Price gaps widen as US stores lure Canadian shoppers
Retail analyst John Winter notes scale advantages in the United States with a population five times Canada's, driving lower prices through larger production runs. The piece traces how a weaker loonie, higher taxes, and tariffs push Canadian prices up before goods reach stores, while US outlets lure shoppers with cross-border comparisons.
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Woman dies in Hadashville area mobile home fire
A Hadashville area woman Elizabeth Picklyk 41 died in a fire after guiding her two daughters to safety. The blaze damaged the mobile home near Highway 11 and the Trans-Canada Highway last month. RCMP have yet to explain why she did not escape.
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