Top Stories: National
- Walmart Canada defends controversial new supplier fees as sales soar (Financial Post)
- Walmart Canada’s e-commerce sales surge 229% amid the pandemic (Yahoo)
- Grocery stores seeing pivot in how they do business during pandemic (Kitchener Today)
- Pandemic rewriting food fundamentals (Grainews.ca)
- Lawsuit alleges Peter Nygard’s niece set up former model to be sexually assaulted (CBC)
- Canadian Tire sees key role for bricks-and-mortar stores in e-commerce strategy (Globe & Mail, paywall/members only)
Central/Eastern Canada News
- Dixie mall redevelopment is no bargain for Mississauga, residents say (Toronto Star)
- Downtown Montreal retail vacancies continue to rise (Montreal Gazette)
- Scarborough woman brings her jerk marinade from Malvern to Loblaws and Sobeys (Toronto.com)
- Doug Ford met with 7-Eleven executive at company’s Texas HQ (CBC)
Western Canada News
- Bear spray, needles, knives and guns: 260% increase in shoplifting with weapons downtown, Vancouver police say (CTV)
- ‘Don’t waste this building’: Experts weigh in on the future of the Bay building downtown in Winnipeg (CTV)
- Shopping app delivers farmers’ market goods to Saskatoon (Star Phoenix)
- Staff, owner at Vancouver store afraid after confrontation with anti-masker (News 1130)
- Calgary salon owner fighting $1000 Health Order ticket (CTV)