News/Canada/Toronto (Page 45)

Toronto A former Shoppers Drug Mart franchise owner has filed a proposed class action lawsuit against the Canadian retail pharmacy chain, and its parent company Loblaw, alleging the companies imposed “unsafe and unethical” corporate practices on franchise owner pharmacists to increase profits. In a statement, a Loblaw spokesperson told CBCContinue Reading

Toronto Ontario and the federal government say they have reached a deal to drop an assessment of the the province’s Highway 413 project after the Federal Court ruled it can be aside. New deal allows highway project to proceed without a full-fledged federal environmental assessmentCBC News · Posted: Apr 15,Continue Reading

Homeowners left ‘in disgust’ after hiring GTA contractor for pool, landscaping jobsSeveral GTA homeowners say they are out tens of thousands of dollars after hiring the same local contractor for landscaping or pool jobs he never finished. CBC’s Ryan Patrick Jones spoke to four families who say they had aContinue Reading

Toronto Food Hall TO was originally a city-led program intended to support low-income Torontonians start their own food business. That program failed, so Feed Scarborough took it over as a teaching kitchen for refugees and new Canadians Food Hall TO gives refugee, newcomers a free intro to hospitality business EthanContinue Reading

Toronto Toronto band behind ’80s hit releases song on Parkinson’s diseaseTwo members of a Toronto new wave band behind a 1980 international hit have released new music, this time to raise awareness of Parkinson’s disease. Martha Johnson and Mark Gane of Martha and the Muffins helped to write Slow Emotion MurielContinue Reading

Elizabeth Bernas and her husband had planned to use the proceeds from their home sale to renovate their new house in Ajax, Ont., to pay for their children’s university tuition and to go on a family vacation. But before they could, they say someone accessed their Bank of Montreal account withoutContinue Reading

Elizabeth Bernas and her husband had planned to use the proceeds from their home sale to renovate their new house in Ajax, Ont., to pay for their children’s university tuition and to go on a family vacation. But before they could, they say someone accessed their Bank of Montreal account withoutContinue Reading

Premier Doug Ford’s government is facing corporate pressure to change Ontario’s plan that sees industry taking on the full cost of blue box recycling programs, CBC News has learned. Two organizations led by some of Canada’s biggest supermarket chains, retailers and consumer goods companies want Ontario’s blue box regulations amended,Continue Reading

Toronto Three Greater Toronto Area restaurant owners say they are feeling the “Keith Lee effect” after the TikTok food critic came to town to sample their offerings. ‘Keith Lee effect’ is real, say 3 restaurant owners whose businesses got boost from visitCBC News · Posted: Apr 09, 2024 10:45 PMContinue Reading