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.

Landlords vow creativity as Hudson’s Bay returns leases (Financial Post)

‘What is it going to take?’: Business owner says police must do more to crack down on arson, extortion (CBC)

2025 Canadian Independent Grocer of the Year Awards presented at GIC ceremony (Grocery Business)

Candy store in Salmon Arm, B.C., grapples with rise in chocolate prices (MSN)

What would actually change with council’s watered-down residential retail plan? (Toronto Today)

How to Set Up Curbside Pickup: A Step-by-Step Guide for 2025 (Shopify)

Tentative Agreement Reached Between University of Toronto Press and Bookstore and CUPE 3261 (Businesswie)

Breakwater Books turns the page, returns to downtown St. John’s (CBC)

Repeated vandalism ‘devastating,’ Regina business owner says after 6 broken windows (CBC)

Canco Petroleum will use Sobeys to fill its national network of convenience stores – Kelowna News (Castanet)

Vancouver’s Little Sister’s Book & Art Emporium isn’t just a bookstore — it’s a joyful battleground (Gay Cities)

Celeste Coming to Downtown Montreal (What Now)

Another Vancouver Coffee Shop Quietly Closes (Nom Magazine)

Masked men torch Winnipeg convenience store (CBC)