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Canadian Retail News From Around The Web For April 17, 2025

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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 48 hours.

Trade war starting to show up in higher prices on some grocery items (CBC)

Sale of Canadian products outpacing total sales, says Metro CEO (Financial Post)

Deal for Mountain Equipment Co. under review by Competition Bureau (Globe & Mail / subscriber paywall)

Its real estate holdings were once worth $6.4 billion. Why wasn’t that enough to save Hudson’s Bay? (Toronto Star)

Ford: Is there a saviour for the venerable Hudson’s Bay? (Calgary Herald)

The Home Front: Vancouver’s maker movement gets a retail boost (Vancouver Sun)

Costco Taps Into $4B Non-Alcoholic Drinks Market with Major Canadian Expansion (Stock Titan)

A look at the fresh produce offerings of Montreal’s ethnic and discount stores (Fresh Plaza)

Montreal’s Groupe Dynamite to shut down up to 10 Canadian stores, open 20 more in U.S. (CBC)

Yellowknife adds second store for international foods (Cabin Radio)

This Ottawa chocolatier is closing her store to sell her weird, beautiful bars and bonbons online (Ottawa Citizen)

Amazon Canada sells 1,000s of Canadian products — here’s how to find them (Yahoo)

$118k in equipment stolen from Edmonton music store (Global)

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