CALGARY --
The owners of a central Alberta barbershop, including the niece of late Premier Ralph Klein, say the charges they faced after opening in defiance of public health orders have been dropped but CTV News has learned that is not the case.
Bladez 2 Fadez Barbershop in Innisfail, Alta. received a warning from Alberta Health after reopening to customers on Jan. 12 in contravention of the mandated closure of all personal service business.
The following day, the shop resumed offering haircuts under the guise of being a pet grooming business as the provincial government had not ordered the closure of animal salons.