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CTV News
3 days ago
- Business
- CTV News
Dorval woman wins $3,500 after allergic reaction to undisclosed peanuts
A woman won a small claims case after suffering a severe allergic reaction to a dish ordered through a food app that failed to disclose it contained peanuts. A Dorval woman has been awarded more than $3,500 in small claims court after suffering an allergic reaction to a meal ordered through a food delivery app that failed to disclose the presence of peanuts. The woman placed her order through Uber Eats, choosing a bhel puri puff rice dish from Spicebros, an Indian food chain with 12 locations in Quebec. In the app, she specifically noted that she was allergic to peanuts. But when she began eating the dish at the Dorval Community Center, she immediately became ill. A colleague called 911 and helped her with an epinephrine shot. The woman was transported to the Lakeshore Hospital, where she remained until her condition stabilized. It turns out the preparation of the bhel puri dish includes a significant amount of peanuts—an ingredient that could have triggered the woman's reaction. She later sued Spicebros for $15,000 in damages for pain and suffering. In court documents, the representative for Spicebros argued that customers with allergies are expected to call the restaurant directly and not rely on third-party delivery platforms. The judge dismissed that argument, ruling that the restaurant had a responsibility to warn customers about allergens in their food. A company official confirmed to CTV News that the issue has since been addressed. Allergy warnings are now included on the restaurant's menus, and the official added that at the time of the incident, third-party apps didn't always highlight allergy information when transmitting orders—a problem that has also since been corrected. Quebec's Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food requires restaurants to label products that contain allergens like peanuts, noting that for many people, the consequences can be life-threatening.
Boston Globe
10-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Boston Globe
The Boston comedy community rallies for one of their own
Months later, Dorval, 50, is optimistic. Chemo and radiation have destroyed the tumor. He suffered a setback when a procedure to harvest his stem cells for an auto stem cell transplant, which helps bones heal after chemo, didn't yield enough for an effective treatment. He was hoping to be working his way back to the stage over the summer, but that has been pushed back to the fall at the earliest. Get Starting Point A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday. Enter Email Sign Up In the meantime, he's resting, watching the new 'Matlock,' and enjoying playing games with his wife and son. And he has felt well enough to record new episodes of the 'Total Dad Movies' podcast, which he hosts with his friends Tooky Kavanagh and Dave Rabinow. 'This is the longest I've gone without performing in my life, I think, since I was a child,' he said. 'So that's a little outlet that's creative.' Advertisement Dorval has made an impression on a few generations of comedians in Boston, both with his gentle but pointed stand-up and his congenial personality. So when he needed help, it wasn't hard to get people on board. Kavanagh started a GoFundMe campaign to help make up for Dorval's lost work, which has quadrupled its original $5,000 goal. She was also part of a benefit for Dorval in February at The Comedy Studio. Kavanagh met Dorval in 2017 when she was just starting to pursue stand-up seriously, and he helped point her in the right direction. 'Mike is just genuinely the kindest, most genuine person ever,' she said. 'He gave me incredible advice with starting out. I do credit him a lot with me sticking to writing and tightening jokes.' Paula Murphy, who has worked with Dorval on shows behind the scenes for a couple of decades, put together a benefit show happening April 14 at Laugh Boston featuring Kavanagh, He remembers a particular gig they both played at a club on Cape Cod. In the audience was a woman who was clearly alone and wearing a plastic tiara. Dorval felt compelled to address her. 'I believe the joke was, 'Are you celebrating something, or are you authentic, plastic royalty?'' In Gondelman's memory, Dorval weaved his material around her story, finally summing up her story at the end of his set. 'He goes, 'Of course, tale is old as time. Boy marries girl. Boy leaves girl for girl's brother, and those two fellas move to Oklahoma together.' [It] truly crushed. And I think about it all the time.' Advertisement Dan Boulger, who was just starting out when he met Dorval in 2003 (and was also at the Studio benefit), was impressed with how he could command an audience. It's a skill that has become more en vogue lately, but not one Dorval tends to show off. 'Mike was the only guy I ever saw really do crowd work when I started,' said Boulger. 'Because that was not the style then, and then it became comedy. Now, if he was Instagramming all that stuff that he was doing, he would have had like ten clips a week.' It speaks well of Dorval's range as a performer that he can get laughs from adults at a comedy club as easily as he can entertain children as The Bubble Man. Brian Kiley, who started out in Boston in the '80s comedy boom, used to take his kids to see Dorval and Jan Davidson do an act at the Children's Museum. He says running into Dorval outside of those shows felt like meeting a celebrity. 'He's [the] kind of guy that exudes that sort of positivity,' he said. 'There just isn't a malicious bone in his body, and that's why he was so good with kids. I'm sure that appeal comes across in his acting and it certainly comes across in his stand-up.' Advertisement Dorval performing as the Bubble Man. Kirsten Sims Dorval does have insurance through his wife, but there are still a lot of hoops to jump through to access the benefits he needs. And there are some unexpected side effects of the cancer, like the neuropathy that has left his hands partially numb and keeps him from performing as The Bubble Man. His doctors are hopeful it will go away in a few months, but that's not definite. 'That is not something I expected,' he said. 'When I found out that I had cancer in my nose, that I might not be able to pick stuff up anymore — that was not a fear. And so, yeah, just dealing with that, you don't totally know when everything gets back to normal.' Dorval is set to start the stem cell therapy process again the week before the show at Laugh Boston, and says there is a slim chance he might attend if his doctors say his white blood cell count is high enough, and he's feeling good enough. But he's not counting on it. A modest soul, he also feels strange about promoting a show on social media when he's the person it's helping. 'I just don't know what the proper etiquette is,' he said. 'There's a part of me that feels really weird going like, 'Hey, come to this thing that directly benefits me.'' He wants to acknowledge the work that Murphy is doing, and ultimately, he knows people will get their money's worth from this lineup. 'It's an amazing show,' he said. 'I mean, these are fantastic comics, so I don't feel at all guilty about people going to this, because it's going to be the one of the best nights of comedy they're ever going to go to.' Advertisement BOSTON COMEDY'S MIKE DORVAL BENEFIT At Laugh Boston, 425 Summer St., Boston, April 14 at 7 p.m. Tickets $40. 617-725-2844,
Khaleej Times
06-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Khaleej Times
Amazon Prime Video tests AI-assisted dubbing on 12 movies and series
Amazon's Prime Video streaming service announced on Wednesday it will begin testing Artificial intelligence (AI)-assisted dubbing to make its international content more accessible to viewers worldwide. The pilot programme will initially feature 12 licensed movies and series that previously lacked dubbing support, including titles such as El Cid: La Leyenda, Mi Mamá Lora, and Long Lost. The service will launch with English and Latin American Spanish dubbing options. "At Prime Video, we believe in improving customers' experience with practical and useful AI innovation," said Raf Soltanovich, VP of technology at Prime Video and Amazon MGM Studios. "AI-aided dubbing is only available on titles that do not have dubbing support, and we are eager to explore a new way to make series and movies more accessible and enjoyable." The developments came as union leaders in the creative industries bill AI as an existential crisis for artists, who worry that their livelihoods will be wiped out by the technology. The role of AI was a major factor in the 2023 Hollywood strikes by actors and writers who feared that studios would use generative AI to perform tasks typically done by paid creatives. With more than 200 million customers worldwide, Prime Video reports growing interest from viewers seeking to enjoy content regardless of its country of origin. Unlike some competitors, Prime Video said its approach combines artificial intelligence with human expertise, as localisation professionals collaborate with AI technology to ensure quality control. In December, YouTube expanded its AI-powered auto-dubbing capability to "hundreds of thousands of channels" in its Partner Program that focus on knowledge and informational content. YouTube's system automatically generates dubs in eight languages for English content, including French, German, Hindi, Italian, Spanish, Indonesian, Japanese, and Portuguese. Non-English videos in these languages currently receive only English dubs. YouTube at the time acknowledged that "this technology is still pretty new, and it won't always be perfect." In another recent announcement, Lumiere Ventures and AI startup ElevenLabs unveiled a collaboration to recreate the voice of Alain Dorval, the late French voice actor who dubbed Sylvester Stallone for nearly five decades, for an upcoming film. This project, developed with the support of Dorval's family, aims to preserve the familiar voice French audiences associate with Stallone's characters following Dorval's passing in February.
Yahoo
02-03-2025
- Yahoo
Drowning of 3-year-old in Westchester leaves mother hospitalized with grief, family devastated
A 3-year-old boy who tragically drowned in a Westchester stream had just moved to the area with his mom, who was trying to 'start a new life' for them, according to their heartbroken family. Zaire Alberick wandered from his family's Mamaroneck home with their dog Thursday around noon, setting off a frantic search by his grandfather and neighbors. He was reported missing around 2:15 p.m. Police found the toddler's body about 20 minutes later in the Mamaroneck River, a seven-mile stream that runs through southern Westchester. EMS pronounced him dead at the scene. Authorities believe he fell into the water about two blocks from home, drowned and was carried downstream to the Hillside Avenue Bridge where he was found. Zaire and his mother, Derly Dorval, were staying with family at the time, the boy's aunt, Denise Barnes, wrote on a GoFundMe page to raise money for the funeral. Dorval had started working as a nursing assistant at a New Rochelle nursing home and was trying to find an apartment for her and her son. 'Both she and Zaire's father, Zanetti Alberick, are devastated,' Barnes wrote. 'Derly is currently hospitalized due to her grief of losing her only son.' 'We are asking for your prayers and support for this young family as they plan a funeral for their beloved 3-year-old son,' she added. Dorval, 27, and Zanetti Alberick, 28, previously lived in Suffolk County, according to records. The fundraiser for the boy had raised over $12,000 as of Saturday afternoon.
