Does anyone else feel restricted because of shipping fees?

I know that many of us have ditched Amazon, but it's hard to ignore their free shipping policy.

When you're looking for Canadian products sold by Canadian companies, and have to pay $10-$20 extra for shipping because it's not available locally, it's like a premium on top of a premium.

And yes, some places offer free shipping past a certain amount (usually well over $100), which just incentivizes buying extra stuff you don't need.

I mean, shit, you can get products shipped from China for free, so why can't we offer free or very low cost shipping within Canada (via Government incentives)?

Does anyone have any tips to ease this pain point?

Whole Foods and Audible are owned by Amazon btw.

Libro.fm and audiobooks.com are Canadian alternatives to Audible.

Well.ca and local businesses are Canadian alternatives to Amazon. If you really need that low-quality junk (press X to doubt), cut out the middleman and purchse directly from China with Aliexpress instead of Amazon. Amazon sellers usually just markup and resell from Aliexpress/Alibaba anyways.

Today's #supportlocal #buycanadian efforts from the local grocery store. Windsor Salt - water softener tabs Down East Clean - cleaning products Unico - tomato paste and spaghettini noodles Scotsburn 0% milk St Hubert's - gravy packs Dainty Foods rice

I wish other grocery stores with their own brands start doing this!

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Does anyone have a go to Canadian source for refurbished enterprise HDD's? I've had a good experience buying from serverpartdeals.com, but am unaware of Canadian alternatives.

So someone on here suggested calling Amazon and closing your prime account and getting your whole year back, $109 for me. So I got curious what other services have I just cancelled but maybe I could get money back, turns out if you call Disney+ they will cancel and refund your account I paid through Apple so they will have to do their thing first but hopefully I will get refunded for that. I saw that I was also paying for Trilogy+ but I have cancelled that and have asked Apple to refund that.

Then I thought about what other services have I forgotten about, or are just set to not renew. I had transferred my domain to hosthero so that I could get a .ca address so I thought maybe I should check out wordpress, it has been cancelled but after getting past the dumb artificial intelligence I got a full refund!

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Context: CTV has cancelled a segment on its national morning show fact-checking “election misinformation” after an online backlash from Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives and right-wing alternative media outlets targeting a prominent journalist. An audio recording obtained by PressProgress shows the show’s executive producer made the decision over concerns that the “volume of that push back” targeting the journalist had become a “distraction” for CTV.

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It's fishing season. YAY! ultra important this year to us rural poor people with yam tits messing with our shit. So...

Canadian tackle companies? We all know excessive amounts of tackle is necessary because, well...fishing. Mostly trout and bass fishing.

I have some Len Thompson but I'm looking for other manufacturers as well.

Located in Mississauga, Ontario, Grime Eater Products Limited was founded in 1982 by the original creators of Luster Sheen®, a trusted hand cleaner brand in Canada.

In a nutshell, the tiers are:

• Product of Canada - Very best - Produced here and 98% of ingredients are from Canada.
• Made in Canada - 2nd best - "Made in Canada means the last substantial transformation of the product occurred in Canada"

Others:

• "Roasted and blended in Canada" to describe coffee since the coffee beans are always imported
• "Distilled in Canada" to describe bottled water that was distilled in Canada
• "Canned in Canada" to describe a food that was canned in Canada
• "Processed in Canada" to describe a food which has been entirely processed in Canada
• "Prepared in Canada" to describe a food which has been entirely prepared in Canada
• "Packaged in Canada" to describe a food which is imported in bulk and packaged in Canada

Check the link for the full details.

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Located in Mission, British Columbia, Club Canine provide a variety of human-grade meats, available in convenient packaging, and source ingredients locally whenever possible, ensuring your pets are nourished by nature and your love.

Heads up to cyclists - NF Designs - makers of super nice riding wear is moving production to the US. Their stuff was made in Vancouver until recently - but they just announced that they are moving production. It isn't super clear from their website so I emailed asking if it was EVERYTHING or just select products that would be made in the US and their response sounds like it's everything.

Looks like I need to find a new brand of riding gear!

Situated in Abbotsford, British Columbia, Supreme Animal Nutrition is a Canadian-owned and operated company, we provide top-grade ingredients, premixes, and minerals to enhance various feeds for livestock, poultry, and aquaculture.

To find out how often grocery stores are labelling products with Canadian symbols, Marketplace analyzed products sold online at one Loblaws store, through Voilà in Toronto, and at Metro.

Marketplace found that a third of products at the Loblaws were labelled as Prepared in Canada, and more than a fifth of products at Voilà were labelled with a Shop Canada logo. There were also thousands of Metro products listed under that store's Canada label.

Marketplace shared its findings with experts who say grocery stores are trying to capitalize on the country's wave of patriotism, noting that a vague definition of what makes a product Canadian is in the best interest of retailers, not shoppers.

Food buyers should be aware that the legally protected statements are "Product of Canada" and "Made in Canada". Be aware that Made in Canada only means the final processing step was performed in Canada so something like concentrated orange juice imported from Florida which then has water added while bottling in Toronto could get that label.

Any other descriptive statements are allowed so long as they are factually true. A maple leaf on the container could be deceptive and legal because it doesn't technically say anything, dishonest or otherwise.