Canadian Tire closes offices for playoff game

TORONTO — Canadian Tire Corp. will give employees at its head offices the day off on Friday, enabling them to watch the Toronto Blue Jays’ second playoff game against the Texas Rangers. The team aroused the ire of fans this week when it announced a schedule of afternoon pitches, leaving fans scrambling to make arrangements at work. Some 5,000 employees at Canadian Tire’s Toronto headquarters as well as the Sport Chek and Mark’s Work Warehouse offices in Calgary won’t need to “burn” a sick day tomorrow as the company will close corporate offices for the day.