Fire Safety Week 2011 sees the revolutionary anti-combustible Cold Fire™ make its journey from predominantly government and industrial use to availability for domestic use as well. Front line Tested by NASCAR racing teams and firefighters around the globe, Cold Fire's natural fire suppressants and retardants are now available to the public for use in their own homes.

It's that time of year again. Canada's university students are hitting the back-to-school sales for paper, pens, binders and gigabytes of digital storage media. This year, they should also be buying their own copy of Canada's Copyright Act -- because they're going to need it.

Over the summer, some prominent universities quietly decided to forgo blanket copyright clearance through Access Copyright for the coming year's academic materials, a radical policy change that leaves students and their professors in need of expert guidance.

MISSISSAUGA, ON, August 11, 2011 -- Among Albertans planning to move in the next three years, more than half (56 per cent) aren't confident they will be able to completely furnish their new home during the first month and almost half (44 per cent) are unsure what the total costs will be to settle into their new home according to a recent RBC Insurance poll.

OTTAWA, le 28 juillet 2011 -- Le Bureau de la concurrence a annoncé aujourd'hui qu'il a intenté une poursuite contre cinq entreprises et trois personnes pour interdire une arnaque de commercialisation trompeuse visant des entreprises partout au Canada. Le Bureau demande une injonction pour mettre immédiatement un terme aux déclarations commerciales trompeuses, geler les actifs des entreprises impliquées en vue d'un futur dédommagement aux victimes et faire cesser les pratiques trompeuses.

OTTAWA, July 28, 2011 -- The Competition Bureau announced today that it has taken action against five companies and three individuals to ban a deceptive marketing scheme targeting businesses across Canada. The Bureau is seeking an injunction to put an immediate end to the deceptive marketing representations, freeze corporate assets for future restitution to victims, and stop the deceptive conduct.

(June 14, 2011) Calgary, AB -- A recent study found that with a single meal of four ounces of lean beef, which provides about one ounce of lean protein, there was a resulting 50 per cent increase in building lean muscle tissue in both older and younger adults.

With over 2.4 million businesses in Canada, and well over a million being small businesses, finding new customers or having them find you is becoming more of a challenge. In fact, a recent RBC survey found that 52 per cent of entrepreneurs said that finding clients and developing their market was the biggest challenge at start-up.

Avis aux consommateurs

OTTAWA, le 15 mars 2011 -- Aujourd'hui a lieu la Journée mondiale des droits des consommateurs. À cette occasion et dans le cadre du Mois de la prévention de la fraude, la sous-commissaire de la concurrence Lisa Campbell prendra la parole au colloque « Les consommateurs à l'ère numérique », organisé par l'Union des consommateurs à Montréal.

Consumer Advisory

OTTAWA, March 15, 2011 -- Today is World Consumer Rights Day. On this occasion, and as part of Fraud Prevention Month, Deputy Commissioner of Competition Lisa Campbell will be speaking at a conference on "Consumers in the Digital Era", hosted by the Union des consommateurs in Montreal.

OTTAWA, le 1er mars 2011 -- Le Bureau de la concurrence annonce aujourd'hui sa participation au Mois de la prévention de la fraude qui, cette année, met l'accent sur le problème de plus en plus répandu de la fraude en ligne. Le Mois de la prévention de la fraude est une campagne d'information et de sensibilisation annuelle qui a lieu au Canada et partout dans le monde.