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TORONTO 鈥?Canadian retail kingpin and philanthropist W. Galen Weston has died at age 80, George Weston Ltd. announced Tuesday.The Toronto-based company said he died peacefully at home Monday after a long illness faced with courage and dignity.Weston previously held e
stanley trinkflaschen xecutive and senior roles at food, retail and real estate giants his family founded or led including Loblaw Companies Ltd., Choice Properties, Selfridges Group and Weston Foods. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW He retired as chairman of George Weston Ltd. in 2016 t
stanley cup o make room for his son Galen G. Weston, a tradition set by his father, W. Garfield Weston, who also stepped down at the age of 75.As he pushed me and my sister up and down store aisles in a shopping cart, our Saturdays became lessons in retail, bakery, and real estate, where I also saw firsthand the fundamental values that lead to success, Galen G. Weston, who is also executive chairman and director of Loblaw, told The Canadian Press in an email. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW He was always curious and interested in what everyone had to say, whether it was a backroom receiver, a colleague on a packaging line, or a
stanley cup division president. He always knew there was something to learn from them.While Weston was proud of his several businesses, many described him as putting family first. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW Egdf TSX ends down along with U.S. markets
Throughout the pandemic, there has been debate over whether the goal of health restrictions was to eliminate COVID-19 鈥?or to contain it.At the forefront of the so-called COVID-Zero approach, bent on eliminating the virus, has been New Zealand, a country that used strict lockdowns in the early part of the pandemic to keep its case loads exceptionally low, allowing reopenings and relative freedom within its borders.The country has been repeatedly cited by those loudly calling for a COVID-Zero approach here in Canada, as they rebuked health officials for not going further in their restrictions. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW But on Monday, the poster-child nation for COVID-Zero blinked.After seven weeks of strict lockdown, during which residents could only go out to buy food, medicines or to see a doctor, New Zealand acknowledged that it has been unable to contain th
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