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Extra, Extra: Expensive Chocolate, Unanswered Questions, and New Airplanes
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The Nestlé plant on Sterling Road, in Toronto. Photo by rene_beignet, from the Torontoist Flickr Pool.
- The Competition Bureau has laid criminal charges against three companies—Nestlé Canada and Mars Canada among them—that allegedly conspired to fix the price of chocolate in Canada. In a just world, the punishment for a crime like this would be for the executives to spend years personally mailing free Kit-Kat bars to all of us.
- The Sun‘s Don Peat has written a great summary of all the questions Mayor Rob Ford has dodged since the beginning of his crack scandal.
- As Porter Airlines braces for the inevitable street brawl with waterfront condo owners over its plans to expand Billy Bishop Airport, WestJet appears to be getting ready to jump into the fray.
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