Top Stories: National
- Foot traffic ramps up in good sign for Canada retail (BNN)
- Aritzia swings to Q1 profit as revenues more than double despite store closures (Canadian Press)
- Stewart Schaefer to be Appointed Chief Executive Officer and President of Sleep Country Canada as Dave Friesema Announces Intent to Retire in 2021 (Insider)
- 200th Otobox Store Opens in Canada (Modern Tire Dealer)
- Lululemon Just Launched the World’s First Mushroom Leather Yoga Mats (Green Queen)
- Team Canada renews partnership with Canadian Tire Corporation for additional eight years (Newswire)
Central/Eastern Canada News
- Government of Canada partners with City of Toronto to revitalize and rebuild main streets and neighbourhoods in Toronto (Yahoo)
- Full Capacity Allowed At Shops, Bars, As Nova Scotia Enters Phase 4 (huddle.today)
- Re-envisioning Montreal’s Village in a post-pandemic world (CBC)
- Guelph’s newest Black-owned boutique is ‘a dream that actually came true’ (CBC)
- Recruiting ‘a nightmare’ for restaurants as Ontario loosens indoor dining restrictions (CBC)
- P.E.I. finance minister applauds Islanders for supporting local last year (CBC)
- Abandoned shopping cart bylaw in Sault to streamline retrieval time, councillor says (CBC)
