This Weekend’s Events
There will be one record convention, in Stratford (Ontario), and four entertainment events through-out the country this weekend.
The first event this weekend will be the Island FanCon, which will occur from Friday the 28th to Sunday the 30th of March 2025 at the City Centre Park in Langford, British Columbia.
Admission information can be obtained by clicking here. And the venue is serviced by multiple routes via Bus Stops #101549 and #101556 on Victoria Regional Transit.
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The next event, the Atlantic Entertainment Expo, is also a multiple day event that will be held at the Prince Edward Island Convention Centre in Charlottetown PEI, from the 29th to the 30th of March 2025.
Admission information can be found by clicking here. And the nearest street to be serviced by T3 Transit is Water Street, by Route 4.
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The Collingwood Comicon will be held on March 29th, 2025 at the Collingwood Legion from 10am to 4pm.
Admission will be $5 or free for kids 12 and under. And the nearest bus stops are 234 and 420 on the Crosstown Route and East Route on Collingwood Transit.
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The Stratford Record Show will be held on Sunday, the 30th of March, 2025 at the Army Navy & Air Force Veterans Banquet Hall from 10am to 3pm and admission will be a donation to the Army, Navy and Air Force Veterans.
The venue is unfortunately not serviced by transit. But is still only a 4 minute taxi ride from the Via Rail station.
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And finally, the Angus Comicon will be hosted by the Angus Recreation Centre on Sunday, March 30th 2025 from 10am to 3pm.
Admission will be $5 or free for kids 12 and under. But unfortunately, the venue is not serviced by transit.
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Please note that cash may be preferred at these events. And that The Big Spring Sale is active at Amazon.ca, on music, films and electronics until the 31st of March, 2025.
Enjoy.
Changes in Retail Sales Taxes in BC and PEI
Effective today, residents of Prince Edward Island will be subject to a Harmonized Sales Tax of 14% on most services and products whilst British Columbia Residents will be subject to a Goods and Services Tax of 5%, which will be replacing the Harmonized Sales Tax of 12% in BC.
In British Columbia there will be a decrease in taxes on books (audio, electronic, bound and printed), basic cable services, concert tickets, music lessons and movie tickets but a combined tax of 12% (5% GST + 7% PST) will remain on most products and services. Individually purchased magazines will be subject to less taxes in this province.
In Prince Edward Island there will be decreases in retail sales taxes on CDs, DVDs, Blu-Rays, MP3 players, DVD and Blu-Ray players, radios, stereos, televisions, movie tickets, basic cable subscriptions and individual magazine purchases. Audio Books and Books will still be subject to the GST at 5% in this province whilst music lessons will be exempt.
For additional information please consult the following documents :
- For Residents of British Columbia
- What’s Taxable and What’s Not ? (pdf)
- Fact sheet: Changes to the sales tax in British Columbia
- Elimination of the HST in British Columbia in 2013 – Questions and Answers
- For Residents of Prince Edward Island
- What’s Taxable and What’s Not ?
- Fact sheet: Harmonized sales tax in Prince Edward Island
- GST/HST – General information HST – Transitional rules for Prince Edward Island for transactions that straddle April 1, 2013