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• Calgary companies celebrate amazing win for pandemic-themed beer

  Annex Ale Project, a craft brewer, is returning to normal operations, glad to be busy after months of coping with COVID-19.

  Features

  Jul 12
• Burger King gets grilled for ‘women belong in the kitchen’ tweet

  Burger King U.K. triggered backlash with a seemingly tone-deaf attempt to mark International Women's Day.

  Trending

  Mar 8
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• Rising the ranks in advertising: meet Toronto’s chief creative officer Denise Rossetto

  'In the beginning, I would walk into a board room, and especially if it was something like a beer account or a car account ... I would be the only female voice in the room.'

  Features

  Mar 8
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• Regina city council withdraws controversial fossil fuel motion

  Council voted in favour of withdrawing a motion that would have banned companies who sell or produce fossil fuel products from sponsoring or advertising with the City of Regina.

  Canada

  Jan 27
• University of Regina professor defends executive committee’s fossil fuel motion

  The motion to ban fossil fuel advertising on City of Regina sites was backed by seven of 11 members at Wednesday’s meeting, but still needs to be approved by council on Jan. 27.

  Jan 23
• ‘Tone deaf’ billboard in Etobicoke removed

  'The messaging in the advertisement directly conflicts with our values and belief in equality, inclusiveness and access to homeownership for all.'

  Canada

  Oct 10, 2020
• UBC Okanagan study on vaping links advertising to increase in teen use

  "We are seeing an increase in vaping amongst young people, " UBCO assistant professor Laura Struik told Global News.

  Aug 17, 2020
• Vaping: B.C. orders cut to nicotine content, restricts flavoured products to adult-only stores

  Advertising of vapour products is also banned in places that youth can access, hear or see advertisements, such as in bus shelters or parks.

  Health

  Jul 20, 2020
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• As Facebook ad boycott intensifies, political parties continue to spend big

  With the growing list of international brands, including Coca-Cola and Lululemon, choosing to boycott Facebook ads, should political institutions do the same?

  Canada

  Jun 30, 2020
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• BC Liberals reviewing policy after advertising in social conservative magazine

  The B.C. Liberals are reviewing how the party spends advertising dollars after placing holiday greetings in a free monthly magazine that publishes articles widely since as anti-LGBTQ+.

  Politics

  Jun 30, 2020