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Baby Gourmet Foods recalls organic baby cereal over possible bacteria contamination
CALGARY - A brand of baby cereal is being pulled from all in-store and online retailers in Canada due to possible Cronobacter contamination. Calgary-based Baby Gourmet Foods has issued a product recal...
Jul 21, 2024
Just 15 per cent of Ontarians say they're affected by the ongoing LCBO strike: poll
A new poll suggests that just 15 per cent of Ontarians are personally affected by the LCBO's ongoing strike, as the provincial government expands access to alcohol at other retailers. That's despite n...
Jul 17, 2024
LCBO bargaining to resume Wednesday, union says
TORONTO - The union representing about 10,000 striking workers at Ontario's main liquor retailer says they're heading back to the bargaining table Wednesday. The Liquor Control Board of Ontario unioni...
Jul 16, 2024
Alberta, B.C. toast wine deal after tiff over taxing direct sales to consumers
EDMONTON - The Alberta-British Columbia wine fight appears to be coming to an end. The premiers of both provinces announced Tuesday a one-year deal to again allow Albertans to directly order wine from...
Jul 16, 2024
'Shelves empty': Sales up at Quebec liquor stores near Ontario amid LCBO strike
MONTREAL - Quebec's liquor Crown corporation says it's seeing a surge in sales at some stores along the boundary with Ontario amid a strike by workers of that province's liquor control board. Socit de...
Jul 16, 2024
Wholesale trade falls in May as manufacturing sales tick up: Statistics Canada
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada says wholesale sales, excluding petroleum, petroleum products, and other hydrocarbons and excluding oilseed and grain, fell 0.8 per cent to $82.2 billion in May. The overall...
Jul 15, 2024
Civil rights trailblazer Viola Desmond's childhood home in Halifax conditionally sold
HALIFAX - A historical piece of real estate in Halifax that is listed as the childhood home of Viola Desmond has been conditionally sold. The listing says the three-bedroom, two-bathroom home on Mayna...
Jul 12, 2024
LCBO stores closed for 2 weeks as workers strike, oppose plan to open up booze market
TORONTO - Workers for Ontario's main liquor retailer, who say the government's plan to open up the alcohol market poses an existential threat to their jobs, are now on strike, with stores expected to ...
Jul 05, 2024
Statistics Canada says retail sales rose 0.7 per cent in April to $66.8 billion
OTTAWA - Canadian retail sales rose 0.7 per cent to $66.8 billion in April, helped by higher sales at gasoline stations as well as food and beverage retailers. The agency said Friday sales were up in ...
Jun 21, 2024
Manitoba promises new money for Winnipeg police to target assaults and retail thefts
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government promised new money Wednesday to fight a spike in violence and retail theft that has seen workers in some cases assaulted and injured. The province will fund overtime...
May 29, 2024
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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 ...
