{"id":15551,"date":"2025-02-10T01:40:58","date_gmt":"2025-02-10T01:40:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/torontotribune.ca\/index.php\/2025\/02\/10\/alberta-family-designs-app-to-help-canadians-buy-canadian\/"},"modified":"2025-02-10T01:40:58","modified_gmt":"2025-02-10T01:40:58","slug":"alberta-family-designs-app-to-help-canadians-buy-canadian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/torontotribune.ca\/index.php\/2025\/02\/10\/alberta-family-designs-app-to-help-canadians-buy-canadian\/","title":{"rendered":"Alberta family designs app to help Canadians buy Canadian"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-article-socialshare=\"true\">\n<div id=\"article-fontSizer\" class=\"c-fontSizer\">\n<p>\n\t\t<button class=\"c-fontSizer__button c-fontSizer__button--decrease c-button c-button--details c-button--mini\" data-trackable=\"true\" data-trackaction=\"Font Sizer Decrease Font\" data-tooltip-title=\"Decrease text size\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Descrease article font size<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<svg class=\"c-icon  c-fontSizer__icon\" focusable=\"false\">\n\t\t<use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/themes\/shaw-globalnews\/assets\/dist\/icons\/out\/symbol\/svg\/sprite.symbol.svg?v=cv3j60zbx#font-decrease\"\/>\n\t<\/svg><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t<button class=\"c-fontSizer__button c-fontSizer__button--increase c-button c-button--details c-button--mini\" data-trackable=\"true\" data-trackaction=\"Font Sizer Increase Font\" data-tooltip-title=\"Increase text size\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Increase article font size<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<svg class=\"c-icon  c-fontSizer__icon\" focusable=\"false\">\n\t\t<use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/themes\/shaw-globalnews\/assets\/dist\/icons\/out\/symbol\/svg\/sprite.symbol.svg?v=cv3j60zbx#font-increase\"\/>\n\t<\/svg><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>A Calgary mother and son have teamed up to create a new app they hope will help Canadians buy products made in Canada.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Self-taught app designers Ryan Checora and Cathy Checora released their AI-powered app called<a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/ca\/app\/o-scanada\/id6741120187\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> O SCANada on the App Store on Feb. 3 <\/a>to help shoppers identify products that are, or are not, Canadian-made.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cReally, it came to me quite suddenly when I woke up one morning thinking about the news, and you know, the desire of people to buy Canadian,\u201d said Cathy.<\/p>\n<p>With the free app, shoppers can search for products two ways: either by typing the name into the search bar or by scanning a barcode. The app will then tell shoppers who makes the product, where it is made and where it is sold.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup\" data-newsletter-inline=\"\">\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/themes\/shaw-globalnews\/images\/skyline\/national.jpg\" alt=\"Get the day's top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day.\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup__content\">\n<h3>Get daily National news<\/h3>\n<p>Get the day&#8217;s top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cAI will essentially get that info from the scanned barcode and give you a result that essentially tells you is this product Canadian, is it manufactured in Canada,\u201d said Ryan.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>If the product is not made in Canada, but the shopper wants to only buy Canadian, the app will provide a list of alternatives.<\/p>\n<p>For example, if the user were to search for Pringles potato chips, which are produced by American company Kelloggs, it will suggest Canadian brands such as Old Dutch or Humpty Dumpty. The app says, \u201cthese brands provide a range of snack options that support the Canadian economy.\u201d<\/p>\n<section id=\"content-dynamic-trending-stories\" class=\"l-inlineStories l-inlineStories--tile u-hide-tablet-landscape\" aria-label=\"Dynamic trending stories section\">\n<p>\n\t\t<span class=\"l-inlineStories__title c-heading c-heading--strikethrough\">Trending Now<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<ul class=\"l-inlineStories__posts c-posts c-posts--inline \">\n<li class=\"c-posts__item\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11010713\/donald-trump-prince-harry-deportation-meghan-markle\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-posts__media \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" data-src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Untitled-design-26.png?w=336&amp;h=224&amp;crop=1\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-posts__details\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-posts__headlineText\" title=\"Trump won\u2019t deport Prince Harry: \u2018He\u2019s got enough problems with his wife\u2019\" data-title=\"\">Trump won\u2019t deport Prince Harry: \u2018He\u2019s got enough problems with his wife\u2019<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<li class=\"c-posts__item\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11011075\/transport-q-tran-olive-oil\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-posts__media \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" data-src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/olive-oil.jpg?quality=85&amp;strip=all&amp;w=336&amp;h=224&amp;crop=1\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-posts__details\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-posts__headlineText\" title=\"More than $1M worth of olive oil stolen from Canadian transport company\" data-title=\"\">More than $1M worth of olive oil stolen from Canadian transport company<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<p>\u201cIf they\u2019re choosing something off the shelf at the store, they can find out on the spot if it a Canadian product,\u201d Cathy said.<\/p>\n<p>The duo said they hope to add more items in future updates and plan to push for more local brands and retailers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs people are using the app, they might find products that aren\u2019t being suggested to them,\u201d says Ryan.\u00a0\u201cWe want to give them a platform where they can give us those products and we can integrate that into the app and have that fed back to people as well. We\u2019re hoping it will kind of be a collaborative thing where people will use the app and it will improve as it goes on as we add more options for people,\u201d Ryan said.<\/p>\n<p>O SCANada is currently only available on the Apple App Store, but an android version is on the way.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-tabs\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t<button role=\"tab\" class=\"c-tabs__tab c-tabs__tab--active\" type=\"button\">More on Canada<\/button><br \/>\n\t\t\t<button role=\"tab\" class=\"c-tabs__tab\" type=\"button\">More videos<\/button>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\n\t\t&amp;copy 2025 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc.\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script defer src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&#038;appId=318812448281278&#038;version=v3.3\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11011411\/alberta-family-new-app-buy-canadian\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Descrease article font size Increase article font size A Calgary mother and son have teamed up to create a new app they hope will help Canadians buy products made in Canada. 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