Hudson’s Bay will liquidate merchandise at the six remaining locations that had not been part of the initial sell-off.
Three of the stores are in Quebec, while the high-profile Ontario locations are on Yonge Street in downtown Toronto, Yorkdale Shopping Centre in Toronto and Hillcrest Mall in Richmond Hill.
The move comes as the beleaguered retail chain faces a deadline for purchase bids to be submitted.
North America’s oldest company, Hudson’s Bay, filed for creditor protection last month after falling $1 billion into debt and facing a continuing loss of revenue.
While 90 stores across the country had earlier begun the liquidation process, the remaining six were originally spared with the hope that a buyer would be…