Category: Canada

Most Styrofoam Isn’t Recycled. Here’s How 3 Startups Aim To Fix That | CBC News

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Reduce, Reuse and Rethink is a CBC News series about recycling. We’re exploring why our communities are at a turning point and exploring ways to recycle better. You can be part of the conversation by joining our Facebook group. Virginie Bussières jokingly refers to styrofoam as “public enemy No. 6.” That’s because the polystyrene takeout containers, electronics packaging, coolers and other products we discard each year are more likely to pollute waterways or get buried in landfills than they are to be recycled. (The No. 6 is a reference to the plastic’s…

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Some Shoppers Drug Mart Staff Say They’re ‘Fed Up’ Over Pressure To Push Self-Checkout | CBC News

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Several employees at Loblaws-owned stores said they’ve been pressured recently to push customers to use self-checkout, driven by a company quest to get more people using the machines. “They’re trying to get us to force [customers] to go to self-checkout,”said a cashier at a Shoppers Drug Mart in Ontario. “They’ve made cashiers feel like if they don’t do this, something bad is going to happen.” CBC News is keeping employees’ names confidential because they fear repercussions from their employer. Read full story here: Some Shoppers Drug Mart Staff Say They’re ‘Fed Up’ Over Pressure…

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Canada Announces New $5,000 Incentive For Electric Cars, Tesla Vehicles Excluded | Electrek

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As part of its new budget, the Canadian federal government has announced a new $5,000 incentive for electric cars that cost less than $45,000, however, it excludes Tesla vehicles. Some Canadian provinces already have EV incentive programs but unlike the US, there has never been a federal program to reduce the cost of electric vehicles. With the launch of their latest budget, the Canadian government has now announced a new $5,000 incentive program that is not yet completed. Read full story here: Canada Announces New $5,000 Incentive For Electric Cars,…

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Canadians Want Majority Of New Cars To Be Electric, Expect It In Future, Survey Says | Electrek

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A new poll of driving-age Canadians shows strong support for electric cars, and strong expectations that EVs will become the norm in the future. The poll, conducted by Clean Energy Canada, shows that 64 percent of Canadians would prefer electric vehicles to be the majority of vehicles sold in the future. Furthermore, 72 percent of Canadians believe EVs will become the majority of cars sold around the world. Read full story here: Canadians Want Majority Of New Cars To Be Electric, Expect It In Future, Survey Says | Electrek

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Another Costly Federal IT Glitch Gets Resolved – Ten Years Later | CBC News

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A computer glitch dating back to 2009 has been fixed at last, allowing the federal government to resume chasing down thousands of Canadians who owe the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) about $66 million due to erroneous overpayments. Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) reinstated the collection of these old debts last November, going after 15,000 individuals or their estates after almost a decade of inaction. Read full story here: Another Costly Federal IT Glitch Gets Resolved – Ten Years Later | CBC News

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Petition Calls For U.S. To Sell Montana To Canada For $1 trillion To Reduce National Debt | CTV News

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It already borders three Canadian provinces and has a diverse terrain of Rocky Mountains and Great Plains that mirror those in Alberta and Saskatchewan. After the U.S. national debt soared to more than $22 trillion earlier this month, a man named Ian Hammond launched a petition on Change.org last week to sell Montana to Canada for $1 trillion to reduce the national debt. Red full story here: Petition Calls For U.S. To Sell Montana To Canada For $1 trillion To Reduce National Debt | CTV News

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Machines vs. Cashiers: Why Shoppers Are So Divided Over Self-Checkout | CBC News

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More than a million people clicked on a CBC News story last week about some retail stores removing their self-checkout machines. Thousands of readers also left comments, many staunchly taking a stand either for or against self-checkout. The machines are now ubiquitous in many large retail stores, yet self-checkout remains a divisive issue among Canadians. “A lot of people do see self-checkout as a threat to workers,” said Sylvain Charlebois, a professor at Halifax-based Dalhousie University specializing in food distribution and policy. Read full story here: Machines vs. Cashiers: Why Shoppers Are So Divided…

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Receipts Expose Retail Workers, Consumers To ‘Worrying’ Levels Of Cancer-Linked Chemicals: Study | CTV News

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Cashiers across Canada are being exposed to “worrying” levels of BPA and BPS — hormone disrupting industrial chemicals that have been linked to diabetes, obesity, ADHD and breast and prostate cancers — by simply handling thermal paper receipts, according to the results of a new experiment by Environmental Defence Canada. (CTV News) “These slips of paper are covertly exposing cashiers to worrying levels of hormone disrupting BPA and BPS every day,” Muhannad Malas, toxics program manager at EDC, said in the study. “But it doesn’t have to be this way.”…

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Harassment, Sexual Assault Among Alleged Misconduct By Border Agents Investigated By CBSA | CBC News

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The Canada Border Services Agency, which has the authority to detain and search Canadians and carry out deportations, investigated 1,200 allegations against its own staff over a two and a half year period from January 2016 to the middle of 2018. Documents obtained by CBC News through an access to information request describe a wide range of alleged offences among agency staff, including criminal association, excessive force and using “inappropriate sexual language.” Read full story here: Harassment, Sexual Assault Among Alleged Misconduct By Border Agents Investigated By CBSA | CBC News

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‘It’s Just Gouging’: WestJet Charges $30 Checked Bag Fee In US Dollars, Sparking Complaints | CBC News

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Some WestJet passengers are crying foul after getting hit with a $30 checked bag fee charged in U.S. dollars. “This is a pretty sneaky and dirty way to squeeze extra money out of your customers,” said Taryn Zielke who recently had to pay the fee. On Aug. 28, WestJet began charging baggage fees in U.S. dollars for return flights from the U.S., Latin America and the Caribbean. Read full story here: ‘It’s Just Gouging’: WestJet Charges $30 Checked Bag Fee In US Dollars, Sparking Complaints | CBC News

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