Top Stories: National
- Canadian Retail Trade Declines by Most Since 2009 Financial Crisis (thedeepdive.ca)
- Pandemic has led to increased opportunity for grocery: Report (Canadian Grocer)
- With Walmart as anchor, SmartCentres pushes mixed-use growth (RENX.ca)
- Fire & Flower Enters U.S. Cannabis Market Through Strategic Licensing Partnership and Acquisition Option with American Acres (New Cannabis Ventures)
Central/Eastern Canada News
- ‘Five hundred feet away, and they can let people inside, but I can’t?’: Steeles Avenue a frustrating border for locked-down Toronto businesses (Examiner)
- Allison Hanes: Downtown Montreal in survival mode, but what comes next? (Montreal Gazette)
- Retail therapy makes a comeback in York Region (Toronto Sun)
- Nearly 70 Quebec Sugar Shacks Band Together in Joint Takeout Initiative (Eater)
- 25-storey office tower planned atop Bay store in downtown Montreal (Montreal Gazette)
- Montreal says the threat of another strike is already causing cargo diversion (World Cargo News)
- A Huge Wellness Club Is Opening In Toronto This Year (Style Democracy)
- A Lowe’s store in Scarborough has more than 70 jobs available (Toronto.com)
Western Canada News
- Famous French bakery Paul’s first Vancouver location finally close to opening (Vancouver is Awesome)
- Coop Home Centre Set to Open This Summer in Weyburn SK (Discover Weyburn)
- West End Biz celebrates new businesses that opened in 2020 in Winnipeg (CTV)
- Another robbery too much for Edmonton sporting goods store owner during pandemic (CTV)
- Army & Navy building in downtown Vancouver to become homeless shelter as B.C. announces 120 new beds (CBC)
- Opinion: Possibly coming to a grocery store near you, fresh Alberta salmon (Calgary Herald)
- We tried this local, sustainable grocery service (Spud) for a week (Daily Hive)
