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 24 hours.
- Duty free store rep calls for elimination of all border testing, amid change from PCR to rapid antigen testing (CTV)
- Feds comment on impact of border blockades on food supply chain (Grocery Business)
- Mastermind Toys Doubles its Baby Category Market Share and Launches First Baby Play Guide (Newswire)
- Canadian co-operators want law change to prevent repeat of MEC demutualisation (Coop News)
- Tim Hortons sales have almost bounced back from pandemic lows (Financial Post)
- Tim Hortons parent company expects menu price increases in 2022 amid higher inflation (BNN)
- Vandals, thieves lay siege to downtown Vancouver merchants (BIV)
- Calls to boycott DavidsTea as founder’s wife donates $200 to trucker convoy (BlogTO)
- Quebec dropping vaccine passport as of March 14 (Montreal Gazette)
- B.C. vax passports sticking around for now as other provinces ditch theirs (BIV)
- Costco considering outlet in Rouyn-Noranda (CBC)
- IKEA Canada launches first Planning Studio in Boisbriand, Quebec (Newswire)
- City council votes to end mask bylaw when Alberta’s mandate lifts (Calgary Herald)
- Saskatoon Co-op wants more police action on shoplifting, requests meeting with police board chair (Star Phoenix)