Each year for the past 21 years the Penticton and Wine Country Chamber of Commerce has recognized outstanding businesses and individuals who made significant contributions to the local economy and community. This year the award categories include Community Booster, Hospitality/Tourism, Home-based Business, Industrial Business, Retail/Service Business, New Business, Young Citizen of the Year, Young Entrepreneur, [...]
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Online shopping by Canadians hit $12.8 billion this year, an increase of 62% from 2007, Stats Canada in reports a recently released report on Candian online shopping. The agency attributes this increase to to growth in the number of Canadians over 16 who shop online to 8.4 million. Increasingly Canadians are becoming familiar with online [...] |
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Opinion: Once again we’re held hostage by the CRTC
Canadians pay the highest rates in North America for cable and satellite television signals and for cell phone service. All thanks to the fact that competition is stifled (smothered?) by the Canadian Radio and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC). Rogers has just announced that they will be putting the screws to their hapless customers once again. This [...]