Top Stories: National
- This is why Canadians are paying more for peanut butter and other pantry staples (CTV)
- Next Lululemon? Why Aritzia Could Be Canada’s Next Great Retailer (Motley Fool)
- Why Canada’s low-paid, precariously employed essential workers need a better deal (CBC)
- Majority of 230,000 jobs gained in June are part-time in hospitality and retail (Yahoo – CBC)
- Sobeys partners with Pathway Health on medical cannabis management system for pharmacies (Saltwire)
- The North West Company opens a wellness hub in Nunavut (Canadian Grocer)
- Inner Spirit Holdings Celebrates Opening 100th Spiritleaf Cannabis Store (Newswire)
Central/Eastern Canada News
- Ontario moving to Step 3 of summer COVID-19 reopening plan on July 16 (CP24)
- Sarnia’s Cheeky Monkey music store prepares to say its final goodbye this September (Beacon Herald)
- Toronto restaurants in recovery (CBC)
- $2,900 fine against Montreal record store dropped less than 24 hours before court date (cultmtl.com)
- P.E.I. reduces COVID-19 border testing, drops mandatory masks (CBC)
- Dufferin Mall No Frills store stars in music video (BlogTO)
- Five super-luxe, design-forward new cannabis dispensaries (Toronto Life)
Western Canada News
- Provincewide COVID-19 restrictions lifted in Sask. (CBC)
- B.C. businesses added to social media ‘blacklist’ for encouraging mask use (CTV)
- New Calgary market will offer pay-what-you-can clothes, household goods and food (CBC)
- Hybrid business model key to post-pandemic recovery, Surrey experts say (Surrey Leader Now)
- New Dene craft shop hopes to be hub for northern artists (CBC)
- Regina police called to eastside Superstore after possible bomb threat (CBC)
- Canadian Native flag sales soar at Vancouver shop (VIA)
- Toronto’s premium bubble tea purveyor is coming to Vancouver this month (Dished)
- ‘It keeps money in your community’: Alberta creates made in province food labels (CTV)



