“I just couldn’t see giving them what amounted to $200,000 this year in rent at a time in a business that’s very vulnerable, fragile at best,” said John Bishop.
A shortage of symptom-free staff is forcing some B.C. restaurants to shut their doors at one of the busiest times of the year.
The B.C. government is implementing the pilot project in a bid to manage soaring popularity of the area, and the congestion that comes with it.
Jamie Coutts was on vacation with a friend in Playa del Carmen when a man assaulted them at a bar Saturday night. Police in Mexico said they have arrested Peter Nowaczeck.
Evacuated residents of scores of properties in and around eastern Mission remain on edge, with no clear timeline on when they can return home.
Tuesday’s event was Stewart’s final State of the City address before next fall’s municipal elections.
Opponents are hoping to make use of B.C.’s Recall and Initiative Act, the law that forced the HST referendum, to pressure the provincial government to hold a vote.
“I think that anyone who looked at this with an objective eye can see that, clearly, I don’t fall under the circle of what they were trying to achieve,” Tony Chan said.
Holly Robinson Peete is in B.C. filming a Hallmark Christmas movie, where her two teenaged sons joined her for a visit last week.
With the battle over masking now in the rearview mirror, there is mounting pressure from some quarters to mandate immunization among school staff.
With Sept. 13 fast approaching, some business owners say they have plenty of questions about how a vaccine card system will work.
With British Columbia now a full month into Step 3 of its reopening plan, many businesses in the province say they’re having to get creative to deal with staffing shortages.
British Columbians are the most willing to pay more, with three in five saying they are OK with a two-per-cent increase in personal taxes to fund long-term care.
“I want my dad to be known as a hero,” Zsalve Salazar told Global News, Wednesday. “He was such an amazing person, and he was just gone too soon.”
The store’s owner is asking customers to wear a mask while in the store in order to protect themselves and her staff.