Ontario seeks to reform zoning rules that slow construction and increase costs Last week Doug Ford’s Ontario government introduced legislation that will seek to rapidly increase homebuilding in the province,...
Removing CBD products from the Cannabis Act would have several immediate benefits for consumers Last week Ottawa announced that the Cannabis Act, passed in 2018, will finally get its long-overdue...
Dramatic shift in alcohol consumption guidelines could undermine the ultimate goal of harm reduction More than 100 years ago temperance organizations promoting total abstention from alcohol and ultimately prohibition were...
Opinion: A bill before Congress calls for a heavy-handed ban of PFAS, a set of chemicals that are vital to semiconductor production. A severe shortage in computer chips roiled the...
Compensating donors for plasma is the only route to increase our domestic supply Last week news broke that Canadian Blood Services (CBS) is seeking to partner with Grifols, the world’s...
The notoriously volatile cryptocurrency market has seen more downs than ups, lately. But for Canadians curious about Bitcoin and cryptocurrency — which, notwithstanding the crash of earlier this year is...
Hollywood Casino in Kansas City, Kan. is just a stone’s throw away from Platte County and a very short drive for those of us who live along the I-435 corridor....
The only way to stop a bad guy from taking unregulated bets is with a good guy taking legal bets, more or less the message from Consumer Choice Center manager...
After another legislative session came and went without sports betting passed in Missouri, a global advocacy group is among those urging the state to go all-in next year. David Clement,...
A new report published by the Consumer Choice Center evaluates all 50 states on how consumer friendly their sports betting markets are. Unfortunately, with sports betting still illegal in Utah, Utah ranks...
Illegal gambling continues to thrive in the United States because of states like Georgia that ban betting on sports. That’s according to a new report from the Consumer Choice Center, an advocacy...
As discussed by the Star Tribune’s June 27 editorial (“Needed action on ‘forever chemicals’”), the Environmental Protection Agency is seeking to create clean drinking water thresholds on per- and polyfluoroalkyl...
