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Re-Elected Ford Government Asked to Get Tough on Contraband Tobacco & Support Hard Working Business Owners Across Ontario
Hundreds of Independent Convenience Store Owners Forced to Close in Last 10 Years Largely Due to Illegal Tobacco Sales ETOBICOKE, ON – June 8th, 2022 – The Ontario Korean Businessmen’s Association (OKBA) congratulates Doug Ford and his government on their majority...
read moreConvenience Store Owners Frustrated That Contraband Tobacco is Not an Election Issue in Ontario
OKBA Loses Hundreds of Members Over Last 10 Years Largely Due to Illegal Tobacco Sales ETOBICOKE, ON, May 25, 2022 /CNW/ - With Ontario's election winding down, independent convenience store owners are frustrated and disappointed that the major parties have...
read moreContraband Tobacco in Ontario Has Caused Hundreds of Convenience Stores to Permanently Close
Ontario Korean Businessmen's Association (OKBA) Launch 2022 Save Our Stores Campaign to Raise Awareness ETOBICOKE, ON, April 6, 2022 /CNW/ - As Ontario's leading voice for independent convenience store owners, the OKBA launched their 2022 Save Our...
read moreOntario Korean Businessmen’s Association (OKBA) Launching 2022 SAVE OUR STORES Election Campaign
WHEN: April 6th, 2022, 12:00pm EDT WHERE: Streaming live - OKBA Office, 175 The West Mall, Etobicoke, ON HOW: ...
read moreOntario Government Losing $2M Daily to Black Market Tobacco – It’s Time to Stop the Losses
Ontario Consumers Return to Legal Cigarette Channels When Illegal Products Unavailable Sept. 16, 2020 /CNW/ - Ontario's independent convenience store operators have a clear message for Finance Minister Rod Phillips and Premier Doug Ford, with respect to the upcoming...
read moreConvenience Store Owners Angry at PC Government for Portraying Sector as Untrustworthy
Health Minister Christine Elliott’s Short-Sighted Announcement Hurts Small Business Operators Unfairly and Does Nothing to Protect Youth
read moreFairness and Respect for OKBA Convenience Store Owners
Recent story highlights possible changes to how vape products are sold in Ontario, which would be devastating to small business.
read moreBanning Vaping Promotion in Convenience Stores Will do More Harm than Good
OKBA Frustrated by Government Sanctioned Unlevel Playing Field When It Comes to Vape Product Retailers in Ontario
read moreIndependent Convenience Store Owners Excited For Alcohol Sales in Ontario
Ontario Korean Businessmen’s Association supports Ford government direction on Alcohol Modernization
read moreIndependent Convenience Store Coalition SOS – Save Our Stores – Brings Campaign to Niagara Falls
Ontario Government Policies Driving Convenience Store Owners Out of Business in Niagara Falls and Across Province NIAGARA FALLS, ON – March 27, 2018 – Ontario’s independent convenience store owners are banding together to protest provincial government policies they...
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