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Gwyneth Paltrow has a new show coming on Netflix called Goop Lab. And the trailer is renewing concerns from health experts over her brand and the wellness industry as a whole. We talk to Timothy Caulfield, a Canada Research Chair in Health Law and Policy based at the University of Alberta, about the booming industry and how we can navigate health-related misinformation.

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Global National’s Dawna Friesen sits down with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in an exclusive interview about the downing of the Ukrainian Airlines flight in Tehran and what’s next for the families searching for answers — and justice.

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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle dropped a bombshell announcement last week that they wanted to step down from their roles as senior royals and become financially independent. Following a ‘crisis summit’ at Sandringham on Monday, the Queen released a statement saying that the couple would be splitting their time between Canada and the UK. But they’re still working on the details of the new arrangement, which should be finalized in the coming days. Royal correspondent Phil Dampier explains this unprecedented situation and what it means for the future of the British monarchy.

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In an unprecedented press conference yesterday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said that Canada and its allies had intelligence showing that Iran may have unintentionally shot down the Ukrainian Airlines crash that killed 176 people including many Canadians. Global News’ chief political correspondent David Akin takes us through what we know and don’t know about the tragedy — and how Canada’s responding.

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People across Canada have been mourning the loss of family and friends in the plane crash in Tehran that killed all 176 people, including 63 Canadians. Today, we’re joined by journalist Kareem Shaheen to discuss the tragedy and what’s next in the ongoing tensions between Iran and the U.S.

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Two years ago, a wave of women in the film industry accused famed Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein of sex assault and misconduct. This week, the sexual assault trial against Harvey Weinstein involving accusations from two women begins in New York. We talked to a lead prosecutor who secured the sex assault conviction against Bill Cosby about the similarities between the two cases and how the #MeToo movement has impacted the criminal justice system.

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On January 1st, federal legislation overhauling Canada’s child welfare system for Indigenous children came into effect. The law, known as Bill C-92, is meant to deal with the overrepresention of Indigenous children in Canada’s child welfare systems, but many advocates say that it does not address the systemic issues that can lead to child apprehensions in the first place. Cindy Blackstock, director of the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada, explains what prompted the change in the law and why it’s setting many communities up to fail.

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The U.S. killing of Iranian major general Qassem Soleimani last week is a sudden escalation of the tensions that have been playing out between the U.S. and Iran since the US pulled out of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal. National security expert Leah West joins Tamara Khandaker to explain how we got here, how Iran might retaliate, and what's at stake for Canada.

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The number of people attending church, specifically Christian churches, is on the decline across North America. But there's a growing trend of evangelical churches drawing in a younger crowd through things like slick social media presences and laid back church services. One woman tells us about her experience joining one of these churches in Toronto — and why she thinks it was a mistake.

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Race science, which the scientific community had widely moved away from after World War 2, never fully disappeared. Now, we're seeing it pop up in unexpected and disturbing places. 

British science journalist and author of Superior: The Return of Race Science Angela Saini joins us. 

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