It appears the North Bay Sears store at Northgate has escaped a massive round of closings announced today.
In a news release, Sears Canada says its full-line store in Sault Ste. Marie is among those that are anticipated to close. Also closing is an Outlet store in Timmins, and a Sears Home store in Sudbury.
The company is closing 20 full-line stores as well as 15 Sears Home, 10 Sears Outlet and 14 Sears Hometown stores.
As a result, some 2,900 positions will be cut across the retail locations and at Sears head office in Toronto.
Sears Canada announced today it is seeking court protection from its creditors in order to restructure its business.
"The specific timing of the store closings has not yet been finalized. All other Sears Canada stores and the Sears e-commerce website, www.sears.ca, continue to be open for business," said the press release.
Sears Canada has been engaged in a reinvention of the Company over the last 18 months.
| Sears stores | Sears Hometown stores | Outlet stores | Sears Home stores |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medicine Hat, Alta. | Cold Lake, Alta. | Abbotsford Retail, B.C. | Calgary |
| Grande Prairie, Alta. | St. Albert, Alta. | Winnipeg Garden City | Edmonton Skyview |
| Lloydminster, Alta. | Okotoks, Alta. | Halifax Outlet | Ancaster, Ont. |
| Red Deer Relocation, Alta. | Spruce Grove, Alta. | Cornwall, Ont. | WoodbridgeWoodbridge, Ont. |
| Kamloops Aberdeen Mall, B.C. | Ft. McMurray, Alta. | Chatham, Ont. | London, Ont. |
| Bathurst, N.B. | Leduc, Alta. | Cambridge, Ont. | Scarborough, Ont. |
| Saint John, N.B. | Sherwood Park, Alta. | Timmins, Ont. | Kingston, Ont. |
| Corner Brook, N.L. | Creston, B.C. | St. Eustache, Que. | Ottawa East |
| Truro Mall, N.S. | Sechelt, B.C. | Montreal Place Vertu | Sudbury, Ont. |
| Dartmouth, N.S. | Grand Forks, B.C. | Sorel, Que. | Windsor, Ont. |
| Brockville, Ont. | Orangeville, Ont. | Orillia, Ont. | |
| Sault Ste. Marie, Ont. | Rimouski, Que. | St. Bruno, Que. | |
| Hull, Que. | Rouyn-Noranda, Que. | Laval, Que. | |
| Chicoutimi, Que. | Melville, Sask. | Quebec City | |
| St. Georges de Beauce, Que. | Ste. Foy, Que. | ||
| Alma, Que. | |||
| Drummondville, Que. | |||
| Regina | |||
| Moose Jaw, Sask. | |||
| Prince Albert, Sask. |
