Company fined $84K after workplace death in Nipawin

Kevin’s Custom Ag Ltd. pleaded guilty in connection with a workplace fatality involving carbon monoxide exposure during sandblasting. A Nipawin company has been ordered to pay $84,000 in connection with a workplace fatality last year. Kevin’s Custom Ag Ltd. pleaded guilty in Nipawin provincial court on Sept. 25 to one violation of provincial Occupational Health … Read more

Creator of ‘suicide capsule’ rejects Swiss allegation that its first user may have been strangled

The right-to-die activist behind a new “suicide capsule” says he rejects “absurd” allegations that the U.S. woman who was said to be its first user may have actually been strangled. Philip Nitschke of advocacy group Exit International said Wednesday he wasn’t on hand for the woman’s death on Sept. 23 involving the “Sarco” capsule in a forest … Read more

One baby in 10 doesn’t have a family doctor in Quebec: report

The proportion is much higher among low-income families or those whose parents were born outside Canada. In Quebec, the majority of babies are considered to be in excellent health by their parents, an ISQ survey revealed.Photo: Getty Images Around one in 10 babies does not have a family doctor or pediatrician, according to a survey … Read more

Uniqlo brand name is actually a misspelling — and fans are clamoring for clothes with the original logo

The origin story behind this iconic brand stamp lives up to its “unique” name. The Japanese retailer Uniqlo recently revealed in a social media post that its name is actually misspelled, thanks to a snafu from the staff when registering the business back in 1988. 3Uniqlo has become a global phenomenon with over 1,000 stores … Read more

Susan Smith denied parole 30 years after drowning her 2 sons

Susan and David Smith address reporters 30 years ago, pleading for the return of their sons. But Susan Smith had drowned the children, then made up a tale about a carjacking. (Mary Ann Chastain / Associated Press) A parole board decided unanimously Wednesday that Susan Smith should remain in prison, despite her plea that God … Read more

Nancy Mace doubles down, introduces bill to ban transgenders from female bathrooms on all federal property

South Carolina GOP Rep. Nancy Mace doubled down on her push to prohibit transgender women from utilizing female private spaces on Capitol Hill by introducing legislation to bar it on all federal property, even as she claims critics are “threatening to kill me over this issue.” Mace, 46, announced the “Protecting Women’s Private Spaces Act” … Read more

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