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Descrease article font size Increase article font size With restaurants across the city continuing to deal with safety issues, the head of the Manitoba Restaurant and Foodservices Association says plans to bring in safety measures are moving at an unacceptable pace. Shaun Jeffrey says he’s been involved in meetings with …
Read More »Ontario Premier Doug Ford asks LCBO to bring back paper bags for customers
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Premier Doug Ford has asked the LCBO to reverse its decision to stop giving customers paper bags for their alcohol purchases. “At a time when many Ontario families are already struggling to make ends meet, every additional expense counts,” Ford said in …
Read More »Customers to show ID at select LCBO stores as part of controlled entrance pilot
In a move to combat theft and provide a safer shopping experience, the LCBO will soon require some customers to present photo identification to security before entering at six Ontario stores as part of a new pilot program. On Tuesday, the Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO), announced it is …
Read More »Rogers turns on cell service at remaining TTC subway stations for its own customers – Toronto
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted November 17, 2023 10:45 am Descrease article font size Increase article font size Rogers Communications Inc. says it has turned on wireless service for its customers at all Toronto subway stations, plus the tunnels between Sheppard West and Vaughan Metropolitan Centre stations. The move …
Read More »Companies have been quick to pass higher costs on to customers, BoC finds – National
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted October 3, 2023 8:55 am Descrease article font size Increase article font size Bank of Canada deputy governor Nicolas Vincent says businesses are still raising their prices more frequently and by larger amounts than they did before the pandemic, which is contributing to higher-than-expected …
Read More »Air Canada customers kicked off plane for refusing vomit-covered seat
Air Canada has apologized to customers who were allegedly escorted off a plane for refusing to sit in a chair covered with vomit for the duration of their over four-hour flight. The airline issued a statement after a viral Facebook post claimed two as-yet unidentified female flyers were told there …
Read More »Widespread Shaw outage affecting customers in B.C. Interior
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Shaw users in B.C.’s Interior may have noticed that their internet, television and home phone services are taking a break. According to the internet and TV service provider that Rogers recently acquired, its crews are working to resolve a problem that affects …
Read More »More than 10,000 Hydro-Québec customers still without power one week after winter storm
Thousands of Quebec households remained without electricity Thursday morning a week after a winter storm descended on the province. As of 10:30 a.m., Hydro-Québec reported that more than 10,000 clients are in the dark, including more than 3,000 in the Quebec City area. Other affected areas include the Laurentians, where …
Read More »Remember the Rogers outage? They’ve added 221,000 new phone customers since then
Despite a crippling days-long outage to its network that had many Canadians swearing they’d never trust the company again, Rogers actually managed to add 221,000 new cellphone customers since then. The telecommunications giant reported financial results on Wednesday for the three-month period up until the end of September. They showed …
Read More »18,000 Maritime Electric customers still without power 10 days after Fiona
If your data or internet is limited in the aftermath of post-tropical storm Fiona, click here for the CBC Lite version of the P.E.I. site. As the 10th day after post-tropical storm Fiona dawns on P.E.I. life is in some ways returning to normal — but about 18,000 Maritime Electric customers are waking up …
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