Dec. 1, 2025 "U.S. liquor returns to Nova Scotia store shelves Monday": Today I found this article by Natalie Lombard on BNN Bloomberg:
Liquor from the United States returns to Nova Scotia store shelves Monday, albeit temporarily.
Last week, the province announced it is selling its remaining $14 million-worth of alcohol from the U.S. as it continues a months-long boycott.
Nova Scotia pulled all U.S. alcohol products from store shelves on March 4
in response to tariffs on Canada.
The U.S. inventory, which consists mainly of wine and spirits, will be available at NSLC locations across the province again starting Monday.
The province says about $4 million in net profits will go to
and other community food organizations.
Premier Tim Houston said last week additional alcohol from the U.S. won’t be ordered after the remaining inventory is gone.
The province expects the inventory will take several months to sell.
My opinion: That's good that the profits will go to Feed Nova Scotia.
Oct. 2, 2026 "Retailers face tougher search for space as construction drops to 10-year low: JLL": Today I found this article on BNN Bloomberg:
TORONTO — Store owners might be having a harder time finding rental property as the amount of retail space under construction in major Canadian markets dropped to its lowest level in a decade.
Commercial real estate firm JLL says retail construction starts amounted to 1.5 million square feet in the first half of this year.
That was down from 2.7 million square feet a year prior
and 5.3 million square feet in the first half of 2016.
The previous low during the decade came in 2023, when retail construction starts totalled 1.9 million square feet.
JLL’s senior vice-president of retail Paul Ferreira attributes the drop in starts to
rising building costs,
redevelopment of existing retail space
and the cancellation of some residential projects that would have had stores on the ground floor.
Ferreira says the decrease means retailers wanting to grow are finding it more challenging to rent space
and are having to increasingly adapt their plans to work in the fewer new locations out there.
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Tara Deschamps, The Canadian Press
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 2, 2026.
My opinion: In downtown Edmonton, there is a lot of empty retail space, especially in City Centre mall.
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