Once-celebrated P.E.I. apple orchard faces no sanctions despite foreign worker abuse claims

When it broke ground on Prince Edward Island in 2014, Canadian Nectar Products had former high-profile politicians pitching a company with the potential to bring jobs and people to the small province. It had a lofty goal: transform an island known for potatoes into the apple-growing capital of the world, as the local newspaper reported….

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‘I don’t want it in Toronto’: PWHL Montreal eager to break women’s hockey attendance record

Ann-Renée Desbiens isn’t comfortable with Toronto holding the attendance record for a women’s hockey game. The goalie for Montreal’s Professional Women’s Hockey League team believes the title should belong to her home province. And Toronto’s rival city. “I want it in Montreal. I don’t want it in Toronto,” Desbiens said without hesitation Wednesday at the…

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Shoppers Drug Mart says it doesn’t have medication review targets, but records show it does

In January, a Shoppers Drug Mart district manager in Ontario wrote to store owners in his area to express “deep disappointment” in their performance during the first week of 2024.  “Despite clear plans and expectations, it is evident that we fell significantly short of our targets,” reads the email obtained by CBC News.  The email…

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Committed to improvement, UNB men’s hockey team aims for golden end to perfect season

Growing up playing hockey in Saint John, N.B, Kale McCaullum knew about the University of New Brunswick men’s hockey team, the contending force in Canadian university hockey from just up north. Despite playing most of his hockey in his hometown going on to play major junior with the Saint John Sea Dogs for two seasons, the looming…

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