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Michael Kras
Posted 13 hours ago

Canada’s GST and HST holiday begins today on select goods

Select goods and services will be temporarily exempt from GST and HST across Canada starting today, December 14th. This move from the federal government means that Canadians who make purchases on qu...

Michael Kras
Posted 3 weeks ago

Canada temporarily removing GST and HST on select goods over holidays

Canada is temporarily giving residents a break on GST and HST when they purchase certain products over the holiday season. The Liberal federal government announced on Thursday afternoon that they have...

Michael Kras
Posted 4 weeks ago

Canada Post sees 55,000 postal workers go on strike

As demand for postal service intensifies leading up to the holiday season, approximately 55,000 Canada Post workers have officially gone on nationwide strike as of Friday, November 15th at 12:01 am. ...

Michael Kras
30 Oct 2024

Hamilton workers have one of the longest commutes in Canada

Hamilton residents have one of the longest average work commutes in all of Canada. According to 2024 data released by Statistics Canada, the Hammer is high on the list for Canadian cities with c...

Michael Kras
11 Jan 2024

Hamilton ranked among top 10 safest cities in Canada

A new national ranking has put Hamilton on the list of the top 10 safest cities in Canada. The ranking comes from Money.ca’s survey of the Canadian Crime Index, calculating the number of crime...

Michael Kras
11 Sep 2023

Zellers pop-up coming to Lime Ridge Mall in Hamilton

Hamilton is finally getting its own Zellers pop-up. Over the past year, the nostalgic Canadian department store chain has been making a modified comeback in the form of pop-ups a mini shops housed w...

Michael Kras
20 Jun 2023

Budget airline Swoop is shutting down

Discount flights are about to become more scarce as WestJet announces plans to end their budget airline Swoop. A release on June 9th explains that WestJet will wind down Swoop at the end of its publ...

Michael Kras
23 Mar 2023

Zellers sees its grand reopening including diner food truck

Today’s the day: Canada’s nostalgic shopping brand Zellers is seeing its grand reopening, with stores opening within Hudson’s Bay locations all over Ontario. On Thursday, March 23rd, Zellers h...

Michael Kras
23 Mar 2023

Canada’s federal minimum wage is increasing April 1st

The federal minimum wage in Canada is getting a bit of a boost beginning April 1st, 2023. According to a release from the Government of Canada, the federal minimum wage is set to increase from $15.5...

Michael Kras
24 Jan 2023

Justin Trudeau visited Hamilton soup spot The Burnt Tongue

If you were eating lunch at Locke Street soup spot The Burnt Tongue in Hamilton on Monday afternoon, you might’ve had an unexpected run-in with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. That’s because Trud...