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Consumer Life Headlines
- Convenience keeps Canadian shoppers north of border: analysts
- Many Canadians are sticking close to home this year when it comes to last-minute holiday shopping, ignoring the advantages of a high-flying Canadian dollar, say retail analysts.
- Teen charged in Yellowknife Wal-Mart blaze
- Yellowknife RCMP have arrested a teenager in connection with a fire at the city's Wal-Mart on Dec. 15.
- Casinos shut on Christmas Day? Don't bet on it
- Slot machines and blackjack tables aren't usually associated with Christmas, but Ontario's government-operated casinos will be open Dec. 25, a day most other businesses are closed.
- Regina store reports hot sales of plush toy microbes
- A Regina comic book store is having a hard time meeting consumer demand for gonorrhea - that is, a cuddly, plush version of the bacterium that causes the disease.
- Don't let garbage from gifts entice thieves, RCMP warn
- RCMP in New Brunswick are warning those who are wrapped up in the holiday season to take care with their garbage so they don't become easy targets for trolling thieves.
- Seasonal fire safety stressed following deaths
- Vancouver Fire Captain Rob Jones-Cook says having a smoke detector system will drastically reduce incidents.
- Loonie closes above $1.01 US on commercial paper deal
- The Canadian dollar traded at a one-month high above $1.01 US on Monday following a deal to restructure billions of dollars in short-term debt.
- More Canadians admit to drinking and driving: study
- An increasing number of Canadians say they have driven their vehicles while they thought their blood alcohol level was over the legal limit and many did so multiple times, said the latest annual survey from the Traffic Injury Research Foundation.
- Cash, not gift cards, the best present: consumers' association
- The Consumers' Association of Canada is recommending that shoppers give cash instead of buying gift cards, which often go unused or come with many restrictions for their recipients.
- Hepatitis A turns up at B.C. restaurant
- Health officials are warning people who ate at a Port Moody, B.C., restaurant that they may need to get a hepatitis A vaccination.