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Gildan shareholders seeking Chamandy’s return to company ask for changes to board
Gildan Activewear Inc.’s shareholders are intensifying their calls to have the company’s former chief executive reinstated by asking for changes to be made to the board too. U.S. investment firm Browning West said in a letter sent to the Montreal apparel company’s board Wednesday that it’s prepared to seek board changes if the company does ... Read More »
‘Diminished’ hope: Yellowhead Institute to end reports on TRC calls to action
OTTAWA – Canada has been so slow to carry out recommendations from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission that an Indigenous-led think tank says it has decided to stop publishing an annual report tracking its progress. “At first, the project invoked hope and determination. If only the Canadian public knew about their government’s lack of action, ... Read More »
Homeless people who died on US streets are increasingly remembered at winter solstice gatherings
PHOENIX (AP) – With his gap-tooth smile, hip-hop routines and volunteer work for a food charity, Roosevelt White III was well known in the downtown Phoenix tent city known as “The Zone.” But like many homeless people, White suffered from diabetes and cardiovascular disease. He died unexpectedly one sweltering September day at age 36. Thousands ... Read More »
Metro accuses Loblaw of falsely implicating it in bread price-fixing scheme
In new court filings, Metro Inc. is accusing Loblaw Cos. Ltd. and its parent company of conspiring to implicate Metro in an alleged bread price-fixing scheme. Metro has submitted a statement of defence and crossclaim in Ontario Superior Court, responding to a class-action lawsuit that implicates it and several other grocers in the alleged conspiracy. ... Read More »
Intelligence watchdog’s delayed report says Global Affairs program risks blowback
OTTAWA – Canada’s intelligence watchdog says a program that has diplomats collecting sensitive information abroad runs the risk of blowback from foreign states. The National Security and Intelligence Review Agency released a report this afternoon that it wrote three years ago, urging Ottawa to set protocols in place around the Global Security Reporting Program. Global ... Read More »
Andrew Haigh on the collapsing times and unhealed wounds of his ghost story ‘All of Us Strangers’
NEW YORK (AP) – Andrew Haigh began getting a sense of the knockout power of his new film, “All of Us Strangers,” a few days after it premiered at the Telluride Film Festival. “I’d run into people who had seen the film three days before. I’d be talking to them and they’d just start crying,” ... Read More »
Federal government backstops carbon price in first-of-its-kind deal
CALGARY – A Calgary carbon capture company has signed a first-of-its-kind carbon offtake agreement with the federal government, a significant milestone that some say could help unlock future private-sector investments in decarbonization projects. The federal Liberal government announced Wednesday that it has signed a deal with Entropy Inc., a privately owned company that has developed ... Read More »
MLS unveils schedule with Whitecaps, TFC to host Messi and Inter Miami CF in 2024
VANCOUVER – The Vancouver Whitecaps will play host to Lionel Messi and Inter Miami CF in the 2024 Major League Soccer season as the Canadian team celebrates its 50th anniversary. The league released its 2024 season schedule on Wednesday, with the Whitecaps having a bye the opening weekend of the season. The club’s home-opener will ... Read More »
Hamas leader visits Cairo as talks build for another Gaza cease-fire
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) – Hamas’ top leader traveled to Cairo on Wednesday for talks on the war in Gaza, part of a flurry of diplomacy to secure another cease-fire and swap of hostages for Palestinian prisoners at a moment when Israel’s offensive shows no signs of slowing. Hamas militants have put up stiff ... Read More »
Olympian, philanthropist, head of Canadian Women’s Foundation appointed to Senate
OTTAWA – A former Olympian, a philanthropist and the head of the Canadian Women’s Foundation have all been newly appointed to the Senate. The appointees include Marnie McBean, who was an Olympic medalist four times during her career as a rower and won three gold medals. She will be joined by Toni Varone, a developer ... Read More »
US, Venezuela swap prisoners: Maduro ally for 10 Americans, plus fugitive contractor ‘Fat Leonard’
MIAMI (AP) – The United States freed a close ally of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in exchange for the release of 10 Americans imprisoned in the South American country and the extradition of a fugitive defense contractor known as “Fat Leonard” who is at the center of a massive Pentagon bribery scandal, officials said Wednesday. ... Read More »
