Top Stories: National
- Couche-Tard Agrees to Acquire Convenience Store and Fuel Network in Atlantic Canada (Marketwatch)
- As sales rebound, Tim Hortons goes on a hiring push in a labour market where ‘demand outstrips supply’ (Globe & Mail)
- Decision to extend wage and rent subsidies in Canada welcomed by FDFA (trbusiness.com)
- Mastermind Toys grows digital sales 300% with AI (Chain Store Age)
- Canada’s cannabis market may have hit a plateau (Cantech Letter)
- Statistics Canada says economy appears to have grown in second quarter (Canadian Press)
Central/Eastern Canada News
- Montreal pledges to help developer get Hudson’s Bay tower built despite initial denial for being too tall (Montreal Gazette)
- Le Boulevard mall will stay open despite Blue Line extension (Montreal Gazette)
- Businesses, visitors take to street for Shop, Sip & Stroll event (Kingston Whig-Standard)
- New E-bike shop rolls into Cookstown (Bradford Today)
- There’s a reason you can’t find white Nike Airs anywhere in Toronto (trnto.com)
- Boxcar Social in Summerhill launches ‘sweet treats’ vending machine (BlogTO)
- Six Quebecers will receive fines after refusing to wear masks in a grocery store when asked by staff (CTV)
- Five people arrested after breaking into Gucci store at Toronto Premium Outlets in Halton Hills (insauga.com)
Western Canada News
- Edmonton’s Oliver Square changes name after community consultation (CBC)
- Investors got in ahead of retail rebound (Western Investor)
- Manitoba’s premier, top doctor to announce new public health orders on Tuesday (CTV)
- Calgary artisans find ‘awesome opportunity’ during pandemic (Global)
- Diverse grocery stores in Vancouver to check out (Dished)
- 4th man accused in 2014 jewelry store robbery appears in Saskatoon court (CBC)
