Greyhound Canada Is Gone
Greyhound Canada is halting all of their operations today, eight years short of their 100th anniversary.
Tourists and concert-goers will now need to use alternative modes of traffic within Canada but will still be able to use Greyhound USA’s services for the following routes when the border opens:
Toronto to New York – Toronto to Buffalo – Montreal to New York – Montreal to Boston – Vancouver to Seattle
Other carriers are expecting to step up for the popular routes and Via Rail is available to some.
May The 4th Be With You
It’s Star Wars Day and Amazon.ca is of course offering discounts today on Star Wars blu-rays, DVDs, CDs and toys, as are chapters.indigo.ca, Lego and American retailers Alibis, Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble, BetterWorldBooks.com and EntertainmentEarth.com.
iTunes is offering their usual discounts on Star Wars themed apps and games. And Amazon U.K has a few deals on t-shirts, posters, memorabilia, etc if you don’t mind waiting for a few days more.
Enjoy.
The Fair Is Back On In St.John’s
The Record Fair NL is coming back on Sunday, May 16th from 10am to 4pm.
It will be hosted at the St.John’s Farmer Market, which is located at 245 Freshwater St in the city of St.John’s, Newfoundland
Enjoy.
Au Revoir Mickey?
Disney may be closing all of their stores in Canada by the end of the summer in response to the pandemic and a shift in retail according to Retail Insider.
They had recently closed 60 stores, two of which were in Canada. And now they may close 18 of the remaining locations in this country, which are located in Ontario, British Columbia, Alberta, and Manitoba. But I suspect they may open a Canadian fulfillment centre or two for Canadian orders at their shopdisney.com site.
Perhaps we will eventually be able to order memorabilia from the Disney+ app itself in the future. But hopefully they might consider re-opening larger locations in the tourist hotspots in Vancouver, Edmonton, Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal.
Only time will tell.
Nova Scotia To Shut Down
Nova Scotia will be going into a province wide shutdown at 8am Wednesday so all schools, restaurants, gyms, malls, libraries, museums and non-essential retail will close or only offer curbside pickup and deliveries for the next two weeks.
Residents of this province should contact their favourite music retailers for details.
Important Google Play Update
The Google Play Movie & TV app will be no longer be accessible on Roku, Samsung, LG, and Vizio smart TVs as of mid-June, 2021.
On June 15th, 2021 Google Play account holders will be able to continue accessing their past purchases and use their credits on the Youtube app on the aforementioned devices. But unfortunately content will not be viewable on LG NetCast and LG SimpleSmart devices as of that date.
The app will remain on Android devices, iPhones and iPads.