Canadian retail giant Galen Weston dies at 80

TORONTO – W. Galen Weston, former executive chairman of George Weston Ltd., the parent company of Loblaw Cos., Primar and Selfridges Group, has died at 80. Weston died “peacefully at home after a long illness faced with courage and dignity,” the Weston family said in a statement announcing the death, on April 12. “In our