FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. — Walmart Canada has been ordered to pay a $20,000 fine for selling contaminated food after a devastating wildfire in northern Alberta two years ago. Some of the charges against Walmart included failing to dispose of food items — including candy, potato chips, beans and condiments — after the Fort McMurray fire…
A Gothenburg court on Monday fined a Swedish student activist for delaying a flight due to expel an Afghan asylum seeker, a scene she broadcast live on Facebook. On July 23, 2018, sociology student Elin Ersson, 21, used her mobile phone to film her one-woman protest on board a Turkish Airlines flight from Sweden’s second…
OTTAWA — SNC-Lavalin warned federal prosecutors last fall about a possible plan to split the company in two, move its offices to the United States and eliminate its Canadian workforce if it didn’t get a deal to avoid criminal prosecution, newly obtained documents show. The documents, part of a PowerPoint presentation obtained by The Canadian…
What is it like to have depression? I can’t speak for anyone else, but for me, it’s an extreme level of sadness. It’s so difficult to get out of bed, and almost impossible to manage day-to-day functioning. It’s constant despair. It wasn’t always like this, but in 2011, I went through a traumatic experience that…
Residents of a Russian town invaded by polar bears have said they are taking children to school by car and patrolling the streets with stun grenades as they wait for bear experts to arrive. Nadezhda Kireyeva, a postal worker in the Arctic military town of Belushya Guba, told The Telegraph that locals have taken precautions against…
Ontario minister Lisa MacLeod called reports that she admitted to breaking a campaign promise “fake news” on Thursday. One day before, MacLeod said the decision to continue Ontario’s basic income pilot project changed after the election because of the “realities of when you’re in government.” That was reported as an admission of breaking the PC’s…
Last December Epic released its own digital games store, and now over three months later it boasts some 85 million players. Fortnite has helped, of course, as has its offering of a free game every two weeks, but most controversially it’s been through its acquisition of exclusives – such as 4A Games’ Metro Exodus –…
The organisers of the Oscars have been forced to rescind a plan to present four awards during commercial breaks, after it was derided by Hollywood heavyweights as an insult to the cinematic arts. Triggering a backlash that threatened to overshadow the already-troubled awards, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences had earlier this week…
Today’s launch of legal recreational cannabis in Canada brings many challenges. Retailers are now worrying about possible product shortages or web site glitches. Governments are still debating how to handle amnesties, impaired driving and workplace safety. But legalization day also marks the start of several interesting competitions. Some resemble those in various industries, while others…
A controversial offshore migrant detention centre on Christmas Island is to reopen, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced Wednesday, as he doubled down on hardline policies after a historic legislative defeat. Morrison approved the reopening of the remote facility – closed just months ago – claiming new laws just passed by parliament would increase the number…