Top Stories: National
- Black Friday: Will supply chain woes short your shopping spree? Experts aren’t worried (Global)
- Plexiglass barriers for COVID-19 ‘counterproductive’ in most business settings, experts say (CTV)
- Global supply chain crunch may give local vendors a badly needed boost on Black Friday (CBC)
- More than half of Canadian shoppers plan to shop online this holiday season (National Post) ****
- Walmart Canada says it will remove sexually explicit toys from children’s section of website after mother complains (CTV)
- Pattie Lovett-Reid: Be aware of online scams when Black Friday shopping (CTV)
- The pandemic’s influence on Canadian consumer behaviour: PayPal study (Grocery Busienss)
- Job vacancies jump past 1 million in Canada’s tight labour market (BNN)
- Liberals introduce bill with targeted pandemic aid for businesses (BNN)
Central/Eastern Canada News
- Ontario man left with questions after Shoppers Drug Mart gave him and 12 others expired vaccine doses (CTV)
- Free parking evenings, weekends coming to downtown Montreal for holiday season (Global)
- Much needed grocery store opens in Little Italy (CTV Ottawa)
- This Mississauga plaza is a foodie’s gold mine (Toronto Star)
- Egan: Idle banquet hall seeks sizzle as Preston Street resto-grocery (o.canada.com)
- Decorations, artificial trees in short supply for some Prince Edward Island retailers (Saltwire)
- Shoppers Drug Mart’s $250,000 commitment to Shediac, N.B. women’s centre (Grocery Business)
- Toronto’s Best Delicatessens (Toronto Life)
Western Canada News
- Inflation may bite into Manitobans’ pent-up festive spirit ahead of holiday spending (CBC)
- Edmonton’s proposed single-use plastics ban pegged for 2023 includes fees for reusable bags, disposable cups (Edmonton Journal)
- Vancouver anti-masker loses to Lululemon at human rights tribunal (BIV)
- Montreal-born mid-century furniture leader opens Vancouver showroom (Daily Hive)
- Vancouver secondhand shop marks 20 years of supporting women experiencing violence (CBC)
