Top Stories: National
- Business sentiment rises to record in Canada on vaccine rollout (BNN)
- The Bay apologizes after using image of Black advocate as face of fundraising campaign without permission (CBC)
- Rocky road to normal for Canadian retailers: StatsCan analysis (Grocery Business)
- Restaurants, bars find suppliers’ inventories are running dry (BNN)
- Second Harvest celebrates five years of support from the Walmart Foundation (Financial Post)
- Dollarama Announces Renewal of Normal Course Issuer Bid (Newswire)
Central/Eastern Canada News
- Doug Ford says next steps in Ontario’s COVID-19 reopening plan to be announced within 3 weeks (Global)
- Avril opens its 10th branch, the first in Montréal (Grocery Business)
- Provigo installs ECOBORNE refill stations in 10 stores (Grocery Business)
- Pusateri’s expands delivery in cottage country (Canadian Grocer)
- Takeout app offers restaurant dining to Springer Market Square in Kingston (Global)
- Area wedding industry bouncing back after more than a year of cancellations (thereview.ca)
- Food Basics to open a Timmins location (Grocery Business)
- Chinatown in Toronto symbolic of city’s failed efforts to protect unique neighbourhoods (trnto.com)
- Rabba joins MPP in donation to Mississauga outreach centre (Grocery Business)
Western Canada News
- Calgary council votes to immediately repeal mask bylaw (CTV)
- Proposed legislation changes could strip retail workers’ right to refuse Sunday work, union says (CBC)
- This new Vancouver store lets you buy, sell, or trade your funky fashions (VIA)
- Hasbro-themed rides heading to revamped Galaxyland at West Edmonton Mall (Curated)
- CF Market Mall welcomes back Calgarians in style and partners with Stampede Caravan Committee to host annual Stampede Breakfast on July 13th from 9am to 12pm (Newswire)
- Queensborough Walmart reopens to grocery shoppers after dealing with rodent infestation (VIA)
- Saskatchewan restaurants fight to survive struggle posed by COVID-19 restrictions (Global)
- Save-On-Foods to carry The Very Good Butchers products (Grocery Business)
- Iconic Burnaby Italian restaurant closed forever just as COVID-19 restrictions lift (VIA)
