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