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Hamilton Spectator
30-05-2025
- Business
- Hamilton Spectator
Hamilton and Burlington Hudson's Bay stores closing Sunday
Hudson's Bay stores in Hamilton's Lime Ridge Mall and Burlington's Mapleview Centre will officially close on Sunday. The closures come as the decades-old retailer finalizes its liquidation period, which saw sales as high as 80 per cent off. All Bay stores will close on June 1. On Sunday, the company will lay off 8,340 employees or 89 per cent of its workforce, The Star reported on Tuesday. Exactly two weeks later, another 899 employees will lose their jobs. It is unclear how many jobs will be lost locally. Tiffany Bourré, a Hudson Bay's spokesperson, said she did not have an employee count by store. The company will close all of its stores across the country, including 80 Hudson's Bay stores (36 located in Ontario), three Saks Fifth Avenue stores and 13 Saks Off 5th stores. The Hudson's Bay said employees will not receive severance pay when terminated and it has ended benefits, such as pension payment to former senior executives and post-retirement health and dental benefits for 2,000 retirees, The Star reported. In court, the retailer will apply to declare that it meets the criteria for the federal Wage Earner Protection Program, which provides a one-time payment of up to seven weeks of insurable earnings or a maximum of $8,844 for 2025. The 355-year-old company filed for creditor protection under the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act in early March with more than $1 billion in debt. The Hudson's Bay said in late April it would close the six stores it had planned to save after determining there was a low chance of finding buyers. The company will seek court approval next Tuesday to sell its intellectual property, which includes its logo, name and multicoloured stripes design, to Canadian Tire for $30 million. — With files from Estella Ren Cheyenne Bholla is a reporter at The Hamilton Spectator. cbholla@
Toronto Star
13-05-2025
- Toronto Star
Man arrested in TTC bus crash that injured 9 last year now facing charges in string of GTA home invasions, police say
The man accused of crashing a stolen vehicle into a TTC bus last autumn is now facing charges related to a string of 'violent' home invasions that occurred days before the collision. Toronto police responded to a collision between a white, stolen BMW X6 and the transit bus near Bathurst Street and Wilson Avenue shortly before 2 a.m. on Nov. 18. A total of nine people were sent to hospital, with two suffering life-threatening injuries. WATCH EXCLUSIVE VIDEO Video captures moment of impact as stolen BMW hits TTC bus, injuring five people Estella Ren, Andy Takagi Several days before, on Nov. 13, five people with their faces covered went to a home in Mississauga near Dundas Street West and Mississauga Road around 2:40 a.m., police said. They allegedly broke into the home through the front door, stole the victim's vehicle keys and drove off in their vehicle. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW Later that morning around 3:45 a.m., the thieves allegedly broke into another home near Countryside Drive and Goreway Drive in Brampton. With their faces still covered, they allegedly stole several items from the home while the victims were asleep. Man in stolen BMW involved in TTC bus crash has history of car theft Approximately two hours later around 6 a.m., the home invaders broke into a home near Major William Sharpe Drive and Flowertown Avenue in Brampton through the front door, police continued. They confronted the victims on the home's second floor and allegedly demanded their vehicle keys at gunpoint before fleeing in the victim's vehicle, Peel police wrote in a media release. A 32-year-old man from Pickering has been charged with nine criminal offences related to the break-and-enters while he was already in custody in connection to the TTC bus collision. He was one of four people charged following the crash, including two 19-year-olds and a 33-year-old. In a post on X following the crash, the Toronto Police Association said that two of the four people in the stolen BMW were on bail at the time of the crash, including one for a violent robbery. News Fourth suspect arrested in connection to carjacking and stolen BMW that crashed into TTC bus Anastasia Blosser Security footage released by Qunubu Cannabis, a business in the area, showed the dramatic moment of impact in the early hours of Nov. 18 that caused the TTC bus to careen 180 degrees after it was hit while passing through the intersection, slamming its rear end into a guardrail. Heavy smoke could be seen rising from the rear of the car after the collision. Photos taken at the scene show the BMW destroyed from the impact — including a totalled hood, damaged rear and all four doors torn off — while the bus appeared severely damaged before it was towed away. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW The BMW was allegedly stolen at gunpoint on Nov. 1 near Sandalwood Parkway East and Conestoga Drive. A stolen BMW was totalled and two people were sent to hospital with life-threatening injuries following a crash with a TTC bus early Monday morning. The crash occurred near Bathurst Street and Wilson Avenue around 1:50 a.m. Read the full story: Investigators said a victim was travelling in their white BMW X6 when a black sedan cut them off. Two people, including one with a handgun, got out of the sedan and approached the victim demanding they hand over the vehicle, police said. The two then drove off in the BMW X6 with the black sedan travelling in tandem. On the same day as the three break-and-enters, the stolen BMW was driven to a home near Bathurst Street and Brooke Avenue where five people got out of the car and used a rock to smash the front glass door. Police said they were unable to enter the home because the door was reinforced with security film. The stolen BMW sustained substantial damage as a result of the collision. Michelle Mengsu Chang/ Toronto Star About half an hour later, police responded to another break-in at a residence near Bayview Avenue and York Mills. The five suspects allegedly forced open the front door, entered the home and took some personal items before fleeing the area in the same BMW X6. The man from Pickering was subject to a judicial release order related to similar criminal offences. He was held for a bail hearing and appeared before the Ontario Court of Justice in Brampton, where he was remanded into custody pending a future bail hearing. Peel police said the investigation is ongoing and they anticipate more charges will be laid. With files from Andy Takagi and Estella Ren
