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Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Both Norway and Germany invoked an all-for-one, one-for-all approach as they this week sharpened their public …
Read More »2,000 happily ever afters: Ontario woman attempts to sell huge collection of Harlequin paperbacks
Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. What compels someone to own 2,000 romance novels? “It was kind of an unforeseen circumstance,” says …
Read More »Why Trump still needs to sell Iran war to U.S. voters
U.S. President Donald Trump has given Americans a short list of his objectives in attacking Iran, but when it comes to the justification for launching the war and how the conflict is expected to play out, he and his team are sending mixed messages. “We will easily prevail,” Trump declared …
Read More »How grocery giants control who can sell food in your neighbourhood: CBC’s Marketplace cheat sheet
Miss something this week? Don’t panic. CBC’s Marketplace rounds up the consumer and health news you need. Want this in your inbox? Get the Marketplace newsletter every Friday. How grocery giants control who can sell food in your neighbourhood WATCH | Property controls hindering competition in the grocery sector: Property controls hindering competition in …
Read More »P.E.I. to sell remaining U.S. booze, donate profits to food banks
Listen to this article Estimated 2 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a technology based on artificial intelligence. Prince Edward Islanders who have been missing their favourite American wines will soon have a chance to stock up. The provincial government has directed the P.E.I. Liquor …
Read More »NSLC continues to warehouse American alcohol and has no plans to sell it off
More than seven months after the NSLC pulled American alcohol from its shelves as part of Nova Scotia’s response to the trade war with the U.S., the corporation has no plans to sell off any of that product, unlike its New Brunswick counterpart. Earlier this month, New Brunswick Liquor started …
Read More »Court monitor says it doesn’t support Hudson’s Bay plan to sell leases to Ruby Liu
The court-appointed monitor overseeing Hudson’s Bay’s creditor protection case says it’s against landlords being forced to accept a B.C. billionaire’s plan to buy more than two dozen of the retailer’s leases. In a new court filing made late Wednesday, Alvarez & Marsal said it does not agree that landlords should have …
Read More »Hackers tried to sell Pembina Trails School Division student, staff info on dark web
Photos of valid passports, staff payroll information and credit card statements were among the nearly 1 million files uploaded onto the dark web after a recent ransomware attack by a hacker group on a south Winnipeg school division. The Pembina Trails School Division was hit in December by a data …
Read More »Parents say Snapchat makes it easy for drug dealers to sell to their kids
An Ontario father says he lives in constant fear that his 15-year-old son will overdose — and blames the social media app Snapchat. “He can’t get through the day without using drugs,” said Roger, a pseudonym CBC is using to protect his son’s identity. The addiction issues began with cannabis use …
Read More »She was trying to sell a play tent for $40. It ended up costing her $1,250
A woman in the Comox Valley on Vancouver Island wants to warn others about an online phishing scam through Facebook Marketplace after a sale that was supposed to earn her $40 cost her $1,250 instead. When Severine Nichols was getting rid of her daughter’s play tent last week, she did …
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