10 h. ago Hudson's Bay employees demand severance pay ahead of chain's liquidation

The union representing the Bay employees in Canada is calling on the company to prioritize workers as it continues its restructuring process.Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) says the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC)'s financial troubles shouldn't "come at the cost of workers' livelihoods."The Canadian retail institution employs around 9,400 people, including 647 who are unionized."We demand that HBC honour its commitments — wages, benefits and severance must be paid. No backroom deals, no vague promises — workers deserve full transparency," reads a statement from the CLC on Tuesday.North America's oldest company filed for creditor protection under the federal Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act (CCAA) on March 7 and received approval from the Ontario Superior Court of Justice on the same day.Last Friday, the Bay announced that full liquidation could begin this week. The latest court documents stated that the company intends to conclude it...

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30 h. ago Court finds UWaterloo stabbing was hate crime in sentencing attacker

A mass stabbing at a University of Waterloo gender studies class was not a terrorist attack but a “particularly grave” hate crime meant to make people feel unsafe in those spaces, an Ontario judge ruled Monday in sentencing the attacker to 11 years in prison. The judge sentencing Geovanny Villalba-Aleman told a Kitchener court that […]

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32 h. ago Ontario man facing 29 charges, including 2 ‘rarely laid in Canada,’ police say

Toronto police have charged a man with 29 offences, including two 'rarely laid' charges, in an extensive hate crime investigation.

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33 h. ago Ontario court rules UWaterloo stabbing was an LGBTQ+ hate crime, but not terrorism

Geovanny Villalba-Aleman 'intended to inflict, and did inflict, widespread fear,' judge says in sentencing 25-year-old to more than seven years in prison

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36 h. ago University of Waterloo stabbing was hate crime, not terrorism: judge

An Ontario court has found that an attack at a University of Waterloo gender studies class nearly two years ago was not terrorism but constituted a “particularly grave” hate crime.

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37 h. ago Stabbing at University of Waterloo was not terrorism but was hate crime: Court

An Ontario court has found that an attack at a University of Waterloo gender studies class nearly two years ago was not terrorism but constituted a “particularly grave” hate crime. The judge sentencing Geovanny Villalba-Aleman says that hatred was “the primary motivation” for the June 2023 stabbing, which is a significant aggravating factor. More coming.

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40 h. ago Hudson's Bay liquidation may begin soon as Canada's oldest company collapses

Hudson's Bay Company has signalled its readiness to take the next major step in its creditor protection and restructuring process, a move that will significantly reshape Canada's commercial retail real estate market and result in major job losses.In an announcement on Friday night, the Canadian department store retailer announced a "store-by-store liquidation process" will begin as soon as this week.On Friday, March 14, 2025, the company filed additional documents with the Ontario Superior Court of Justice indicating that it has only secured limited debtor-in-possession financing, which now necessitates the "full liquidation of the entire business.""Assuming receipt of a Court order on Monday at the 'comeback motion,' store liquidations will begin next week," reads the news release last Friday.According to the latest court documents, Hudson's Bay intends to conclude its liquidation process by no later than June 15, 2025, at which point its store locations would also close.During the...

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4 d. ago Hudson’s Bay to Undergo Full Liquidation Unless an Alternative Solution Emerges

TORONTO — Hudson’s Bay Company ULC (Hudson’s Bay or the Company), the Canadian entity that comprises the retailer Hudson’s Bay and TheBay.com, today announced it has filed documents with the Ontario Superior Court of Justice indicating that, despite exhaustive efforts to secure sufficient financing to pursue a restructuring transaction under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act […]

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4 d. ago Company audited for tax schemes sues Canada Revenue Agency for $100 million

A $100-million lawsuit has just been launched against the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) by a company audited for what the agency calls "tax shelter gifting schemes."On Friday, a statement of claim was filed at the Ontario Superior Court of Justice by Ken Gordon, founder of EquiGenesis Corporation, a service that helps high-net-worth investors with tax incentive investment opportunities.The lawsuit claims that Gordon's business has experienced over two decades of "harassment and abuse" by bureaucrats at the CRA focused on shutting it down and "punishing everyday taxpayers."Ken Gordon, founder of EquiGenesis Corporation (Equigenesis.com)According to the statement of claim, the "repeated harassment" began in 2003 when the CRA launched an audit on "gifting tax shelters," or what the agency calls "tax shelter gifting schemes."The government has issued warnings to Canadians about these schemes when a taxpayer is presented with a strategy where the tax benefits and deductions they can claim ...

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4 d. ago Court approves sales of two plants owned by company linked to listeria outbreak

TORONTO — An Ontario court has approved the sale of two facilities owned by the Canadian company that processed plant-based milk linked to a deadly listeria outbreak. Court documents show Joriki is selling its Delta, B.C., plant to Happy Planet Foods and its Toronto plant to Top Shelf Food and Beverage Corp. Joriki is also […]

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5 d. ago How The Bay's creditor protection filing could affect gift cards and rewards

If you're a member of The Bay Rewards program or have any unused gift cards lying around, you may be wondering what to do now that the department store has filed for creditor protection.The Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) filed for creditor protection under the federal Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act (CCAA) last Friday. The Ontario Superior Court of Justice granted it on the same day."Put simply, Hudson's Bay is out of money and cannot meet its financial obligations as they come due. It is hard not to have a sense of melancholy when considering the application before me," reads the judge's written decision on Friday, supporting the company's restructuring effortsHudson's Bay, founded in 1670, is the oldest company in North America and a Canadian retail institution. As it struggles to remain afloat 355 years later, some customers remain in limbo.The Bay RewardsRewards and loyalty programs expert Patrick Sojka says Hudson's Bay Rewards members are bearing...

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7 d. ago Cycling advocates call for court injunction over Toronto bike lane removals

Advocates spent Tuesday asking an Ontario Superior Court Justice to grant an injunction preventing any removals before they have their day in court.

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7 d. ago Here's who is eligible for Loblaw's proposed $500 million price

Some Canadian shoppers could cash in on part of a massive bread price-fixing class-action settlement from Loblaw.Law firms Strosberg Wingfield Sasso LLP and Orr Taylor LLP announced on Tuesday that a $500-million settlement agreement with George Weston Limited and Loblaw Companies Limited was executed on Jan. 31, 2025, to settle nationwide class-action lawsuits against them related to industry-wide price fixing for certain packaged bread products.The settlement is still subject to court approval in Ontario and Quebec. Approval hearings will occur on May 5 in Toronto and June 16 in Montreal.If approved, the law firms say the settlement will resolve all claims against Loblaw and Weston related to the class actions."On behalf of the Weston group of companies, we are sorry for the price-fixing behaviour we discovered and self-reported in 2015. This behaviour should never have happened," said Galen Weston Jr., chairman of Loblaw and chief executive officer of Weston, in a statement in Ju...

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7 d. ago Social media giants lose bid to have lawsuit from Ontario school boards dropped

An Ontario court has struck down social media giants' motion to dismiss a case brought forward by several school boards that alleges their platforms disrupt student learning.

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8 d. ago Ontario judge says lenient sentences destroying their ‘institutional credibility’

An Ontario appeals court agreed that the 'no jail' sentence for gunman Terrell Burke-Whittaker was too lenient — but decided nonetheless not to send him to jail

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8 d. ago Police probe possible hate crime after Ukrainian man allegedly threatened with knife at grocery store

The victim went back into the store, where store security called police. The suspect fled the scene before officers arrived, police said

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1 week ago Canadians can get up to $100,000 in 'historic' tobacco class

If you or someone you know has experienced the harmful effects of smoking, you might be able to claim a part of a "historic" settlement in a tobacco class-action lawsuit.Last October, the Quebec Council on Tobacco and Health (QCTH) announced the filing of a proposed plan of arrangement from three major tobacco companies — JTI-Macdonald Corp.; Rothmans, Benson & Hedges; and Imperial Tobacco Canada Ltd. — after they spent over five years in negotiations with their creditors.On Thursday, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice approved the settlement of the $32.5-billion tobacco lawsuit.The QCTH says the court approval ends years of uncertainty and establishes a structured framework for distributing funds to victims, their heirs, and governments."It represents the culmination of more than 25 years of legal proceedings to ensure that tobacco victims receive compensation in recognition of the harm they have suffered," the organization shared in a statement on Friday.Eligibi...

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1 week ago Canada’s top court to decide case about Ontario election advertising rules

The Supreme Court of Canada is set to release its decision today about third-party election advertising rules in Ontario that limit spending.

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1 week ago Proposed class action lawsuit against convoy protest organizers clears hurdle

The Ontario Court of Appeal upheld a lower court’s ruling allowing the lawsuit to proceed.

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1 week ago Court Grants Final Order to Softchoice Corporation Approving Arrangement with World Wide Technology

TORONTO — Softchoice Corporation (“Softchoice” or the “Company”) (TSX:SFTC) announced today that the Ontario Superior Court of Justice (Commercial List) has issued a final order approving the previously announced plan of arrangement (the “Arrangement”) involving the Company, World Wide Technology Holding Co., LLC (“WWT”) and 2672989 Alberta ULC (the “Purchaser”), an affiliate of WWT, pursuant […]

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