Top Stories: National
- E-commerce helps keep Aritzia profitable (Business in Vancouver)
- 2020 Canadian Independent Grocer of the Year winners revealed (Canadian Grocer)
- George Weston reports Q1 loss on one-time charges, adjusted profit edges higher (BNN)
- Covid-19 forcing innovation in consumer and retail sector (consulting.ca)
- StageZero Life Sciences Announces Rexall as Retailer for COVID-19 Saliva Test Kits Throughout Canada (bignewsnetwork.com)
- Victoria’s Secret to be spun off a year after sale collapsed (CTV)
Central/Eastern Canada News
- Business owners at “breaking point,” ready to defy lockdown rules: CFIB (BNN)
- ‘It is time:’ Memramcook War Surplus Store to close after 75 years (Global)
- Insurance premiums skyrocketing for small businesses, even as another lockdown looms for Ontario (Toronto Star)
- Dartmouth vintage dealer feeding the hungry with an Auction a Day (Halifax Today)
- ‘Huge relief’ as Ontario’s front-line workers get their moment to get their COVID-19 vaccines (Inside Ottawa Valley)
- Bridgehead coffee posts slight Q1 profit as wholesale, e-commerce sales surge (Ottawa Business Journal)
Western Canada News
- United Sport and Cycle launches Edmonton Oilers playoff drive-thru store (Global)
- A shop dedicated to charcuterie boards and ‘grazing tables’ is opening soon in Vancouver (Vancouver Is Awesome)
- Proposal seeks to bring more commercial, retail space to Sooke (CTV)
- Spike in pharmacy robberies prompts Edmonton detective to call for mandatory time-delay safes (CTV)
- B.C.’s front-line grocery workers under 18 want priority vaccines too (CTV)
- B.C. to give workers 3 paid days off for absences related to COVID-19 (CBC)
- COVID-19 restrictions have Calgary tattoo shops worried about red ink (livewirecalgary.com)
- White Rock to temporarily close one lane of Marine Drive for restaurant patios (Urbanized)
