Stories by Austin Blake

Costco Canada's app now shows real-time gas prices, so you can check if it's worth the drive before you leave the house. Just open the app, head to the warehouse locator tab, and pick your local Costco. You'll see current regular and premium fuel prices right alongside the usual hours and location info. This means...

Chinese automakers aren't wasting any time getting into Canada. Just two weeks after Prime Minister Mark Carney announced in January that Canada would allow limited EV imports from China, Chery, the country's biggest auto exporter, was already sitting down with Canadian car dealers, according to a new Reuters report. BYD, now the world's largest EV...

The CRTC is pushing back on Rogers after the carrier (and its flanker brand Fido) told customers it's adding a $5 monthly charge to their bills starting July 15, calling it a "Wireless Plan Rate Adjustment." In a letter dated June 23, Scott Hutton, the CRTC's Vice-President of Consumer, Analytics and Strategy, wrote to Howard...

Amazon has announced what's coming to Prime Video Canada for July 2026. Highlights include the premiere of the Legally Blonde prequel series Elle, alongside new original series Young Farts Trailer Parts and Ride or Die. The streaming slate also features high-profile movie additions like The Super Mario Galaxy Movie and Reminders Of Him, complemented by...

Netflix has announced what's coming to the streaming service in Canada for July 2026. The July lineup is highlighted by the premiere of Enola Holmes 3, the third season of the NFL docuseries Quarterback, and the arrival of nine Fast & Furious franchise films at the end of the month. Here's what's new on Netflix...

Chrome on your phone is about to get a lot better at filling out annoying forms. Google is rolling out an update to Chrome on both iOS and Android that lets the browser autofill more complicated info, pulling straight from whatever's stored in your Google Wallet. This basically brings a feature Chrome already had on...

A group of former Bell employees has taken the company to court, and the case centres on a fight over what counted as acceptable office attendance. The Toronto Star reports that nearly 50 former employees are suing parent company BCE, alleging they were wrongfully terminated as part of a broader round of cost cuts. Bell has...

Apple has just released the second betas of iOS 27 and more. Here’s what developers can download and test right now: iOS 27.0 beta 2 (24A5370h) iPadOS 27.0 beta 2 (24A5370h) macOS 27.0 beta 2 (26A5368g) tvOS 27.0 beta 2 (24J5305f) visionOS 27.0 beta 2 (24M5306i) HomePod Software 27.0 beta 2 (24J5305f) With iOS 27...

After Fido customers started spotting price hikes on their bills, Rogers customers are now getting the same kind of notice. Rogers is adding a $5 monthly increase for select wireless customers, set to kick in on or after July 15, 2026. The justification mirrors what Fido told its own customers, a vague nod to network...

Canada's Men's National Team made history Thursday night with their first-ever FIFA World Cup win, and Canadians showed up for it in record numbers. The match against Qatar pulled an average audience of 5.3 million viewers across RDS, Crave, Noovo, TSN and CTV, according to Bell Media on Friday. That makes it the most-watched World...

A Vancouver Police sergeant just became the first Canadian living with ALS to receive a Neuralink brain implant from Elon Musk's company. Sgt. Lee Marten put in 18 years with the VPD and 14 years before that in the Canadian Armed Forces. He was diagnosed with ALS last year, and now he's made history with...

Bell's prepaid brand Lucky Mobile has set an end date for its $25/25GB plan after autopay, signalling changes are coming next week. The prepaid carrier updated its website on Wednesday in changes spotted by iPhone in Canada, to note the $25/25GB plan now ends on June 26, 2026. As of writing, rivals Public Mobile (Telus)...