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.

Canadian Tire launches new fee-based tier to Triangle loyalty program for $89 a year (CBC)

Milk prices in Canada up 8.8%, US prices down 12%: Report (Grocery Business)

True North moves one step closer to buying Winnipeg’s Portage Place mall (CBC)

‘It’s the right time’: Sawchyn Guitars owners bid emotional goodbye as they prepare to close Regina store (CBC)

Halifax’s Independent Grocers Weigh in on Price Gouging (Huddle)

A massive new Costco is in the works near Calgary (Daily Hive)

Balzac’s Coffee Roasters appoints Randall Papineau to lead café growth (World Coffee Portal)

N.S. business owner furious, calls planned 4-day power outage ‘ludicrous’ (Global)

Saskatoon police investigating blaze that destroyed former thrift store as arson (CTV)

Hunters Garden Centre celebrates 70 years this season (Surrey Now-Leader)