Top Stories: National
- Lululemon seems fit to thrive, even amid the uncertainties of economic reopening (thestar.com)
- In COVID-19 vaccination pivot, Canada targets frontline workers (Reuters)
- Empire, Longo’s reinstate lockdown pay amid third COVID wave (Canadian Grocer)
- Small business owners ‘refuse to let go’ as debt piles up (BNN)
- Canadians will lose jobs amid COVID shutdowns, but may rebound ‘quickly’: employment minister (Global)
- Economy adds 303,000 jobs in March, unemployment rate falls (CP24)
- Canadian cannabis market continues to grow, with Ontario nowhere near retail store saturation: Brightfield (thegrowop.com)
Central/Eastern Canada News
- Taking things month by month at this point: Toronto toy store owner (BNN)
- Grocery store filled with local products opening in downtown Oshawa April 20 (durhamradionews.com)
- Hear these local business owners who are just done with the pandemic in southern Ontario (CBC)
- A look inside how the newest COVID restrictions have changed one big Sudbury retailer (CTV)
- Brockville’s Keystorm Pub offers 10-day challenge to benefit essential workers (CTV)
- All-pink vintage furniture store in Toronto gets attention on TikTok (BlogTO)
Western Canada News
- ‘A made-in-Manitoba success story’: the North West Company (thestar.com)
- Uptown Walmart closed Saturday after car crashed into store; rest of complex open (Victoria Times Colonist)
- Crown and Anchor Pub & Grill in north Edmonton remains open for indoor dining (CTV)
- Alberta restricts indoor dining, fitness and retail (thestar.com)
- A dozen anti-maskers protest outside local Calgary business (CTV)
- B.C. liquor servers to get pay boost on par with general minimum wage increase (CBC)bare
- After over a year of delays, Enterprise NWT will be getting a new gas station (CBC)
