Apr. 8, 2026 "Canadian Tire reveals first collection of Hudson's Bay striped goods it developed": Today I found this article on BNN Bloomberg:
TORONTO —
Canoes,
outdoor furniture,
pickleball sets
and towels
are among the first products Canadian Tire Corp. Ltd. has designed with the iconic Hudson’s Bay stripes.
The retailer revealed Wednesday its summer collection of 32 HBC items, which also includes
point blankets,
canvas bags,
a beach chair,
a cornhole game
and various housewares.
The collection marks the first time Canadian Tire has put its own stamp on the HBC trademarks it bought for $30 million last year.
While Canadian Tire released striped merchandise —
ornaments,
stockings,
nutcrackers
and point blankets — in time for the holiday season last year,
the products were entirely comprised of past HBC designs.
Eva Salem, Canadian Tire’s senior vice-president of marketing and brand, said reaction to that collection “exceeded our expectations.”
“This collection is about building on that momentum in a way that feels natural for how Canadians live, especially in the summer,” she said in a news release.
The collection features beach, backyard and cottage staples,
though kitchen items like
mugs,
oven mitts,
aprons
and pot holders
are also in the mix.
Canadian Tire says the
cedar canoe,
Muskoka chair,
outdoor cushions
and decorative paddles
in its new collection were all made in Canada.
The 16-foot canoe will set shoppers back almost $10,000
while a nine-foot version is priced at $6,000.
Point blankets, which will come in four sizes,
will range in price from $350 for a twin
to $530 for a king.
Most of the other items are more moderately priced with mugs going for $8
and outdoor cushions about $30.
All of the merchandise will be available starting May 1 at Canadian Tire stores and online.
In another first, some products will also be sold through Mark’s,
the clothing retailer also owed by Canadian Tire.
Canadian Tire scooped up the HBC trademarks last summer when HBC filed for creditor protection and closed all of its stores.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published April 8, 2026.
Tara Deschamps, The Canadian Press
My opinion: If you like Hudson's Bay, at least you can still buy their products at Canadian Tire.
May 22, 2026 "Hudson's Bay painting with mysterious past sells for $217,250 in auction": Today I found this article by Tara Deschamps on BNN Bloomberg:
TORONTO — A Prince Rupert painting with a mysterious backstory has sold for $217,250 in an auction.
The 361-year-old portrait was once owned by collapsed department store Hudson’s Bay Co., which has hired
Heffel Fine Art Auction House to sell
its 4,400 pieces of art and artifacts.
For most of its life, the portrait of HBC’s first governor, Prince Rupert, was believed to have been painted by the studio of Flemish portraitist Anthony van Dyck.
But when Heffel was preparing to sell the work last November, it wondered how a piece that looked so masterful could be attributed to van Dyck’s studio assistants.
Heffel temporarily pulled the painting from the auction and called on art history experts across Canada and Europe to help with an investigation.
They eventually found enough proof in centuries-old records to reattribute the painting to famed Dutch portraitist Peter Lely.
The reattribution pushed the painting’s estimated value from a few thousand dollars to $150,000.
Auction house estimates are typically conservative
and pieces frequently sell for well above expectations.
Heffel does not identify buyers of pieces it sells.
The Prince Rupert painting’s purchase price of $217,250 includes the hammer price of $180,000,
plus the buyer’s premium.
The premium is 25 per cent of the hammer price up to and including $25,000,
plus 20 per cent of the hammer price over $25,000 and any applicable sales tax.
The painting was sold at live auction in Toronto’s ritzy Yorkville neighbourhood,
where pieces from
Jean Paul Riopelle,
Emily Carr
and the Group of Seven
were also on offer.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published May 22, 2026.
Tara Deschamps, The Canadian Press
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