Category: Canada

Fiat Chrysler Warns 5.3M Owners In Canada And U.S.: Don’t Use The Cruise | CTV News

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DETROIT — Fiat Chrysler is recalling more than 5.3 million vehicles in the U.S., Canada and elsewhere because in rare but terrifying circumstances, drivers may not be able to turn off the cruise control. The company is warning owners not to use cruise control until the cars, SUVs and trucks can be fixed with a software update. Fiat Chrysler says the condition can occur if the cruise control accelerates at the same time an electrical short-circuit happens. But the brakes are designed to overpower the engine and the vehicles could…

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Canadians Could Pay Over $1,000 For Gas This Summer – National | Globalnews.ca

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Gas prices in Canada are approaching record highs and could remain there through much for the summer. With oil prices climbing, drivers from coast to coast are likely in for the priciest driving season in four years, according to analysts. The national average gas price is currently hovering around $1.34 a litre, up from around $1.09 a litre this time last year, said Dan McTeague, senior petroleum analyst at GasBuddy. And there are few signs that the pain at the pump will ease off as the spring turns into summer. Gas prices…

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Gas Prices Spike And Canadians Keep Filling Up | CBC News

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Gas prices keep climbing across the country, yet Canadians show no sign of slowing down how much gas and diesel they pump into their cars and trucks. Pump prices have jumped almost 20 cents per litre across Canada over the last three months for regular gasoline and are expected to continue rising this summer. On Wednesday, a litre of gasoline was more than $1.60 at some stations in Vancouver. Gas prices hit record in Vancouver, highest in North America Suncor, the parent company of Petro-Canada, announced on Wednesday record volume sales at…

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Big Telco’s Lower-Cost, Data-Only Plans Are ‘Embarrassing,’ Critics Say | CBC News

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Bell, Rogers and Telus’ proposed lower-cost, data-only wireless deals are no deal at all, say critics. The offerings include half a gigabyte (GB) of data for $30 a month. “It’s embarrassing and quite frankly it’s rude to think that these are functional plans,” said Laura Tribe, executive director of Open Media, a consumer watchdog group. In March, the CRTC announced that it would ensure Canadians have access to cheaper, data-only wireless deals. The plans are meant to fill a void while the telecom regulator reviews a recent decision that effectively hinders smaller, WiFi-based, national discount wireless carriers from operating in Canada. The…

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Your Legal Pot Buying Data Could Get You Banned From The U.S., Lawyers Warn – National | Globalnews.ca

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As laws on marijuana relax on both sides of the U.S.-Canadian border, attitudes have hardened at the border itself. When Canadians are able to buy legal recreational marijuana sometime this year, we are going to start generating a lot of consumer data. Some of it will be clearly linked to individuals: credit card purchases at physical stores and online ordering to home addresses, for example. And that could have lasting consequences. Canadians can be barred for life from the United States — even after legalization here — if a border…

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5 Reasons Why Gas Prices Are Set To Go Up In Canada — And Fast | CBC News

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The price of filling up a tank of gas is a classic Canadian irritation. But a confluence of factors may soon make that process even more gobsmacking than usual. Here’s a look at five reasons gas prices are soaring. A big one is that gas prices always rise around this time of year. “Usually we see a gasoline demand spike in the second week of June,” GasBuddy.com’s senior petroleum analyst Dan McTeague says. While few people put any thought to it on a fill-up, the chemical composition of gasoline is different in summer…

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Telecom Mediator Adds Staff To Deal With Soaring Complaints About Bell, Rogers, Telus And Others | CBC News

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So many people filed complaints with the Commission for Complaints for Telecom-television Services in recent months, the telecom mediator had to add staff to deal with the volume. In its mid-year report released today, the CCTS says it accepted 6,849 complaints between August 2017 and January 2018, a 73 per cent increase over the same period the previous year. “It’s disappointing,” says CCTS commissioner Howard Maker. “Obviously there are challenges — miscommunication, misunderstandings, poorly written documents. It’s a bit frustrating.” He attributed part of the increase in complaints to recent telecom coverage in the…

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It’s A Canadian Thing: Why Big Phone Companies Still Dominate Internet Services Amid Cheaper Options | CBC News

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There are few things that raise the hackles of Canadian consumers more than the cost of telecom services. But when it comes to rising internet costs at least, Canadians may have only themselves to blame. “There isn’t a lot of price elasticity [because] consumers aren’t leaving,” says Prof. Brynn Winegard, who teaches the neuroscience and psychology of consumer behaviour at York University’s Schulich School of Business in Toronto. “They know they can get those prices from those consumers.” says Winegard. Two of the big telecommunication providers — Bell and Rogers…

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Why Concerns Persist About The Supposed Health Risks Of Smart Meters | CBC News

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As Nova Scotia Power works to install $133 million worth of smart meters in the homes and businesses of its 500,000 customers, it’s also going to have to fight unfounded claims that they’re bad for people’s health. The meters will allow the company to automatically measure how much electricity people consume, eliminating the need for meter readers to manually take the measurement. The utility says the meters will also provide consumers better information about their usage and will automatically generate outage notifications, resulting in more efficient power restoration. Despite statements from groups such as Health…

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Canadian Customs Facilities In The U.S.? Americans Say It Could Happen Soon – Politics – CBC News

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Canada could soon have its first customs facilities inside the United States, says an American official who cites Florida and Arizona as potential sites for pilot projects in ongoing experiments to modernize the border. This would come decades after American preclearance facilities were first placed at major Canadian airports, where travellers have long cleared customs before flying to the U.S., with the goal of reducing wait times at the back end. Newer innovations involve train travel, with pilot projects to have rail passengers clear U.S. customs in Montreal and B.C.,…

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