Top Stories: National
- Canadian business openings outweighed closures before third COVID wave (ipolitics.ca)
- New study looks at post-pandemic grocery trends (Canadian Grocer)
- Canada Moves Closer To A Food Industry Code Of Practice (Forbes)
- Golf Town to become Canadian Retail Partner for Women’s Golf Day (Newswire)
- Canadian retailer Aritzia taps Nashville for first Southeast location (Nashville Post)
- Canadian Fashion Designer Christopher Bates to Sell Men’s Collection on German Premium and Luxury Online Shop Breuninger.com (The Daily Times)
Central/Eastern Canada News
- Cautious Premier Ford sticking to June 14 timeline (CityNews)
- ANALYSIS: What Amazon’s local plans mean for workers, consumers, rivals (London Free Press)
- N.B.’s Extended Small Business Grant Isn’t Enough Says Moncton Chamber CEO (huddle.today)
- N.S. businesses welcome reopening plans, eagerly await return of tourists (CBC)
- ‘More than just a yarn store:’ Elora’s Yarnbird closing its doors after three decades (Guelph Today)
- Annapolis Valley chamber, small businesses call on N.S. government to ‘level the playing field’ (Saltwire)
- Customers upset live lobsters kept in bags in freezers at Montreal grocery stores (Montreal Gazette)
- How ‘pandemic thrifting’ is taking over Toronto stoops (Toronto Star)
- Retail shakeout expected as Ontario heads toward 1,000 cannabis stores (MJ Business)
- Jokes about Mayor John Tory’s hair are funny, but his mane is a symptom of an industry in crisis (Toronto Star)
Western Canada News
- Saskatchewan small businesses prepare for summer, less government help (Global)
- How this Vancouver grocery store and café pivoted to pandemic life (Business in Vancouver)
- Global Grocers open its international food store for a multi-cultural taste in Penticton (Castanet)
- Airdrie Walmart closes as several big-box stores deal with COVID-19 outbreaks (Calgary Herald)
- Stewart Optical comes ‘back to the future’ after 25 years (Medicine Hat News)
- Manitoba malls open, but shoppers few and far between at CF Polo Park (Winnipeg Free Press)
- Regina man invites 50 friends, family to Costco to witness engagement proposal to girlfriend (CBC)
- Regina ice-cream shop gets a sweet response following anti-mask incident (CBC)
- Vancouver city council approves motion for “pedestrian-first” section of Commercial Drive (Urbanized)
- Calgary history revealed through ‘ghost signs’ (Livewire)
