IKEA Canada is recalling all GOTHEM floor and table lamps due to the risk of electric shock, after some examples of damaged cables in the lamps have been found. Damaged cables can lead to the metal body of the lamp becoming electrically live and thereby being a safety hazard. IKEA has not received any reports of injuries.

At IKEA, the safety and security of everyone who comes into contact with our products is of the utmost importance. Our products are tested to and comply with applicable testing standards and legislation. In spite of this we have received three reports of electric shocks potentially caused by the product. In order to safeguard customers we are recalling the products for a full refund.

Even if the lamp is working, IKEA urges all customers that have a GOTHEM lamp to immediately stop using it and to return it to any IKEA store for a full refund.

All three models of GOTHEM lamps – two table lamps and one floor lamp – are affected by the recall.

The GOTHEM lamps have been sold on all IKEA markets since October 2015.

Customers should return their GOTHEM lamps at the Returns & Exchange department at any IKEA store or call IKEA Customer Service toll-free, 1-800-661-9807 for a full refund. Proof of purchase (receipt) is not required by IKEA for this recall.

Source: IKEA Canada

Winter is not over yet! A low pressure system is moving up the Eastern Seaboard. It will intensify rapidly as it reaches Maine. Snow is expected with this system, from Montreal to the Lower North Shore. The area of snow is expected to clip the Montreal area overnight Sunday, but Quebec City and areas farther east will likely be harder hit. Significant snowfall is possible on the Gaspé Peninsula and the North Shore beginning Monday evening. Strong northerly winds could also significantly reduce visibilities in blowing snow in these areas. Strong tides could also affect the Gaspé Peninsula coastline. Conditions are expected to improve late in the day on Tuesday on the Gaspé Peninsula and overnight Tuesday on the North Shore. Another winter storm could potentially affect the province of Quebec in the second half of the week.

Please continue to monitor alerts and forecasts issued by Environment Canada.

One of the girls testified that she was abused almost weekly from the early age of 9 years old until she was 20.  She said that she would ask the couple if she could accept more assaults from the husband and wife duo so her little sister can be spared from some of the abuse. But the couple refused.

The girl’s names cannot be mentioned as they were minors at the time.
Laporte (the husband) has already served 30 months in prison for assaulting a boy Stephane Brabant who was placed in his care back in the 80s.  The victim testified saying that too was abused on a weekly basis with Laporte’s belt, both on his back and buttocks until he bled. The couple refused to bring him to the hospital for medical assistance, and also kept him from seeing his mother because of his multiple wounds.

The Judge, has refused to release the couple on bail pending their next court appearance for sentencing which is scheduled for May of this year.

Frank Sinatra Jr., who took over his father’s legacy by following in his footsteps died Wednesday. He was 72.

Even though they called him Frank Sinatra Jr, his real name was Francis Wayne Sinatra — his father’s full name was Francis Albert Sinatra — but he went professionally by Frank Sinatra Jr.