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Canada One of three major tobacco companies involved in years of negotiations with creditors says it opposes the proposed multi-billion-dollar settlement announced in the case earlier this month. JTI-Macdonald Corp. has filed a document with an Ontario court indicating it does not support the proposal due to “critical outstanding issues.”Continue Reading

Shannon Hanmer still remembers the first scary movie she saw in a theatre — the R-rated teen vampire thriller The Lost Boys starring Kiefer Sutherland as the blood-thirsty villain. She was four years old.  “My mom thought it was about Peter Pan,” she said. Instead, a young Hanmer watched in horror as the 1987 film served upContinue Reading

Canada·The Fifth Estate In 2023, a Canadian taxpayer logged into his Canada Revenue Agency account, falsely amended previous tax returns and wrongly claimed he was owed more than $40 million in refunds. Without verifying any of the newly filed tax slips, the Canada Revenue Agency authorized the payments and beganContinue Reading

Canada Fake content is getting harder to suss out. This Canadian Nobel Prize winner has an idea to helpAI pioneer Geoffrey Hinton spoke Monday at the first of the two-night Hinton Lectures event in Toronto. AI pioneer Geoffrey Hinton spoke at event MondayThe Canadian Press · Posted: Oct 29, 2024 7:44 PM EDT | LastContinue Reading

At the height of this year’s tax season, the Canada Revenue Agency discovered that hackers had obtained confidential data used by one of the country’s largest tax preparation firms, H&R Block Canada. Imposters used the company’s confidential credentials to get unauthorized access into hundreds of Canadians’ personal CRA accounts, changeContinue Reading

Canada The lawyer representing a Canadian Forces corporal currently in the midst of a sexual assault trial is himself facing sex crime-related charges, and those charges involve a minor, CBC News has learned.  Lawyer Mitchell Worsoff remains in good standing with Law Society of Ontario Jorge Barrera · CBC NewsContinue Reading

As the number of historical sexual assault allegations grew against auto parts billionaire Frank Stronach this summer, an investigation by The Fifth Estate found employees of a restaurant he owns north of Toronto claim he has made unwanted sexual advances toward young female staff in the last few years. WARNING:Continue Reading

Outside a southwest Toronto cheese business last November, 69-year-old Mohamed Nizam and a dozen of his neighbours stood chanting: “Fix the heat! Fix the heat! No more harassment!”  Nizam told CBC News earlier this month that the group of tenants, who live at a building called the Mello Court ApartmentsContinue Reading

British Columbia At least 2 dead in B.C. after mudslides, washouts: RCMPA woman who was missing after her home was washed away in a mudslide in Coquitlam, B.C., on Saturday has been found dead, police say. Police say the woman’s home was washed away Saturday in a mudslide triggered by torrentialContinue Reading