Top Stories: National
- Metro grocery chain could expand across Canada (The Times Hub)
- BRAUN: COVID has changed grocery shopping in a big way (Toronto Sun)
- DoorDash To Provide Over $1 Million In COVID-19 Relief Grants To Help Canadian Restaurants (Press release)
- Indigo wants to help Canadians feel good, even with its ads (Strategy)
- Could zero-waste shopping be the solution to Canada’s plastic packaging issue? (Global)
- Shopify Has Yet to Tap Its Massive Addressable Market (Motley Fool)
- Desjardins Insurance invests $1 million to support small businesses across Canada (Press release)
Central/Eastern Canada News
- Toronto mayor says it could be time to begin discussions around eventual reopening of city (CTV)
- ‘There has to be more help’: study shows 11% of Quebec businesses at risk of shutting down (Global News)
- Online grocery market ‘Gocart.city’ expands delivery beyond GTA (Grocery Business)
- Let shops reopen or limit big-box retailers, Ottawa council urges province (CBC)
- Small retail stores still struggling to stay open while navigating COVID-19 restrictions in Nova Scotia (thecoast.ca)
- Court St. Safeway to be rebranded as FreshCo in Thunder Bay (CBC)
- Council bites: Approvals for ByWard Market plan, Kanata development, ‘Commanda Way’ and mask bylaw extension (Ottawa Citizen)
- Toronto’s Parentbooks, closing after nearly 35 years, was an international destination and community touchstone (Quill & Quire)
- More than 40 COVID-19 cases reported at Quebec grocery stores in past week (Daily Hive)
Western Canada News
- New shopping website allows Sask. residents to support local businesses (Regina Leader Post)
- Quality Foods first Vancouver Island grocer to make pandemic pay permanent (Victoriabuzz.coom)
- Legacy Co-op celebrates grand opening in Yorkton (Yorkton This Week)
- Here’s how this Vancouver video store is thriving during the COVID-19 pandemic (Business in Vancouver)
- New round of Lower Mainland grocery stores hit by COVID-19 cases (Vancouver is Awesome)
- Woodward’s was an Alberni Valley landmark (Alberni Valley News)