Naveed Ahmad

Retired Nova Scotia investigator speaks out after Penny Boudreau’s day parole extension – Halifax

Penny Boudreau, the Nova Scotia woman convicted of second-degree murder in the death of her 12-year-old daughter, Karissa, has had her day parole extended. For John Elliott, a retired Southwest Nova RCMP Major Crimes sergeant who worked on the original case, it’s a disappointing outcome. “(Karissa’s) not a statistic. She was a person. She was…

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What is Cancoillotte? The 2,000-year-old low-fat French cheese viral on internet

An ancient dairy product from eastern France is sparking an unexpected revolution across social media and international grocery aisles. Cancoillotte (pronounced kahn-kwye-yotte), a gooey, molten cheese with roots tracing back 2,000 years to the Franche-Comté region near the Swiss border, has officially transformed into the internet’s latest foodie obsession. What was once stereotyped as a…

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Ripple Receives Full MiCA License After EU Crypto Deadline

Ripple said it has received full authorization under the European Union’s MiCA crypto framework after Luxembourg’s financial regulator granted the company a Crypto Asset Service Provider (CASP) license. The authorization follows Ripple’s preliminary approval in June and, together with the company’s existing Electronic Money Institution license, allows the blockchain payments company to offer regulated crypto-asset…

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Republican bill aims to punish Canadian provinces with U.S. alcohol bans – National

U.S. Republican Congresswoman Claudia Tenney proposed legislature Monday which she says would “hold Canada accountable” for “unfair” provincial limits on importing American alcohol — which were made in response to the trade war and tariffs launched against Canada last year. The Combating Attacks on our National Alcoholic Drinks by Allies (CANADA) Act states that under…

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Amazon competitor Bookshop.org says Kobo eReader support will happen this year after all

If you’re looking for an e-reader that allows you to buy expensive bestsellers from your local independent bookshops, your research will inevitably point you to Rakuten’s Kobo eReader. But, as it turns out, this reputation is largely based on outdated methods for buying Kobo books, involving signing up for a Kobo account from bookshops’ websites….

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