Checkered Lounge Pants

CLP editor: This is indicative of the existing business models that absolutely derogates quality, customer, and employee value for share value.... BTW..the Maple Leaf CEO was heading up the mentor program in the Business Faculty at UWO as the processing plant production practices fatally infected Canadians with listeria. Plants Close Under Major Restructuring   TORONTO - Maple Leaf Foods is cutting 1,550 jobs, closing plants in four provinces and streamlining distribution in a continuing efficiency drive by the big food processor. The Toronto-based maker of processed meats, bread and other foods said Wednesday the changes are part of a three-year $560-million restructuring plan expected to boost competitiveness and profitability. Maple Leaf (TSX:MFI) will close processing plants in Kitchener, Hamilton and Toronto in Ontario; in North Battleford, Sask.; Moncton and a small plant in Winnipeg by the end of 2014. The company said the plan will create 1,150 new jobs but the associate...

Jets' win the first of its kind

Blue can still win East Division, because nobody is any darn good By: Gary Lawless Blue Bombers running back Chris Garrett is brought down by Montreal Alouettes tackle J.P. Bekasiak (96) during first-half action. (FRED GREENSLADE / REUTERS) The Winnipeg Blue Bombers have lost four of the last five and watched their solo hold on first place wriggle through their white-knuckled hands, but never fear -- because no one in the East is any good. Winnipeg is just as likely to win the East, despite looking absolutely dreadful for all but a handful of quarters since Labour Day, as are the Montreal Alouettes or Hamilton Tiger-Cats. The Als have gotten old in a hurry and the Tabbies have Kevin Glenn at quarterback, which means they are always just one pick away from a meltdown. No, as much as the Bombers have come unglued, there's still enough life in them to believe they've got a puncher's chance at finishing first and hosting the Eastern Final. Just as easily, however, they coul...