Valley Toonie Toss 50-50 prize draw

Due to a break, enter; and theft at the Cambridge convenience store, that means the Mud Creek Rotary Club is carrying over this week’s Toonie Toss 50-50 prize draw.

Club treasurer Tony Gail says one of their Toonie Toss boxes disappeared on June 17th, adding there was probably hundreds of dollars in it.

The weekly lottery benefits charities in the Eastern Valley, the Rotary cause; and the winner takes home 50 per cent of the proceeds.

Sears woes

Industry experts are calling it part of the demise of the department store.

Sears Canada is closing 59 stores and slashing 29-hundred jobs under a court-supervised restructuring plan.

One marketing strategist says many department stores lost touch and stopped responding to the needs of the consumer many years ago.

Sears has seen its stock nosedive despite efforts to refashion itself at a time when more people are opting to shop online.

Sears locations in Halifax, Dartmouth and Truro are among those set to close across Canada.