Top Stories: National
- Faceoff: In the battle of the discount stores, Dollarama accelerates its Canadian expansion, while focus on its domestic market pays off for U.S.-based Dollar Tree (Toronto Star)
- ‘The country has to listen’: How Dan Kelly fought for small business survival during COVID-19 (BNN)
- Cargojet expanding Amazon relationship by flying two of retailer’s jets in Canada (BNN)
- Donald Sobey grew a grocery empire and became a champion of Canadian art (Globe & Mail)
- Dollarama (TSX:DOL) Stock: Your Pandemic Retail Stock (Motley Fool)
- Flow Water launches new campaign with multiple celebrities (Grocery Business)
- Canopy Growth acquires Ace Valley (Strategy)
Central/Eastern Canada News
- The stars! The style! The turtlenecks! And now, the good-byes as Club Monaco joins the ghosts of the Mink Mile (Toronto Star)
- Restaurants, small businesses demand compensation as Ontario shutdown enacted (CityTV)
- ‘I’ve lost my house for this’: Frustrated business owners defy shutdown (CTV)
- LEVY: Selective lockdown rules play out on Easter weekend (Toronto Sun)
- New Ikea store in downtown Toronto will be more than just a showroom for e-commerce, Mike Ward says (Toronto Star)
- Toronto record store Soundscapes to close after 22 years (NOWtoronto.com)
- Gatineau retailers react to first day of lockdown (CTV)
- High demand for pool and hot tubs continues; some retailers sold out until 2022 (CTV Ottawa)
- Toronto restaurant sends Premier Doug Ford $431 bill for spoiled beer (CTV)
- McGill University Receives $5 Million In Funding From Quebec Government To Bolster Retail Sector (McGill)
Western Canada News
- ‘Shutdowns were devastating’: Alberta small businesses seek alternative measures, CFIB says (CTV)
- Restaurant owners who defied ban on indoor dining ‘selfish,’ ‘arrogant,’ says industry leader in BC (CTV)
- Burnaby using ‘cutting-edge’ lasers to fix traffic mess at Metrotown mall (Burnaby Now)
- Regardless of now or whether it was 75 years ago, you’re at home here with the Southern Plains Co-op (Estevan Mercury)
- New shopping centre and housing development proposed for area near northwest Calgary city limits (Global)
- New ‘zero waste’ B.C. businesses battle tide of pandemic packaging (CBC)
- Hundreds of business owners protest against B.C.’s new health restrictions (CTV)
- Prince George waives fees for restaurants to open patios (TorStar)
