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 48 hours.
Hudson’s Bay gifts war memorials to TD Bank, Royal Canadian Legion branches (Canadian Press)
Survey: Canadian small businesses to scale back holiday promotions (Chain Store Age)
Lee Valley Tools giving customers $1 to pick up their Christmas catalog in store (CTV)
Uber Eats launches at Loblaw stores in Canada. Here’s how it works (Brampton Guardian)
Some Canadian shoppers have switched back to U.S. products, Loblaw CEO says (Globe & Mail/subscriber paywall)
Maple Leaf Mighty Protein chicken sticks hit Canadian stores (WATTPoultry)
New shops and cafés can open in Toronto neighbourhoods decades after being outlawed (CBC)
He grew up in a time before Toronto banned neighbourhood stores. Here’s what he says we’re missing (Toronto Star)
Costco opens new Winnipeg location; Business Centre slated for 2026 (Grocery Business)
Federal investigation probes grocery store competition in Halifax (CBC)
T&T Supermarket to open 3 new Canadian stores in 2026, including Ontario’s biggest (Inside Halton)
These are the latest store openings and upcoming launches at malls around Toronto (Toronto.com)
I visited Canada’s first and only MINISO LAND and it blew me away (Curiosity)
Team behind B.C.’s biggest candy store to open new Vancouver location with ice cream (Daily Hive)
‘A real institution’: Old Montreal camera shop Photo Service to close after 89 years (Montreal Gazette)
It’s official: Sour Puss is coming back to Canadian liquor store shelves (Waterloo Chronicle)
