Northern Sears Canada Locations to close

Northern Sears Canada stores will be closing Shoppers in the Sault say it leaves them with limited places to shop. Lincoln Louttit reports

Once a household name in Canadian retail Sears has now filed for creditor protection and will be closing stores.

Sears Canada will be closing stores in every province except Prince Edward Island, as the retailer slashes 2,900 jobs amid a major restructuring effort.

Sears filed for court protection from creditors on Thursday, before announcing that it will close 20 full-line locations, 15 Sears Home stores, 10 outlet stores and 14 Sears Hometown locations.

CTV has learned that they will be closing 59 stores and cutting 29-hundred staff.

The struggling retailer has piled up losses and seen its stock fall, losing more than 80 per cent of its value in the last year alone.

Sears Canada has stores in Sudbury, Sault Ste. Marie, North Bay and Timmins.

Of the Northern locations closing will be the Sault Ste. Marie, Timmins and Sudbury Sears Home stores. North Bay's store will not be closing.

Here are the locations of the planned store closures, so plan your liquidation sale shopping accordingly:

British Columbia

Alberta

Saskatchewan

Manitoba

Ontario

Quebec

New Brunswick

Nova Scotia

Newfoundland and Labrador