The chain's closure sparked a number of controversies and left some 15,000 employees out of work.

Unemployed Sears Canada workers want the law changed.

Sears Canada began liquidation sales at its roughly 130 remaining stores across the country on Oct. 19.

Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains says the federal government will consider legislation to protect employees' pensions when a company goes bankrupt.

Oct. 18 is the last day Sears Canada Inc. will honour extended warranties as the retailer prepares to start liquidation sales.

The status of the retailer's appliance repair service is also in doubt.

With word Sears Canada will close for good, shoppers are reflecting on the end of a retail era.

Although Sears Canada has suffered years of financial losses, it wasn't always this way.

It's near the end of the road for a prominent department store chain in Canada.

Liquidation sales could start Oct. 19.