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Certain cellphone plans in Western Canada are not as cheap as they were prior to the Rogers-Shaw merger, Canada’s competition watchdog says. Jeanne Pratt, the Competition Bureau’s senior deputy commissioner of mergers and monopolistic practices, told MPs on Monday that before Shaw was purchased by Rogers Communications last April, the company was “a … Read more

MONTREAL, Feb. 26, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Playing with Marbles, Brain Canada’s English-language podcast on everything brain, is back. This season we’re zeroing in on the perspectives of people with lived experience of different mental health conditions.  Half of Canadians will have experienced a mental illness by the age of 40, and young people are … Read more

Regina, Sask., Feb. 26, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Today, Protein Industries Canada announced an investment into the creation of new ingredient and food options for consumers. The project sees new oat and pulse ingredients created by Avena Foods being used by Big Mountain Foods, Danone Canada and Old Dutch to replace several common ingredients and … Read more

Breadcrumb Trail Links News Supplying India with LNG would have a ‘more profound impact on the planet than shutting down the Canadian economy entirely’ Published Feb 26, 2024  •  Last updated 10 hours ago  •  4 minute read The carbon intensity of India’s power generation is the highest in the OECD. Photo by Dhiraj Singh/Bloomberg Article … Read more

Here’s the good news: Airfares have declined in Canada. The bad news? You might wind up paying more in added fees. WestJet and several U.S. airlines recently hiked their checked bag charges. Discount carrier Flair Airlines has raised some other fees, and added a surcharge when customers pay for their flight with a credit card.  Airlines often say they “unbundle” … Read more

AT&T will offer a $5 credit to customers affected by a widespread outage on Thursday that was caused by technical issues the company encountered while trying to expand its network, its chief executive said on Sunday. The outage, which started around 3:30 a.m. Eastern time, temporarily cut off connections for users across the United States. … Read more

A Texas man pleaded guilty to insider trading after he was accused of making $1.7 million in illegal profits by purchasing and selling stocks based on his wife’s work conversations, which he had overheard while she was working remotely at home, federal prosecutors said on Thursday. The man, Tyler Loudon, of Houston, bought 46,450 shares … Read more

Running a child care business has long been a very challenging math problem: Many providers can barely afford to operate, yet many parents cannot afford to pay more. During the pandemic, there was temporary relief. The federal government spent $24 billion to keep the industry afloat. Many providers were given thousands of dollars a month, … Read more