The price of gasoline has soared in Edmonton in the past week, beginning with the traditional holiday weekend gouging, and continuing with another outrageous 6-cent a litre hike on Wednesday. Gas in Edmonton is now at $1.29 a litre; one month ago, it was at $1.04. That means a 50-litre fill-up now costs an extra […]
Category Archives: Consumerism
It was a bad day for some employees of Shaw yesterday, when word came down that 500 of them were getting the axe. In Edmonton, 50 Shaw employees will find themselves looking for work. That’s the way it goes, right? It’s dog-eat-dog in the telecommunications/cable universe, as Shaw battles Telus for your phone and cable […]
With the Christmas shopping season nearing its conclusion, I’d just to issue a warning and/or suggestion for anyone shopping for something extravagant, like an LCD HD TV, 40-plus inches. You know, that kind of thing. The warning also applies to all of you who will line up at ungodly hours of the morning to save […]
I hate it when I feel compelled to defend the oil industry. I mean, there is virtually nothing I like or support about the oil industry. Our petrowealth has turned us into a one-party petrostate, with the big money guys in the Calgary high-rises calling the shots in this province. But still, these increasing attacks […]
Greetings, fellow consumers. This weekend, I’m offering a valuable, one-time offer, never to be repeated, about how you, cable and internet user, can save money and stick it to the man! All for just one phone call! OK, maybe ‘stick it to the man’ is a bit much, and just a trifle dated. But I […]
