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11 Mar by admin in Consumer Life

More food tampering at Calgary grocery

More food tampering at Calgary grocery
More metal objects have been found in cheese and bread in a southwest Calgary Co-op store.

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11 Mar by admin in Canada, Consumer Life

Bottled Water Free Day gives mixed message

Bottled Water Free Day gives mixed message
Bottled Water Free Day is being marked across Canada, but one Toronto firm has put its own twist on the inaugural event.

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11 Mar by admin in Consumer Life

Backyard chicken advocates rally in Calgary

Backyard chicken advocates rally in Calgary
Chickens strutted on a Calgary sidewalk as about 100 people rallied for a bylaw change that would make raising the birds in backyards legal.

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11 Mar by admin in Consumer Life

Sony unveils motion contoller to slow Nintendo

Sony unveils motion contoller to slow Nintendo
Sony has unveiled its highly anticipated motion controlling system, the Playstation Move, as it takes aim at Nintendo's dominance in the gaming sector.

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11 Mar by admin in Consumer Life

Bingo halls turn to tech to stem decline

Bingo halls turn to tech to stem decline
Bingo has been declining in popularity over the past few decades, mainly because of competition from other games of chance and a smoking ban.

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10 Mar by admin in Consumer Life

Alberta counterfeiters nabbed in B.C.

Alberta counterfeiters nabbed in B.C.
Police in Surrey, B.C., have busted a counterfeiting operation they say was run by an escaped Alberta inmate and seized $75,000 US in fake U.S.

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10 Mar by admin in Consumer Life

Loonie at par by summer: economists

Loonie at par by summer: economists
Interest rate increases will drive the Canadian dollar back up to parity with its U.S. counterpart by this summer, economists say.

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10 Mar by admin in Consumer Life

Water-conservation rating considered by Ont.

Water-conservation rating considered by Ont.
Ontario may consider a rating system for water conservation similar to the Energy Star program now used for electricity as part of a push to cash in on clean-water technology.

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9 Mar by admin in Canada, Consumer Life

Recall of tainted food additive grows

Recall of tainted food additive grows
The list of processed foods being recalled because of salmonella fears continues to expand as authorities in Canada and the U.S. track down tainted products.

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9 Mar by admin in Consumer Life

Tim Hortons busts gift card scam

Tim Hortons busts gift card scam
A Surrey, B.C., mother and son have been charged with defrauding the Tim Hortons restaurant chain by using illegally reloaded gift cards to make major purchases.

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