Category Archives: Retail
N.S. food delivery startup offers restaurants lower fees, customer service control
HALIFAX — Delivery was never on the menu at restaurateur Craig Flinn’s neighbourhood eateries. Even when spring lockdowns shuttered restaurants and forced diners to stay home, the chef and proprietor of Two Doors Down offered only curbside pickup, rej...
Manitoba government pulls back on some COVID-19 rules as case numbers drop
WINNIPEG — The Manitoba government is easing some of its COVID-19 restrictions in southern and central areas as case numbers continue to slowly drop. Starting Saturday, non-essential retail stores will be allowed to reopen at 25 per cent capacity. Sinc...
With B.C. movie theatres closed, Rio indie cinema says it will reopen as a sports bar
One of Vancouver's most prominent independent movie houses is rebranding itself as a sports bar in an attempted workaround of the province's COVID-19 health orders.Rio Theatre owner Corinne Lea says as of Saturday, the cinema will pivot to operating as...
More store openings and household visits may be allowed under Manitoba COVID-19 rules
WINNIPEG — Manitobans may soon be able to get a hair cut, buy non-essential items in stores and have visitors in their homes for the first time since November. The provincial government released a plan Tuesday which, subject to public feedback,
Ontario to expand big-box-retail blitz amid widespread rule violations: McNaughton
TORONTO — An enforcement blitz that uncovered numerous violations of COVID-19 prevention protocols across big-box retailers in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton areas will broaden its scope to include the rest of the province in the weeks ahead, the pro...
Manitoba eyes looser COVID-19 restrictions, says rules have saved 1,700 lives
WINNIPEG — The Manitoba government is seeking public input on whether to ease COVID-19 restrictions it says have saved about 1,700 lives. The government opened an online survey Friday that asks people how they feel about the possibility of opening non-...
Couche-Tard chairman fails to convince French minister about Carrefour deal
The founder of Alimentation Couche-Tard walked away empty-handed Friday after trying to convince France's finance minister to drop his objection to it acquiring grocery giant Carrefour. Alain Bouchard met with Bruno Le Maire in Paris. His offer of vari...
Business group slams new Ontario retail rule, others laud expanded COVID-19 tests
TORONTO — The Canadian Federation of Independent Business is criticizing new provincial lockdown rules in Ontario, saying they are unfair to small businesses. For the 28 days beginning Thursday, Ontario's non-essential retail stores can only open betwe...
Shopify terminates stores connected to Trump after violence at U.S. Capitol
TORONTO — Outgoing U.S. President Donald Trump's stores were taken off-line by Shopify Inc. on Thursday, as the country grappled with the role he played in inciting violence that erupted at the Capitol building the day before.The Ottawa-based e-commerc...
Finance note says lifting lockdowns, restrictions no sure road to economic recovery
OTTAWA — Officials believed in late summer that an economic recovery would not magically happen if lockdowns and public health restrictions disappeared, a newly obtained federal document shows.The internal briefing note says a key to recovery is the le...