Can you elaborate on this?

I manage several businesses with merchant accounts, and our fees on Interac debit are far far lower than credit cards. Credit card fees are really rough on small businesses, especially for premium cards (Visa Infinite, etc).

This is surprising to me. I can’t think of a single instance ever where I encountered a store payment terminal in Canada that didn’t accept Interac debit. Do you have an example?

• Public Myth is near my office and is manufacturing athletic and leisure clothing in East Van and Richmond, with a focus on sustainable materials. Most of their stuff is not really my style but I did pick up a nice bamboo t-shirt for $29 and I like it a lot.
• Earth’s Own Barista Oat Milk is my new milk for coffee and cappuccinos. I used to buy Oatly but Earth’s Own is made in Burnaby and always on sale at London Drugs.
• Murdock Mysteries is a show I’ve been enjoying on CBC Gem. Slightly goofy period drama with elements of steampunk, anachronistic technology. It reminds me of Doctor Who a bit.
• Still Standing also on Gem, where comedian Jonny Harris goes to a small town for 4 days interviewing locals, culminating in a standup routine about the town. Super well done, great way to “visit” these towns and also pretty fun to watch one about a town you already know. There are 10 seasons of this show!
• Men I Trust montreal-based band released a great new album last week. Play it or buy it on bandcamp so they actually see some of the money.
• RobotShop.ca is a Canada-based website for hobby electronics, sensors, drones, IoT, kits, screens, devboards, components, etc, etc. Basically a Canadian version of Adafruit or Sparkfun. I’ve purchased from them about 6 times now.

Here’s my list for hobby electronics, industrial electronics, and components:

• https://www.e-sonic.com/ - Canadian components distributor (like Digikey, Mouser, etc.)
• https://www.qfautomation.com/ - Industrial PLCs etc
• https://www.electro5.com/en/ - Industrial PLCs etc
• Pishop.ca, based in Ottawa
• Canakit.com (supplier of raspberry pi and related things), based in North Van (sadly, no local pickups though)
• https://bc-robotics.com/ Nanaimo based electronics retailer
• https://www.solarbotics.com/ Calgary based retailer and manufacturer
• https://jtsoutdoorfabrics.com/ - Ontario based seller of outdoor notions like buckles webbing etc cheap prices.
• https://www.circuittest.com/ - Burnaby-based brand of power supplies, etc. Not made in Canada, but they test them for CSA/UL here and distribute them under their own brand.
• https://mroelectronics.com/shop/ - Cable, antenna, RF stuff
• https://leeselectronic.com/en/ - Vancouver store with tons of components, etc.
• https://www.rpelectronics.com/ - Vancouver-area store
• https://shop.interiorelectronics.com/ - Several locations in BC, components, etc.

I bought some of the Green Beaver toothpaste without flouride, and also a bottle of X-PUR Opti-Rinse Mouthwash which is also Canadian, and has flouride.

Both available at London Drugs.

On June 6, 2022, Zebra Technologies announced they had completed their acquisition of the Matrox Imaging division.

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