Shopping Carts

• Brampton rejects geo-locking system for abandoned carts, sticks with $100 fine

  Brampton won’t require geo-locking shopping carts, opting to stick with a $100 fine as it tackles abandoned buggies across the city.

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• Edmonton bolsters Capital City Clean Up after influx of tossed gloves and masks

  Numerous complaints about glove and mask litter has prompted the City of Edmonton to help grocery stores deal with the problem.

  Consumer

  Apr 8, 2020
  
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• Find an abandoned shopping cart in Winnipeg? Here’s who to call to pick it up

  Hundreds of thousands of abandoned and stolen shopping carts are picked up by cart services yearly in Winnipeg.

  Consumer

  Jun 2, 2019
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• Vernon won’t fine businesses over lack of theft protection on shopping carts

  Some managers were upset about the prospect of being fined when the stores themselves were the theft victims.

  Politics

  Mar 11, 2019
• City administration advises against Vernon shopping cart ban

  The City of Vernon received letters from both the Pivot Legal Society and the B.C. Civil Liberties Association that were deeply critical of the proposal.

  Politics

  Sep 2, 2018
• Planned Vernon bylaw to ban shopping carts could hurt homeless: advocates

  The City of Vernon is considering a bylaw to ban shopping carts on public lands. The BC Civil Liberties Association is fighting that plan.

  Aug 23, 2018
• Online fundraiser raises over $1,100 to buy wagons for Vernon’s homeless

  The campaign is in response to Vernon city council's plans to ban commercial shopping carts on public property in the city.

  Politics

  Jul 31, 2018
• New shopping cart means new family experience

  The Caroline cart program helps parents of children with special needs make grocery shopping more accessible.

  Canada

  Mar 19, 2015