Competition Bureau

Bakers, grocers involved in 16 year price fixing conspiracy: Competition Bureau

At least $1.50 has been artificially baked into the price of a loaf of bread during a 16-year-long bread price-fixing conspiracy involving the country’s largest

Competition Bureau takes on Ticketmaster, Live Nation over alleged deceptive pricing

Canada & World

Ticketmaster and its parent company Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. allegedly used a deceptive practice known as “drip pricing” that saw customers pay sometimes more than

Competition Bureau to review Torstar Postmedia deal to buy and close newspapers

Canada & World

Canada’s competition watchdog says it will review a deal between Torstar Corp. and Postmedia Network Inc. announced Monday to sell newspapers to each other and

Watchdog’s bread-price fixing probe ‘shocking’ and ‘bizarre,’ analysts say

Canada & World

Allegations of price fixing in the bread aisles of major grocers are “shocking” and “bizarre,” analysts said Wednesday as more companies came forward to reveal

Former Ottawa tech employee sentenced for role in bid-rigging scheme

Ottawa

A former employee of an Ottawa-based tech company has been sentenced for her role in a bid-rigging scheme that saw her former company, Microtime, awarded

You.i TV hires company’s first COO

Ottawa

Ottawa-based You.i TV has hired its first chief operations officer, but the man stepping into the role says it’s not really a new position. “I

Corporate Research Group fined $125K in bid-rigging case

Non-Residential

The Competition Bureau has fined the Corporate Research Group Ltd. $125,000 after the firm, one of Ottawa’s largest real estate consultants, pleaded guilty to a