Top Stories: National
- Government to grocery business: It’s time to come to a consensus on code of conduct (Financial Post)
- Walmart Canada announces new partnership with tween brand Justice (Newswire)
- Subway’s defamation suit against CBC over report on chicken content allowed to proceed (CBC)
- Alimentation Couche-Tard shares up after analyst upgrades following investor day (CTV)
- LXR Announces Monthly Revenue Update (Newswire)
- 1 or 2 metres: Should Canada change its COVID-19 distancing guidelines? (Global)
- GetintheLoop Expands to the US Through a Partnership With BenefitHub (Valdosta Times)
Central/Eastern Canada News
- Strathallen buys four Durham shopping centres for $88M (renx.ca)
- Giant Tiger opens new Ontario store in Ancaster (Grocery Business)
- Cadillac Fairview buys 100% stake in Toronto Buttonville airport (once proposed to become a shopping centre) (renx.ca)
- You can now virtually shop at Toronto’s St. Lawrence Market from your home (Mobile Syrup)
- Sign of the times: many N.S. businesses are looking for staff as reopening continues (CTV)
- Beloved Annapolis Valley community hub (Basinview Centre) sold (CBC)
- New Giant Tiger store in Hamilton to open this weekend (insauga.com)
- What’s behind Toronto’s pot shop explosion? (NOW)
- New Marshalls store in Mississauga Erin Mills Centre opens Friday (insauga.com)
- E-Commerce Boom Driving Changes to Residential Lobbies (Urban Toronto)
Western Canada News
- Density considered key to local business vitality in Vancouver (Business in Vancouver)
- Quadra Island’s gas station loses only employee, closes – and nearest pump is a ferry away (Vancouver Island Free Daily)
- New owner for House of James bookstore in Abbotsford (Abbotsford Times)
- New Faces, New Places: The Shoppe offers gourmet candy to Regina and Saskatoon (Star Phoenix)
- Private-sector BC cannabis delivery launches, bringing new opportunities, challenges for retailers (MJ Biz)
- Prairie Sky Co-op Grand Opening to Raise Funds for Animal Shelter (Discover Weyburn)
- Canadian Tire donates vegetables to local soup kitchen (portageonline.com)
- Prince Albert’s plastic bag ban back on track after pandemic delay (CBC)
- Take a walk through the past, present and future of Vancouver’s Punjabi Market (CBC)