NSW Health Approves a Happy COVID-Safe Halloween
NSW Health has given his approval for Halloween celebrations to occur ahead of the celebration on Saturday as long as the levels of community transmission of the CCP virus remain low. “Halloween celebrations will need to be a little different this year due to COVID-19, and we are urging everyone in the community to play their part,” Dr. Jeremy McAnulty, executive director of NSW Health Protection, said. According to NSW Health, people planning on celebrating Halloween should only go out if they have no symptoms of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) virus, commonly known as coronavirus. Those with symptoms are asked to stay home and get tested. NSW Health also asked those participating in a COVID-Safe Halloween to only trick or treat in a household group and maintain a 1.5-meter distance from…
VANCOUVER—The maker of Canada Dry ginger ale has agreed to pay more than $200,000 to settle a class-action lawsuit launched by a B.C. man who alleged he was misled by marketing suggesting the soda had medicinal benefits.
A B.C. Supreme Court decision on costs released Monday shows Victor Cardoso claimed he bought Canada Dry on the basis it was “made from real ginger” but the marketing was false and it contained none.
The decision says Cardoso later conceded that the soda contains small amounts of ginger derivatives but he continued to allege that the company’s representations of its product were false.
The soda’s maker, Canada Dry Mott’s Inc., denied the allegations and any liability.
Under the settlement agreement, the company is not required to change its labelling or advertising for products marketed in Canada.
The settlement was approved in March for Canadians outside Quebec requiring that the company pay $200,000, which includes legal costs, plus $18,607 in other legal expenses.
The agreement means the remainder of the money will be paid to class members by way of a donation to the B.C. Law Foundation. The two lead plaintiffs receive $1,500 each.
Cardoso had argued Canada Dry advertised its product as being made from real ginger “in an effort to capitalize on the health benefits associated with the consumption of ginger.”
He said he purchased the ginger ale regularly for his family believing it was “natural.”
The class-action followed similar lawsuits in the United States, which saw the company drop the “made from real ginger” line from its products sold there.
Focus News: BC Man’s Lawsuit Over Marketing of Canada Dry Ginger Ale Settled for $200,000
Pompeo Criticizes Beijing, Hong Kong Government Over Use of National Security Law Against Student Activists
In mid-October, a State Department report highlighted the erosion of the city’s freedoms following Beijing’s implementation of its so-called national security law, which punishes vaguely-defined crimes such as succession and subversion of the one-party communist state with a maximum penalty of life imprisonment. Studentlocalism took to its social media Tuesday morning announcing that 19-year-old Chung had been missing since 8 a.m. local time. It later confirmed that Chung was being detained at the city’s Central Police District headquarters. According to the South China Morning Post, Chung was detained by the Hong Kong Police’s national security unit near the U.S. Consulate. U.K.-based group Friends of Hong Kong told Hong Kong newspaper Apple Daily that Chung was on his way to the U.S. consulate seeking political asylum. That same afternoon, Studentlocalism also…
