Metro accuses Loblaw of falsely implicating it in bread price-fixing scheme

In new court filings, Metro Inc. is accusing Loblaw Cos. Ltd. and its parent company of conspiring to implicate Metro in an alleged bread price-fixing scheme.

Metro has submitted a statement of defence and crossclaim in Ontario Superior Court, responding to a class-action lawsuit that implicates it and several other grocers in the alleged conspiracy.

The grocer denies being involved in bread price-fixing, which is also the subject of a federal Competition Bureau investigation.

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Prince Andrew set to be among unsealed files on Jeffrey Epstein

Prince Andrew is expected to be among dozens of Jeffrey Epstein’s associates named in documents to be unsealed next month on the orders of a New York judge.

The documents were filed as part of a lawsuit against the disgraced financier’s former girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell.

Judge Loretta Preska has given those whose names will be released 14 days to appeal her decision before the documents are made public.

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170 of Jeffrey Epstein’s high-profile associates will be named in court documents set to be unsealed in 2024

Dozens of Jeffrey Epstein’s high profile associates are in for a New Year’s surprise as they will be named in court documents set to be released in the first days of 2024.

The pedophile’s powerful friends are set to be exposed as part of a vast unsealing that a judge ordered on Monday will take place in 14 days.

That will take the release day to January 1 – but as that is a holiday it is likely the files will be made public the following day.

h/t Mauser

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‘Outrageous’: Threats to Ibrahim Ali’s lawyers spur court safety concerns in B.C.

VANCOUVER – The voice mail threatens to knock lawyer Kevin McCullough’s teeth out, and as for his client, Ibrahim Ali, the anonymous caller says: “I’m gonna cut him.”

The Dec 1. recording was provided to The Canadian Press by Ali’s lawyers, who say it is among a litany of threats they have received for their handling of the high-profile murder case.

Ali was convicted on Dec. 8 of first-degree murder for the killing of a 13-year-old girl in a B.C. park, and while the trial may be over, the fallout for McCullough and co-counsel Ben Lynskey continues.

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Government approved minority groups get off easy when charged with rape

Jamie Sarkonak: Racial discounts for sex offenders undermine justice

One would hope that a justice system would punish rapists equally: Non-white immigrant or white fourth-generation Canadian, they should be looking at a similar jail sentence for that kind of vile crime. In reality, though, rapists who can play the diversity card have a decent chance of getting a Canadian judge to lighten their sentence.

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Barry and Honey Sherman murder probe was kept away from ties to offshore banking and to Edmonton Oilers’ owner

The family and friends of Barry and Honey Sherman pointed fingers at two people in the early days of the investigation: Kerry Winter and Frank D’Angelo. They did so even while police were still pursuing a murder-suicide theory.

“That’s what a lot of people were saying,” said a Sherman insider. “It was either Kerry or Frank who were somehow involved.”

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Police investigating Barry and Honey Sherman’s murders accepted odd limits sought by executors

On an overcast day last December, Toronto homicide Det.-Const. Dennis Yim made a rare trip out of the office where he has worked on the Barry and Honey Sherman murder case, day in and day out, since 2017.

Yim, with close-cropped hair and a slender, athletic build, drove to an office somewhere in Toronto, in search of information related to some of Barry Sherman’s many business deals.

The lone full-time detective on the case, Yim recently remarked that his job is never-ending.

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Crime groups gaining ‘influence’ in government agencies: federal report

Criminal Intelligence Service Canada

Organized crime groups are attempting to “infiltrate” government agencies and departments, a report obtained by Global News suggests.

The Criminal Intelligence Service Canada (CISC) reported in 2022 that 29 organized crime groups reportedly have “influence and access” within the public sector, while at least 369 groups are believed to be trying to gain a toehold in government.

Yea they’re called the Liberal Party.

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Kenneth Law charged with 14 counts of 2nd-degree murder in multiple Ontario deaths

Accused poison seller Kenneth Law has been charged with murder in connection with multiple deaths across Ontario, CBC News has learned.

A charge sheet from the Ontario Court of Justice in Newmarket shows Law was charged Monday with 14 counts of second-degree murder, in addition to the 14 counts of counselling or aiding suicide that he was already facing.

The new charges are related to the same alleged victims in multiple Ontario cities, from Toronto to Thunder Bay.

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