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For immediate release TORONTO, May 2, 2024: Retail Council of Canada (RCC) proudly announces Jennifer Grimm, owner of LUX Beauty, as the recipient of the Independent Retail Ambassador of the Year Awar...Learn More

Looking to learn more about cybersecurity and protecting your company from cyberthreats? Fortinet is offering free access to its comprehensive online courses through the Fortinet Training Institute. T...Learn More

Attention retailers with pharmacies in PEI: Pharmacists in PEI can now do an assessment and prescribe treatment for uncomplicated urinary tract infections (UTIs) for people of any age. This is a ...Learn More

Attention retailers who have operations in Ontario: Ontario aims to amend the Employment Standards Act, eliminating the need for sick notes from doctors for the provincially mandated three annual sick...Learn More

Attention large and medium-sized businesses in British Columbia: The Government of B.C. released a discussion paper on Industrial, Commercial, and Institutional (ICI) Packaging and Paper Products (PPP...Learn More

Attention RCC Members’ legal teams:  RCC’s collaboration with the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade in spearheading influential business association lobbying endeavors has prompted the B....Learn More

Attention all retailers and quick-service restaurants navigating single-use packaging bans: The European Parliament has just greenlit a law targeting specific single-use plastic packaging by 2030, di...Learn More

Attention retailers who sell cosmetics: The Regulations Amending Certain Regulations Concerning the Disclosure of Cosmetic Ingredients (SOR/2024-63) were published on April 24 in the Ca...Learn More

Attention retailers who sell products that contain or are packaged in plastic: At the UN Global Plastics Treaty negotiations (INC-4) in Ottawa last week, RCC’s Michael Zabaneh, alongside Hon. Steven...Learn More

Attention retailers who employ international students: The government plans to end the temporary 40-hour-per-week allowance for eligible international students, initially implemented to address pandem...Learn More