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  • Retailers shutter doors, restaurants limit services amid coronavirus outbreak

    A slew of store closures and service limitations were announced by retailers and restaurant chains on Tuesday as politicians and health authorities urged Canadians to avoid unnecessary outings in order to slow the spread of novel coronavirus.All Hudson's Bay stores will for close for two weeks - beginning immediately - and the company will reassess the situation after two weeks, Hudson's Bay Co.

  • Small businesses already seeing drop in sales due to COVID 19: CFIB survey

    A new survey suggests half of Canada's small businesses have already seen a drop in sales due to the economic effects of COVID-19.

  • Dépanneur Peluso carries 1,100 kinds of craft beers

      Tony Peluso, owner of two specialized convenience stores in downtown Montreal (with a third store in the works) believes the key to his success is keeping up with the times.
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  • Industry reacts to Ontario's proposed vaping regulations

    Move called a blow to c-store operatorsIndustry associations at the national and provincial levels are up in arms over Ontario’s new plan to restricting the sale of flavoured vapes and e-cigarettes in convenience stores.Last week, Health Minister Christine Elliott unveiled a number of measures designed to curb youth vaping (READ: It's official: Ontario to ban flavoured vapes).

  • It's official: Ontario to restrict flavoured vapes in effort to curb youth consumption

    Ontario will restrict the sale of vape flavours and high nicotine e-cigarettes in a bid to address youth vaping, Health Minister Christine Elliott announced Friday.The government also plans to expand prevention efforts and bolster services to help people quit vaping.“As we learned more about the alarming increase in youth vaping, one thing has become abundantly clear: we need to do more,'' she said.

  • C-stores not a major source for youth vaping: Study

    [caption id="attachment_23009" align="alignright" width="300"] Shutterstock[/caption]Convenience stores not a top source of vaping products for youth, according to the “2019 Drug use Among Ontario Students Report”  by The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH).“This data confirms what the CICC has been saying for months, convenience stores are not the source of vaping products for youth, and this report makes the Ontario government’s targeting of convenience stores in their attempt to address the youth vaping problem all the more baffling” says Anne Kothawala, president and CEO of the Convenience Industry Council of Canada.The Ontario government is currently considering both a flavour ban and a nicotine cap for the sale of vapour products sold in convenience stores, but not specialty vape shops or online retailers.

  • Montrealers battle over reasons why their booming city is plagued by empty storefronts

    On the corner of Montreal's historic St-Laurent Blvd.

  • Premium-style chocolate is helping give confectionery chocolate sales a boost

    Who doesn’t love chocolate?
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