Waterloo Marble Slab profits melting away as franchisee launches legal battle
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The sweltering conditions across Waterloo region make reaching for a way to cool down an enticing thought.
The sweltering conditions across Waterloo region make reaching for a way to cool down an enticing thought.
But, if you are looking to get a scoop at the Marble Slab on University Avenue in Waterloo, you are out of luck.
For the last month and a half, the franchisee has been locked out of her store by the parent company.
Now, she is calling for major legal changes in how the franchise system operates.
Franchisee Andrea Schlegel-Parsons said the parent company changed the locks on the doors on June 19, effectively removing her from her store.
“There's a better way of resolving things rather than taking such a retaliatory and an extreme consequence that has a negative impact,” she said.
As the Canadian men’s hockey team hopes to punch its ticket to the Olympic gold medal game, a Halifax brew pub is simply hoping stolen jerseys signed by two local stars are returned.
‘It was a nightmare’: Dozens of Canadians hit hard by vomiting, diarrhea after trip to Mexican hotel
Dozens of Canadians are coming back from a stay at a Mexican resort complaining of vomiting, cramps and stomach pain—some being hospitalized—as they and their doctors complain of an outbreak of what appears to be food-borne illness.
The British Columbia Court of Appeal has dismissed a bid by U.S. facial recognition firm Clearview AI to overturn findings that the company is subject to Canadian privacy laws, despite no longer doing business in the country.
A woman who took the city to court to try and stop a proposed housing project in southwest Edmonton is disappointed her efforts failed.
Quebec’s competitive real estate market is pushing more buyers to take risks — including purchasing homes without a legal warranty.
A second federal union has filed a legal challenge to the federal government’s new return-to-office mandate for public servants, saying the government is “imposing significant workplace changes” in the middle of contract negotiations.
British Columbia Health Minister Josie Osborne says the province is spending $50 million to expand availability of anti-overdose nasal naloxone across the province.
Following another blast of wintry weather, several communities in Saskatchewan were hit with over 15 centimetres (cm) of snow and strong wind gusts from Feb. 17 to 18.
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Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is expected to centre her provincewide address Thursday evening on immigration, population growth and the financial pressures facing the province, setting the stage for next week’s provincial budget.
Phil Sheegl said because of the publicity over the police HQ project, he feels like he’s being pushed out of Winnipeg.
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is expected to centre her provincewide address Thursday evening on immigration, population growth and the financial pressures facing the province, setting the stage for next week’s provincial budget.
On the 13th anniversary of an unusual double-homicide in West Kelowna, B.C., investigators are renewing their appeal for information on the unsolved case.