Tara Deschamps
taradeschamps.bsky.social
Tara Deschamps
@taradeschamps.bsky.social
The Canadian Press business reporter, covering tech (including AI) and retail. Cinephile. tsd@cp.org
The Hudson’s Bay auction has wrapped with $5.9 million in sales.

Several pieces went for record amounts and all surpassed the conservative estimates Heffel set for them.

My story describing how the action unfolded: www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/business/auc...
November 20, 2025 at 1:42 AM
It’s Hudson’s Bay auction day.

Homes will be found for 27 paintings — including a Churchill and a Bell-Smith— the retailer owns.

Here’s a piece setting up the sale. www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/business/cre...
November 19, 2025 at 1:28 PM
I’ve got your first look at the vintage blankets and art that are in Hudson’s Bay’s first online auction

www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/business/vin...
November 7, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Canadian Tire is releasing its first collection using the Hudson’s Bay stripes.

I’ve got your first look at the 26 products.

www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/business/you...
November 5, 2025 at 2:50 PM
BREAKING: Ruby Liu, a B.C. billionaire who spent the summer fighting to move into former Hudson’s Bay properties, has found herself on the losing end of battle with the collapsed department store’s lenders.

www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/business/b-c...
October 25, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Want to own a piece of Hudson’s Bay history?

I break down how the upcoming auctions will work

www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/business/how...
October 15, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Heffel is hosting an auction for the Hudson’s Bay collection.

The auction house’s head told me what it was like to get HBC’s call:
www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/business/sale-of-hudsons-bay-collection-is-a-watershed-moment-auction-house-heffel/article_ead70f97-567c-5db3-b476-28f94630b770.html
October 10, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Department store Simons makes its Toronto debut today.

I delved into why it took it so long and what the collapse of Hudson’s Bay and the rise of buy Canadian means for the retailer.

www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/business/tor...
August 14, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Have you tried dirty soda yet?

The trendy drink has bubbled up to Canada thanks to social media and the Secret Lives of Mormon Wives reality TV show.

www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/business/dir...
August 11, 2025 at 12:55 PM
The royal charter that formed Hudson's Bay about 355 years ago could soon be getting a new home.

The Canadian Museum of History says the Weston family wants to buy the historic document for $12.5 million and donate it to the Quebec institution.

www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/science/west...
July 30, 2025 at 11:05 PM
The biggest art fraud in the world has roots in Canada — and now a tool to help in the fight: AI.

My look at how a Montreal tech company is helping the estate of late Indigenous artist Norval Morrisseau: www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/science/how-...
July 21, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Labour groups and lawyers are hoping the fall of Hudson's Bay will create meaningful change for workers.

www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/business/lab...
July 7, 2025 at 12:09 PM
I pitched in for our Ontario desk today, covering the annual Pride parade in Toronto.

The streets were a rainbow but a cloud hung over the event because several corporate sponsors pulled their funding.

www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/national/rai...
June 30, 2025 at 12:04 AM
The B.C. billionaire looking to turn Hudson’s Bay’s old digs into her own retail empire left court Monday with the beginnings of her venture in hand — and a looming fight that could curtail her full ambitions.

www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/business/hud...
June 23, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Insolvencies and bankruptcies in the retail sector have been rising over the past four years after a roughly 20-year decline.

What’s driving the shift: www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/business/ret...
June 19, 2025 at 1:13 PM
“Every time I bring someone through the factory, they kind of look at me and say, ‘I just didn't realize you did this here.”

The Roots CEO took me on a tour of its leather factory in Toronto, where the buy Canadian movement is creating opportunities

www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/business/buy...
June 16, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Since March, I’ve written 75 stories on the fall of Hudson’s Bay and yet the closure of its stores today still feels surreal.

If you’ve missed any of my coverage, find it all here:

www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/search/?tncm...
June 1, 2025 at 9:10 PM
As Hudson’s Bay prepares to ask for court permission to auction off its artifacts, a look at where some items linked to the company are on public display.

www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/business/a-c...
April 19, 2025 at 2:31 PM
What happens when you’re a Canadian company with an American name in a trade war?

I asked Boston Pizza, New York Fries, Montana’s, California Sandwiches and the Great American Backrub www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/business/bos...
April 9, 2025 at 12:01 PM
🐻 Giant bears
⛺️ Tents with s’mores
🍽️ Montreal smoked meat, poutine
🍹 cocktails inspired by TVO Kids, the Bluenose
💵 the ability to pay with Canadian Tire money

Meet Toronto’s new Canada-themed restaurant Grizzly Bar www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/business/sor...
April 6, 2025 at 6:37 PM
McDonald's Canada is trying its hand at a vegetable-based burger — again.

Meet the McVeggie, a sandwich the chain is trialling about five years after dumping the PLT.

www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/business/mcd...
March 18, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Trump might have delayed tariffs on Canadian goods for a month, but small businesses aren’t letting their guard down.

www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/business/can...
February 5, 2025 at 12:04 AM
I visited Canada’s top toy company to unwrap its hottest releases with the CEO and hear how they went from idea to store shelves.

This is my story on how Spin Master, the maker of Paw Patrol, Ms. Rachel and Hatchimal toys, prepared for the holidays

www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/business/ms-...
December 1, 2024 at 7:17 PM