Canadian Retail News From Around The Web For August 22, 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 24 hours.

Court monitor says it doesn’t support Hudson’s Bay plan to sell leases to Ruby Liu (The Canadian Press)

Billionaire David Thomson wants to buy Hudson’s Bay charter, donate it to Manitoba Archives (The Canadian Press)

RioCan Eyeing Buyout Of Hudson’s Bay From Georgian Mall, Oakville Place (Storeys)

Loblaw opens three new discount locations in one day, continuing discount strategy investmen (Grocery Business)

Cross-border traffic ticks up slightly in July, but duty-free shops still struggling (CTV)

Visionary says Edmonton needs to look elsewhere to re-imagine its downtown mall (Taproot)

Dining and grocery spaces a bright spot in Victoria’s retail rental market (Saanich News)

Bonnis Properties’ $140M sale of Granville and Robson site sparks redevelopment speculation (BIV)

New indoor pickleball courts popping into Capilano Mall in North Vancouver (North Shore News)

Quebec liquor board prepares to destroy $300K worth of American alcohol (CBC)

Inside the social media strategy behind Langley’s viral corner store (BC Business)

One TikTok video got this Canadian business into 400 locations of a major U.S. department store (Globe & Mail)

Hundreds of Oasis fans line Queen West to shop pop-up merch store ahead of Toronto shows — especially the exclusive Adidas football jersey (Toronto Star)

Orangeville Dairy Queen sells record-number of Blizzards for Miracle Treat Day (Orangeville Citizen)

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