AGP Executive Report
Last update: 10 hours agoWomen’s Hockey Momentum: Girls are packing arenas for the PWHL, with the league expanding to 12 teams by 2026-27 (including Vancouver and new clubs like Hamilton and Detroit), underscoring how sports culture is turning into a consumer merch and ticketing engine. Local Business & Community: Ottawa’s “After the Storm” benefit concert at Britannia Park (Sept. 1) is calling for food, beverage, dessert, community and merchandise vendors as part of a recovery push after July 1 flooding. Food & Dairy Supply: Gay Lea Foods is committing $200M to expand cottage cheese availability and dairy processing in Canada, aiming to ease supply pressure for shoppers. Retail & Consumer Safety: A major recall is in the mix: nearly 30,000 attic ladders have been recalled after reports of bolts breaking. Payments Watch: RBC and BMO are selling Moneris to U.S. private equity Francisco Partners in a deal that signals continued shakeups in Canadian consumer payments. Product Testing & Health: New research urges better safety testing for lip cosmetics, arguing current rules may miss exposure from both absorption and accidental ingestion.
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