Call of the ocean

OTTAWA — Canadians already struggling with rising grocery prices are staring down another blow as delivery companies are hitting their retail customers with new fuel surcharges triggered by the war in Iran. Documents obtained by National Post show that a number of Canadian trucking and delivery companies have in recent weeks used a range of mechanisms and formulas to pass on increased fuel costs to their customers. Those mechanisms include flat price increases, surcharges based on weight and distance, and new minimum orders, but economists say they’re all going to mean the same thing...