Tattoo parlours with sterileneedles were set up at six prisons for a one-year trial period that ended Sept. 30. Theproject cost $600,000 to operate. Start-up costs totalled $350,000.

There are also strict controls on the tattoo equipment. Everything in the parlour is counted before and after each visit to ensure it doesn't make it to the prison floor.

A four-day lockdown at Mountain Institution near Agassiz has uncovered a wide variety of contraband and unauthorized items. Correctional Service Canada announced on Wednesday (Nov. 1) that the ...

Pune, Feb. 15, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Global Tattoo Supplies Market 2021-2027: "Final Report will add the analysis of the impact of COVID-19 on this industry." The global “Tattoo Supplies ...

EDMONTON - A local tattoo artist says his business was dealt a significant blow after someone broke into his SUV while he was at a trade show in Calgary over the weekend. “The very last night of ...

An employee of a Kelowna tattoo parlour has been refused reimbursement for tattooing equipment that wasn't returned to her after she resigned. According to a BC Civil Resolution Tribunal decision ...

Nexus Brands Group, a portfolio company of Bunker Hill Capital, has acquired St. Petersburg, Florida-based Kingpin Tattoo Supply, a tattoo supplies provider. No financial terms were disclosed.

Keion was 14 when he became inquisitive about a tattoo artist’s set-up in his friend’s house. He was fascinated by the process and the equipment, which he described as “some weird looking f ...

As medical supplies dwindle during the coronavirus pandemic, healthcare workers are getting a helping hand from an unlikely source – tattoo artists.