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Canadian Retail News From Around The Web For November 14, 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.

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)

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The household debt service ratio—measured as total obligated payments of principal and interest on credit market debt as a proportion of household disposable income—edged down to 14.57% in the fourth quarter of 2025 from 14.61% in the previous quarter.

Annual inflation cools to 1.8% in February: Statistics Canada

Although growth in grocery prices slowed in February, they have risen 30.1% since February 2021.

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GoodLeaf Farms launches mobile tour to promote indoor-grown greens in Ontario, Atlantic Canada

GoodLeaf, founded in Halifax in 2011, operates three commercial-scale indoor farms across Canada that supply retailers and food service operators.

IOPE debuts in Canada through exclusive Sephora retail partnership

The clinical-grade skincare brand, owned by Amorepacific, launched online at Sephora.com this recently and in Sephora stores nationwide.

Retail-to-Residential Conversions Gain Momentum in Canada

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Changes to Temporary Foreign Worker Program applauded by business groups

Helping employers who are facing severe labour shortages.

Canada loses 84,000 jobs in February, unemployment rate increases: Statistics Canada

The largest declines were in wholesale and retail trade (-18,000; -0.6%).

Happy Belly Food Group targets up to 50 new restaurant openings as same-store sales remain strong: Sean Black interview

The company’s “core four” growth brands are Yolks, Rosie’s, Heal and iQ Food. New restaurant openings planned for this year will largely come from those concepts.

Small businesses call for stronger domestic energy supply amid global uncertainty: CFIB

An overwhelming majority (90%) of small businesses say governments should prioritize increasing Canada's energy production and capacity to better support the economy and ensure businesses have reliable access to the energy they need to operate.

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