Lowe’s Canada to open three new stores

TORONTO — Lowe’s Canada president Sylvain Prud’homme has confirmed with HARDLINES its expansion plans for the coming year. The first store will be in Lethbridge, Alta., “early in the year,” followed by a store in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont. (as reported—sort of—in our November 10 edition), and then another in Saskatoon. Lowe’s opened two stores in Canada in February 2014, in Cambridge, Ont., and Burlington, Ont. (More details on Lowe’s Canadian expansion plans in our December 1 edition! —Editor)