Ticket Resale

• Meet the man who introduced concert ticket-buying bots

  There's a reason you can't secure tickets to a concert by your favourite artist. Ticket-buying bots are faster and stronger than any human. And this guy started it all.

  Entertainment

  Jan 12, 2025
  
• Manitoba aims to lift ban on ticket resales, promises better rules

  James Teitsma, the minister for consumer protection, says the long-standing ban has had little effect

  Politics

  Mar 13, 2023
  
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• Buying event tickets? Concertgoer warns about her experience on ticket resale site

  A Calgary music fan is warning others to make sure they know what site they're buying concert tickets from after she was shocked by what she calls hidden charges.

  Consumer

  Mar 9, 2022
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• Pitfalls to watch for when selling season tickets: ‘Don’t get greedy’

  There's no shortage of sports games to attend when fall rolls around but attending them can be expensive, so many season seat holders sell some of their tickets to recoup a portion of their cash.

  Consumer

  Sep 10, 2019
• Ontario cancels ticket resale price cap, increasing fines for disobeying ticket law

  The Progressive Conservative government paused implementation of that section of the Ticket Sales Act - brought in by the previous Liberal government - shortly after the election last year.

  Canada

  Apr 15, 2019
• Ontario Tory government halts Liberals’ vaping rules and ticket resale price caps

  A spokesman for the Progressive Conservatives said the new government wants more time to consult and examine the laws before they come into effect.

  Canada

  Jul 4, 2018
• BC NDP says crackdown on scalper bots is in the works

  B.C.'s NDP government says it's weighing its options to crack down on computer programs that snap up concert tickets in seconds, only to resell them at higher prices.

  Oct 16, 2017