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Dr. Sylvain Charlebois

Dr. Sylvain Charlebois

St. Catharines Standard

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CHARLEBOIS: Hackers turned up the heat on Europe’s grocers. Is Canada ready?

CHARLEBOIS: Hackers turned up the heat on Europe’s grocers. Is Canada ready?

Voters punish Trump with historic swing to Democrats HUNTER: Alleged attack on Hamilton cadet supervisor by boy, 12, woman, 48, the new Canada MANDEL:...

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Toronto Sun

Dr. Sylvain Charlebois

CHARLEBOIS: A price freeze that doesn’t freeze your grocery bill

CHARLEBOIS: A price freeze that doesn’t freeze your grocery bill

SIMMONS SAYS: Sergei Bobrovsky needs to rediscover his inner Grant Fuhr After cancer and loss, Queens of the Stone Age's Josh Homme finds peace...

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Toronto Sun

Dr. Sylvain Charlebois

CHARLEBOIS: When the clocks change, food habits follow

CHARLEBOIS: When the clocks change, food habits follow

See more Toronto Sun on Google — save as a Preferred Source On Sunday, November 1, many Canadians will turn their clocks back again. Others will...

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Edmonton Sun

Dr. Sylvain Charlebois

CHARLEBOIS: Supply management’s chicken import racket?

CHARLEBOIS: Supply management’s chicken import racket?

See more Toronto Sun on Google — save as a Preferred Source Supply management is sold to Canadians as a promise: stable farms, reliable supply and...

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Edmonton Sun

Dr. Sylvain Charlebois

CHARLEBOIS: When the clocks change, food habits follow

CHARLEBOIS: When the clocks change, food habits follow

Did Paige Spiranac have a Halloween costume wardrobe malfunction? CHARLEBOIS: When the clocks change, food habits follow DEAR ABBY: Married...

28.10.2026 10

Toronto Sun

Dr. Sylvain Charlebois

CHARLEBOIS: Supply management’s chicken import racket?

CHARLEBOIS: Supply management’s chicken import racket?

ELECTION LIVE: Alvin Tedjo elected Mississauga mayor Former Blue Jays ace Kevin Gausman puts Toronto mansion on market for nearly $6.9 million...

26.10.2026 10

Toronto Sun

Dr. Sylvain Charlebois

CHARLEBOIS: Food banks are doing heroic work. Governments are making it necessary

See more Toronto Sun on Google — save as a Preferred Source  Food Banks Canada’s HungerCount 2026 recorded 2.35 million visits in March, up 8.7...

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Edmonton Sun

Dr. Sylvain Charlebois

CHARLEBOIS: Food banks are doing heroic work. Governments are making it necessary

Germany, France among EU states pushing back on Canada's 'associate membership' Ontario moving ahead with digital ID cards LILLEY: PM...

23.10.2026 9

Toronto Sun

Dr. Sylvain Charlebois

CHARLEBOIS: Canada — food powerhouse with empty plates

See more Toronto Sun on Google — save as a Preferred Source  World Food Day falls on Friday, Oct.16. For Canada, the occasion exposes an...

15.10.2026 20

Edmonton Sun

Dr. Sylvain Charlebois

CHARLEBOIS: Canada — food powerhouse with empty plates

Donald Trump says Canada becoming '51st state' the 'only way it works' Sunshine Girl Natalie Councillor urged Chow to keep quiet...

15.10.2026 20

Toronto Sun

Dr. Sylvain Charlebois

CHARLEBOIS: Weak dollar, expensive groceries

See more Toronto Sun on Google — save as a Preferred Source Canada lost 68,000 jobs in September. Young people were particularly hard hit, and...

13.10.2026 20

Edmonton Sun

Dr. Sylvain Charlebois

CHARLEBOIS: Weak dollar, expensive groceries

Carney to Alberta in Thanksgiving message: Please don't go Dan Levy rips Shane Gillis' misogynist 'SNL' opener: 'I'm...

12.10.2026 20

Toronto Sun

Dr. Sylvain Charlebois

CHARLEBOIS: New data showing Canada’s food boycott from America is all talk

See more Toronto Sun on Google — save as a Preferred Source Where is the American food boycott? And where is Canada’s agri-food trade...

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Edmonton Sun

Dr. Sylvain Charlebois

CHARLEBOIS: New data showing Canada’s food boycott from America is all talk

Elon Musk says Quebec, Alberta, Saskatchewan 'should separate' from Canada Louis Varland's blunt take on Blue Jays season: 'If you...

07.10.2026 10

Toronto Sun

Dr. Sylvain Charlebois

CHARLEBOIS: Your grocer has AI, so who’s looking out for you?

After 20 years of filthy floods, Beaches homeowners demand action GOLDSTEIN: With new pipeline, Mark Carney admits the economy trumps climate change...

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Toronto Sun

Dr. Sylvain Charlebois

CHARLEBOIS: Magnifying glass is influencing food choices, whether you want to admit it or not

See more Toronto Sun on Google — save as a Preferred Source  For years, Canadians have wondered why so many packaged foods contain so much sodium,...

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Edmonton Sun

Dr. Sylvain Charlebois

CHARLEBOIS: Magnifying glass is influencing food choices, whether you want to admit it or not

Alleged masturbating bartender rubs fellow airline passengers the wrong way Struggling Tim Hortons franchisee cites limits to foreign workers: report...

29.09.2026 10

Toronto Sun

Dr. Sylvain Charlebois

CHARLEBOIS: Canada’s booze boycott is about to backfire

See more Toronto Sun on Google — save as a Preferred Source  President Donald Trump’s ban on Canadian alcoholic beverages is set to take effect...

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Edmonton Sun

Dr. Sylvain Charlebois

CHARLEBOIS: Canada’s booze boycott is about to backfire

CHARLEBOIS: Canada’s booze boycott is about to backfire Max Scherzer spins gem in what could be the final start of his Hall of Fame career George...

27.09.2026 10

Toronto Sun

Dr. Sylvain Charlebois

CHARLEBOIS: Trump’s Belarus potash gambit: Canada should stop laughing

What was former Blue Jays ace Kevin Gausman doing back in Toronto on a Cubs off day? WARMINGTON: Belleville synagogue shooting 'antisemitic...

22.09.2026 20

Toronto Sun

Dr. Sylvain Charlebois

CHARLEBOIS: Trump’s Belarus potash gambit: Canada should stop laughing

See more Toronto Sun on Google — save as a Preferred Source Donald Trump says the United States is working on a “massive” agreement to purchase...

22.09.2026 40

Edmonton Sun

Dr. Sylvain Charlebois

CHARLEBOIS: Ottawa cut the diesel tax, but your grocery bill will still go up

See more Toronto Sun on Google — save as a Preferred Source Food does not move by magic. In Canada, it moves largely by diesel. CHARLEBOIS: Ottawa...

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Edmonton Sun

Dr. Sylvain Charlebois

CHARLEBOIS: Ottawa cut the diesel tax, but your grocery bill will still go up

How low can they go? Blue Jays headed for one of worst regressions in franchise history SIMMONS SAYS: Guerrero's woeful season is one for the...

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Toronto Sun

Dr. Sylvain Charlebois

CHARLEBOIS: Ottawa wants $1 trillion in investment, but agri-food is starving for capital

Cops ID girl in GO Train attack, but questions remain over Metrolinx response U.S. tourist warns Americans after driving on Toronto-area highway:...

15.09.2026 20

Toronto Sun

Dr. Sylvain Charlebois

CHARLEBOIS: Ottawa wants $1 trillion in investment, but agri-food is starving for capital

See more Toronto Sun on Google — save as a Preferred Source The Canada Investment Summit in Toronto was a good idea. It was an overdue one, frankly....

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Edmonton Sun

Dr. Sylvain Charlebois

CHARLEBOIS: Canada's food inflation problem isn’t Donald Trump, it’s Canada

See more Toronto Sun on Google — save as a Preferred Source The United States is imposing tariffs on much of the world, disrupting supply chains...

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Edmonton Sun

Dr. Sylvain Charlebois

CHARLEBOIS: Canada's food inflation problem isn’t Donald Trump, it’s Canada

LILLEY: Mark Carney wants to make Canada an 'associate' EU member Why Sydney Sweeney chose to pose nude in viral sports prediction market ad...

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Toronto Sun

Dr. Sylvain Charlebois

CHARLEBOIS: Canada picked a trade fight it cannot afford

See more Toronto Sun on Google — save as a Preferred Source The Canada–U.S. trade dispute has crossed another threshold. What began with tariffs...

09.09.2026 40

Edmonton Sun

Dr. Sylvain Charlebois

CHARLEBOIS: Canada picked a trade fight it cannot afford

CHARLEBOIS: Canada picked a trade fight it cannot afford SUNshine Girl Charlene Sydney Sweeney turns heads with nipple-baring dress at Venice Film...

09.09.2026 40

Toronto Sun

Dr. Sylvain Charlebois

CHARLEBOIS: Ottawa cuts taxes at the pump, then adds them to the grocery bill

Can Rogers afford to let NHL aces Elliotte Friedman and Kevin Bieksa go? Trade war not to blame for USAF demo team pulling out of Toronto air show:...

03.09.2026 40

Toronto Sun

Dr. Sylvain Charlebois

CHARLEBOIS: Ottawa cuts taxes at the pump, then adds them to the grocery bill

See more Toronto Sun on Google — save as a Preferred Source Ottawa’s decision to extend the federal fuel-tax suspension just days before a new...

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Edmonton Sun

Dr. Sylvain Charlebois

CHARLEBOIS: Canada shouldn’t copy Trump’s beef blunder

LILLEY: Trudeau judge strikes down Ford’s bail crackdown Disbarred Brampton lawyer charged in $4.3M mortgage fraud OPP officer suspended, fined...

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Toronto Sun

Dr. Sylvain Charlebois

CHARLEBOIS: Canada shouldn’t copy Trump’s beef blunder

See more Toronto Sun on Google — save as a Preferred Source President Donald Trump knows how to provoke and move markets. But when it comes to beef...

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Edmonton Sun

Dr. Sylvain Charlebois

CHARLEBOIS: Meat losing ground as cottage cheese remains Canada's hottest grocery item

Hall of Excellence honoree Buck Martinez brings down the Blue Jays house with one more swing and drive GOLDSTEIN: Our economy? Now for the bad news...

29.08.2026 30

Toronto Sun

Dr. Sylvain Charlebois

CHARLEBOIS: Don't tax Canada's 'pink gold' potash

WARMINGTON: 'Zombies' on TTC show just how far Toronto has fallen Canada announces retaliation measures, hits back with $27.6B tariff blitz...

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Toronto Sun

Dr. Sylvain Charlebois

CHARLEBOIS: Ottawa’s tariff trap — don’t weaponize the grocery bill

See more Toronto Sun on Google — save as a Preferred Source Canada’s trade negotiations with the United States have failed. Washington has...

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Edmonton Sun

Dr. Sylvain Charlebois

CHARLEBOIS: Ottawa’s tariff trap — don’t weaponize the grocery bill

SIMMONS SUNDAY: Blue Jays manager John Schneider must be doing something right GOLDSTEIN: Job losses, inflation and bail-outs – the high costs of an...

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Toronto Sun

Dr. Sylvain Charlebois

CHARLEBOIS: Canadians paid dairy farmers for competition consumers never got

See more Toronto Sun on Google — save as a Preferred Source Canada and the United States are once again negotiating under the threat of tariffs....

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Edmonton Sun

Dr. Sylvain Charlebois

CHARLEBOIS: Canadians paid dairy farmers for competition consumers never got

Niagara Falls, N.Y., in state of emergency over roads and abandoned homes Melissa Grelo exits 'The Social' after show becomes video podcast...

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Toronto Sun

Dr. Sylvain Charlebois

CHARLEBOIS: Canada is still losing restaurants — not as fast as we predicted

See more Toronto Sun on Google — save as a Preferred Source Earlier this year, the Agri-Food Analytics Lab forecast that Canada could lose...

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Edmonton Sun

Dr. Sylvain Charlebois

CHARLEBOIS: Canada is still losing restaurants — not as fast as we predicted

Intoxicated Ohio couple accused of attacking family on cruise ship: 'Ridiculous escapade' New Canadian belle for Bryson DeChambeau?...

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Toronto Sun

Dr. Sylvain Charlebois

CHARLEBOIS: 10 myths Canadians need to stop believing about supply management

Suddenly, everyone – and their grandmother – seems to be an expert on supply management. That newfound interest is healthy. Canadians are finally...

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Edmonton Sun

Dr. Sylvain Charlebois

CHARLEBOIS: 10 myths Canadians need to stop believing about supply management

Apple TV back to burn Blue Jays fans for most-anticipated game of season CHARLEBOIS: 10 myths Canadians need to stop believing about supply management...

14.08.2026 40

Toronto Sun

Dr. Sylvain Charlebois

CHARLEBOIS: Is Ottawa about to break its own supply management law?

MANDEL: Toronto widow killer free on parole – and he can now drink in bars Canadians spent more on taxes than basic necessities in 2025: Study...

13.08.2026 40

Toronto Sun

Dr. Sylvain Charlebois

CHARLEBOIS: Is Ottawa about to break its own supply management law?

See more Toronto Sun on Google — save as a Preferred Source  President Donald Trump’s latest tariff threat has pushed Canada back to the...

13.08.2026 50

Edmonton Sun

Dr. Sylvain Charlebois

CHARLEBOIS: Chicken prices are soaring. Why isn’t Ottawa acting?

How did tennis icon Roger Federer lose his billionaire status overnight? MANDEL: 'Worst of the worst' Brampton-based trucking firm has...

12.08.2026 40

Toronto Sun

Dr. Sylvain Charlebois

CHARLEBOIS: Why cheap Australian beef may be Canadian beef’s best friend

See more Toronto Sun on Google — save as a Preferred Source At first glance, the presence of inexpensive Australian beef in Canadian grocery stores...

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Edmonton Sun

Dr. Sylvain Charlebois

CHARLEBOIS: Why cheap Australian beef may be Canadian beef’s best friend

Why the Blue Jays just quietly released a former Silver Slugger Award winner Canadian who slapped U.S. teen to be deported WARMINGTON: Pro boxer takes...

05.08.2026 40

Toronto Sun

Dr. Sylvain Charlebois

CHARLEBOIS: Supply management meant to save Canadian dairy is now holding it back

Blue Jays deal former closer Jeff Hoffman to Twins as deadline day flurry continues Blue Jays send slumping centre fielder Daulton Varsho to Astros as...

03.08.2026 40

Toronto Sun

Dr. Sylvain Charlebois

CHARLEBOIS: Have you eaten halal meat without knowing it?

MANDEL: Divorced porn stars bring defamation lawsuit to Ontario Court of Appeal SUNshine Girl Kathryn City hall’s Indigenous parks naming saga...

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