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After the transaction, CDPQ will hold about 3.5 per cent of Couche-Tard’s outstanding shares. A Couche-Tard convenience store in Montreal.Photo by Graham Hughes /The Canadian Press files The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec is reducing its stake in Alimentation Couche-Tard by about 20 per cent as part of a buyout announced Tuesday. Couche-Tard … Read more

San Francisco Dist. Atty. Brooke Jenkins, right, speaks at a news conference at the Hall of Justice in San Francisco in May 2023. (Godofredo A. Vásquez / Associated Press) A former victims advocate who was fired after sending an email reply to San Francisco’s district attorney asking, “What color panties you have on,” is suing … Read more

The settlement, for victims of abuse at the Mont d’Youville orphanage in Quebec City, is the largest in Quebec history, the judge notes. A Superior Court judge has enshrined a $65 million settlement between former residents of a Quebec City orphanage and a religious order and local health authority in the capital region. The Quebec … Read more

LAUSD Supt. Alberto Carvalho delivers his back-to-school speech, standing next to Oscar-winning co-director Kris Bowers of “The Last Repair Shop” and violinist Porche Brinker. (Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times) In a step forward from pandemic-era learning setbacks, standardized test scores in the Los Angeles school system made gains in all tested grade levels in math … Read more

The “hidden costs” of homeownership, including rising property taxes and homeowners insurance, are the biggest risk factors for rising mortgage delinquencies in the present market, according to a new survey. The Auction.com survey of leaders in the default servicing space found that respondents assigned 37% out of a hypothetical 100 risk factor points to hidden costs, beating … Read more

Philippe Pichet, who became chief in 2015, was suspended in late 2017 in the wake of a devastating internal report. The court decision states that Philippe Pichet, feeling his career was “shattered” by the suspension, remained solely focused on working for the Montreal police force and finding a way to avoid “ending his career as … Read more

‘Hydrothermal’ explosion sends visitors fleeing at Yellowstone National Park A violent hydrothermal explosion at Yellowstone National Park sent visitors fleeing Tuesday as mud and debris erupted from a geyser just north of Old Faithful, according to park rangers. Video of the explosion showed a column of steam and dark earth launching high into the sky. … Read more

Oil tanks burn at the port in Hudaydah, Yemen. Experts say Israel’s retaliatory strike on Houthi rebels after their attack on Tel Aviv may just encourage the Iran-backed militant group. (Associated Press) After more than 1,000 miles and almost three hours of flight times, the squadron of Israeli F-15s and F35s launched their missiles on … Read more

Palm Beach, Florida has been named one of the ritziest suburbs — and residents are furious over that classification. Getty Images Palm Beach, known for its golden sands and winter appeal to America’s affluent, is fiercely independent — and the suggestion it is merely a suburb has residents seeing red. The controversy began when GoBanking.com … Read more

Critics say Nina Jankowicz “intended to censor Americans’ speech” when President Biden appointed her as head of the Department of Homeland Security’s new Orwellian “Disinformation Governance Board.” U.S.Embassy/A.Slabihoud For free speech advocates, there are few images more chilling than that of Nina Jankowicz singing her now-infamous tune as “the Mary Poppins of Disinformation.” The woman … Read more