Close X
Friday, November 29, 2024
ADVT 
National

Home Depot Canada Pulls Fake Peeping Tom Halloween Decoration After Complaint

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 26 Sep, 2016 12:34 PM
    TORONTO — Home Depot Canada says it has pulled a Halloween window decoration that mimics a peeping Tom from its stores after a complaint from a customer.
     
    The home renovation chain says it took "immediate action" to remove the Scary Peeper Creeper from shelves after a customer raised concerns about the product.
     
    The CBC reports that a woman complained the decoration — which is attached to a window and looks like a lifelike man peering inside — makes light of a real and legitimate threat to women's safety.
     
    Home Depot Canada says it reached out to the person who made the complaint and apologized, adding the product is not in line with the company's "core values."
     
    The item no longer appeared on the store's website Monday morning but was listed at $29.98 on the company's American site.
     
    It looks like the head and hands of a hooded man pressed against the window.
     
    The U.S. site describes the item as "perfect for scaring friends and family during Halloween or any other time of the year."

    MORE National ARTICLES

    Victims In Toronto Crossbow Attack Part Of Same Family: Neighbour

    Victims In Toronto Crossbow Attack Part Of Same Family: Neighbour
    Court records name the victims as Susan, Alexander and Christopher Ryan.

    Victims In Toronto Crossbow Attack Part Of Same Family: Neighbour

    Immigration Detention Facing Rare Legal Challenge Today In Provincial Court

    Immigration Detention Facing Rare Legal Challenge Today In Provincial Court
      Government lawyers tell Ontario Superior Court in Toronto today that Alvin Brown, 40, is scheduled to leave Canada on Sept. 7.

    Immigration Detention Facing Rare Legal Challenge Today In Provincial Court

    Poison To Be Used In Two B.C. Lakes After Non-Native Fish Species Spotted

    Poison To Be Used In Two B.C. Lakes After Non-Native Fish Species Spotted
    Biologist Steve Maricle says perch were spotted earlier this year in Windy Lake and Little Windy Lake, both about 50 kilometres northwest of West Kelowna.

    Poison To Be Used In Two B.C. Lakes After Non-Native Fish Species Spotted

    Former NHL Player Sheldon Kennedy Says Sex Abuse Turned Him Into 'A Zombie'

    Former NHL Player Sheldon Kennedy Says Sex Abuse Turned Him Into 'A Zombie'
    Sheldon Kennedy says being sexually abused for years by his junior hockey coach Graham James turned him from a "goofy, slightly mixed-up kid" who dreamed of the future into little more than "a zombie."

    Former NHL Player Sheldon Kennedy Says Sex Abuse Turned Him Into 'A Zombie'

    Sperm Donor At Centre Of Canadian Lawsuits Admits To False Info: Police

    Sperm Donor At Centre Of Canadian Lawsuits Admits To False Info: Police
    Police in Georgia say James Christian "Chris" Aggeles showed up at a police station in Athens-Clarke County last week, saying he wanted to turn himself in.

    Sperm Donor At Centre Of Canadian Lawsuits Admits To False Info: Police

    Free DNA Tests Offered After Two Switched-at-Birth Cases In Northern Manitoba

    Free DNA Tests Offered After Two Switched-at-Birth Cases In Northern Manitoba
    NORWAY HOUSE, Man. — Health Canada says it is offering free DNA tests following the discovery of four men who were switched at birth at a hospital in northern Manitoba.

    Free DNA Tests Offered After Two Switched-at-Birth Cases In Northern Manitoba