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B.C. developer, director fined $99K for causing ‘consumer harm’

A Surrey, B.C.-based property developer and its director have been ordered to pay nearly $100,000 by the province’s real estate…

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Business

Inflation in U.S. drops as consumer prices unexpectedly fell in June

U.S. consumer prices unexpectedly fell and the annual increase was the smallest in a year, reinforcing views that a trend of dropping inflation…

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Politics

Canada ‘sleepwalking’ into cashless society, consumer advocates warn

A consumer group is urgently calling on the federal government to follow other jurisdictions in the U.S and Europe and…

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Canada

Edmonton hot tub company facing 49 charges under Consumer Protection Act

An Edmonton hot tub company is facing charges under Alberta’s Consumer Protection Act after nine customers complained to the province’s…

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Politics

Industrial carbon pricing has three times the impact on emissions as consumer carbon tax: report

As the federal government faces increasing political pressure to halt a planned increase to its consumer carbon tax, a new…

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Politics

Canada’s consumer watchdog has ideas about how to crack down on greenwashing

The head of Canada’s competition bureau, which regulates misleading marketing, wants more power from the federal government to tackle claims about…

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Business

U.S. economy grows more than expected at end of 2023, driven by consumer spending

The U.S. economy grew at an unexpectedly brisk 3.3 per cent annual pace from October through December as Americans showed a…

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