Winnipeg Free Press - ONLINE EDITION
Sears to begin charging for plastic bags
WINNIPEG - Sears is joining the the many other Manitoba stores that are charging for plastic bags.
Customers will be charged five cents for a bag at the Winnipeg Sears stores, the company said in a news release on Monday.
The net proceeds from the sale of plastic bags will be donated to environmental and children’s cancer charities, said the company.
- Rate this
-
-
We want you to tell us what you think of our articles. If the story moves you, compels you to act or tells you something you didn’t know, mark it high. If you thought it was well written, do the same. If it doesn’t meet your standards, mark it accordingly.
You can also register and/or login to the site and join the conversation by leaving a comment.
Rate it yourself by rolling over the stars and clicking when you reach your desired rating. We want you to tell us what you think of our articles. If the story moves you, compels you to act or tells you something you didn’t know, mark it high.
The comment period for this story has ended.
Ads by Google
- Back to Top
- Return to Breaking News
-
CON >< CUSSIONS
Examining hockey head injuries
-
Random Acts of Kindness
Your encounters with goodness
-
Open Secrets
Red River students mine government data banks
-
Ski with WFP
Register here to ski Asessippi with the Winnipeg Free Press
-
Miss Lonelyhearts
Maureen Scurfield offers life advice
Poll
Most Popular
- Winnipeg Sun editor charged with child pornography
- Arrest warrant issued for 'Laughing Girl'
- Elderly man dies in rollover yesterday
- Teens urged to 'pee in a cup'
- Meth-ring charges should be dropped: former Bomber
- Trailer park residents staying put
- Move, then be quiet about cash
- Porn actress Joslyn James releases sexually graphic messages she says came from Tiger Woods
- After sweeping Hollywood's awards season, Oscar winner Sandra Bullock plagued by private drama
- Do you prefer tap or bottled water?
- She's not laughing anymore
- Crusader up for Nobel Prize
- Mild again, but enjoy it while it lasts
- Freedom for Li expected
- Gesturing rudely at OPP while in possession of stolen goods: not a good idea
- Off-duty officer stops assault on Transit driver
- Man shot after chasing car thieves
- Grand Forks declares flood emergency
- New cutting machine breaks through ice near Selkirk
- Winnipeg Sun editor charged with child pornography
- Olympic-sized hypocrisy
- Crusader up for Nobel Prize
- Not wrong, just illegal
- Teacher's lapdance caught on tape, watched by world
- Students could be punished
- Second video of lap dance uncovered
- Mr. Matas a worthy nominee
- She's not laughing anymore
- What should happen to two teachers who performed a sexually suggestive dance routine in front of students?
- Oprah's on, and so is our Jon!
- She's not laughing anymore
- Judge rules no cameras allowed at Sinclair inquest
- Move, then be quiet about cash
- Province gives Greyhound $3M
- Arrest warrant issued for 'Laughing Girl'
- Trailer park residents staying put
- Ottawa will pay to airlift supplies to reserves caught short by early winter-road melt
- Teens urged to 'pee in a cup'
- Play nice in your neighbour's dust
- Ottawa taking control of native band's funds
- She's not laughing anymore
- Freedom for Li expected
- Man shot after chasing car thieves
- City may open diamond lanes to more users
- He can escape her verbal abuse
- Gesturing rudely at OPP while in possession of stolen goods: not a good idea
- Play nice in your neighbour's dust
- Liberals say cutting MP mailings would save $10 million a year
- Eagles, Dixie Chicks to play stadium in June
- Charges considered in machete attack
- Teacher's lapdance caught on tape, watched by world
- She's not laughing anymore
- Students could be punished
- Police shoot and kill suspect
- Freedom for Li expected
- Second video of lap dance uncovered
- More ominous issue underlies Youth for Christ flap
- Wielding a weapon costs a life
- Mounties hook ice-fishers for open beer
- Canadian women's hockey team stunned by reaction to post-gold party
- Career Compass helps staff chart career paths
- Ottawa taking control of native band's funds
- Winnipeg Sun editor charged with child pornography
- Russell is a Prairie jewel
- Another year, another flood looms
- High Canadian dollar here to stay, economists say
- Tories extend amnesty for gun registry
- Car thieves arrested, charged in shooting
- All aboard LaPolice's bus
- WELCOME BACK: Manitobans' roles at human rights museum
- Eagles, Dixie Chicks to play stadium in June
- Condos at ex-Penthouse
- Grand Forks declares flood emergency
- New cutting machine breaks through ice near Selkirk
- It's the Sharks vs. the Jets in a jazzy rumble
- Man shot after chasing car thieves
- Former prosecutor ambushed on CBC
- Is jet a trophy or just bad PR?
- Career Compass helps staff chart career paths
- Ice-cutting machine to stay submerged until spring
- Text of Shane Koyczan's opening ceremonies poem, "We Are More"
- Teacher's lapdance caught on tape, watched by world
- Olympic-sized hypocrisy
- Cabela's to open across Canada
- Oprah's on, and so is our Jon!
- Not wrong, just illegal
- Online drug pioneer tumbles
- Mounties hook ice-fishers for open beer
- No listings for buyers flooding the housing market
- Second video of lap dance uncovered
PREVIOUS
3 Comments
Posted by: Jennifer
October 27, 2009 at 3:16 PM
At least the proceeds are going to a charity, unlike the grocery stores. At 5 cents per bag it will turn into quite a big revenue stream for Superstore and the like.
Posted by: Newsjunkie
October 26, 2009 at 6:56 PM
Good for Sears! I still won't shop there since it's money out of our economy to the US parent company, but nonetheless they're being a good role model in that regard.
Posted by: null
October 26, 2009 at 2:24 PM
@staffwriter - proofread your story before placing it on the website, your penmanship is atrocious.
Let's hope that Sears employees ask whether customer's want a bag or not and not asssume otherwise.
I like the option of bringing in my own re-usable cloth bag and I'd dislike being charged for something I didn't need.