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Convenience Store Owners Angry at PC Government for Portraying Sector as Untrustworthy
Health Minister Christine Elliott’s Short-Sighted Announcement Hurts Small Business Operators Unfairly and Does Nothing to Protect Youth
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Recent story highlights possible changes to how vape products are sold in Ontario, which would be devastating to small business.
read moreBanning Vaping Promotion in Convenience Stores Will do More Harm than Good
OKBA Frustrated by Government Sanctioned Unlevel Playing Field When It Comes to Vape Product Retailers in Ontario
read moreIndependent Convenience Store Owners Excited For Alcohol Sales in Ontario
Ontario Korean Businessmen’s Association supports Ford government direction on Alcohol Modernization
read moreIndependent Convenience Store Coalition SOS – Save Our Stores – Brings Campaign to Niagara Falls
Ontario Government Policies Driving Convenience Store Owners Out of Business in Niagara Falls and Across Province NIAGARA FALLS, ON – March 27, 2018 – Ontario’s independent convenience store owners are banding together to protest provincial government policies they...
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Click below to listen to our latest radio ad that will be running on Ontario radio stations this spring. The ads aim to raise awareness about the impact untaxed and unregulated contraband tobacco has on independent convenience store operators in your community. ...
read moreLetter to Charles Sousa: Scheduled $4.00 increase in PPT will force more family stores out of business
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read moreMajority of Orillia smokers choosing contraband cigarettes: association
Six of every 10 smokers in Orillia choose contraband cigarettes, according to a study that relied on stooping and scooping for its results.
read moreOntario Convenience Store Owners Applaud Ontario PC Campaign Commitment to Tackle Contraband Tobacco Crisis
TORONTO, ON – December 11, 2017 – The Ontario Korean Businessmen’s Association (OKBA), the largest organization of independent convenience stores in the province, released a statement today saying that it applauds the Progressive Conservative (PC) Party of Ontario for...
read moreCorner stores struggling in Ontario business environment, says Oshawa owner
OSHAWA — A rising minimum wage, increased hydro costs and the proliferation of contraband cigarettes are just some of the issues making it difficult for local independent convenience stores to keep their doors open, says an Oshawa store owner.
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