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February 08, 2012 The Exchange: Business Travel
Airlines Air Canada and Porter will now advertise their full airfare costs, adding more transparency for customers.
As someone who regularly flies south of the border, I find buying airline tickets a frustrating experience.
I quickly learned to tack on a couple of hundred dollars to any advertised airfare prices to account for taxes and amorphous “fees” airlines love to add.
I’ve always found Air Canada to be one of the biggest offenders in this category. Customers buying online never know the actual price for a ticket until just before completing...
February 07, 2012 The Insider: Health and Pharmaceuticals
The sale of Wolf Medical Systems to Telus signals a strategic shift for the big Telco. Instead of simply enabling communication, it appears to be moving into the delivery of specific digital information.
I always love it when a home-grown innovation is recognized. Even sweeter is when it is recognized by a big, home-grown operation.
Last week, it was announced that Wolf Medical Systems, which pioneered electronic medical records in Canada, was purchased by Telus for its new division Telus Physician Solutions. Terms were undisclosed.
Since I’ve had dealings with Wolf’s...
February 07, 2012 The Exchange: Retail
Retail heavy hitter Wal-Mart Canada will expand its holdings as its biggest U.S. competitor hits the Canadian market in 2013.
Canada’s retail scene is heating up despite the winter chill.
On Tuesday, Wal-Mart Canada announced it will pump $750 million into a massive expansion effort this year to build, remodel or relocate its stores across the country.
The expansion will provide a minor boost to Canada’s lagging economy, as the new retail...
February 06, 2012 The Exchange: Digital
Tech sector powerhouses, including Google and Facebook, are up in arms as Indian officials demand the sites remove “offensive” content.
Several Internet giants cried foul Monday as the world’s third-largest democracy demanded the companies censor their content.
Indian officials requested a group of 21 Internet companies, including Facebook and Google, to remove content they deemed “offensive” and warned of a China-style crackdown if the companies didn’t comply.
The...
February 03, 2012 The Exchange: Media, Arts and Entertainment
The darkened Rio Theatre epitomizes how the province’s narrow liquor laws are strangling small businesses.
At this point, many Vancouverites have heard rumblings of the Rio Theatre’s embattled liquor licence.
The Rio, which served up until recently as both a movie theatre and a live events venue, waited almost a year for the province to process a liquor licence. Last month, the province finally granted owner Corrine Lea a licence, but said she could no longer show movies.
February 03, 2012 The Insider: Personal Finance
We sincerely hope Stephen Harper isn't the fanged monster many think he is for proposing to raise the age for the Old Age Supplement. Instead, he may simply have made the first moves in a campaign to realign the retirement support system.
Like many Baby Boomers, I can now see on the horizon the time when I’m going to need a retirement support system. So, of course I am very interested in Stephen Harper’s recent musing about cuts to the old age system.
Harper has been roasted since he announced at the annual banker bash in Devos, Switzerland, that he was thinking of cutting the Old...
What's your communication weapon of choice?
Leo Johnson, Kicking Horse Coffee,
on growth in the coffee market
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