The Corner Store is a new micro-shop in Toronto that sells unique, mostly handcrafted treasures sourced from New York and California. The shop lies deep ..

Stanstones corner store is the heart of the neighborhood for the brother and sister in this story. They help to close the store every Saturday and save their pennies to buy candy. The store is the ...

Toronto’s corner stores are a nostalgic staple, offering everything from last-minute essentials to a hard copy of a newspaper.

David Bernardino’s family owns the building at 810 Union, but he said it would be hard to open a corner store from scratch today. “Fortunately, my parents were here 30 years ago,” he said.

There are currently about 88 corner stores operating in Vancouver, according to the city, down from 105 in the 1970s and a peak of approximately 260 in the 1920s.

Donna and Dick Chan at Mike’s Corner Store in the 1970s or ’80s. The Chan family recently discovered the neon sign was still around. Courtesy the Chan family. Her dad isn’t named Mike, though.

Not every corner store in the province is jumping into the new market. According to figures the government provided last week, 4,043 convenience stores – including gas stations – had been ...

It features the Corner Store signage on the left chest patch and the New York logo and Knickerbocker address, in large print, across the back.