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Two class-action lawsuits have been filed against the manufacturers of plant-based milks recalled in Canada over potential Listeria contamination that has left two people dead. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency issued the nationwide recall on July 8 for 18 beverages under the Silk and Great Value brands, manufactured by Danone Inc. and …

The LCBO says stores will reopen Tuesday after the union representing 10,000 of its workers ratified a new deal with the liquor retailer on Sunday to end the strike that had closed its stores for two weeks. The Liquor Control Board of Ontario confirmed the ratification in a news release …

A deal reached between the LCBO and the union representing its workers is in jeopardy just hours after the two sides announced a two-week-long strike would soon be coming to an end. Early on Friday afternoon, both the Ontario Public Service Employees Union and the LCBO said they had reached …

A grocery code of conduct could stabilize food prices in the future and encourage more investment in the Canadian food industry, according to the president of Kraft Heinz Canada. “It creates a better trade environment for both the supplier and the retailer, but I think at the end of the …

Some Canadian flights, hospitals and media services were disrupted on Friday amid a global technology outage that has grounded planes and impacted banks as well as other businesses across the world. Cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike said on Friday that the problem occurred after a faulty update to computers running Microsoft Windows and …

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Certain psychotherapy and counselling services in Canada are now exempt from sales tax collection in an attempt to make mental health care more affordable for Canadians. The Canada Revenue Agency said in a news release on Monday that certain psychotherapists and counselling …

The LCBO is scrapping plans for limited store openings as a strike by some 9,000 workers enters its second week. The LCBO had said if a deal with the Ontario Public Sector Employees Union (OPSEU) was not reached by July 19, 32 stores across the province would be open for …

Ontario Premier Doug Ford says there are “still plenty of options” for Ontarians to buy alcohol in a new video drawing ire from some on social media. Ford released the video in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, on Monday as LCBO workers find themselves on the picket …

The Labour Party, led by Keir Starmer, swept the polls in the United Kingdom this week while Canada is set to get its first female chief of defence staff. And who is Count Binface, the “intergalactic space warrior” who ran against ex-British prime minister Rishi Sunak? Here were some of …

Workers with Ontario’s main liquor retailer will hold a rally in downtown Toronto on Saturday on the second day of their historic strike. Thousands of workers at the Liquor Control Board of Ontario began their first-ever strike on Friday morning, following months of unsuccessful contract negotiations between their union and …