COVID-19 restrictions can’t keep shoppers from Boxing Day deals
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By Lethbridge Herald on December 28, 2020.
Bargain hunters line-up outside of Best Buy as shoppers took to retail stores throughout the city on Boxing Day. Herald photo by Greg Bobinec
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Greg Bobinec Hundreds of people in Lethbridge left their homes in the early morning hours on Saturday to line up outside of many city retail outlets to be the first in the stores to take advantage of the Boxing Day discounts. With retail outlets being reduced to a 15 per cent capacity due to provincial COVID-19 restrictions, lines were longer, but the shopping experience was less hectic than previous years.
New local bookstore finds a home in downtown Lethbridge
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By Greg Bobinec on December 11, 2020.
Scott Warris, alongside shop cat Hugo, has opened a new local book store, Analog Books, in the heart of downtown Lethbridge. Herald photo by Greg Bobinec
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Starting a new business during a pandemic may not seem like the best investment, but for one southern Alberta family it was an adventure of a lifetime to a successful launch. At the start of 2020 Scott Warris, his wife Penny, their daughter Willow and their family cat Hugo were on their way to start their dream of opening Analog Books Inc., leaving their life behind in the Crowsnest Pass to start from scratch in Lethbridge.