Target Announces Store Closures, Including Kelowna Location

Target Canada has announced the dates for the closure of more stores across the country, and the Vernon location is set to close this month.

The liquidation continues at the American retail store as it makes its exit from Canada. The Vernon location is set to shut its doors on March 30^th, while the Kelowna location will officially close on April 2^nd, 2015. On Monday, the bankrupt company announced that 16 stores would be closed across Canada by next week, and on Tuesday that liquidation process continued with the announcement of 32 more closures.

Shoppers did not flock to the Target Canada locations as the company had expected (Photo Credit: KelownaNow.com)

The company is planning to close all of its 133 Canadian locations, and by April 2^nd a total of 78 stores will have shut their doors. Currently the stores are running massive liquidation sales with discounts between 40 and 60 per cent, although many store shelves are already bare. All Canadian operations are expected to be shut down by mid-May, leaving around 17,600 employees out of work.

The following locations BC will be closing soon:

March 30

• Maple Ridge, 11850 224th St., B.C.
• Vernon, 4900 27th St., B.C.
• Saanich Tillicum, 3170 Tillicum Rd., B.C.

April 1

• Nanaimo, 4750 Rutherford Rd., B.C.
• Courtenay, 2801 Cliffe Ave., B.C.
• Prince George, 2999 Massey Dr., B.C.
• Surrey, 10153 King George Blvd., B.C.

April 2

• Campbell River, 1324 Island Highway, B.C.
• Victoria Hillside, 1610 Hillside Ave., B.C.
• Coquitlam, 2929 Barnet Highway, B.C.
• Kelowna, 1876 Cooper Rd., B.C.
• Kamloops, 945 Columbia St. W, B.C.