One of my favorite stores across Canada has its head office right here in Winnipeg. TruServ Canada, with a number of banner stores including True Value Hardware, found its roots in Canada and traces back to the founding of Macleods in western Canada.
Roland Macleod (not to be confused with the English actor who played in such shows as the 1965 “Monitor” or Pollyana (2003)) was born in Watrous, Saskatchewan (N51.674046,W105.470467) founded Macleods in 1917. It grew from a mail order business to one of retail. Over the years, through a commitment to having everything that a family needs on the farm, to servicing do-it-yourselfers, homemakers, and contractors, it grew to be a major retail force in western Canada offering product lines such as hardware, electrical, plumbing and paint.
Macleods, together with the Stedmans chain founded in eastern Canada in 1907, became officially known as Macleod-Stedman Inc. in 1964.
Now TruServ Canada supports a range of independent retailers across Canada. Some of my favorite places TruServ Canada is located in is places like Kimberly, BC (N49.692508,W115.983353) and probably the furthest east you could go being Badger's Quay, NL (N49.110905,W53.591824), although Cape Spear (N47.522765,W52.620049) is likely the furthest point. None the less wonderful landscapes and amazing scenery.
I would like to challenge this bug to make it to Cape Spear to geocache (GCWJZ3), but not before stopping off at Badger’s Quay. Should look at spending some time at (GCW7C9) Good luck little bug, I’ll be watching you.