From cbc.ca:

A Wal-Mart worker has died after being trampled by a throng of shoppers shortly after a store opened Friday on Long Island in New York state, police said.

Nassau County police say the 34-year-old worker was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead at about 6 a.m. ET, an hour after the store opened. The cause of death was not immediately known.

A police statement says the shoppers “physically broke down the doors, knocking him to the ground.” Police also say a 28-year-old pregnant woman was taken to a hospital for observation.

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From cbc.ca:

Most of Wal-Mart Canada’s stores will be operating 24 hours a day throughout the holiday shopping season.

The move, announced Thursday, is an extension of its four-year-old program of keeping certain stores open round the clock from Dec. 1 to Christmas Eve, and during the back-to-school shopping season.

What’s new this year is the number of stores open for the entire period starting Monday and running to Dec 24.

Last year, just 50 of the chain’s 310 Canadian stores remained open. This year there will be 192, said Wal-Mart Canada spokesman Kevin Groh.

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