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