Top Stories: National
- Aeroplan Teams Up With Starbucks For Loyalty Rewards Program (HuffPost)
- Demand for online grocery shopping expected to continue in 2021 (Grocery Business)
- Retail pharmacies begin COVID-19 vaccine roll-out (Grocery Business)
- Leon’s opts for the funny bone instead of the heart (Strategy)
- Amazon Canada Celebrates International Women’s Day and Female-Founded Small Businesses with Winnie Harlow (Newswire)
- The all-digital Tim Hortons® contest launches with its largest prize pool ever (Newswire)
- GURU Organic Energy to be available in over 1,270 Circle K and Winks in ON, Western Canada and Atlantic Canada (foodincanada.com)
Central/Eastern Canada News
- GTA malls entering grey zone use staff at doors, tech to track capacity (CTV)
- 7-Eleven alcohol licence applications for Ontario stores being challenged by LCBO workers union (CTV)
- ‘RIDICULOUS POLICY’: CFIB wants public apology from Premier Ford over big box stores being allowed open while others shut (Toronto Sun)
- The Mile-End bookstore facing closure will remain open after landlord ‘had a change of heart’: owner (CTV)
- Largest Int’l Grocery Store on the East Coast Opens in Halifax (Global)
- Toronto has had some of the longest COVID-19 business closures in North America (Globe & Mail)
- SmartCentres REIT Introducing First Phase of Golden Mile Redevelopment (Urban Toronto)
- COVID-19 enforcement blitz finds 44% of Windsor-Essex businesses in violation of rules (CBC)
Western Canada News
- Alberta lifts more COVID rules, increases retail shopping limit (todayville.com)
- FreshCo opens new Winnipeg store (Grocery Business)
- Report highlights resilient commercial real estate markets in Western Canada (reminetwork.com)
- Mother-daughter’s Big Mountain Foods expands into 70,000 sq. ft. facility with aim to make plant-based foods more accessible (Newswire)
- ‘It’s a ghost town’: Point Roberts residents plead for better US/Canada border access (ktvb.com)
- ParcelPal Announces Agreement with One of Vancouver’s Leaders in the Meal Kit Delivery Space (Newswire)
