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  • Couche-Tard signs deal to sell 49 stores, puts 306 more up for sale

    Sale includes 37 sites across six provinces in Canada. CEO: "Through this process, we have identified sites that no longer fit our strategic objectives, either from a brand perspective or from a regional scale perspective.''
  • Convenience and choice

    The next step in our industry’s work to serve our customers is currently in the hands of governments: allowing beverage alcohol in convenience stores.
  • P.E.I. bans flavoured vape products

    Flavoured vape and e-cigarette products are now banned on Prince Edward Island.
  • A recipe for success

    Ready-to-eat foods attract a steady stream of customers to Dépanneur JLS Villeneuve de l’Ouest When opening Dépanneur JLS Villeneuve de l’Ouest in 2017, Lison Villeneuve was confident that the lasagna, spaghetti and other ready-to-eat meals she made at night in the kitchen of her family's new gas station/convenience store in Amqui, Que.
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  • New owner of Harvey's convenience in Crapaud, P.E.I., plans to get liquor license

    When Krunal Patel saw the for-sale ad for a rural P.E.I.
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  • Industry reacts to Health Canada's proposed vaping regulations

    While the Convenience industry agrees with Health Canada's mandate to reduce youth vaping, Ottawa's new proposed vaping regulations aimed at reducing the level of nicotine in vapour products will stand in the way of adult smokers looking to quit, while putting unrealistic expectation on c-store operators.In a statement, Imperial Tobaccos said the proposal "will severely hinder the federal government’s ability to reach its stated objective of reducing the smoking rate in Canada to less than 5%  by 2035."Health Canada announced Friday it is proposing to lower the maximum nicotine concentration allowed for vaping products that are manufactured or imported for sale in Canada to 20 mg/ml.
  • Health Canada proposes reducing nicotine concentration limit in vaping products

    The federal government says it wants to reduce the amount of nicotine allowed in vaping products as part of greater efforts to curb their appeal to young Canadians.Health Canada announced Friday it is proposing to lower the maximum nicotine concentration allowed for vaping products that are manufactured or imported for sale in Canada to 20 mg/ml.
  • Legal tobacco sales spiked during COVID-19 restrictions: Study

    A new study is highlighting the extent of the illegal cigarette market in Canada and the cost to provincial treasuries in foregone tax revenue.
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