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.

• Online food delivery business Skip The Dishes lays off 350 Winnipeg employees (Global)
• The number of pot stores in Alberta reaches a potentially unsustainable high (CBC)
• Workers at Purdys threaten to strike (BIV)
• Milk Bar is opening at Nordstrom Pacific Centre in Vancouver (Daily Hive)
• Renovated Walmart re-opens in Midland, Ont. (Grocery Business)
• Vegan ‘butcher’ business backs out of planned Vancouver opening (VIA)
• Rabba ‘Street Shuffle’ welcomes more than 20,000 visitors in Port Credit, Ont. (Grocery Business)
• Woman discovers live frog in sealed lettuce container in London, Ont., grocery store (CBC)
• Calgary Co-op launches locally sourced, sustainable beef brand (Meat + Protein)
• Tiny homes community lays foundation for café, retail space in New Brunswick (CBC)
• ‘Stoked on thrifting’: How sustainability is making its mark on the fashion industry (Ottawa Business Journal)