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By Staff The Canadian Press Posted March 21, 2023 7:24 am Descrease article font size Increase article font size TORONTO — Nordstrom is expected to begin liquidating its stores across Canada today. The start of the department store chain’s closing sale comes a day after the U.S. retailer’s Canadian branch …
Read More »3 suspects wanted after theft at Scarborough Town Centre jewelry store on Boxing Day: police – Toronto
Toronto police say they are looking to identify three people who allegedly stole an item from a store at Scarborough Town Centre. Police said they were called to the mall on Boxing Day for reports of a theft at a jewelry shop. Investigators said the first suspect is described as a …
Read More »NDP calling for probe of grocery store profits as food prices continue to rise
The federal NDP is calling for a parliamentary probe of the rising cost of food to determine whether major grocery store chains are raking in excess profits. While Canada’s inflation problem seems to be easing off, the cost of groceries has risen 10.8 per cent in the past year, according to Statistics …
Read More »This Afghan lunch spot is a hidden gem tucked away in a meat store
Metro Morning‘s food guide, Suresh Doss, joins us every week to discuss one of the many great GTA eateries he’s discovered. This week, he talked to host Ismaila Alfa about an Afghan spot in Thorncliffe, two days after the first ever Michelin guide was released in Toronto. Suresh Doss: On the Michelin …
Read More »What’s in store for Vancouver’s False Creek? Scientists and locals take first steps toward revitalization
Volunteers and scientists are in the midst of a six-day “bio blitz” in Vancouver’s False Creek, collecting water samples as an initial step toward cleaning up the inlet between Science World and English Bay. The project, running until Wednesday, is a collaboration between local non-profit False Creek Friends, scientists from the Hakai Institute …
Read More »Why this grocery store manager is using social media to share his love of Calgary history
Irwin Poon leads a double life. By day, he manages the meat department at a northwest Calgary Sobeys. By night, he’s an amateur public historian who uses a fast-growing Facebook group to share snippets of the city’s past. “I love history,” said Poon, 57, administrator of Historic Calgary. “I think of something …
Read More »Value Village store in East Vancouver ‘fully engulfed’ by fire on Wednesday
A large fire erupted at a Value Village store at the intersection of Victoria Drive and East Hastings Street in Vancouver, engulfing the store in flames late Wednesday night. Brad Hesse, assistant chief of operations with the Vancouver Fire and Rescue Services, told CBC News the fire broke out after …
Read More »Apple store votes to unionize in growing push for U.S. workplace protections
Apple store employees in a Baltimore suburb voted to unionize by a nearly 2-to-1 margin Saturday, a union said, joining a growing push across U.S. retail, service and tech industries to organize for greater workplace protections. The Apple retail workers in Towson, Md., voted 65-33 to seek entry into the …
Read More »Shrinkflation is happening on grocery store shelves. What it is, and how to avoid
When Kathleen Cassidy goes grocery shopping these days, she’s noticed that while so many prices are going up, others stay the same — but there’s less inside. Take laundry detergent pods, for example. “I used to get 40 of those, now I only get 38. It is kind of difficult for …
Read More »Google Maps reaches 10 billion Play Store downloads | Technology News
New Delhi: Google Maps, the mobile app that`s number 1 in navigation, has now reached the important milestone of 10 billion Play Store downloads. Given that there are very few “free” mapping services that can match the accuracy and feature set of Google Maps, it is a must download no …
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