35 h. ago Canadian families could pay $1,000 more for groceries in 2026, report warns

Canadians could face grocery bills up to $1,000 higher in 2026 as food prices rise 4-6 per cent, with restaurants and meat seeing the biggest jumps.

Economics

37 h. ago Average family expected to spend $994 more on food next year: report

Expect food to take up a bigger share of household budgets next year. The latest Food Price Report produced by several Canadian universities is projecting an average family of four will pay an estimated $994.63 more for food in 2026 than this year because of issues like trade and climate change. The increase, making for […]

Economics

37 h. ago Family of four can expect to pay nearly $1,000 more for food in 2026: report

Food prices could rise by as much as six per cent next year, with meat seeing the largest increases, according to Canada's Food Price Report

Economics

4 d. ago Starbucks to pay about $35M to NYC workers to settle claims it violated labour law

NEW YORK — Starbucks will pay about $35 million to more than 15,000 New York City workers to settle claims it denied them stable schedules and arbitrarily cut their hours, city officials announced Monday. The company will also pay $3.4 million in civil penalties under the agreement with the city’s Department of Consumer and Worker […]

Society

2 w. ago Scotiabank to pay $34,000 after calling client more than 100 times to collect debt

Scotiabank will pay nearly $34,000 after Consumer Protection B.C. found that the bank had harassed a client

Economics

3 w. ago Michigan returns rare Edmund Fitzgerald relic — and pays US$600,000

Larry Orr is getting one of the ship's life rings back — and the state will still pay $600,000 to settle his lawsuit over police misconduct.

Economics

3 w. ago South Korean solar firm cuts pay and hours for Georgia workers as US officials detain imports

ATLANTA (AP) — A South Korean solar company says it will temporarily reduce pay and working hours for about 1,000 of its 3,000 employees in Georgia because U.S. customs officials have been detaining imported components needed to make solar panels. Qcells, a unit of South Korea’s Hanwha Solutions, said Friday that it will also lay […]

Economics

4 w. ago U.S. airlines cut flights, with more disruption into next week

More than 13,000 controllers have been forced to work without pay, taking both an emotional and financial toll

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last month B.C. regulator fines Amazon $10,000 in ruling that limits what ‘delivery’ means

SAANICH — A British Columbia regulator has ordered Amazon to pay a $10,000 penalty over a failed delivery, ruling that it’s not good enough to leave a package on a doorstep or with another person unless the buyer consents. Consumer Protection BC says in a decision issued last month that the consumer complained to them […]

Economics