Three tobacco giants are yet again seeking to extend an order suspending legal proceedings against them, as they negotiate a settlement with creditors in a long-running case involving an order to pay out billions to some 100,000 smokers and their loved ones. Documents filed with an Ontario court show the companies — JTI-Macdonald … Read more
Health Canada’s recall list for unauthorized sexual enhancement products continued to expand, with 59 more products recalled last week. The health agency, in a recall notice posted on Sept 26, said various sexual enhancement products have been tested to contain prescribed drugs like tadalafil and sildenafil. Health Canada said these drugs should only … Read more
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – Nearly 6,000 people in Haiti are starving, with nearly half the country’s population of more than 11 million people experiencing crisis levels of hunger or worse as gang violence smothers life in the capital of Port-au-Prince and beyond, according to a new report released Monday. The number of Haitians facing … Read more
The son of a Canadian couple killed during Israeli strikes on Lebanon last week says Ottawa must do more to help citizens leave the country as fighting between Israel and the Hezbollah militant group intensifies. Kamal Tabaja says his 75-year-old father Hussein Tabaja and 70-year-old mother Daad Tabaja were trying to flee their … Read more
Toronto Raptors team president Masai Ujiri tried to lay to rest rumours that he has friction with Edward Rogers, the executive chair of Rogers Communications, Inc. Ujiri says he and Edward Rogers have had the “same exact relationship for 10 years” and that it’s “great.” He was speaking at the Raptors’ media … Read more
Explainer – When Jennifer Anastasiou decided to go vegetarian after learning about the environmental impact of livestock, she worried at first about her protein intake. “It was kind of hard because when you eat meat your entire life, you don’t even have to think that way,” said Anastasiou, who grew up eating plenty of meat … Read more
Dikembe Mutombo, a Basketball Hall of Famer who was one of the best defensive players in NBA history and a longtime global ambassador for the game, died Monday after a battle with brain cancer, the league announced. He was 58. His family revealed two years ago that he was undergoing treatment in Atlanta … Read more
It had been 48 hours since the winds and rains from Hurricane Helene ripped through western North Carolina and Sam Perkins still had not heard from his parents. So, on Saturday morning, he got in his vehicle and started driving toward their home, nestled on a mountain between Spruce Pine and Little Switzerland, … Read more
NEW YORK CITY – The COVID-19 pandemic and the resetting of the economy that followed it made hourly workers more aware of their value. Some experts think employers should expect to field demands for flexible hours and other workplace incentives even as the labor market weakens. WorkJam, an online platform that was founded … Read more
The union representing longshore workers at the Port of Montreal began a three-day strike at two terminals. The Maritime Employers Association confirmed the work stoppage began Monday morning at 7 a.m. ET at the Viau and Maisonneuve Termont terminals. The strike is expected to last until Thursday morning. The union local, … Read more
