Self checkout machines at a No Frills store. Their use was not motivated by improving customer service: retailers were giddy to take a blowtorch to labour costs, writes Vinay Menon. Facebook Twitter WhatsApp LinkedIn SMS Email Print Copy article link Save On Black Friday, kiss that self-checkout machine goodbye. Who …
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Wayne Brady gets into ‘minor’ fight with driver in Malibu who hit his car and tried to run
Wayne Brady, seen here in May of 2022, got into a fight over the weekend in Malibu with a driver who hit his car and tried to run away, authorities said. The incident ended with the arrest of the other driver. Facebook Twitter WhatsApp LinkedIn SMS Email Print Copy article …
Read More »Celebrity birthdays for the week of Nov. 12-18
Whoopi Goldberg attends the Bring Change to Mind benefit “Revels and Revelations 11,” in support of teen mental health, at City Winery, Monday, Oct. 9, 2023, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP) Facebook Twitter WhatsApp LinkedIn SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Celebrity birthdays for the week of …
Read More »Snoop Dogg blows smoke about his weed habit — and fans the flames of fake news
Snoop Dogg loves marijuana more than the rest of us love anything. At any point in space and time, Mr. Dogg is probably high as a kite, writes Vinay Menon. Facebook Twitter WhatsApp LinkedIn SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Snoop Dogg loves marijuana more than the rest of …
Read More »Taylor Swift’s Rio tour marred by deaths, muggings and a dangerous heat wave
Taylor Swift fan waits for the doors of Nilton Santos Olympic stadium to open for her Eras Tour concert amid a heat wave in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday, Nov. 18, 2023. Facebook Twitter WhatsApp LinkedIn SMS Email Print Copy article link Save RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The deaths …
Read More »Taylor Swift postpones Rio de Janeiro show, citing record heat a day after fan dies during concert
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp LinkedIn SMS Email Print Copy article link Save RIO DE JANEIRO — Taylor Swift postponed an Eras Tour concert in Rio de Janeiro Saturday after a 23-year-old fan died during her Friday night show, according to a message posted on the singer’s Instagram. “I’m writing this from …
Read More »Princess Margaret Cancer Centre gala raises nearly a half-million dollars
Angela Shryane, Tina Tehranchian, Marie Debono and Janine Purves. Facebook Twitter WhatsApp LinkedIn SMS Email Print Copy article link Save It was a night of giving at the Royal York Hotel on Oct. 21, where the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre held its second annual One Life Gala. Some 300 guests …
Read More »Rocky Thirteen Barker is here: Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker welcome new baby
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – MAY 02: (L-R) Travis Barker and Kourtney Kardashian attend The 2022 Met Gala Celebrating “In America: An Anthology of Fashion” at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 02, 2022 in New York City. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue) Facebook Twitter …
Read More »Is ‘pet psychic’ the job of the future? One former lawyer now charges $550 per session to read the minds of cats, dogs, even bearded dragons
The future of work has been creeping up on us — we just never noticed, writes Vinay Menon. And it includes people like who claim they can Facebook Twitter WhatsApp LinkedIn SMS Email Print Copy article link Save To discover the jobs of tomorrow, ask your cat or dog. But …
Read More »‘Wave of sadness’ after death of Karl Tremblay of Quebec’s Les Cowboys Fringants
Les Cowboys Fringants lead singer Karl Tremblay performs at the Quebec Summer Festival, in Quebec City on Monday, July 17, 2023. Quebec Premier François Legault is offering the family of Tremblay a national funeral to commemorate the renowned singer, who died on Wednesday at the age of 47. THE CANADIAN …
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