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Life Brand and President’s Choice household and beauty products will no longer be made using triclosan, phthalates, or microbeads. Loblaw Companies Ltd. made the announcement on Thursday, saying they are working towards removing the ingredients from their products over the next three years.

Canada’s main stock index tumbled 1.4 per cent on Monday, its third straight fall and the sharpest selloff in almost three months, with across-the-board declines led by resource and financial stocks.

A businessman was sentenced to 12 years in prison and ordered to pay $108 million in restitution for a scheme a federal judge described as “eye popping.” Wilbur Anthony Huff pleaded guilty to the charges in Manhattan Federal Court on December 23, 2014. On Thursday, U.S. District Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald described Huff’s activities as being so “truly staggering” and …

The City of Vancouver could do more to create affordable housing through better land use planning and lower fees and levies for new homes, Premier Christy Clark said to Mayor Gregor Robertson in a strongly worded letter June 4.

Melissa Berkelhammer is a socialite and, allegedly, she’s also a squatter. Julianne’s friend Melissa asked if she could stay at her apartment, but that was in March of 2014 and they are still living there! Now Melissa’s elderly mom has also moved in. Julianne and her mom say they’ve been trying to evict them for months. So why can’t they …

Montreal dairy giant Saputo says it will refuse to buy milk from farmers that don’t treat their animals humanely. The policy follows a shocking undercover investigation by Mercy For Animals at Chilliwack Cattle Company, a Saputo dairy supplier in BC, which exposed workers viciously kicking, punching, beating, and hitting cows in the face and body with chains, canes, metal pipes, …

Investment Banker Jumps To His Death From Manhattan Luxury Apartment. The New York Post is reporting that a 29-year-old investment banker died after leaping from his luxury apartment building in Manhattan’s Financial District on Thursday morning.

Eric Lembo And Trang Nguyen, Parents splash out on a $50K birthday party for their three-year-old. According to Perth Now, the three-year-old girl, who celebrated her birthday last week, requested a Disney themed party.

Texas’ iconic Waggoner Ranch for sale for $725 million. The iconic Waggoner Ranch spans 510,000 acres and is spread over six counties. It’s even bigger than all of New York City. The ranch is one of the nation’s largest privately owned ranches.

A Jackson County jury has ordered a debt collection agency to cough up nearly $83 million to a woman it mistakenly pursued to collect a credit card debt of little more than $1,000.

An Edmonton woman, who aspires to be a professional mermaid, has launched a petition after the City of Edmonton banned mermaid tails from city pools.