Army and Navy closing for good due to challenges from pandemic

EDMONTON -- A Canadian department store chain is calling it quits after more than a century in business. 

Army and Navy" operates five stores in Alberta and B.C., including one in Edmonton.

The company says the economic challenges brought on by COVID-19 were too great to overcome.

The stores in Edmonton were boarded up weeks ago because it closed due to the pandemic. 

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  A pedestrian walks past long time business, Army and Navy Department Store as it gets boarded up and closes itÕs doors, during the COVID-19 Pandemic, in Edmonton Alta, on Thursday April 16, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson