Close X
Saturday, November 16, 2024
ADVT 
International

Toys 'R' Us Canada Names 12-Year-Old Boy From Quebec As New 'Chief Play Officer'

Darpan News Desk, 14 Mar, 2016 11:18 AM
    TORONTO — A 12-year-old boy from St-Bruno, Que., has been selected as "chief play officer" for Toys "R" Us Canada.
     
    His job is to try out products, make recommendations and take part in media appearances and events.
     
    The toy retailer picked Emile Burbidge after parents and guardians from across Canada helped kids apply.
     
    He takes over from Alex Thorne of Pickering, Ont., who had the job from August 2013 until last December.

    MORE International ARTICLES

    Indian American Man Neal Goyal Gets Six Years Jail For Stealing $9 Million In A Ponzi Scheme

    Indian American Man Neal Goyal Gets Six Years Jail For Stealing $9 Million In A Ponzi Scheme
    "I'm a rotten individual for what I did to (investors). I'm a rotten individual for what I did to my family," Neal Goyal told the US district court in Chicago last week, asking the judge to have mercy on his family.

    Indian American Man Neal Goyal Gets Six Years Jail For Stealing $9 Million In A Ponzi Scheme

    Ship Brings Vancouver Museum's Northwest Passage Exhibit To Nunavut

    Ship Brings Vancouver Museum's Northwest Passage Exhibit To Nunavut
    VANCOUVER — A ship that played a role in last year's discovery of a sunken vessel from the ill-fated Franklin expedition will carry a Vancouver Maritime Museum exhibit through the Northwest Passage next month.

    Ship Brings Vancouver Museum's Northwest Passage Exhibit To Nunavut

    Islamic State Executes Woman Reporter In Iraq For 'Spying'

     Islamic State (IS) militants have executed a female journalist in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul for "spying" after holding her captive, local broadcaster Rudaw reported on Tuesday, citing an Iraqi media watchdog.

    Islamic State Executes Woman Reporter In Iraq For 'Spying'

    PM Modi Cites India, Central Asia's Shared Islamic Heritage To Combat Extremism

    PM Modi Cites India, Central Asia's Shared Islamic Heritage To Combat Extremism
    In his address at the Nazarbayev University in the Kazakh capital, Modi also said India's engagement with Central Asia has been short of promise and potential and added that he is determined to change it with closer cooperation.

    PM Modi Cites India, Central Asia's Shared Islamic Heritage To Combat Extremism

    Eurogroup Meeting Ends Fruitless, Greece Insists It Tabled Proposals

    Eurogroup Meeting Ends Fruitless, Greece Insists It Tabled Proposals
    An emergency Eurogroup meeting in Brussels on the Greek debt deal ended inconclusive on Tuesday, with lenders saying that they expected to discuss Greece's proposals on Wednesday during a Eurogroup teleconference.

    Eurogroup Meeting Ends Fruitless, Greece Insists It Tabled Proposals

    Two Indian Men Jailed For Molestation In Singapore

    Two Indian Men Jailed For Molestation In Singapore
    A court sentenced former gardener Gulcharan Singh, 51, to five months in prison for molesting a 20-year-old student in a lift after stalking her from a bus stop to her housing complex

    Two Indian Men Jailed For Molestation In Singapore