At first blush, the Canopy Growth Corp. operation in Smiths Falls, Ont., doesn’t look especially high tech. The building is an old industrial pile that used to be a Hershey chocolate factory and it was until recently at risk of being demolished.

But today, past the tastefully decorated lobby and the biosecurity barriers, the factory’s rooms are full of bright green marijuana plants under even brighter white lights, with little irrigation hoses snaking in between the pots.

Amid outrage at the separation of children from their asylum-seeking parents crossing the U.S.-Mexico border, a Microsoft partnership with the government agency overseeing the “zero tolerance” policy has come under scrutiny — including backlash from the company’s own employees.

The Microsoft division responsible for selling cloud computing services to government clients announced in January that it had been certified to handle sensitive data for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). But the relationship largely escaped notice until recent days, fuelled by reports that children separated from their families were being held by the government in cages.

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If you want to get in shape and truly live your best life, you’re going to need to do a couple of things: focus on your nutrition and amp up your exercise. If you’ve been consistent with your workout routine, but you still aren’t satisfied with your results, it’s time you examine your dietary habits. Whenever I take on a client, one of the first things we discuss is what they’re fueling their bodies with and how they can improve upon what they’re currently doing. My nutritional programs don’t tend to be super strict, but these are the five things you absolutely must cut out if you want to see major improvements in your physique.

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