Tag: Consumer
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Some Super Bowl bettors in Ontario who won still haven’t been paid. Here’s why | Globalnews.ca
[ad_1] Weeks after the Super Bowl, the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. is still working through a backlog of verifying players’ banking information so that funds can be withdrawn, and it’s not clear when the problem might be solved. OLG spokesperson Tony Bitonti told Global News there was a “significant influx” of new players on…
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Air Canada diverts plane as baby born on Toronto-bound flight | Globalnews.ca
[ad_1] Descrease article font size Increase article font size In an eventful Air Canada flight last week, a baby was born mid-air as the plane was forced to divert after a passenger went into early labour. Flight AC Rouge 1879 was flying from St. Lucia headed to Toronto on March 6 when a customer began…
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With AI, workplace surveillance has ‘skyrocketed’. But are Canadian laws keeping up? – National | Globalnews.ca
[ad_1] Technology that tracks your location at work and the time you’re spending in the bathroom. A program that takes random screenshots of your laptop screen. A monitoring system that detects your mood during your shift. These are just some ways employee surveillance technology — now turbocharged, thanks to the explosive growth of artificial intelligence…
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Electric vehicles will be cheaper to produce than gas cars by 2027: report – National | Globalnews.ca
[ad_1] Descrease article font size Increase article font size Battery electric vehicles will be, on average, cheaper to produce than a comparable internal combustion engine by 2027 thanks to new manufacturing methods that are lowering production costs, market research firm Gartner said on Thursday. Gartner expects production costs to drop considerably faster than the costs…
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U.S. House panel unanimously approves TikTok crackdown bill – National | Globalnews.ca
[ad_1] The U.S. House Energy and Commerce committee on Thursday unanimously approved legislation giving China’s ByteDance six months to divest from short video app TikTok or face a U.S. ban. The 50-0 vote represents the most significant momentum for a U.S. crackdown on TikTok, which has about 170 million U.S. users, which had stalled over…
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TikTok ban? Bipartisan U.S. bill could block app unless action taken – National | Globalnews.ca
[ad_1] The U.S. could see a ban on the popular social media app TikTok soon as lawmakers there introduce legislation that would block any “ByteDance-controlled application” over national security concerns. The bill would prevent the app from being allowed on app stores or web hosting platforms “unless the application severs ties to entities like ByteDance…
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Ontario, B.C. mortgage-holders increasingly missed payments in Q4, Equifax says | Globalnews.ca
[ad_1] Consumers in Ontario and British Columbia increasingly missed payments on mortgages and credit cards in the fourth quarter of 2023, Equifax Canada said. The fourth quarter saw a continuation of what’s been happening for a while now as the impacts of higher interest rates and inflation continue to weigh on consumers, said Rebecca Oakes,…
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Major grocers invest in discount stores as customers keep budgets tight – National | Globalnews.ca
[ad_1] Canada’s biggest grocers are investing money and space in discount stores such as No Frills, Food Basics and FreshCo as shoppers look for ways to save on food amid the higher cost of living. Converting grocery stores to discount is a relatively easy move, experts say, and one that is helping the grocers keep…
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WestJet vows to do better for guests with disabilities amid complaints – National | Globalnews.ca
[ad_1] WestJet is investing in a series of initiatives before the summer travel season to improve its services for passengers with disabilities, the airline’s executives said Thursday. After a series of recent complaints from passengers about mishandled mobility devices, WestJet CEO Alexis von Hoenschroech apologized for incidents when the airline let down its customers living…