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A 30-day public comment period is now open for a proposed reallocation of $100,000 in pandemic relief funds toward a housing study examining the effects of COVI
Competition is the mainstay of many businesses and individuals. How does UPS compete to hire drivers for their trucks? One way might be to offer air conditioning, which has been negotiated for the first time. Lenders and vendors are led by competitive people, and several own interests in major or minor league sports franchises, the latest being Stan Middleman & the Phillies. Competition in the food and beverage industry? SF’s Anchor Steam was scaling back, Tupperware is in rough straits, and now the owner of Pyrex and Insta Pot is filing for bankruptcy! How is the public exp...
EDMONTON -- Hair was hitting the floor again at HQ salonspa in Sherwood Park Monday morning after the province announced Thursday it was lifting restrictions on personal care businesses. “We've got happy staff, happy clients and particularly I'm very happy myself,” said HQ owner Mark Buhler. “I mean (to be) back in business after about five weeks shut down it's a welcome sight — really, really welcome." Buhler says the phones have been ringing non-stop since the salon opened its doors at 8 a.m. Monday. “It's fantastic,” said one client while sitting in a salon chair. “It...
EDMONTON -- After the announcement of more restrictions in Alberta, many salons have offered extended hours in order to serve as many clients as possible before midnight Saturday, when legally they have to close. "We've been getting lots of calls, lots of people online booking, I've gotten lots of messages on my phone," said Sonya Razaey, owner of Studio Hare. "We're trying to get as many people as we can, still abiding by the rules." With the COVID-19 capacity restrictions already in place, Razaey says they can only have seven clients in the salon at one time. The only way to get more...