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Canadian Retail News From Around The Web For July 21st, 2023

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Retail Insider is streamlining its Canadian retail news from around the web to include a handful of top news stories that can be viewed quickly during the day. Here are the top stories from the past 24 hours.

2nd tentative deal reached in B.C. port strike as of Thursday evening: union (CBC)

Team Town Sports Opens its First Two Locations in Calgary (Avenue)

Toronto Gay Village hardware store that’s been open for nearly a century plans to close amid safety concerns (CP24)

Longo’s opens 37th store in Whitby, Ont. (Grocery Business)

Alberta’s 150K-Sq.-Ft D’Arcy Crossing Shopping Centre Begins Opening (Storeys)

Four more Ontario supermarkets have closed their beer and wine sections, new data shows (Toronto Star)

Family running Dartmouth convenience store eyes development with affordable units (CBC)

Saskatchewan reports third highest inflation among Canadian provinces (CTV)

Scammers sought after manipulating Canadian Tire checkout process: Comox Valley RCMP (Victoria Buzz)

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