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Walmart, Loblaw agree to identify Nova Scotia products in stores as U.S. tariffs hit
HALIFAX - Two of Nova Scotia's largest retailers have signed on to a provincial program aimed at making it easier for shoppers to identify locally produced products amid the ongoing trade war with the...
Mar 06, 2025
Saskatchewan consumers and liquor stores ready to cut out U.S. booze
Saskatchewan shoppers and retailers are happy to cut out American booze after the provincial government's decision to end the sale of U.S. alcohol in the province amid the trade war. Varun Patel, the ...
Mar 06, 2025 Saskatchewan shoppers and retailers say they're more than ready to cut out U.S. alcohol. (Mia Holowaychuk/650 CKOM)
Complaints about food mislabelled as products of Canada rising: CFIA
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says it's seen an increase in complaints about items mislabelled as products of Canada or missing information about their country of origin. The federal organizatio...
Mar 05, 2025
Ontario rips up Starlink deal, plans to add energy surcharge in response to tariffs
TORONTO - Ontario will ban American companies from $30 billion worth of procurement contracts, rip up a $100-million Starlink deal and eradicate U.S. booze in its first wave of retaliations against U....
Mar 04, 2025
Anti-Amazon protesters in Montreal rally once again for boycott demonstration
MONTREAL - Protesters accusing Amazon of union-busting gathered in downtown Montreal today to continue their calls for a boycott of the company after it decided to shutter its Quebec warehouses in the...
Mar 01, 2025
Jean Perrin brand cheese recalled for E. coli: Canadian Food Inspection Agency
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has recalled two kinds of Jean Perrin brand cheeses due to a possible pathogenic E. coli contamination. The agency says the recall covers Jean Perrin brand Morbey d...
Feb 22, 2025
Demonstrators accuse Amazon of union-busting at rally in Montreal, call for boycott
MONTREAL - Demonstrators gathered in Montreal Saturday to protest Amazon's decision to shutter its seven warehouses in Quebec and lay off workers, including at what was Canada's only unionized Amazon ...
Feb 15, 2025
Regina business says federal GST holiday won't be missed
The federal government's GST holiday will officially come to an end on Saturday. The cancellation of the GST for two months was put in place on Dec. 14 and was intended to save Canadians money over th...
Feb 14, 2025 Tracy Bosche is the owner of Zippity Zoom Toys on Albert Street in Regina. She doesn’t feel like the extra savings brought in extra customers. (Daniel Reech/980 CJME)
GST break brought a lot of work but little - if any - gains for businesses
TORONTO - About two months after the federal government temporarily knocked the GST off a holiday-centric array of goods, Dave Doyon says he considers the move "a gift" even though a hoped-for flurry ...
Feb 14, 2025
Quebec EV company Lion Electric made big promises, but struggled to deliver
MONTREAL - A Quebec company once hailed as a success story in the electric-vehicle transition has struggled to deliver on many of its most ambitious plans. Lion Electric Co. made a name for itself sel...
Feb 13, 2025
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The Evan Bray Show - Wednesday, May 13
8:30 - The Alberta Independence Movement claims to have over 300,000 signatures to trigger a referendum. But what would ...
