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Barley prices are largely to blame for the rising beer costs, after dry weather scorched fields in North America

  CALGARY -- As Alberta and the rest of Canada continues to reopen, businesses are trying to quickly make up for lost time and lost revenue. But many in Calgary's bar and restaurant sector say there's a major problem: staffing. "Finding team members is the biggest challenge, by far," said Brett Ireland, the CEO of the Bearhill Brewing group, which has establishments in Calgary, Banff, Jasper and Edmonton. "And I'm hearing this across the entire industry -- and even outside of the hospitality industry," he said. Ireland said they're having the most trouble filling kitchen positions, but ...

  CALGARY -- Months after Alberta's Critical Worker Benefit Program started to hand out pandemic pay bumps to frontline workers, some businesses and employees say they're still waiting for payments and answers. Alberta brewery workers are not eligible to receive the wage top-up, despite producing and selling products to people nearly every day of the pandemic.  "Unfortunately most of the (liquor) manufacturers in Alberta don't qualify for the critical workers benefit as it was laid out," said Blair Berdusco with the Alberta Small Brewers Association (ASBA). Money from the provincial an...