Top Stories: National
- The mall is dead. Long live the mall [Re: mall redevelopment projects in Canada] (Globe & Mall)
- Cenovus pumps the brakes on plans to sell off Husky gas stations (CBC)
- ‘Save summer’: Tourism business have modest expectations ahead of crucial season (TorStar)
- Indigo Commits to Net-Zero Emissions By 2035 (Newswire press release)
- Lowe’s Canada Launches Pick-Up Locker Service at Select Lowe’s Locations (Newswire)
- Canada May Run Out of Warehouse Space This Year (ttnews.com)
- Staples Canada will provide flexible paid leave for its employees to receive COVID-19 vaccinations (Newswire)
Central/Eastern Canada News
- Ontario imposing stay-at-home order, closing non-essential retail: sources (CBC)
- Gruelling lockdown that never ends has Toronto businesses at the breaking point (Financial Post)
- Restaurant industry group urges Ford government to reopen patios during shutdown (CTV)
- Small Quebec retailers to get help expanding online with $18 million in funding (Montreal Gazette)
- Montreal artist Antoine TAVA to release a collection at Holt Renfrew Ogilvy (cultmlt.com)
- Frustrated by Ontario’s lockdown? Don’t take it out on the service or retail sector (o.canada.com)
- Ontario’s budget offers a subtle nod to expanding beer and wine sales to c-stores (Canadian Grocer)
- Nova Scotia Drops More Border Restrictions, Loosens Rules For Retailers (huddle.today)
- Sweet success: Next chapter begins in Syrian family’s chocolate business (capitalcurrent.ca)
- N.S. program aims to help young Black women build businesses (CBC)
- Pizza Bouquet Opens Its Own Beaubien Street Space, Serving Up Large, Not Quite New York-Style Pies (montreal.eater.com)
Western Canada News
- Pandemic’s Gastown cocktail: a mix of hope and despair (Business in Vancouver)
- Alberta to return to Step 1 restrictions as COVID-19 cases surge with 15% of retail capacity allowed and dining shuts (CBC)
- As some B.C. businesses defy health orders, others voluntarily close to discourage tourism (CBC)
- Costco Wholesale opens first Western Canada business centre in Edmonton (Edmonton Journal)
