Clothing retailer Frank and Oak is closing all 14 of its stores in the coming weeks and selling its intellectual property to a Montreal-based company as part of ongoing restructuring efforts. In a press release, the company says the Superior Court of Quebec approved the sale of the brand to Lamour Group and Thread Collective
A process to find takers for leases held by Hudson’s Bay has generated plenty of interest. A new court filing made in the company’s creditor protection case says 18 unnamed parties submitted letters of intent expressing interest in a total of 65 leases. The filing says some of those letters were submitted by landlords and
Commentary More than 2 million Canadians voted on the first day of advance polls for this year’s federal election, which according to Elections Canada was a record turnout. That was on Good Friday (April 18), and I’m sure the high numbers were due in part to the stores being closed and the day being a
A Quebec coroner says if the province’s penalties for drunk driving were in line with those in the rest of the country, a driver who slammed into a motorcyclist in 2020 would not have been on the road when the fatal accident occurred. Coroner Geneviève Thériault says the man who was behind the wheel had
The Conservative Party has released a costed campaign platform that includes billions of dollars dedicated to tax cuts and military spending as well as plans to lower the deficit by 70 percent through cost-saving measures. Canada’s deficit would fall from the Parliamentary Budget Office’s projected $46.8 billion in 2025-26 to $14 billion by 2028, a
Vancouver police have arrested a high-risk sex offender who became the subject of a Canada-wide arrest warrant after he went missing from his halfway house last week, just one day after he was granted statutory release. Officers located Hayden McCorriston in downtown Vancouver on April 21, several days after he failed to return to his
Canada could be in such dire straits 15 years from now that property ownership will be generational, post-secondary education will no longer play a role in success, and impoverished Canadians will resort to illegal hunting for sustenance, a new report suggests. A report from Policy Horizons Canada is warning that such a future could become
Hudson’s Bay has ended commission pay for workers as the company liquidates most of its stores. Unifor said Tuesday that its members were informed that commissions were eliminated as of April 20 for staff working in cosmetics departments and those who earn extra cash on sales of big-ticket items such as appliances. Canada’s largest private
Alberta says it’s pausing its new U.S. procurements policy that prevents government departments, agencies, school boards, municipalities, and Crown corporations from purchasing goods and services from U.S. companies. In March, the province said it was asking the organizations not to purchase from the United States following U.S. tariff announcements on Canadian products, which Premier Danielle
Elections Canada says a record number of Canadians cast their ballots early in advance polls this year. The agency says that, over four days of polling between Friday and Monday, 7.3 million people voted. That’s up 25 percent from early voting figures in the 2021 federal election. Elections Canada says it made adjustments to deal