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After mass layoffs at banana giant Chiquita’s Panama operation this summer threatened the popular fruit’s supply chains — with some experts even saying Canadians could see price increases — work is set to resume at the plant in Bocas del Toro. Chiquita has agreed to restart operations, Panama’s government and the company …
Read More »Needlepoint and banana bread: Murderous American fugitive who hid in Alberta for decades remembered by friends
A murderous fugitive who hid from American and Mexican authorities in small-town Alberta for decades was a bridge-playing, banana bread-baking ex-realtor, according to her former friends and neighbours. Dee Glabus, as she was known in Taber, Alta., was actually Sharon Kinne, one of America’s most wanted criminals. Kinne was tried for …
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