Canada Walmart Store Event-stores open 24 hours starting Dec 1-24/07

[koala]

Unless otherwise noted, the following stores will open 24 hours a day
beginning December 1 and concluding December 24, Christmas Eve.
More than one in four Wal-Mart stores Canada-wide will
open around the clock,

http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/a.../26/c4005.html

Alberta
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Calgary, Westbrook
Calgary, Marlborough
Calgary, Deerfoot Mall
Calgary, Shawnessy
Edmonton, 40th St. NW
Edmonton, South Common
Edmonton, Capilano
Sherwood Park
St. Albert

British Columbia
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Abbotsford
Kamloops
Kelowna
Langley
Nanaimo
Prince George
Victoria

Manitoba
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Brandon (24-hours start Dec. 3, and are modified for Sunday bylaw)
Winnipeg, Crossroads Shopping Centre (24-hours start Dec. 3, and are
modified for Sunday bylaw)
Winnipeg, Empress St. (24-hours start Dec. 3, and are modified for Sunday
bylaw)
Winnipeg, Unicity Mall (24-hours start Dec. 3, and are modified for
Sunday bylaw)
Winnipeg, McPhillips St. (24-hours start Dec. 3, and are modified for
Sunday bylaw)
Winnipeg, St. Vital (24-hours start Dec. 3, and are modified for Sunday
bylaw)
Winnipeg, Kenaston St. (24-hours start Dec. 3, and are modified for
Sunday bylaw)

New Brunswick
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Moncton, Champlain Place
Moncton, Wheeler Blvd. and Mapleton Rd. (24-hours start Dec. 3, and are
modified for Sunday bylaw)

Newfoundland
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St. John's, Kenmount Rd.
St. John's, Mount Pearl
St. John's, Stavanger Dr.

Nova Scotia
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Dartmouth
Halifax, Mumford Rd.

Ontario
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Barrie, Highway 400 and Molson Park Dr.
Barrie, Bayfield St.
Bolton
Brampton, Highway 10 and Bovaird
Brampton, Highway 7 and Airport Rd.
Brantford
Burlington
Cambridge
Chatham
Cornwall
Fort Frances
Guelph
Kingston
Kitchener, Ottawa St. S.
Kitchener, Fairview Park Mall
London, Clarke Rd.
London, White Oaks Mall
London, Fanshawe Park Rd. W.
Markham
Mississauga, Meadowvale, Winston Churchill and 401
Newmarket
Niagara Falls
North Bay
Orangeville
Orillia
Oshawa
Ottawa, Orleans, Innes Rd.
Ottawa South, Bank St.
Peterborough
Pickering
Richmond Hill
Sarnia
St. Catherines, Lincoln Mall
St. Catherines, Vansickle Rd.
Thunder Bay
Timmins
Toronto Stockyards, St. Clair and Runnymede
Toronto, Agincourt Mall
Toronto, Keele and Lawrence
Toronto, Scarborough Town Centre
Toronto, Scarborough West Hill
Toronto, Scarborough, Eglinton Ave. E.
Vaughan
Welland
Whitby
Windsor, Tecumseh Rd. E.
Woodstock

Saskatchewan
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Prince Albert
Regina, Rochdale Blvd.
Saskatoon, Preston Ave.



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[FreebieChick]

Awesome

[Sally888]

Ours isnt on the list, thank goodness I dont think cs would be that great at 4 am hehe.

I wonder how many people wake up at 3 am and say hey maybe ill go do my xmas shopping now heheh.
Thanks!

[bcteagirl]

That is just sad....

[MissScrooge]

Now to get transit to accommodate Walmart's new hours.. LOL.

It's an hour bus ride to get to the closest Wal-mart to me (in the same city I might add) and they stop running at Midnight so the new hours really don't work in my favour.

I can see where the new hours would come in handy for those who have odd shifts or are night hawks such as myself, lol. But still - grocery stores, yes - an urgency for clothes & toys at 4am? no. Gosh, I can just see it now - homeless people walking off the steets and out of the cold & late night field trips. Fun stuff, lol.

[iwoneczka]

thanks

[Avraham]

Disgusting...

[Avraham]

That is just sad....

And disgusting, you can't forget disgusting. I can only imagine, with all those studies showing a link between several forms of cancer and graveyard shifts, it must be hell for the worker. Don't expect Wal-Mart to care though, cause they really don't.

[LisaLisaBoBisa]

I figure that worker is lucky to have a job based on extended hours. Otherwise they would wind up with the ever popular one shift per month for part timers. Why complain, need tylenol in the middle of the night -- I think it may be sorta fun shopping at 3 am, no long lines, thats for sure..

[Kate]

And disgusting, you can't forget disgusting. I can only imagine, with all those studies showing a link between several forms of cancer and graveyard shifts, it must be hell for the worker. Don't expect Wal-Mart to care though, cause they really don't.

Wal-Mart has grave yard shifts running all the time. And without that graveyard shift my mom wouldn't have had a job and my family would have starved. Some people need jobs, and Wal-Mart supplies jobs. This is a capitalistic society. People buys stuff.

[FreebieChick]

I personally think it's great for shift workers or people who have no means of finding a babysitter for their kids and need to Xmas shop for them maybe when their Husband gets home later in the evening. Most, if not all Walmarts by now also have grocery stores in them as well to kill 2 birds with one stone by getting Xmas shopping and groceries done at the same time. Remember, this is only during December for Xmas shopping which is also great for people that hate the huge crowds in the malls this time of year and having to wait for parking forever while definately risking getting in accident. I say to each their own. For those who love the convenience of this, knock yourself out and for those that dislike it, then just don't go.

[Avraham]

Wal-Mart has grave yard shifts running all the time. And without that graveyard shift my mom wouldn't have had a job and my family would have starved. Some people need jobs, and Wal-Mart supplies jobs. This is a capitalistic society. People buys stuff.

But who's going to pay for the healthcare of those people when -- and certainly will -- they develop cancer? It's going to be you and me, the consumer, and each of us is going to pay doubletime (more than any salary made by them or money brought by them into our economy) for their decision. You see it all the time, big corporations screw over the taxpayer, leaving us to shoulder the burden of worker's compensation. This is especially the case with

Sure, you say that now you like to see their stores open late, catering to a (select) few, but their health does matter as much as Wal-Mart staying open 24-hours doesn't. A nice compromise would be to see Wal-Mart open 24-hours on the week preceding x-mas, that way you'd have people not being taken advantage of in this way.

And I bet there's no way of saying no, since all of Wal-Mart stores in Canada and the rest of the world (excluding China) don't have workers in unions.

[koala]

The risks are low for these people that are working one night of the grave yard shift. Diet habits, family history are you main contributor factors.

Good question though who is going to pay for their healthcare. I guess I will. I am a nurse, I work the graveyard shift and I take care of the sick.
Can we close the hospital overnight, every night.

Anyway, I am not defending Walmart's decision to stay open 24 hours. It's all business... cashing in on the season. There has to be a demand for it or Walmart wouldn't do it. I know...they are cheap as the day is long.
BTW- they do give a choice to their employees about the night shift, and many like it. They hire many part-time seasonal employees.

[Prue]

But who's going to pay for the healthcare of those people when -- and certainly will -- they develop cancer?

I think its important to acknowledge that the study you are quoting found a link between working the graveyard shift and cancer. Finding a link does not mean that all who work the night shift will get cancer. What this means is that it is a risk factor. As koala stated there are many other variables that affect whether or not one actually develops cancer. For instance, we all know that smoking is linked to cancer, but does everyone who smokes get cancer? Certainly not! Based upon the results of this study to say "and certainly will" is a misinterpretation of the statistical evidence.

Now as for Wal-Mart staying open 24 hours, I personally don't think its necessary. They can open extended hours and that should be sufficient. For many years people have managed to find time to do their Christmas shopping without having to do it at 3am. However, if the employee's voluntarily work these shifts or are hired to work the graveyard shift, I don't mind so much. Where I have issues is when I hear about an employee being forced to work an overnight shift to keep their job.

I also think that they may be going a little overboard - there are three Wal-Mart locations open 24 hours in London! I mean our city is a fair size (about 400,000 for those not familiar with London) but do we really need 3 Wal-Marts open? One would be more than enough (maybe 2!).

[Avraham]

Just trying to play devil's advocate here; I'm just as likely as the next guy to take advantage of this 24-hour sales event. I just feel that there's no representation for many in the underpaid, highly unvalued jobs in the workforce. Gd knows what it must be like for people to work overtime and beyond with little pay, and a family to feed...

I guess that's how we all feel as the holidays approach -- the need to reconcile our differences and reach out. The first thing I'm going to do is make an effort to donate my time to some outreach programs. Anyone have any ideas as to what I can do? Keep in mind, though, that I am severely hobbled/disabled. I was thinking I could be someone who sits in the mall all day, ringing my bell to collect change for needy causes.