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Sears plans to close 59 out of its 225 stores in Canada is part of the company’s court-supervised restructuring, which includes intentions to cut 2,900 of its approximately 17,000 workers. But Perth’s local Sears store was spared by the corporate axe. “We weren’t on the list,” said Tom Vickers with audible relief, as he is the owner of Perth’s Sears Hometown Store. Sears will close 20 full Sears stores – including Brockville’s store, 15 Sears Home stores, all 10 outlet stores and 14 Sears Hometown stores. Sears was granted protection from its creditors under the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act on Thursday, June 22; protection that gives the company 30 days to restructure itself. In wake of the closures the staffing at the Perth store won’t be impacted either. Despite the Sears’ public financial difficulties, Vickers said in the last number of years his store has been up in sales by 12 and 11 per cent. See SEARS page P2
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