Walmart's quest to be Canada's number 1 grocer

On: By: Helen Smith

Lucy Martins’ shopping cart is full of food and a few toiletries. She’s loading up for a family road trip and chose to do it at Walmart.

“Easier for me, one shot deal,” she explains.

Martins says she’s at Walmart almost every week and always picks up some type of food item — from snacks to spicy Thai-flavoured tuna.

“It’s hard to find in some places. They always have it here and it’s always a good price.”

Walmart shopper Lucy Martins stocks up on groceries for a family road trip. (CBC)

More Canadians are turning to the big box giant for at least some of their food shopping. And that’s helping U.S.-based Walmart take a big bite out of the traditional grocery store market.

“It’s comfortable, good prices,” says Castor Sousa, who divides his grocery shopping between Walmart and the neighbourhood supermarket.

Walmart’s share of the grocery store pie …

Olympics 2016: Canadian Swimmer Penny Oleksiak makes a splash in Rio

On: By: Helen Smith

The women’s 100m freestyle final at the 2016 Olympics was a race marked by historic feats. While American Simone Manuel became the first African-American woman to win an Olympic gold in swimming, it was 16-year-old swimming prodigy Penny Oleksiak who burnished her reputation as one of Canada’s premier athletes. Oleksiak tied with Manuel to take the gold, setting a new Olympic record of 52.70 seconds and making history as the first athlete born in the 21st Century to win an Olympic gold medal in any sport. The Toronto native was in seventh place at the halfway turn before she soared into first …
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MediMergent Presents Preliminary Results to FDA from its NMSOAP Evaluation of NOACs vs. Warfarin

Healthcare data integration and analytics company MediMergent LLC has developed the National Medication Safety Outcomes and Adherence Program (NMSOAP)

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Canada's counter-terror efforts face scrutiny after US helps stop suspect

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Authorities point to challenges in balancing resources, civil liberties and safety as former intelligence official wonders: ‘How come the FBI had to tell us?’

Mike Cabana, Royal Canadian mounted police deputy commissioner, and assistant commissioner Jennifer Strachan speak at a news conference in Ottawa regarding Aaron Driver.
Photograph: Chris Wattie/Reuters

Troubled by his posts online that praised Isis and his correspondence with militants plotting attacks around the world, Canadian officials began watching Aaron Driver in 2014.
They soon went one step further, imposing a strict set of restrictions including reporting regularly to police and staying off social media.
But when …
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Canada needs a substantial increase in immigration, minister says

On: By: Helen Smith

If Immigration Minister John McCallum gets his way, Canada will significantly increase immigration beyond its current record level as a way to fill the country’s labour needs.
Pointing to an aging population and looming labour shortages, McCallum made the pitch in Manila during a speech to the Canadian Chamber of Commerce in the Philippines on Friday.
“So why not substantially increase the number of immigrants coming to Canada? And that is, I think, I hope, what we are about to do,” McCallum said, according to a transcript of his remarks obtained by CBC News.
Earlier in the week, McCallum was …
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USA women’s hoops clinches over Canada

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USA women’s hoops clinches over Canada


THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | August 13,2016

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Maya Moore of United States drives for a layup during the Americans group-clinching victory over Canada in Rio de Janeiro on Friday.

RIO DE JANEIRO With the offense struggling, Maya Moore and the U.S. womens basketball team turned in a stellar defensive effort to dispatch Canada.Moore scored 12 points, and the Americans clinched the top seed in the group with an 81-51 win over Canada on Friday.The Americans (4-0) had been scoring at a record pace, topping 100 points in each of their first three contests …
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