Big Headlines: Ticketmaster delists Ontario resales and Carney considers US alcohol return

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Going to the FIFA World Cup or concert in Ontario might not cost an arm and a leg after

Ticketmaster announced its delisting resale tickets.

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Ticketmaster is delisting resale tickets in Ontario, a head of legislation that will bring

a price cap into effect in the province.

A spokesperson for Ticketmaster Canada says it started notifying customers that resale

tickets must not exceed the original price to comply with the province's new requirements.

The company says customers will be able to re-list their tickets next week once the platform

has updated its resale marketplace.

The announcement from Ticketmaster comes after the four government's budget bill, which

includes the resale ticket price cap, past its third reading this week, but has yet to

receive royal ascent.

The new measures were prompted by many consumer complaints about tickets to popular events,

such as the World Series and the ARAZ tour being scooped up by resellers who posted

the seats way above face value.

Prime Minister Mark Carney says getting U.S. alcohol back on store shelves in Canada could

happen, but President Donald Trump will likely have to drop his tariffs first.

The comments come after White House officials warned the trade war could escalate if provincial

liquor stores don't return American products.

But conservative leader Pierre Paulierb says he's not concerned about the ban on U.S.

booze.

He says the real question is whether Canada can negotiate to renew its main free trade

pact with the U.S. and Mexico.

I don't think we need to spend three or four days debating whether we should drink

bourbon or not.

I think we should discuss whether 2.6 million Canadians are going to have their jobs.

And the way to get those jobs secured is to get a tariff-free trade deal with the U.S.

I'm the only one by the way who's presented a plan to get such a tariff-free trade deal.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford insists that U.S. alcohol will not be back on store shelves

until the Trump tariffs are gone.

Some encouraging signs this morning that the U.S. and Iran may be sitting down for potential

peace talks this weekend.

Iranian state media saying the foreign minister from Iran is going to begin a regional

tour this evening, where the stop in Islamabad or negotiations have been taking place.

Meanwhile, speaking this morning at the Pentagon, U.S. Secretary of State Pete Heggseth gave

an update on the ongoing war and the U.S. naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz.

Not only is the blockade growing, in fact, a second aircraft carrier will join the blockade

in just a few days, but this growing blockade is also gone global.

Heggseth told reporters that the military is prepared to deal with any Iranian ships

that recklessly and irresponsibly lay more minds.

He said he would not speculate on reports that it will likely take six months to clear

the minds in the Strait.

Also making big headlines, month after month, Canadians are thinking twice about taking

a trip to the U.S.

According to new data from Statistics Canada, travel to the States has declined for a

14th consecutive month coinciding with the return of Donald Trump to the White House.

Times returning from the U.S. went down 12.5 percent in February compared to the same

time last year.

Overseas trips increased with Canadians taking 6.8 percent more trips that month.

The data comes at a time when travels poised to become increasingly difficult, with airlines

reducing flights due to higher jet fuel costs caused by the U.S. Israeli war on Iran.

It also comes as a poll finds U.S. President Trump's approval rating hits a second term

low as Americans express growing concerns about rising costs and the war with Iran.

The highly anticipated biopic Michael hits theaters today.

The new movie about the life of Michael Jackson follows the King of Pops rise to fame from

his early days with the Jackson 5 to his successful solo career.

However, reviews are mixed with the film scoring under 40 percent on Rotten Tomatoes.

The singer's nephew, Jafar Jackson, portrays Michael and has received praise from critics

who his performance say is dazzling and his appearance is uncanny.

The Hollywood reporter said the film delivers for lifelong fans who cherish the music.

However, the telegraph noted that it refused to address the elephant in the room referring

to the sexual abuse allegations surrounding Michael.

A historic non-disclosure agreement led to some footage referencing the allegations

getting cut from the movie.

If you haven't listened yet, today on the big story, should Canada consider a smoke-free

generation?

Host Maria Kastain speaks to Michael Chaiton, the senior scientist at the Center for

Addiction and Mental Health, and an associate professor at the Dalalana School of Public

Health at the University of Toronto.

How effective would a band like this actually be?

Logistically speaking, we know that, like in life, if people want something, they will

not let a law stop them from getting it.

I mean, will this actually do much of anything?

Most of our information right now is still theoretical, but we know that we can do a couple

of things.

One, it's like this from an enforcement standpoint, we know that we can do a pretty good job

at enforcing age of sale restrictions.

I think we can do a lot better, and we've come been kind of slacking on our, you know,

putting enforcement on there.

But we know how to do that, and we know what that looks like.

And that's fundamentally what this is.

It's like, again, you know, to compare it to the nicotine reduction strategies, that's

like a whole set of like chemistry tests, and that we would need to be able to implement

and lab setup across the country to be able to like spot-chat products, right?

But this is just, we can, you know, we know what this system is, and so we can do it.

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