Top Stories: National
- Metro grocery sales stay strong, but tougher year-over-year comparisons loom (Financial Post)
- Loblaw named among Canada’s greenest employers (Grocery Business)
- Unifor demands pandemic pay and vaccine access for grocery workers (Newswire press release)
- Circle K expands its pioneering Pay by Plate technology to new markets (Newswire press release)
- ‘Pillars’ of pages: Canadian Independent Bookstore Day supports strong community shops (Postmedia)
- *Metro to give employees gift cards again as a pandemic work bonus; union says it’s not enough (Globe & Mail subscribers)
Central/Eastern Canada News
- Ontario says ‘enhancements’ to paid sick leave coming as COVID ICU admissions near 800 (CBC)
- Espace Montmorency: Five Retailers Announced for 2022 in Laval (Yahoo)
- Toronto Shipping Company Adapts to a New Way of Working and Increased Demand (Digital Journal)
Western Canada News
- Grocery store, restaurant workers in Manitoba’s COVID-19 hot spots to get vaccine access on Friday (CBC)
- Workers at smaller Sask. grocery stores left off the list for vaccination priority (CBC)
- Central Alberta business bans COVID vaccine recipients from entering (everythinggp.com)
- West Coast ports hold steady course despite pandemic (Business in Vancouver)
- Duncan businesses warned of counterfeit cash (Vancouver Island Free Daily)
