December 20, 2023

• Yorkdale Shopping Centre enhances luxury shopping experience with Genetec Security Center

• Canada's Theft Surge Continues - Much Like the U.S.
  -Winnipeg police targeting shoplifters after retail thefts spike 44% year-over-year

• Businesses React to Crime Surge
  -Winnipeg business owner says she's leaving Osborne Village due to lack of customers, safety

• Canadian Grocers Under Pressure to Sign Code of Conduct & Stabilize Prices
  -All grocers need to sign code of conduct for it to be successful, Metro CEO tells MPs

• What's behind a rise in retail crime, and what's the fix?

• Beer, wine coming to Ontario corner stores by 2026, premier announces

• Walmart Canada invests nearly $1B to modernize stores, up customer experience

• Man seriously injured in Superstore parking lot shooting in Mission

• One-Man Retail Crime Wave
  -Winnipeg: 19 counts of theft, $20,000 in merchandise

• Best Buy Stabbing
  -Police ID 2 more suspects in robbery, stabbing of off-duty cop at Best Buy in Toronto

• Clothing Store Evacuated After Grenade Scare
  -Used clothing store in Toronto's west end briefly evacuated after grenade found inside: police

• Sign of the times? Barrie stung by string of recent robberies

• Masked suspects deploy 'chemical' while robbing downtown Calgary jewellery store

• Store owner heartbroken after shoplifters take hundreds of dollars in products made

• 2 injured in Merrickville-Wolford armed robbery

• Arrests after convenience store robbed at knifepoint

• Barrie convenience store robbed by armed man in Batman mask

• Man arrested following armed robbery in downtown Toronto

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November 29, 2023

• WEBINAR: How to help prevent store violence and improve operations

• Canadian Businesses Leaving Downtown B.C. Core Amid Crime Surge
  -Thefts, assaults, intimidation: B.C. business owners detail rise in crime that's terrifying staff, customers

• Canada's Largest Retailer Loblaw CEO Q3 Earnings Call:
  -"The surge of organized retail crime remains a significant problem in the retail industry."

• Walmart Canada Unveils New AI Tool for Corporate Employees
  -Walmart deploys generative AI tool for corporate employees in Canada

• The Decline Of Downtown Retail
  -Exploring Edmonton's Struggle And The Impact On Canadian Cities [Podcast]

• Porch Pirates Hitting Canadians
  -Buyer beware: porch piracy set to ramp up with holiday season fast approaching

• Pro-Palestine Rally At University Leaves Book Store Vandalized
  -York University sees walkout after putting faculty, staff members on leave in wake of charges in Indigo vandalism

• Ikea Canada leaning on automation as it overhauls fulfilment network

• Indigo launches transformation plan in hopes of returning retailer to profitability

• Statistics Canada says annual inflation rate slowed to 3.1% in October

• Man, boy killed in shooting outside southeast Edmonton gas station

• Shopping Center Hit by Gunfire & Armed Robbery
  -Shots fired at Surrey business hours after armed robbery in same area

• Video shows masked suspects making off with $15K in merchandise from Mississauga store

• Hamilton, ON, Canada: Over $6,000 in stolen perfume and liquor found in Halton retail theft blitz leads to charges

• Oakville, ON, Canada: Home Depot employee punched during theft

• Kitchener, ON: Police release images of Fairview Park Mall jewelry store robbery involving axes, gun

• Windsor police say small axe used in robbery of store

• Police say Elliot Lake suspect robbed gas station, retail store within hours of each other

• Toronto police searching for 4 suspects wanted in attempted ATM cash robbery

• Nanaimo gas station robbed by repeat offender with dollar-store toy gun

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November 8, 2023

• Canadian Retailers Demand Action On Theft & Violence 'Epidemic'
  - B.C. coalition calls for government action on violent retail crime

• RELATED: London Police Service kicks off Crime Prevention Week

• 300% Increase in Theft in Some Canadian Locations
  -Retailers, workers in northeastern Ontario deal with more theft in their stores

• RELATED: Escalating theft and violence aside, London Drugs not considering closures

• Retail Risk & Disaster Preparation
  -How can Canadian retailers prepare for a riskier world?

• Businesses Still Not Fully Recovered From COVID
  -Half of Canadian restaurants only breaking even or losing money: report

• Canada's Most Valuable Brands
  -Lululemon among Canada's most valuable brands

• Shoppers rage after Loblaws supermarket chain installs anti-theft devices that 'make it feel like a prison'

• Commentary: The constancy of casual theft is a concern that can't be ignored

• RONA Continues Transformation, Unveils Transition of Lowe's Stores

• 258 Arrested, $57K Recovered in Vancouver Shoplifting Crackdown
  -Hundreds arrested for shoplifting in latest Vancouver police blitz

• RELATED: Hundreds arrested for shoplifting in latest Vancouver police blitz

• 'Determined' crooks nab $70K in merchandise from Qualicum Beach jewelry store

• Store employee stabbed during robbery in Cambridge: police

• Witness says thieves jumped counter, stole merchandise at Kitchener jewelry store

• Police investigating armed robbery at North Dundas gas station

• Man, 18, and three youths charged in Brampton armed robbery

• Suspect Sought After Armed Robbery at Wainfleet Convenience Store

• Items stolen from south London, Ont. jewellery store

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October 18, 2023

• RCC's Retail CyberSecure Program - All Webinars Now Available

• Retail Theft & Security Demand Surging in Canada
  -Theft and demand for security services are up in Moncton, say business interests

• In Case You Missed It: New Retail Crime Campaign
  -Toronto Police launch retail crime awareness campaign

• Up to 150 Sobeys Stores Impacted by Strike
  -Sobeys distribution center workers walk off the job

• Customer Loyalty Put to the Rest in Canada
  -The Rising Cost Of Living In Canada Is Eroding Brand Loyalty As Consumers Seek More Cost-Effective Alternatives

• Canada Pulls Back on Gun Crackdown
  -Ottawa extending amnesty for 'assault-style' firearms again, until October 2025

• Sephora Cracks the Code on Survival in Canada

• Amazon opens pickup depot in Iqaluit, promising dramatically faster shipping

• Man pleads guilty to murder in Edson, Alta., shooting death at sporting goods store

• Airport Robbery Heist Triggers Lawsuit
  -$20 million in gold robbed from Pearson Airport in Mississauga by thief with phony document, lawsuit says

• Winnipeg police arrest man in connection with 15 hardware store robberies

• Police release video of Conestoga Mall theft

• Two teen boys charged with overnight break-in, robbery at St. Andrews c-store

• Regina police charge teen with multiple robberies

• Theft at Apple store in Waterloo caught on video

 

September 27, 2023

• Rexall Rolls Out Auror's Retail Crime Intelligence Platform Canada-Wide
  -Solving the ORC problem with Auror's Retail Crime Intelligence Platform

• Webinar Coming TOMORROW
  - Brute Force Attacks

• Employee Theft & Organized Retail Crime Rising in Canada
  -Theft by employees: a crime that is challenging to detect and on the rise

• Canada's Saturated Cannabis Industry Maybe Shrinking Store Count
  -Canada's Cannabis Stores Reach 4,000 After Only Five Years of Legalizing

• Canada's New Gun Control Legislation
  -Proposed gun legislation could have 'severe impacts on people's livelihoods,' Manitoba business owner says

• Positive News for Canada's Retail Industry
  -Canadian Retail Sales: A Slight Recovery Amidst Economic Challenges

• Canada's Underground Contraband Tobacco Market
  -Illegal tobacco growth costing three provinces $2.47 billion in taxes: retail report

• Safeway workers in British Columbia vote to strike

• IKEA Unveils State-of-the-Art 1 Million Square-Foot Distribution Centre in Quebec

• Dollarama sales surge as bargain hunters accept higher $5 price point: CEO

• Canada Plans To Amend Competition Laws To Control Rising Food Prices

• 'Armed & dangerous' man wanted in robbery with gunfire at Markham mall

• $10,000 Electronics Store Burglary
  -Suspects use hammer to smash through door of Guelph store, steal $10,000 in electronics

• Suspect allegedly robs store, ties up employees in south London

• Whitehorse store robbed at knifepoint, thieves escape with snacks

• Three Suspects Arrested Following Early Morning Armed Robbery in Quesnel

• Two men arrested after robbery at Robson Street's Swarovski Store

• Cranbrook RCMP searching for suspect involved in robbery

 

September 13, 2023

• Retail Council of Canada embarks on new cybercrime awareness venture

• Canada Fighting Same Retail Crime Surge as U.S.
  -Vancouver shop owner frustrated by repeat violent thefts, including 'full-on fist fight'

• Canada's Post-COVID Retail Comeback Continues
  -Montréal's Retail Sector Thrives with Decreased Vacancies, Increased Foot Traffic and Exciting Developments

• Canadian Retailers Remain Relevant Despite Digital Shift
  -Remote work and hybrid learning should have killed the office supply store. Why didn't it?

• How Dollarama is Becoming a Player in the Canadian Grocery Landscape

• Canadian Consumers Changing Priorities Amid Shift with Retail Impacted: BDC Report

• Toys "R" Us and Babies "R" Us Relaunch Stores in Canada

• Mark's Launches 2 New Retail Chains in Canada

• Store LP Officer Disarms Knife-Wielding Robber
  -Store security thwarts robbery, has knife pulled on him: Guelph police

• Teen Robbery Spree Hits C-Store & Pharmacies
  -Teen charged with 5 armed robberies in Milton involving knives and guns

• Edmonton police believe same suspect robbed pair of stores Saturday

• Teen boy arrested after robbing convenience store at knifepoint

• Police searching for man who held up Kanata store

• Selkirk RCMP looking for armed, masked robbery suspect

 

August 30, 2023

• Rexall Rolls Out Auror's Retail Crime Intelligence Platform Canada-Wide
  -Solving the ORC problem with Auror's Retail Crime Intelligence Platform

• American Guns Are Fueling Canadian Gun Violence
  -NRA-Style Politics Transformed Canada's Gun Culture - and Shootings Rose 869%

• 80% Say It 'Improves Safety for Employees' & Majority Are Looking to Adopt
  -New report, "Digital Verification for Canadian Businesses: Insights from Decision Makers", with a statement on trust

• Canada's Post-COVID Retail Bounce-Back
  -Return of foot traffic to key areas buoys B.C. retail demand

• Is Canada Sobering Up?
  -Alcohol Retailers in Canada Seeing Reduced Sales Amid Decreasing Consumption

• Kleenex tissues to disappear from store shelves in Canada

• Metro says tentative deal reached with striking grocery workers in Toronto

• Hudson's Bay revives outlet model with new discount store in Scarborough

• Giant crowds line up for grand opening of new Toronto IKEA

• Gas Station Shooting
  -No injuries reported in daytime shooting outside northeast Calgary gas station

• Security footage shows brazen gunpoint robbery at Toronto fast food restaurant

• In Case You Missed It
  -Ontario, Canada: Man fled Georgetown Walmart with $4,500 in Nintendo games

• Ontario, Canada: Norfolk County OPP seek suspects after $4,200 in perfume stolen

• Man wanted in alleged armed robbery in downtown Toronto

• Wetaskiwin RCMP charge two men for liquor store robbery

• Red Deer man among two charged for alleged robbery

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August 23, 2023

• Canadian Security announces 2023 Lifetime Achievement Award winner

• Most Canadian's Supportive of Retail Security Measures
  -Canadians Have Mixed Feelings About Security Measures in Retail: Leger Poll

• Safety & Post-Pandemic Woes Continue to Plague Canada's Retailers
  -Downtown Retailers in Canada Navigate Dual Challenges: Lingering Pandemic

• 3,700 Metro Grocery Store Workers on Strike
  -Metro grocery store workers stand ground as strike nears third week: 'What the company presented doesn't come close'

• Dark Side of AI Featured in Toronto Star
  -How AI is opening new frontiers for criminals - and the cops who hunt them

• Past Stop & Frisk Practices & Racial Profiling
  -Toronto police hit with class action lawsuit over 'carding' stops

• As COVID cases spike in Toronto, anxious business groups push government for early response plan

• IKEA Canada Unveils Innovative Urban Format Store at Scarborough Town Centre

• With car theft hitting crisis levels in Canada, is it time to bring back "The Club?"

• 3 Injured in Mall Shooting, Triggering Lockdown
  -Edmonton, AB: Three injured in Canada mall shooting

• Calgary Mall Shooting Leaves Man Dead
  -Police seek additional information on fatal shooting at Market Mall

• Toronto Robbery Crew Busted
  -Serial retail robbers charged in string of crimes across Toronto

• 3 suspects charged in armed robbery of Calgary consignment store

• Calgary weekend mall shootings 'shocking', but not connected: Police

• Calgary's Market Mall employees weren't told about deadly shooting in parking lot

• Suspect sought after jewelry store robbery reported in Markham, police say

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August 9, 2023

• RCC's Cybercrime Prevention Campaign
  -Retail Council of Canada embarks on new cybercrime awareness venture

• Soaring Theft Has Canadian Retailers Backing Away from Self-Checkout
  -Retailers Reconsider Self-Checkout Strategy As Theft Soars In Canada

• Glass-Breaking Vandalism Plagues Canadian Businesses
  -B.C. launches $10.5M rebate for vandalism repairs for affected businesses

• One Canadian Province Bucks the Crime Trend
  -As crime increases across Canada, New Brunswick sole province where rates drop

• 'Modern Slavery' in the Retail Supply Chain?
  -If Canada Wants To Get Serious About Forced Labour, Disclosure Laws Won't Do

• Canada's Metro Grocery Stores On Strike - More Chains Expected to Follow Suite
  -'Revenge of the wage earner': Metro grocery strike part of larger labour trend, experts say

• Most Respected Retailers in Canada
  -Costco voted most respected grocery store in Canada, while Loblaw falls

• Uniqlo Continues Canadian Store Expansion With 2nd Edmonton Location

• Retail Theft Crackdown
  -Windsor police arrest 11 people in crackdown on retail theft

• Robbery suspect sought after threatening to kill store employee

• Suspect in Exeter, Ont. robbery arrested, OPP say

• RCMP make arrests in armed robbery and carjacking case

• Montreal police hit illegal magic mushroom shop with 3rd raid in 3 weeks

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July 26, 2023

• LP Officer Cleared in Grocery Store Assault Case
  -Sask. woman guilty of theft, assault in 2021 FreshCo incident caught on camera

• Store Owners Demand Action to Fight Property Crime
  -'Nobody's doing anything': Exchange District store owners call for help in reducing property crime

• Cargo Theft Surged 57% in Canada & U.S.
  -Rising Theft of Goods in the Canada & U.S.: CargoNet Updates

• #1 Crime in Canada
  -Canada's favorite crime: fraud

• Canada Seeing Strong Post-COVID Retail Growth
  -Resilient Canadian Retail Market Beats Recession Odds, According To Colliers' Latest Study

• Multibillion-Dollar Cargo Backlog in B.C.
  -B.C. port strike: Shippers start task of clearing idled ports of cargo

• Bed Bath & Beyond officially relaunches in Canada

• The Body Shop Opens Flagship Store At Toronto's Yorkdale Shopping Centre

• Global Fuels to acquire one of Canada's largest retail gas station networks

• 'Project Big Rig' Nets 15 Arrests & Over $9M Stolen
  -Ontario: 15 South Asians arrested in investigation of theft of tractor trailers and cargo worth over $9 million

• 7 arrested in shoplifting blitz at Park Royal mall on North Shore

• Three charged and one wanted after $190K Vaughan phone store robbery

• Police investigating string of armed robberies at Dartmouth, Halifax stores

• Nanaimo, B.C., Canada: Alleged Walmart thieves balance stolen TV atop getaway vehicle

• Six people arrested after businesses robbed in Waterloo, Ayr

• Kamloops, BC, Canada: Thief who threatened Walmart employee with a knife sentenced to 90 days time served

• Nottawasaga OPP make arrest in Angus armed robbery

• Vaughan robbery suspect threatened employees with axe: police

• Police release photos of Windsor, Ont., Home Depot theft suspects

• Store employee assaulted during attempted theft in Guelph

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July 12, 2023

• RCC's Cybercrime Prevention Campaign
  -Retail Council of Canada embarks on new cybercrime awareness venture

• Canadian Retailers Walk Tightrope Over Theft Prevention Strategies
  -Self-checkout theft causing problems for retailers - and shoppers who despise receipt checks

• Canada's Increased Theft Prevention Measures
  -One Canadian grocer is already putting metal security tags on steaks to prevent theft - will others follow?

• High Prices Throwing Fuel on Canada's ORC Fire
  -Op-Ed: The heavy cost of light fingers

• Canadian Consumer Insights June 2023 Pulse Survey
  -Forging a frictionless pre-purchase journey for Canadian consumers

• The Top Cannabis Stores in Canada by Revenue 2023

• Canadian clothing and footwear pricing below 2002 levels

• Road-Rage Shooting Near Popular Business Spot
  -Two injured in possible road-rage shooting near busy downtown Toronto intersection

• Traveling Theft Trio Hitting Ontario Stores
  -Thieves with expensive taste steal cologne from stores in northern Ontario as they head west

• Police seek 3 suspects after Bradford councillor assaulted in jewelry store robbery

• Suspect headbutted store staff during North Bay robbery, police say

• Three teens arrested after armed Etobicoke pharmacy robbery

• Police search for suspect after alleged Kitchener convenience store robbery

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June 28, 2023

• Canada Sees 29,000 Successful Shoplifting Incidents Daily
  -Casting a wide net to prevent store theft has its drawbacks

• 'It kind of makes you feel like a criminal'
  -Loblaw customers protest receipt-check policy introduced at select stores

• Historic $50M Price-Fixing Fine
  -Canada Bread fined $50M in price-fixing bread scandal

• Canadian Retail Sales Outperform U.S.
  -Retail sales growth in Canada continuing to outperform much of the world – for now: report

• Customer Transactions May Be Impacted
  -Calgary-based Suncor Energy says it suffered a cyber security incident

• New Canadian Workplace Requirement
  -'High Risk' Employers Required to Have Naloxone Kits in the Workplace Starting June 1, 2023

• Rona cutting 500 jobs across Canada, citing 'new market realities'

• Empire expands Voilà online grocery home delivery service into Alberta

• Romanian Shoplifting Gang
  -Five people arrested in Laval in alleged Romanian crime ring

• Two men hospitalized after “targeted” parking lot shooting in Burlington, Ont.

• ‘I felt sorry for him’: Vancouver grocery store owner sympathizes with thief

• Thief makes off with cash, cigarettes in Halifax Petro-Canada robbery

• Two Hamilton residents facing charges after Oakville jewelry store robbery

• Theft suspect sought after multiple items stolen from Huron Church Road store

• Ponoka RCMP investigate robbery at liquor store

• Police seek suspect after convenience store in Oshawa robbed

• One person arrested following alleged armed robbery on Montreal Road

• Liquor store robbery caught on camera, EPS searching for 3 thieves

 

June 14, 2023

• RCC's 2023 Excellence in Retailing Awards: Winners Announced

• RCC's Cybercrime Prevention Campaign
  -Retail Council of Canada embarks on new cybercrime awareness venture

• Canadian Stores Ramping Up Security to Battle Theft
  -A Kitchener grocery store is checking receipts, part of a multibillion dollar theft story in Canada

• Canadian Restaurants Coming Back Strong After COVID
  -Reports Reveal Canadian Restaurant Industry's Remarkable Revival As Consumers Defy Inflation

• Canadian Wildfires: The Economic Impact
  -Analysis: Canadian wildfires shutter sawmills, drive up lumber prices

• Here's when the Nordstrom store in the Rideau Centre will close this week

• Toronto, ON: Delivery van driver dead after midday shooting in North York

• Winnipeg convenience store employees attacked, taken to hospital after robbery

• Two teenage boys arrested after armed robberies at pharmacies in Toronto

• Two armed robberies within minutes in Moncton

• Sentence reduced for robber who mugged comic store owner of valuable publications

• Allstate Canada sounds alarm over dramatic rise in catalytic converter theft

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June 7, 2023

• RCC's 2023 Excellence in Retailing Awards: Winners Announced

• Canada Retailers Fight Rising Theft
  -How grocers can safeguard against shrink

• Canadians' Fear Over Crime is Growing - But What Does the Data Show?
  -Crime is a top Alberta election issue - but the issues facing Canadian cities run deep

• Canada Issues Travel Warning to U.S. Over Mass Shoot Surge
  -Canada issues grim U.S. travel advice amid mass shootings 'Risk of being in the wrong place at the wrong time'

• Pet retailer Chewy plans Canadian expansion

• Inflation is changing the way Canadians are spending

• One dead, one injured in Vaughan, Ont., plaza double shooting: police

• Brampton shooting sends 17-year-old girl to hospital, schools lift hold-and-secure as police look for suspect

• Shooting near Rexdale mall sends one to hospital

• Police arrest 26 people in shoplifting sting at Surrey's Guildford Town Centre mall

• Vancouver man allegedly caught stealing 90 minutes after being released

• Saskatoon man gets 5.5 years for robbing same store twice in four months

• Staff at Kitchener business recall how they thwarted attempted robbery

• Suspect sought after armed robbery at Oshawa convenience store: police

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May 24, 2023

• RCC Store 2023 Coming May 30-21

• Retail Council of Canada embarks on new cybercrime awareness venture

• AI Impacting Canadian Retail
  -How AI Is Changing The Retail Landscape In Canada And Beyond

• Ottawa unveils 'meaningful and much-needed' bail reforms in the face of 'catch and release' criticism

• U.S. Retailers Struggle to Take Off in Canada
  -American Retailers Moving Into Canada Find Their Reception Can Be Frosty

• T&T Supermarket Opens 36,000 Sq Ft Store At CF Fairview Mall In Toronto

• Diamond Brand VRAI To Open 1st Canadian Store

• 1 man injured in 'targeted' shooting at Coquitlam shopping complex, RCMP believe nearby vehicle fire connected

• RELATED: Coquitlam RCMP expand search for suspect in shopping center shooting

• Toronto, ON: New details released after at least 1 shot fired during afternoon robbery at Markham mall

• 14-year-old boy charged in connection with Brampton armed robbery: police

• Suspect facing 29 charges after Canmore grocery store armed robbery

• Peel police charge three of four suspects in Brampton electronics store robbery

• Police investigate armed robbery at Warwick

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May 17, 2023

• Retail Council of Canada embarks on new cybercrime awareness venture

• Canada's Violent Crime Surge Driven by 'Prolific Offenders'

• Crime & Store Safety Top Priority for Vancouver Retailers
  -Downtown Vancouver Retailers Optimistic In Rebound But Call For More Security, Improved Lighting Amid Challenges

• Ottawa unveils ‘meaningful and much-needed’ bail reforms in the face of ‘catch and release’ criticism

• 4 Areas & Now Canada's Largest City Facing the Same as U.S. Cities
  -Toronto council declares homelessness an emergency

• 24/7 Cashier-less Grocery Chain
  -Automated Grocery Chain Aisle 24 To Open At The Well In Toronto As The Retailer Expands Rapidly

• The End of the Nordstrom Rack Era in Canada
  -Nordstrom Rack Stores In Canada Shuttered EOD Sunday As Nordstorm Stores Prepare To Close In June

• Most Respected Retailers in Canada
  -These are Canada's most respected retail stores for 2023 according to a new poll

• Higher tech in the grocery store

• Uniqlo To Enter Ottawa Market With Ongoing Canadian Store Expansion

• Is live shopping the next big disruptor in Canadian retail?

• Violent Robbery Spree Targeted Liquor Stores
  -Edmonton police arrest pair in string of 'violent' armed liquor store robberies

• Arson Surge Hits Montreal
  -'Probably organized crime': Montreal police probe wave of arsons, extortion attempts

• Scarborough store owner speaks out after thieves make off with $10K in clothing in daylight robbery

• Keys stolen during house break-in used to break into Orangeville Best Buy: OPP

• LP Officer Assaulted
  -Fort St. John RCMP arrest man after an alleged assault on Loss Prevention Officer

• Robbery of Port Colborne Convenience Store Under Investigation

• Windsor police investigate robbery at knife-point

• 2nd youth charged after series of armed robberies in Peel Region

• Police seek to identify suspect who robbed store three times in three weeks

• Man sprayed in face with unknown substance, robbed outside money exchange store in Vaughan: police

 

May 10, 2023

• Retail Council of Canada embarks on new cybercrime awareness venture

• Security Leaders Should Prepare Emergency Kits for Employees
  -Canada provides emergency response recommendations

• Canadian Tire, Costco, and Staples Lead Canadian Retailers
  -These are Canada's most respected retail stores for 2023 according to a new poll

• Store 'Operating Completely Illegally'
  -A Store Selling Heroin, Meth, and Cocaine Just Opened in Canada

• 'It's a huge facility': Walmart opens new distribution centre in Moncton

• Canadian Tire to rebrand gas stations in new Petro-Canada partnership

• One man killed, one wounded in Surrey gang shooting outside Circle K

• 10 Retail Robberies Across Toronto
  -Suspect arrested following 'spree' of retail robberies Toronto's west end

• Five suspects arrested in armed robbery attempt, including Milton man

• Police arrest, charge 16-year-old in shooting at bar in Greater Sudbury, Ont.

• Man hid in Ottawa store to steal electronics, police say

• Police looking for suspect in 2 store robberies in south-end Guelph

• Man wanted in 2 Toronto store robberies where cash, lottery tickets were stolen

• Swan River RCMP catch robbery suspect who threatened employee with broken CD

 

April 26, 2023

• Retail Council of Canada embarks on new cybercrime awareness venture

• Retailers Warn that Theft Surge Could Trigger Store Closures in Canada
  -'We could see closures in Canada': Frustrated retailers fight losing battle with shoplifters

• Crime & Safety a Top Issue in Canada
  -Poll suggests Canadians feel less safe than they did before the pandemic hit

• Pot Shops Targeted by Robbers
  -Pot shop robberies spur push to end restrictions on window displays

• Canada's Union Push
  -Low unemployment could boost trend of union organizing in retail, service: experts

• Downtown Vancouver vacancy up as visits remain below pre-pandemic level

• Loblaw to invest $2B this year to open 38 new stores, renovate 600 locations

• Starbucks Canada In Expansion Mode After Closing Hundreds Of Locations

• Man wanted for murder in death of Mississauga gas station employee, 2 others charged in N.B.

• 1 dead, 1 injured in shooting outside Kensington Safeway

• Man dead in Brampton parking lot shooting

• Woman who coughed at B.C. grocery store employee found guilty of assault

• Multiple charges laid in series of retail thefts in Pembroke

• Man seriously injured in shooting inside North York bar

• Peterborough convenience store robbery leads to arrest of man: police

• 2 people arrested, charged following 3 liquor store robberies in Saskatoon

 

April 12, 2023

• Canadian Retailers Struggle with Theft Surge
  -Surge in theft leaves business owners struggling to cope

• Counterfeits Surge in Canada
  -Canada needs a strategic plan to safeguard consumers against counterfeit and pirated goods

• N.S. mass shooting: how gun smuggling happened, and the inquiry's call for reforms

• Canada Seeing Same Cannabis Burglary Surge as U.S.
  -Increase in Cannabis Business Burglaries and Break-Ins

• Public Outrage And Grocery CEO Compensation: What Loblaw Should Have Done

• JD Sports Canada in hiring boom, opens Vancouver head office

• Dollarama sales surge drives opening of up to 70 new stores across Canada next year

• Vancouver, BC: Father stabbed to death outside Vancouver Starbucks after asking man to not vape near his toddler

• Oshawa pawn shop employee gunned down outside store

• Quebec, Canada: Six Arrested in Quebec as Police Dismantle International Identity Theft Network

• Toronto, Canada: 6 arrested after string of more than 30 armed robberies, carjackings across GTA

• 4 suspects sought after loss prevention officer assaulted during grocery store theft

• Employee injured during armed robbery at Cambridge jewelry store: WRPS

• Armed robbery reported at Waterloo store

 

March 22, 2023

• RCC Hosts Value-Packed Retail Secure Conference

• Crime & Safety is Driving Businesses Out of Vancouver
  -One-in-10 storefronts on Vancouver's high streets are vacant

• Grocery Giant Hit with $32M Cyberattack
  -'Wouldn't wish them on my worst enemy': Empire chief discusses cyberattack

• Nordstrom Canada gets OK to liquidate closing stores

• Canadian Tire, Costco ranked Canada's most respected retail stores in new poll

• Shake Shack To Open In Toronto With National Expansion Confirmed

• 'Wild Fork' Launches In Canada With Plans To Open Stores In National Expansion

• Toronto, ON: 1 dead, 2 injured in 'very brazen daytime shooting' at Fairview Mall parking garage

• 'Customer' holds up Watt Street store, fires weapon beside lone clerk's head

• Vancouver smoke shop employee feels city is unsafe after knifepoint robbery caught on video

• Scam artists selling fake jewelry, electronics in parking lots across southern Alberta

• Boy, 15, charged after 4 armed robberies at Brampton convenience stores

• Robbery at Vancouver Best Buy prompts heavily armed police response

• Waterloo Regional Police 'ring' up Cambridge man on jewelry store thefts

• Man arrested in connection to a Kitchener convenience store robbery
  Ontario Provincial Police investigate robbery reported in Hagersville

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March 15, 2023

• RCC Loss Prevention updates: Strategic Objectives & RCC Retail Secure

• Record Fraud Losses Hit Canada
  -Fraud Prevention Month 2023: Fraud losses in Canada reach another historic level

• 43% of Canadians Have Fallen Victim to Fraud
  -Canadians are exposed to fraud each year. Here's how businesses can help

• March is Fraud Prevention Month
  -RCC's Fraud Prevention Resource Page

• Theft Plagues the Canadian Cannabis Industry
  -Canadian producers report 2,200 kilograms of lost or stolen cannabis since 2018

• Fallout From Nordstrom's Canada Exit
  -Nordstrom's exit marks farewell to a retail era

• Canadian Grocers in the Hot Seat
  -'It is simply not true': Grocery CEOs push back at price-gouging allegations

• Mall landlords might have to get creative to fill Nordstrom vacancies: expert

• Canadian Tire pledges half of its sponsorship spend to women's sports

• Biden to visit Canada this month to discuss defense, trade

• 5 Robberies - 46 Charges
  -Man facing 46 charges in connection with string of armed robberies in Halifax

• Suspect wanted after robbery at Toronto store, business owner assaulted: police

• Woman allegedly steals electric tools worth $1,500 from Windsor hardware store

• Police seek suspect after convenience store robbery in Oshawa, Ont

• 3 Brampton youths charged in armed robberies at currency exchange shops

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March 8, 2023

• Protect Your Associates & Your Business
  -Attend RCC's Retail Secure Conference to Explore Solutions to the Latest Retail Dangers - and More!

• Will America's Gun Violence Crisis Spread to Canada?
  -Canada Risks Following the Path of the U.S. on Gun Violence

• Supreme Court of Canada Ruling Could Impact Future Robbery Convictions
  -Evidence cannot support Alberta man's robbery-related convictions: Supreme Court of Canada

• Nordstrom Shuts Down Canadian Operations
  -Nordstrom And Nordstrom Rack To Exit Canada And Shut All Stores

• The Growing List of American Retailers Flopping Canada
  -Why So Many American Retailers Have Failed In Canada

• Canada's single-use plastic ban faces its first legal test

• Brokerage Retained For Sale Of Leases For Bed Bath & Beyond Locations In Canada

• Have Grocers Taken Advantage Of Canadians In A Challenging Retail Environment?

• Robbery Crew Busted
  -5 suspects in Brampton robberies tracked down in North York

• Suspect charged after allegedly brandishing weapon during grocery store robbery

• Police seek two women after pizza delivery driver robbed at knifepoint in Mississauga

• Halifax police charge man following robbery, assault at Shoppers Drug Mart

• Boy, 15, accused of two attempted armed robberies in Pickering

• Police looking for suspect after string of robberies in Waterloo region, Guelph
  Grand Falls-Windsor RCMP investigates armed robbery at Circle K

 

March 1, 2023

• Retail Secure Conference
  -Violence in stores is up by as much as 300%. Protect your associates and your business.

• Top 10 Under 40 Recipients
  -Canadian Security announces Top 10 Under 40 recipients for 2023

• Canada Experiencing Same Shoplifting Surge as U.S.
  -Annual shoplifting losses top $250,000 for Cambridge grocer

• First-Ever Emergency Preparation Plan Released by Ontario
  -Ontario releases first-ever emergency management and action plan

• Canadian Retailers Hit with Cyberattacks
  -Cyber Attacks Hit Canadian Retailers Hard, Causing Unprecedented Damage

• Canada's Two Largest Grocery Chains in the Hot Seat
  -CEOs of Loblaws, Sobeys agree to appear before parliamentary committee investigating food prices, if asked

• Canada's Fraud Surge
  -Nearly Half (43%) of Canadians Have Been Victimized by Fraud or Scams

• Canada bans TikTok on government devices

• Bed Bath & Beyond Canada going out of business, closing 54 stores

• Canadian Optical Retailer BonLook Exits BC & Alberta Markets As It Shuts 11 Stores

• 'Project Mayhem': 26 Armed Robberies - 10 Arrests - 60 Charges
  -Toronto police arrest 10, including 6 teens, after armed pharmacy robberies

• Violent carjacking in Milton, Ont. grocery store parking lot captured on video

• $30K worth of wedding dresses, gowns stolen from Prince George store

• WRPS investigate two convenience store robberies believed to be connected

• St. John's man arrested in connection with string of downtown armed robberies

• Man arrested after armed commercial robbery crime spree

• Regina police looking for 3 suspects in armed robbery

• Hamilton police investigating robbery at Hess Variety

• Ultra-rare Gretzky hockey card leads RCMP to arrest hobby shop thief, store owner says
  Theft of art at Liberty Village pot shop caught on camera

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February 1, 2023

• De-Escalating Violence in Retail Settings
  -Retail de-escalation training video produced by RCC, EPIC Risk

• Confessions of a Canadian Shoplifter
  -As food costs soar and self-checkouts multiply, more people are stealing - and they're not sorry

• Armed Store Robberies Front & Center in Canada's Supreme Court Ruling
  -Mandatory minimum sentences for gun crime constitutional: Supreme Court

• Canada Dealing With Crime Closures
  -Crime-plagued Canadian McDonald's that police had to visit on daily basis

• Canada's Supply Chain Issues Will Continue
  -Supply Chain Issues For Canadian Retailers Expected Into 2025: Expert

• 'I Couldn't Stay Closed':
  -How Canadian Tire helped Port Colborne citizens through the storm

• Best Buy Canada reportedly laying off 700

• Zellers To Launch Food Trucks In Effort To Drive Traffic To Bay Stores

• Subway Strategically Increasing Pace Of Canadian Location Expansion

• No Major Surge in Hospitalizations in Canada
  -Canada in 'better shape' than predicted in face of XBB.1.5, expert suggests

• Canada COVID Restrictions Continue to Ruffle Feathers
  -Tucker Carlson suggests that the US should send an armed force to 'liberate' Canada from Justin Trudeau

• Post-COVID Retail Bankruptcies Not As High As Expected In Canada

• 'COVID is not done,' Canadian disease expert says ahead of WHO announcement

• No 'elevated risk' of stroke from Pfizer's bivalent COVID shot, Health Canada says

• Police Capture Armed Robber Considered Canada-Wide 'Risk to Public Safety'
  -Victoria police capture wanted man who was deemed immediate threat to public

• Employees choked by man in robbery at Shoppers Drug Mart in Oakville

• Nanaimo store robbed by knife-wielding suspect

• Halifax police investigate alleged grocery store robbery

• Man charged in 2 separate store robberies, fight with Toronto officers during arrest

• Two Mississauga teens charged with armed robbery of Canadian Tire in Oakville

• Windsor police seek suspects in Christmas armed robberies

 

January 25, 2023

• Retail Secure Conference
  -Violence in stores is up by as much as 300%. Protect your associates and your business.

• Theft is Surging in Canada - But Like in the U.S., Data is Tough to Come By
  -We all pay for grocery theft

• Toronto's 'Organized Retail Crime Awareness Campaign'
  -Toronto Crime Stoppers Launches Organized Retail Crime Awareness Campaign

• Robberies & Other Crime Has Businesses Feeling 'Hopeless'
  -Frustrated Chinatown business owner considers leaving historic Vancouver neighbourhood

• RELATED: COVID isolation, social media could be factors in violent crimes by teens

• Canada's Data Privacy Week
  -OPC launches 2023 Data Privacy Week campaign

• RELATED: The last week of January is Data Privacy Week 2023

• Committee hopeful grocery code of conduct will be in place by end of year

• RCC Cybersecurity Webinar Series
  -Keeping Your Operations Safe: Cybersecurity Awareness Webinar

• From Pandemic to Possible Recession
  -'Rough Ride Ahead' For Retailers In Canada As Reality Sets In: Doug Stephens

• Canada's largest alcohol retailer's site hacked to steal credit cards

• POLL: Which grocery store departments are most vulnerable to theft?

• Zellers to Open Initial 25 Stores in Canada with Potential Return of Mascot 'Zeddy'

• 5 Years Since Sears Canada Shut All Stores [Retrospective]

• Robbers Shoot Their Way Out of Jewelry Store
  -Suspects shot their way out of Scarborough mall after jewelry store robbery

• $1.3M in Precious Metals Stolen from Store
  -3 teens out on judicial release 'caught in the act' robbing Toronto store: police

• Hamilton, Ontario, Canada: Employees choked by man in robbery at Shoppers Drug Mart in Oakville

• Police recover over $350K worth of stolen household items at Mississauga business

• Thieves steal up to $250K in products from Vancouver snowboard shop, owner says

• B.C. employee arrested after allegedly posting $80K in refunds to her own credit cards

• Pokémon, Magic cards stolen during string of comic book store robberies in Edmonton

• 3 Brampton teens charged after series of armed carjackings, pharmacy robberies

• Police search for man after knife-point robbery in Oshawa

• Pembroke man accused of shoplifting, faces 21 charges

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January 11, 2023

• Retail Secure Conference
  -Protecting People, Property, and Assets.

• CONTROLTEK Announces a New Fulfillment Center in Canada

• Security & IT Becoming Tightly Entwined
  -The convergence of security and IT operations

• RCMP too short-staffed to follow up on tips from Fintrac?

• In-Person Holiday Shopping Comes Back in Canada
  -Consumer Spending In Canada Strong For Holiday Season: Mastercard Study

• Could Decriminalization of Opioids Go Canada-Wide?
  -B.C. poised for drug decriminalization experiment, but will it help stem deadly tide?

• Zellers teases its 2023 return to Canada

• Vancouver man wants to open Canada's first crack and heroin store

• Manitoba cannabis company laying off staff amid cannabis industry struggles

• Store Owner in Critical Condition After Robbery Shooting
  -London jewelry store owner in the ICU after alleged shooting by Toronto suspects

• Man allegedly cuts employee's clothing during a Kitchener business robbery

• Dec. 16: Edmonton pawn shop employees shot during daytime robbery

• 1 arrested after shots fired at Canadian Tire store in Bancroft: OPP

• Winnipeg youths robbed store, bear sprayed man: police

• Two youth in custody after robbing vape shop and running from police

• Police seek suspect involved in Halifax convenience store robbery

• Male suspect sought in Brantford armed robbery

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January 4, 2023

• CONTROLTEK Announces a New Fulfillment Center in Canada

• Canada Facing Same Shoplifting Surge as U.S.
  -Grocery shoplifting on the rise in Canada amid inflation, industry insiders say

• Canada's Cargo Theft Surge
  -Recent theft of 32 empty semi-trailers from a Kitchener lot highlights rise in crimes targeting transportation industry

• Police Shootings Surge 25% in Canada
  -Expert warns of 'perfect storm' as number of police shootings increases in 2022

• As tech improves, shoppers more likely to choose self-checkout at grocery stores

• Intuitive scanning, smart carts and more next-gen checkout technology to watch

• Second COVID 'Freedom Convoy' Canceled
  -Plans for another 'Freedom Convoy' in Canada scrapped

• Next Phase of the Pandemic in Canada?
  -Will 2023 be the year COVID-19 becomes endemic in Canada? Experts weigh in

• COVID-19 cases in B.C. hospitals hit highest point since August last week

• Canada, Australia impose COVID curbs on travellers from China

• Wastewater from some flights arriving at Vancouver airport to be tested for COVID-19

• Police Shoot Armed Man at Gas Station
  -Alberta RCMP say male shot during confrontation with officers at gas station

• 15 Takeover-Style Armed Robberies in Toronto
  -Toronto police lay dozens of charges against boy, 15, for series of 'takeover-style' armed robberies

• One suspect arrested, one sought in string of armed convenience store robberies

• 3 suspects wanted after theft at Scarborough Town Centre jewelry store on Boxing Day: police

• 3 arrested after armed robbery, break-and-enters in Yellowknife