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CBC
28-05-2025
- General
- CBC
$10K fine for massive daycare E. coli outbreak a 'slap in the face,' says Calgary mom
Fueling Minds Inc., the Calgary company at the centre of an E. coli outbreak in September 2023, has been fined $10,000 after pleading guilty to bylaw offences last month. For mothers of some of the children who got sick, the penalty doesn't go far enough.
Toronto Sun
27-05-2025
- Business
- Toronto Sun
Company fined $10,000 in E. coli outbreak at Calgary daycares in 2023
Published May 27, 2025 • 1 minute read Pictured is a Fueling Minds child-care catering and delivery van outside the Fueling Brains Academy at McKnight Towne Square in Calgary on Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2023. Photo by Azin Ghaffari / Postmedia CALGARY — A judge has fined a commercial kitchen company $10,000 for bylaw offences linked to an E. coli outbreak at Calgary daycares that saw hundreds of children fall ill. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. SUBSCRIBE TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. REGISTER / SIGN IN TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account. Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments. Enjoy additional articles per month. Get email updates from your favourite authors. THIS ARTICLE IS FREE TO READ REGISTER TO UNLOCK. Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments Enjoy additional articles per month Get email updates from your favourite authors Don't have an account? Create Account Fueling Minds Inc. pleaded guilty in April to four offences relating to the company's failure to have a catering licence. The company faced a maximum $40,000 fine, but lawyers made a joint submission recommending $10,000 and the judge agreed. Justice Mathieu St. Germain said the higher fine would have been appropriate if there had been evidence the outbreak was linked to or caused by the company's offences. 'However, that nexus for connection is not in the facts before me. I'm not entitled to start drawing such inferences or speculating outside of evidence,' he said Tuesday. About 448 people were infected with E. coli, including 39 children and one adult who were hospitalized, in the fall of 2023. A report by Alberta Health Services released last year said the outbreak was likely tied to meat loaf but that it might never be determined how the bacteria got there. The lawyer for Fueling Minds has said his client takes what happened seriously. World Canada Music Olympics World
CTV News
27-05-2025
- General
- CTV News
Commercial kitchen faces sentencing in 2023 E. coli outbreak at Calgary daycares
The Calgary Courts Centre pictured in Calgary, Monday, May 6, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh CALGARY — A commercial kitchen is facing a sentencing hearing today after an E. coli outbreak at Calgary daycares in 2023 that saw hundreds of children fall ill. Fueling Minds Inc. pleaded guilty to four bylaw offences in April following charges stemming from the outbreak. Over the course of two months in the fall of 2023, 448 people were infected with E. coli and among them, 39 children and one adult were hospitalized. A joint submission from the lawyers has recommended a fine of $10,000. A report by Alberta Health Services last year said the outbreak was likely tied to meat loaf, but that it might never be determined how the bacteria got there. The lawyer for Fueling Minds has said his client takes what happened seriously and the legal proceedings relate to the company's failure to have a catering license. This report by The Canadian Press was first published May 27, 2025. Matthew Scace, The Canadian Press
CBC
27-05-2025
- Business
- CBC
Calgary company at centre of daycare E. coli outbreak to be sentenced
The Calgary company at the centre of a daycare E. coli outbreak is set to be sentenced Tuesday morning after pleading guilty to bylaw offences last month. In April, Justice of the Peace Mathieu St-Germain accepted the company's guilty plea to operating without a food services business licence at the time of the outbreak. Lawyers for Fueling Minds Inc. — a catering company that provided food to local daycares — and the City of Calgary submitted a joint sentencing recommendation last month of a $10,000 fine. After the sentence is handed down, prosecutor Ed Ring indicated he will ask the judge to withdraw the remaining charges faced by the company's two directors. In September 2023, an E. coli outbreak was declared with at least 448 people — mostly children — falling ill. Of the most serious cases, 39 children and one adult were hospitalized and 23 of those patients were diagnosed with hemolytic uremic syndrome, a condition that can lead to life-threatening kidney failure. The City of Calgary said it had traced the outbreak to the catering company that prepared food for its daycares, Fueling Brains, as well as other child-care businesses in the city. A report released by Alberta Health Services found the E. coli likely came from a beef meatloaf served from the Fueling Minds central kitchen on Aug. 29, 2023. 'Administrative box … not checked' During the company's plea, an agreed statement of facts was read aloud. The company admitted it did not have a food services business licence at the time of the outbreak. Prosecutor Ed Ring told the court that the city had not established that Fueling Minds' failure to obtain a proper licence caused the E. coli incident. Furling Minds' lawyer Steve Major told the court that the company had a kitchen licence but not acatering licence, "an administrative box that was not checked." In the wake of the outbreak, several lawsuits were filed against the company, including a proposed class-action suit that is still before the courts.
CTV News
27-05-2025
- General
- CTV News
Commercial kitchen faces sentencing in 2023 E. coli outbreak at Calgary daycares
The Calgary Courts Centre pictured in Calgary, Monday, May 6, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh CALGARY — A commercial kitchen is facing a sentencing hearing today after an E. coli outbreak at Calgary daycares in 2023 that saw hundreds of children fall ill. Fueling Minds Inc. pleaded guilty to four bylaw offences in April following charges stemming from the outbreak. Over the course of two months in the fall of 2023, 448 people were infected with E. coli and among them, 39 children and one adult were hospitalized. A joint submission from the lawyers has recommended a fine of $10,000. A report by Alberta Health Services last year said the outbreak was likely tied to meat loaf, but that it might never be determined how the bacteria got there. The lawyer for Fueling Minds has said his client takes what happened seriously and the legal proceedings relate to the company's failure to have a catering license. This report by The Canadian Press was first published May 27, 2025. Matthew Scace, The Canadian Press
