Sophia Harris

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Regulator launches inquiry into contentious fees charged by Rogers, Bell and Telus

Canada's telecom regulator has launched a formal inquiry into wireless fees charged by Rogers Communications, Bell Canada and Telus Communications, claiming the charges appear to violate new consumer protection rules. In a public notice posted Tuesday, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) ordered Canada's three largest telecom companies to justify their contentious fees and explain why they shouldn't face...

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U.S. tourism faces $5.7B US loss as Canadians continue to stay home

Many Canadians continue to boycott travel to the United States, and the U.S. economy is paying the price.

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U.S. to photograph Canadian travellers when they enter and exit at all land borders, airports

Warren Shepell had an unsettling experience this month when boarding his flight from Cleveland heading home to Toronto. Just before getting on the plane, he says two uniformed officers approached him on the boarding ramp (Jetway), and one took his photo. “I was aghast. I felt ambushed,” said Shepell, a noted Canadian psychologist.

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Canadian snowbirds fingerprinted and photographed at U.S. border as part of new requirement

U.S. Customs and Border Protection says travellers who register at border will be subjected to such measures. Several Canadian snowbirds reported they were fingerprinted and photographed at the U.S. border this month when registering for their winter stay, which U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) told CBC News is now standard procedure. Jacquie and Steve Ree of Ladysmith, B.C., arrived...

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CBC investigation finds some big grocers promoting imported food with Canadian branding

Like many shoppers these days, Stacey Dineen, who lives just outside Kitchener, Ont., is all-in on the buy Canadian movement. "Trump's comments about annexing Canada, wanting to make us part of the United States, boy, that really kind of lit something," she said. Dineen buys Canadian food whenever she can, but when she can't, she looks for imported products from...

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The U.S. boycott remains strong. Why many Canadians are digging in their heels

It's shaping up to be a record sales year at Maker House, an Ottawa gift shop where almost everything in the store — from furniture to food to greeting cards — is entirely made in Canada. Hot sellers these days include a T-shirt with the newly iconic "elbows up" slogan, and chocolate bars wrapped in quintessential Canadian expressions such as...

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Canada's counter-tariffs are hurting small businesses. Even so, many still support them

Troyhann Santos checks the federal government's latest list of counter-tariffs and makes a crushing discovery. Starting immediately, she'll have to pay a 25 per cent tariff on most merchandise coming into her lacrosse equipment store, Lax Shack, in Pickering, Ont. "To get hit with something like this is terrifying," said Santos. "It's a terrible gut punch." Billions of dollars and...

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Many Canadians are fed up with shrinkflation. So what's being done about it?

PepperBrooks was getting ready to wash her dishes when she noticed something didn't add up. The new bottle of Dawn Platinum she'd bought contained 431 millilitres of dish soap, 10 per cent less than an older bottle of the same product that she had in her cupboard. Despite the difference, both bottles had cost the same.