Top Stories: National

• Small business struggling amid COVID-19 pandemic looks for aid in Liberals’ budget (CityNews)
• PetSmart Canada stops selling fish, cites federal oversight and invasive species (Global)
• ‘We need to support our Chinatowns’: Urgent calls for feds to revitalize hard-hit areas (CTV)
• Opinion: Small businesses are key to Canada’s economic recovery: Governments can do more to help (Calgary Herald)
• ‘The right thing to do:’ Sobeys reinstates lockdown bonus for front-line workers (CTV)
• Reitmans (Canada) Limited Announces the Appointment of Richard Wait as Executive Vice-President & Chief Financial Officer (Newswire)
• Households expect return to pre-pandemic spending within a year, Bank of Canada says (CTV)

Central/Eastern Canada News

• Small businesses in Thunder Bay, Ont., aim to support others during COVID shut down (CBC)
• A Montreal Business Owner Said Damages From The Anti-Curfew Protest May Cost Up To $12,000 (mtlblog.com)
• The Montreal Canadiens and IGA honour frontline workers (Grocery Business)
• ‘Aren’t we essential?’: Front-line workers say they’re left out of Ontario’s vaccine rollout (Toronto Star)

Western Canada News

• Soaring sales at Vancouver’s independent bookstores is one of the pandemic’s good-news stories (CBC)
• Quality Foods plans to switch to electric trucks (Grocery Business)
• New Shop Local Platform SokoLocal Launches in Calgary, Banff and Canmore Connecting Shoppers Directly to Local Businesses (Newswire press release)
• Indoor wine tastings still allowed in B.C., not considered a ‘social gathering’ (Vancouver Island Free Daily)
• New Inclusive Sizes from Anne Mulaire Address Lack of Sustainable Clothing Options in the Fashion Industry (Newswire press release)