Some travellers at Toronto's Pearson airport fined for violating new hotel-quarantine rules

Several international travellers arriving at Toronto's Pearson airport have refused to comply with a new rule requiring a hotel quarantine of up to three days, local police said Wednesday. Continue reading at 'CBC'

[ CBC | 2021-02-24 23:57:46 UTC ]
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Charges dropped against 4 in Toronto Indigo bookstore vandalism

Charges have been dropped against four of the 11 people charged with mischief and criminal harassment, which police called "hate-motivated," after an Indigo bookstore was vandalized last fall. Continue reading at CBC

[ CBC | 2024-05-22 13:48:29 UTC ]
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This Poetic Queer Travel Memoir Is Both Heartbreaking and Hopeful

Poets write some of the best memoirs, and this one will have you feeling like you're in each of these cities. Continue reading at Book Riot

[ Book Riot | 2024-05-22 11:00:00 UTC ]
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Less Travel, More Hybrid Work Among Most Popular Book Business Sustainability Options

A new survey conducted by the Green Book Alliance found that a reduction in business travel has gained popularity as a way for publishing companies to reduce their carbon footprint, while the use of carbon offsets and recycled paper has declined. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-05-14 04:00:00 UTC ]
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City pushes Albany to loosen bidding rules on capital projects

Mayor Eric Adams’ administration is mounting a push for state lawmakers to pass a set of bills loosening some of the rules that govern the city’s notoriously slow capital process, which city leaders say would allow major projects to get done more quickly and cheaply.The city needs permission... Continue reading at Crains New York

[ Crains New York | 2024-05-09 10:03:04 UTC ]
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Multiple arrests, 19 charges laid in $22.5M Pearson gold heist

Peel police say a joint task force investigating a multimillion-dollar gold heist at Pearson airport last year has arrested multiple people, laid 19 related charges and interrupted a "large quantity of firearms" intended for import into Canada in connection with the case. Continue reading at CBC

[ CBC | 2024-04-17 11:01:09 UTC ]
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Bologna 2024: Dead Bunnies and Naked Bottoms: What Makes Children's Books Travel Internationally?

In a Bologna Book Fair session called "Dead Bunnies and Naked Bottoms: Meeting the Challenges of Children's Publishing Across Cultures," moderator Maria Russo led a discussion on international picture book successes, obstacles, and taboos. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-04-16 04:00:00 UTC ]
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1 year after the Pearson heist, no arrests and no sign yet of all that gold and cash

A year ago, police revealed that a massive amount of gold and money had been stolen from a warehouse at Toronto's Pearson airport. Despite intensive investigative efforts, no arrests have been made and the valuable cargo is still unaccounted for. Continue reading at CBC

[ CBC | 2024-04-14 08:00:00 UTC ]
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Toronto: The $150,000 Carol Shields Prize Names Its Shortlist

Four of the five shortlisted titles in the Carol Shields Prize are from Penguin Random House companies, while one is from SPJ Lit. The post Toronto: The $150,000 Carol Shields Prize Names Its Shortlist appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2024-04-09 12:01:04 UTC ]
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Toronto breaks 86-year temperature record as unseasonable warmth hits

Temperatures are soaring across Ontario, with Toronto breaking a daily record and other cities poised to follow suit. The temperature cracked 11 C by 10 a.m. Friday at Toronto Pearson International Airport, busting a daily record set on the same day in 1938. Continue reading at CBC

[ CBC | 2024-02-09 17:27:50 UTC ]
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Women Ruled the 2023 Bestseller List

Colleen Hoover, who reigned supreme in 2022, also had a stellar 2023, and was joined by Rebecca Yarros in dominating the charts. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-01-08 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Pearson’s biggest shareholder says it should leave London and relist in US

Cevian Capital founder argues most of education publisher’s business is there and move would raise its valueBusiness live – latest updatesPearson’s biggest shareholder has said it should be relisted in the US, arguing that leaving London would be better for shareholders as most of the education... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2023-12-15 12:22:42 UTC ]
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Books That Travel: A Report From the 2023 Nairobi International Book Fair

All photos courtesy of e-Kitabu. In 1993, I was a teenager, volunteering to work with street children in Kibera, the largest “slum” on the continent of Africa. I held babies, played hokey-pokey and Swahili versions of patty cake with grade-school kids, fielded requests for money by street... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2023-12-04 09:48:58 UTC ]
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Fairfax's WaveDancer agrees to reverse merger with Toronto's Firefly Neuroscience

The Fairfax firm says it will divest its Rockville-based Tellenger subsidiary at the close of the deal. Continue reading at Silicon Valley Business Journal

[ Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2023-11-16 13:22:39 UTC ]
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Children's Creators Travel for Conservation and Inspiration: A Photo Essay

Nine members of the environmental group Children’s Book Creators for Conservation spent October 8–21 in the eastern South African province of KwaZulu-Natal, volunteering with the stewardship organization Wild Tomorrow. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-11-16 05:00:00 UTC ]
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3 New Books on How Cash Rules Everything Around Us

Don't know too much about money or how it's used, and has been used, to further national, and personal, interests? And at what cost, literally and figuratively? Want to learn? These new are books for you. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-11-10 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Up in smokes: Daily Tele’s taxpayer-funded ciggies help Labor minister destroy travel card | The Weekly Beast

News Corp reporter bought a pink doughnut, a soft drink and tobacco as part of a NSW government endorsed media stunt. Plus: cartoonists go their own wayFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastWhat happens when... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2023-11-03 02:06:22 UTC ]
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Brink's sues Air Canada for 'reckless' security protocols in $20M gold heist at Pearson

Brink's security is suing Canada's biggest airline for more than $20 million for allegedly letting a thief walk into an Air Canada facility at Pearson airport and walk out with gold bars and cash. Continue reading at CBC

[ CBC | 2023-10-12 14:48:27 UTC ]
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Valve fails to get out of paying its EU geo-blocking fine

Valve has failed to convince a court that it didn't infringe EU law by geo-blocking activation keys, according to a new ruling. The company argued that, based on copyright law, publishers had the right to charge different prices for games in different countries. However,... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2023-09-27 12:20:53 UTC ]
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Valve fails to get out of paying its EU geo-blocking fine

Valve has failed to convince a court that it didn't infringe EU law by geo-blocking activation keys, according to a new ruling. The company argued that, based on copyright law, publishers had the right to charge different prices for games in different countries. However, the EU General Court... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2023-09-27 12:20:53 UTC ]
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The Rules of the Game: How Genre Can Illuminate Theme

Writing literary fiction is a freeing thing—there are no rules, there is just a story waiting to be told. When I started writing my first novel, The Theory of Flight, I knew that I wanted it be a character-driven story that explored difficult social and political terrain in order to reveal... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2023-09-27 08:45:38 UTC ]
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