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The Halloween candy crunch of 2024

The Halloween candy crunch of 2024

Oct 16, 2024 / 4:00 am

As Halloween season creeps in, many Canadians have already stocked up on candy for trick-or-treaters. With the cost of just about everything going up, you might...

Opinion: B.C. election housing platforms share a common thread—using public funds to address affordability

Opinion: B.C. election housing platforms share a common thread—using public funds to address affordability

Oct 10, 2024 / 4:00 am

Housing is arguably the main public issue as the 2024 B.C. provincial election race heats up. What do we want? Affordable housing. When do we want it? Now. The...

Pandemic preparedness bill a threat to Canada’s agri-food sector

Pandemic preparedness bill a threat to Canada’s agri-food sector

Oct 8, 2024 / 11:00 am

It is almost inconceivable that Bill C-293 remains largely unknown among Canadians, given its potential to significantly expand governmental powers in response...

Renewing B.C.'s approach to natural resources can support shared economic prosperity

Renewing B.C.'s approach to natural resources can support shared economic prosperity

Oct 1, 2024 / 6:00 pm

Picture a B.C. where we no longer harness the power of water to generate clean electricity, a B.C. where the backcountry is off-limits—no fishing,...

Feds' inaction weaponizes Canada's food supply chain

Feds' inaction weaponizes Canada's food supply chain

Sep 30, 2024 / 11:00 am

The strike at Vancouver’s seven grain terminals, which began on Sept. 24, has now entered a critical phase, with significant implications for...

Rob Shaw: On housing affordability, B.C. Conservatives and NDP offer two very different solutions

Rob Shaw: On housing affordability, B.C. Conservatives and NDP offer two very different solutions

Sep 28, 2024 / 11:00 am

The “Rustad Rebate” versus the Eby 60/40 mortgage split. B.C. voters were presented two hugely different proposals on housing affordability in the...

Recent statistics show Canadian alcohol consumption is dropping

Recent statistics show Canadian alcohol consumption is dropping

Sep 20, 2024 / 11:00 am

Canada is experiencing a notable shift in its alcohol consumption patterns. Quebec’s SAQ is the latest liquor authority to report a consecutive decline in...

LaPointe: Trudeau’s leadership survives as Singh severs ties

LaPointe: Trudeau’s leadership survives as Singh severs ties

Sep 6, 2024 / 4:00 am

Anyone who wagered that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau would step down before the next election can pay up today. NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is yours to thank....

Justin Trudeau tops list of Canada's worst prime ministers, says new poll

Justin Trudeau tops list of Canada's worst prime ministers, says new poll

Sep 4, 2024 / 4:00 am

Timing is everything in politics. If New Democratic Party (NDP) leader Jack Layton had not emerged as the clear winner of the 2011 federal leaders’...

Opinion: Time for Kevin Falcon to bid adieu and become B.C.'s Biden

Opinion: Time for Kevin Falcon to bid adieu and become B.C.'s Biden

Aug 20, 2024 / 6:00 pm

Will the real Kevin Falcon please . . .sit down? That’s the Kevin Falcon who said he wanted nothing more than to see the BC NDP defeated. That’s...

$500 million settlement in bread price-fixing scandal is outrageous

$500 million settlement in bread price-fixing scandal is outrageous

Aug 7, 2024 / 11:00 am

The $500 million settlement in the bread price-fixing scandal sounds huge, right? But dig deeper, and it’s clear that it’s far from enough The bread...

Time for Canadian leaders to prep for Trump 2.0

Time for Canadian leaders to prep for Trump 2.0

Jul 29, 2024 / 4:00 am

Suddenly, the disruptor has been disrupted. Sunday’s decision by U.S. President Joe Biden to withdraw from the race, endorsing and leaving Vice-President...

50 years of barcodes, the stripes that revolutionized food traceability

50 years of barcodes, the stripes that revolutionized food traceability

Jul 26, 2024 / 11:00 am

Barcodes, those ubiquitous stripes we encounter daily at checkout counters, are far more than mere patterns, they are pillars of modern food distribution and...

Canada’s Competition Bureau finally takes a stand on food pricing

Canada’s Competition Bureau finally takes a stand on food pricing

Jun 10, 2024 / 11:00 am

The recent move by Canada’s Competition Bureau to investigate the parent companies of grocery giants Loblaws and Sobeys marks a significant step in...

Want lower food prices? Be careful what you wish for

Want lower food prices? Be careful what you wish for

May 13, 2024 / 11:00 am

Many Canadians understandably desire lower food prices. However, what often goes unnoticed are the long-term consequences of such reductions. These lower prices...

The hidden cost of food inflation—compromising safety for affordability

The hidden cost of food inflation—compromising safety for affordability

May 1, 2024 / 4:00 am

The intersection of rising food costs and consumer health safety is emerging as a critical issue in today’s economy. Recent research from Dalhousie...

The high cost of living affecting Canadians’ ability to access healthy food

The high cost of living affecting Canadians’ ability to access healthy food

Apr 24, 2024 / 4:00 am

Canada appears to be a “trading-down” market, a trend that may persist for some time. Recent data from Statistics Canada on the food retail and...

Can Canada finally fix its shameful school-food gap?

Can Canada finally fix its shameful school-food gap?

Apr 17, 2024 / 4:00 am

When you want to feed hungry children in this country, you realize Canada isn’t built well for it. We will find out how in the next months. For five...

Use of GLP-1 drugs such as Ozempic surging among Canadians

Use of GLP-1 drugs such as Ozempic surging among Canadians

Apr 15, 2024 / 11:00 am

Canadians’ use of GLP-1 drugs is reshaping the food industry The rise of GLP-1 drugs, as exemplified by the widespread usage of medications like Ozempic,...

Decoding discrepancies in Canada's food price data

Decoding discrepancies in Canada's food price data

Apr 10, 2024 / 4:00 am

There are different ways to monitor food prices and inflation. However, when evaluating the accuracy of our federal agency tasked with measuring food price...

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