Top Stories: National
- Small businesses move to lock in rental deals amid low vacancy rates (Canadian Press)
- ‘I wish I could get the vaccine tomorrow’: Grocery workers struggle with anxiety (Canadian Press)
- Shopify’s Canadian boss on boosting entrepreneurs to ‘put the power in their hands’ (TorStar)
- Consumers ‘pleasantly surprised’ buying produce online (Canadian Grocer)
- Shoppers Drug Mart partners with Diabetes Canada on health programs (Grocery Business)
- Maple Leaf Foods to distribute meat snacks through PepsiCo (Grocery Business)
- *Canadian Tire and Loblaw pay out millions in bonuses to top executives after COVID-19 sales boom (Globe & Mail, subscribers only)
- *The resurrection of MEC: Inside the beleaguered retailer’s bid for a comeback (Globe & Mail, subscribers only/paywall)
Central/Eastern Canada News
- How businesses are trying to survive the pandemic through crowdfunding (CBC)
- Digital Evolution: Ottawa and Quebec invest $ 18 million in the retail trade (vaughantoday.ca)
- Experts warn of harmful misinformation as Windsor shop restricts vaccinated people from entering (CBC)
- Summerhill temporarily closes commissary due to COVID cases (Canadian Grocer)
- Shop like a fashion legend: Jeanne Beker’s travel guide to Warkworth, Ontario (mississauga.com)
- Montreal dockworkers begin weekend strikes as talks drag on (TorStar)
- Island job seekers flock to tourism industry event in PEI (CBC)
Western Canada News
- University of Alberta program provides Edmonton businesses online support amid COVID-19 pandemic (Global)
- West Edmonton Mall blueprint for successful shopping centres, experts say (CBC)
- BC businesses face extra challenges in toughing out the pandemic including not qualifying for provincial or federal aid (CBC)
- Two West Van businesses temporarily closed due to workplace COVID (North Shore News)