Netflix price travel and beef investigation problems: CBC’s Marketplace consumer lie sheet

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Netflix lifting a prices

Canadians are going to have to compensate some-more for Netflix. The streaming use is upping a cost for new and stream subscribers: $1 some-more a month for simple and customary plans; $2 a month for premium.

The news comes only after Disney pronounced it’s pulling a calm from Netflix, and skeleton to launch a possess streaming service.

Vancouver’s largest (de facto) hotel

Despite transparent signage and despotic rules, many Airbnb hosts offer adult suites in buildings that anathema short-term rentals. (Karen Burgess/CBC)

Short-term rentals, like we can book on Airbnb, are bootleg in Vancouver. They’re also thriving, with about 24,000 listings according to a study. And they’re generating a ton of complaints that a city is struggling to understanding with.

It’s not only in Vancouver; a Montreal male is the only permanent resident in his condo building since of let services like Airbnb.

Inspecting beef inspections

A U.S. review of Canadian slaughterhouses conducted final tumble found that beef inspections were not carried out on all carcasses as compulsory for trade to a U.S. (Jeff McIntosh/Canadian Press)

The U.S. Department of Agriculture audited Canada’s meat, ornithology and egg investigation systems, and found systemic investigation and sanitation problems. The CFIA released a matter insisting Canada’s food complement is safe, yet a inspectors’ kinship boss pronounced a complement is only too stretched.

Why don’t we have low cost airlines?

Ultra-low-cost carriers are ultra profitable, yet so distant yet a marketplace has been a onslaught for domestic carriers in Canada. (Enerjet, Canada Jetlines, Darryl Dyck/Canadian Press, New Leaf)

Everybody wants inexpensive flights. And around a world, ultra-low-fare airlines like Ryanair and Spirit Airlines are some of a many profitable. So because haven’t they taken off in Canada? There are 4 ultra-cheap airline skeleton in a works, yet even with WestJet’s skeleton to enter a market, a transformation is still behind during a gate.

Mani-pedi customer beware

Alberta law doesn’t mention how mostly personal use comforts like spas and spike salons are inspected. (CBC )

Some spike salons and spas in Alberta with superb reserve violations or cleanliness problems weren’t re-inspected for years. In one case, an Edmonton spike salon went six years but an inspection. Why? There’s no requirement for unchanging inspections, and some businesses fly underneath a radar.

What else is going on?

Looking for a sheet for a sold-out uncover online? Watch out for this scam, that left some-more than a dozen carefree Coldplay fans with feign tickets.

And this week in recalls, watch out for these portable gas stoves. And while this wasn’t recalled, break safe: A Winnipeg lady found a metal shard in her daughter’s candy.

Food waste: How most food do supermarkets chuck away?

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David Common goes dumpster diving during Walmart to exhibit how large grocery stores chuck good food into dumpsters, partial of a $31 billion a year problem in Canada. Watch it again on TV or online.

Article source: http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/marketplace-watchdog-netflix-meat-inspection-1.4243919?cmp=rss