrest report obtained by WPLG Local 10 News, where Brunette’s golf cart was illegally parked. While Brunette said that he was going to leave while the officer was writing a citation, the latter noticed that the coach was slurring his speech. Brunette was also “unsteady…

The man who was fatally shot by police after entering a Target store in Omaha, Nebraska, armed with an AR-15-style rifle had obtained the weapon just four days earlier at a Cabela’s sporting goods store, police said Wednesday. No one else was hurt.Court records show that the man, identified by police as Joseph Jones, 32, of suburban Omaha, had no prior felony convictions in Douglas County, where Omaha is located. He also had no prior, documented contact with the city’s police, records show.He entered the store around noon Tuesday, where police said he fired several rounds, sending shoppers and workers…

New Jersey lawmakers will soon discuss a proposed law that would ban smoking in Atlantic City’s casinos, the first action in nearly three years on an emotional issue that is dividing casino patrons and sickening some workers.The state Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee will hold a hearing Feb. 13 in Trenton to discuss the bill, but does not plan to vote on it that day, according to Sen. Joseph Vitale, one of the measure’s sponsors.The bill would close a loophole in New Jersey’s 2006 indoor smoking law that exempts casinos. Currently, smoking is allowed on up to…

Labor MP Peter Khalil says the challenges in Central Australian communities have been “decades in the making” amid the region’s current crime crisis.“We’re not going to ascribe blame to one particular government,” Mr Khalil told Sky News Australia.“This has been a failure of Australian governments of all political stripes and persuasions over many decades.” Source: Sky News

Dallas Cowboys star Micah Parsons took to Twitter to respond to an account that was critical of him after he acknowledged he would be rooting for a division rival next Sunday in the Super Bowl.The Eagles won the NFC title and earned a berth in Super Bowl LVII after defeating the 49ers on Sunday. Eagles All-Pro offensive tackle Lane Johnson was sidelined for multiple games late in the regular season due to a torn adductor in his groin, but he battled through the injury in two playoff games.Johnson’s toughness did not go unnoticed by Parsons, who posted a message on…

The Competition Bureau has opened an inquiry to see if forestry industry claims of sustainable management on vast stretches of Canadian woodlands are false advertising. The inquiry, announced late last year, comes in response to a complaint filed by the environmental law firm Ecojustice on behalf of eight environmental groups. Ecojustice says that forest industry ads claiming the Sustainable Forestry Initiative sets rigorous harvesting standards are dishonest and misleading.“The (standard) does not prescribe, require, assure, command, mandate, or in any form certify sustainable forest management,” says the complaint filed to the bureau. “It allows aspirations, stated intentions, and programs to…