Top Stories: National
- Shoppers Drug Mart makes rapid COVID-19 screening available (Grocery Business)
- Canadian brand Mini-Cycle creates a closed loop for children’s clothing (Postmedia)
- Stikeman Elliott’s new Guide to Financial Restructuring Alternatives for Canadian Businesses to avoid bankruptcy (Newswire press release)
- Pizza Hut® Canada Partners With Beyond Meat® to Launch the Hut’s First-Ever Plant-Based Protein, Beyond Italian Sausage (Financial Post/Press release)
- Nordstrom Celebrates Pride with Commitment to the Transgender Community (Newswire press release)
- Google Canada Commits $2 Million to Reskill Job Seekers for New Careers in Technology in Under Six Months (Newswire press release)
Central/Eastern Canada News
- One year later: Businesses that pivoted early in the pandemic (Guelph Today)
- Staples closing downtown Toronto store near the Distillery District (BlogTO)
- Loblaws and Grey Jay Sales bringing local brands to Ontario (Grocery Business)
- Halifax police give tickets to restaurants, store employee for failing to follow Health Protection Act (CTV)
- Farm Boy opens new Ottawa store (Grocery Business)
- Rabba Fine Foods issues a cheque for $20,000 to Trillium Health Partners Foundation to support the GTA’s need for ICU facilities (Grocery Business)
- Restrictions lifted in Gatineau, and a look at them in Ottawa (580 CFRA)
Western Canada News
- PlantX Opens Canadian Brick-and-Mortar Flagship Store in Squamish BC (Newswire press release)
- Portage Avenue construction another challenge for businesses in Winnipeg (CBC)
- Sobeys rewards Kelowna’s Farming Karma (Grocery Business)
- Holmstrom warns of gift card purchases, counterfeit US cash in Moosoman (The Star)



