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The number of complaints about grocery weight labelling filed to Canada’s food regulatory authority has gone up in the past three years, data shows, as frustration over the cost of living continues to run high across the country. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency received 89 complaints related to “net quantity …

The owner of a forested piece of land in St. Norbert has said ‘no’ to an offer to purchase and preserve the land with public funds. “This offer was fair, and the developer has rejected it,” said Winnipeg South MP Terry Duguid. Tochal Development Group Inc. owns the Lemay Forest, …

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Pilots at WestJet’s regional carrier could be going on strike at the beginning of June. The Air Line Pilots Association said Wednesday afternoon that WestJet Encore pilots have issued a 72-hour strike notice to management and the government. The union said some …

Travel through Canadian airports is slowly creeping back to pre-pandemic levels, new Statistics Canada findings suggest. In April, seven out of eight Canadian airports reported higher volumes of passenger traffic each year since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the findings released Wednesday. This year, 4.3 million travellers …

Via Rail handed out millions of dollars in bonuses to executives and employees, amid frequent travel delays, ongoing financial troubles, and increased government subsidies, newly released documents show. A report this month from the Crown Corporation found 40 per cent of its trains were late in 2023, while its operating …

The Ontario government is introducing legislation on Monday that  will eliminate the ability for people to place Notices of Security Interest or “NOSIs” for consumer goods on the land registry system. The Homeowner Protection Act, 2024, will also eliminate all NOSIs which are currently in place, which amounts to about …

Ontarians will soon be able to buy alcoholic drinks like coolers outside of the LCBO, as the Ford government expands on where booze can be bought in the province. The government announced on Friday it is rolling out a phased approach to expand where consumers can buy alcohol, and adding …

The global tobacco industry is using “manipulative” tactics to “aggressively” target and hook youth on smoking across the globe, warns the World Health Organization, which is calling for a ban on the sale of tobacco and nicotine-related products to minors. Globally, an estimated 37 million children aged 13 to 15 …

A Brampton, Ont. woman and her husband say they’re out more than $22,000 in unpaid rent and can’t occupy their only home because a tenant has refused to leave since he was asked to move. “We need to occupy the house,” said Yvonne Folkes, describing months of frustration attempting to …

The federal and Ontario governments are set to make “an important automotive announcement” which is expected to be that Canada’s first lithium ion separator plant will be built in Port Colborne, Ont. As first reported by iPolitics, Japanese company Asahi Kasei said on April 25 that it will build a …