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  1. Things at The Hudson's Bay Company (aka "The Bay") is so dire that the company is looking to liquidate the entire business unless it finds another viable way forward.

    Quite a sad end to the oldest company in North America as The Hudson's Bay company has been around since 1670.

    thestar.com/business/hudsons-b

    #HudsonsBay #TheBay #HBC #liquidation #Canada

  2. This white woman couldn't answer direct questions about her #colonial BS & trying to elevate her #HBC colonizer family - while refusing to address her family's #abuses on Indigenous ppls & she's trying to earn money from telling more #colonial #whitewashed lies.

    This shithead is trying to #WHITEWASH #CANADA #HISTORY . By erasing #Indigenous peoples' experiences & refusing to accept her family were shitty #colonizers 🤮

    #BOYCOTTwhitewashers #BoycottRacistAuthors #FuckThisPOS

  3. Good Morning #Canada
    The Severn River, #19 on our #CanadaRivers countdown, flows for 982 km, from Deer Lake near Kenora to Fort Severn on the shore of Hudson's Bay. It's the same length as the Albany River (next on our list) and both are the longest rivers entirely within Ontario. The Severn River drainage basin area is 102,800 km2 , a small portion of which is in Manitoba, and it has a modest volume of 645 m3/s as it meanders northeast. Historical records state that the mouth of the river was located by the English in 1631, but I'm pretty sure Indigenous people discovered it a few thousand years before that. Fort Severn was established as a trading post in 1689 by the Hudson's Bay Company but was captured by Pierre le Moyne, sieur d'Iberville in 1690. The post, rebuilt in 1759, has been in continuous operation to this day making this community one of the oldest European settlements in Ontario.

    #CanadaIsAwesome #HBC
    canadashistory.ca/explore/sett

  4. ricochet.media/indigenous/desp

    “The fact that a judge ruled there should be an auction immediately without transparency or consultation with First Nations, Métis, and Inuit leaders shows a lack of cultural sensitivity.”

    #HudsonBayCompany #HBC #Indigenous #reconciliation #Canada

  5. Labour groups, lawyers hope fall of Hudson’s Bay will spur change for workers

    toronto.citynews.ca/2025/07/07
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    Les groupes de travailleurs, les avocats espère que la chute de la Compagnie de la Baie d’Hudson enclenche des changements pour les travailleurs

    // Article en anglais //

    #Canada #HBC #LaBaie #TheBay

  6. AS A DIRECT RESULT OF THE MASSACRE OF THE MISSIONARIES AT WAIILATPU, the #HBC men change their route and took in their trade goods over the mountains between #FortLangley and #Kamloops. They had a horrific and very difficult journey up the Fraser River to Kequeloose, where they took to the hills.... #AmWriting #History nancymargueriteanderson.com/18

  7. "There is some chance that the brands of HBC, if not the company itself, might live on.
    "Another big Canadian retailer, Canadian Tire, bought HBC’s intellectual property rights. And, a billionaire from British Columbia, Weihong Liu, bought the leases to some of the chain"s stores and reportedly says she has plans to reopen."

    355 Years on, Nix Oldest Company in N. America: Hudson's Bay

    inc.com/bill-murphy-jr/after-3 via Inc.
    Photo: Carlos Osorio/Reuters via "The Globe and Mail"
    #HudsonsBay #HBC

  8. The end of an era…

    The Bay, as it existed, has closed forever.
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    La fin d’une époque…

    La Baie, telle qu’elle existait, a fermée à tout jamais.

    #Canada #CCAA #LACC #HBC #TheBay #LaBaie #Zellers

  9. The Hudson’s Bay Company will lay off about 89% of its personnel by 1 June, as it winds down its retail operations.

    cbc.ca/news/business/hudsons-b
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    La Compagnie de la Baie d’Hudson mettra à pied environ 89% de son personnel d’ici le 1er juin. Les magasins fermeront tous d’ici dimanche.

    ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/2

    #Canada #CCAA #LACC #HBC #TheBay #LaBaie #Zellers

  10. The Assembly of First Nations is asking that the HBC artifact sale is stopped and items returned to their communities.

    toronto.citynews.ca/2025/05/01
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    L’Assemblée des Premières Nations demande à ce que la vente des artéfacts de la Compagnie de la Baie d’Hudson soit arrêtée et les items retournés à leur communauté.

    // Article en anglais //

    #Canada #CCAA #LACC #HBC #TheBay #LaBaie #Zellers #Indigenous #Autochtones

  11. The Premier of Manitoba :flagmb: Wab Kinew says that HBC’s artifacts ahould be transferred to the public - understand some level of government.

    toronto.citynews.ca/2025/04/25
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    Le premier ministre du Manitoba :flagmb: Wab Kinew dit que les artéfacts de la Compagnie de la Baie d’Hudson devraient être transférés au public - comprendre un pallier de gouvernement quelconque.

    ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/2

    #Canada #CCAA #LACC #HBC #TheBay #LaBaie #Zellers #Manitoba #MBpoli

  12. I was a courier in Toronto in 2000/ 2001. I'd deliver mail to HBC's corporate headquarters. They had the HBC charter in a display case in their lobby.

    The display case was like a high-end jewelry case with interior lighting, while the rest of the lobby was a little dim. I would look at the charter in awe of its age and historical consequence.

    I hope it is obtained by Canada and put in a museum.

    #hudsonsbaycompany
    #HBC
    #history
    #canadianhistory

    theglobeandmail.com/gift/c26b5

  13. Good Morning #Canada
    The troubles of The Hudsons Bay Company have dominated Canadian retail news recently, with experts offering opinions on how the 355 year old company ultimately failed. But the #HBC downfall likely began 155 years ago when they gave up ownership of almost a third of Canada’s land. HBC wanted to sell the land to the Americans for an estimated $40M but was forced by Britain to settle for $1.5M. We dodged a musket ball....

    #CanadaIsAwesome #History
    thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/.

  14. A Billionaire making The Bay Great Again is solving something no one believes is a problem.

    Let The Bay sink into its dark colonial swamp and leave it there.

    #canPoli #TheBay #HBC #Colonialism
    apple.news/AZz3rY4E2SNSwLrjyDf

  15. As an #Indigenous person, who grew up in the shadow of this all-consuming company in my home community of Attawapiskat, I am happy to see it disappear from the landscape.

    #HBC

    windspeaker.com/under-northern

  16. In historical HBC parlance, if I were a servant, I'd grab my pitchfork and go find the Governor and Committee.

    "Hudson's Bay managers will get up to $3 million in bonuses, but workers get no severance"

    cbc.ca/news/business/hudons-ba

    #HBC #Canada

  17. HBC managers will get their bonuses and employees will not get severance pay.

    Opinion: Euh… bonuses should not be awarded for a company failing. It should be reversed.

    cbc.ca/news/business/hudons-ba
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    Les gestionnaires de HBC recevront leurs bonus et les employés ne recevront pas d’indemnités de départ.

    Opinion : Euh... les bonus ne devraient pas être accordés pour l'échec d'une entreprise. Ça devrait être l’inverse.

    // Article en anglais //

    #Canada #CCAA #LACC #HBC #TheBay #LaBaie #Zellers

  18. 🔴 NEW VIDEO 🔴
    From fur trading empire to real estate play — the tragic end of #HudsonsBay.

    Who's to blame for the fall of a Canadian icon?

    Why, an American, of course.

    #hbc #cdnpoli #canada
    youtu.be/Q6MshBCdpuY

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  19. i'm in the lineup for Tim's. It's roll up the rim to win time and I just noticed that a bunch of their prizes are for the Hudsons Bay 😂
    #tims #timHortons #canada #hudsonsBay #hbc

  20. @chris It’s a physical reminder of Canada’s corporate underpinnings and the genocidal takeover of the land via its iconic smallpox blankets. Good riddance.

    #HBC #HudsonsBayCompany

  21. THE HBC BRIGADES, BLOGPOST:
    North of Fort #Okanagan #Okanogan, on the Columbia River, the HBC men abandoned their boats and rode horses northward, following the Okanagan River to #BritishColumbia's Okanagan Lake and beyond. Destination: #Kamloops But they would not make it that far in this post. #HBC #History #BCHistory #Brigades #AmWritingHistory #Blogpost nancymargueriteanderson.com/br

  22. THE HBC BRIGADES, BLOGPOST:
    The HBC Brigades, and the requirement for any Brigade Trail that was going to be explored, uncovered, and built. Interesting, the First Nations people often helped to build and clear the trail. #HBC #History #Brigades #BCHistory #WAHistory #Books nancymargueriteanderson.com/hb

  23. THE HBC BRIGADES, BLOGPOST:
    In this section of the Two Canoes thread: Governor George Simpson and Archibald McDonald travel from Fort Alexandria, on the Fraser River south of #Quesnel, to the North River [North Thompson River], on their way to #Kamloops #BritishColumbia #HBC #History #Brigades nancymargueriteanderson.com/tw

  24. THE HBC BRIGADES, BLOGPOST:
    In 1849, Deputy Governor Eden Colvile travelled into the Columbia District by the Peace River, and followed the Brigade trail south all the way to Collins Gulch Creek, where the new brigade trails mounts the #Tulameen Plateau and makes its way south to Fort #HopeBC. #HBC #History nancymargueriteanderson.com/co

  25. THE HBC BRIGADES, BLOGPOST:
    James Douglas talked about the Garden of Eden, which was on the Tulameen Plateau Brigade trail that led from #Kamloops to Fort #HopeBC. It was a beautiful piece of the trail, and at last I discovered where it was. #HBC #History #BritishColumbia #BCHistory nancymargueriteanderson.com/ga

  26. YORK FACTORY EXPRESS JOURNAL, 1831:
    "We remained here #BoatEncampment till the 10th, when Mr. Heron, Chief Trader, made his appearance from Fort Colvile with two boats. Then ordering back the horses to Klyne's House #Jasper we embarked on the far famed Columbia, which runs here with tremendous velocity. We reached Fort Colvile, Mr. Heron's headquarters, in about four days. The Fort is most delightfully situated in a a beautiful plain surrounded by high lands.. #HBC #History #SpokaneWA #WAHistory

  27. Ship logs from 1740 to 1855. Notice the steady stream of ships in and out of that Artic. I suspect almost exclusively heading to Hudson's Bay as part of the #HudsonsBayCompany

    #history #hbc

    Map from peteratwoodprojects.wordpress.

  28. HBC opening its first Zellers stores tomorrow, two days after Nordstrom Canada's liquidation sale begins. Says something abt Canada's retail landscape.
    #HBC #Zellers #Nordstrom #retail #DepartmentStores

  29. N3 : Le HBC Arles s’incline logiquement ce samedi, face au leader Grenoble

    Selon la chaîne alimentaire du Handball, autant dire qu’Arles ne s’attendait pas à manger tout cru le Grenoble…
    #Grenoble #FR #France #Actu #News #Europe #EU #2026 #actu #Actualités #Arles #Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes #europe #Handball #hbc #logiquement #N3: #Région #Républiquefrançaise #s'incline #samedi
    europesays.com/fr/750613/

  30. THE HBC BRIGADES, BLOGPOST:
    My new book, The HBC Brigades, will be published in spring 2024, if all goes well. It is about the HBC Brigades that carried the furs out to Fort #Vancouver #WA, and who later returned home with the trade goods needed for the next winter. History is fascinating, and this history is huge! #HBC #History #MetisHistory #HistoricJourney #Blogpost nancymargueriteanderson.com/fo

  31. YORK FACTORY EXPRESS BLOGPOST:
    On his journey into the district west of the Rocky Mountains in 1846, artist Paul Kane makes his way up the Athabasca River to #Jasper's House, travelling with the incoming [returning] York Factory Express. #HBC #History #Stories #MetisHistory nancymargueriteanderson.com/pa

  32. YORK FACTORY EXPRESS BLOGPOST:
    In 1826, Lieutenant Aemilius Simpson travelled west with the incoming York Factory Express, leaving a good description of his walk through Athabasca Pass. In this post, I collect all the descriptions given by Simpson, and others, and so we have a good view of this historic mountain pass. #HBC #History #CanadaHistory #PNWHistory nancymargueriteanderson.com/at

  33. Image of my great-grandmother Rosy Hunter (nee Louttit). She was married to a Hudson's Bay Company Factor, so her attire is a bit high-brow for a halfbreed of the day. Notice the moccasins, though. We're lucky to have this picture of her.
    #Indigenous #Metis #history #HBC #FurTrade #Family