How some Calgarians are deciphering the fine print when shopping Canadian

How some Calgarians are deciphering the fine print when shopping Canadian

Made in, prepared in, or a product of Canada. Deciphering the fine print on labels of things you purchase. Phoenix Phillips reports.

LETTER: Just because there is a Canada Sticker, does not mean it's Canadian

Not every product with a maple leaf sticker is made in Canada

Is that grocery product really Canadian? Or is it 'maple-washing'?

Grocery store shelves are full of maple leaf stickers and shelf talkers indicating products are, in some way, Canadian. But they don't always tell the whole story.

Alberta food processing… not exactly locally owned

In previous columns, I commented on the notion that food products labelled Canada or with the Maple leaf may not be wholly Canadian. This was in response to the food patriotism frenzy that seems to be occupying much of the mindset of the Canadian public and media. In turn, that is the response to the impact of USA tariffs inflicted upon the Canadian economy by Trump. For most Canadians, such a visceral reaction is the only way to bite back at a …

Editorial: Purse power  - Gulf Islands Driftwood

Reading glasses have been more de rigueur than usual among island shoppers, as we peer into the fine-print origins of every purchase not wearing a prominent maple leaf.   And as comfortable as the rest of the nation has been transitioning into a Buy Canadian mindset, it may have been even easier for islanders, long accustomed to the reality that “buying local” is the best way to mitigate the risk of a critical business not being there when it’s …

Is that grocery product really Canadian? Or is it ‘maple-washing’?

Amid the patriotic chest-thumping and sincere efforts of Canadians to do right by their country in the face of the on-again, off-again U.S. tariffs, the humble little Maple Leaf has been working overtime. Perhaps nowhere more so than at the grocery store, where shelves are emblazoned with red maple leaves to indicate that certain products are, to some extent, Canadian. But does it mean what shoppers think it means? Why do some Canadian products …