An employee at the IKEA in Ottawa's west end has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, the company confirmed Thursday.

IKEA has returned to Kitchener in a location just months after closing the doors of its pickup and order point store on Gateway Park Drive.

As Canadians continue to work and study from home this fall in anticipation of a second wave of COVID-19, furniture stores are running low on desks and chairs and other supplies for home offices.

The flat-pack furniture store closed just last weekend for a deep cleaning and will be doing so again after another employee's positive test.

Starting Aug. 31, IKEA Coquitlam and IKEA Richmond join IKEA Winnipeg and the rest of Canada in requiring a face mask or face covering for all customers and visitors.

One of Winnipeg's favourite flat-pack furniture stores will be closed for a day or two after an employee there tested positive for COVID-19.

After years of talks, work is set to start on an ambitious First Nations-owned development in Saskatoon that includes a new home for the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations.

Lance Cardinal is currently working on a 40-foot-long (12-metre) mural that represents the Seven Grandfather Teachings: respect, honesty, truth, humility, courage, wisdom and love.

"We have now made the difficult decision to no longer pursue the acquisition of land in London," a spokesperson for Ikea Canada said.

Ikea is giving away the recipe for its iconic Swedish meatballs so fans can enjoy at home while physical stores remain closed under COVID-19 lockdown.