Torstar Corp. says it will hire 20 reporters in Western Canada and rebrand the “digital offerings” of its five free daily Metro urban newspapers across Canada. It says that as of April 10, the Metro tabs will be called StarMetro Vancouver, StarMetro Calgary, StarMetro Edmonton, StarMetro Toronto and StarMetro Halifax. Irene Gentle, the Star’s managing editor, has tweeted that StarMetro coverage online will be “richer, deeper.” Hey, go deep.
STELLA ARTOIS RECALL
Stella Artois is recalling beer packaged in 330 millilitre glass bottles as a safety precaution related to bottles that may shed pieces of glass into the beer. Stella Artois said the bottles were manufactured by one of its many suppliers, which wasn’t identified.The recall applies to packages of six, 12, 18 and 24 bottles of Stella Artois and “Best of Belgium” multi-packs sold in the U.S. and Canada.
PATIENTS WARNED AS NEEDLES WRONGLY RE-USED
Toronto Public Health is advising those who underwent blood glucose testing at a Scarborough health fair last week to follow up with their doctor after the needles used to do the testing were “not consistently changed.” TPH told CTV News confirmed that a complaint was filed following the Vision Infinite Foundation’s health fair at the Scarborough Village Recreation Centre located at 3600 Kingston Road on March 25. After further investigation, public health said it was determined that the lancets/needles used to do blood sugar testing were mistakenly reused.
