News at a Glance
Retail Insider is streamlining its Canadian retail news from around the web to include a handful of top news stories that can be viewed quickly during the day. Here are the top stories from the past three days.
- ‘How long can we keep doing this?’ CFIB president Dan Kelly on mental health, butting heads with Doug Ford, and wooing customers back during the Omicron wave (Toronto Star)
- CF Rideau Centre in Ottawa closes after maskless protesters are seen confronting staff (o.canada.com)
- Canada’s ‘food professor’ says empty shelves at grocery stores across Canada have been an issue for a number of months (iheartradio.com)
- Home is where the mall was (National Post)
- Ambitious redevelopment plan revealed for Toronto’s Yorkdale Shopping Centre (Urban Toronto)
- Sobeys Ont. warehouse workers negotiate big wage bumps (BNN)
- Dairy supply management is about to inflate our grocery bills – again (Globe & Mail, subscribers)
- Why the price of gas keeps going up in most provinces (CBC)
- Colgate warns higher prices will scare away some shoppers (BNN)
- This Toronto gym owner got $250,000 in aid and says he needs more. But are subsidies just keeping ‘zombie’ businesses alive? (Toronto Star/subscribers)
- Grocery stores and farmers’ markets promise bounty and beauty — and the escapism we all need (Toronto Star)
- Calgary teen with Down syndrome launches pop-up western wear shop (Global)
- ‘Welcoming feel’: Ontario couple opens used bookstore in Halifax (Global)
