A Yellowknife pub owner who is facing a $5,175 fine under the N.W.T.'s Public Health Act is heading to trial Thursday with a new lawyer, a new judge and a desire to put this all behind them.
Yellowknife pub owner calls for city-wide shutdown of non-essential businesses
A co-owner of The Monkey Tree Pub says business has been extremely slow since an outbreak of COVID-19 linked to N.J. Macpherson School was announced over the weekend.
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Co-owner of The Monkey Tree Pub says an outbreak in the city has reduced business to a trickle
Posted: May 06, 2021 8:39 AM CT | Last Updated: May 6
The co-owner of Yellowknife s The Monkey Tree Pub fears a lull in patrons will drag on if the chief public health officer doesn’t come down hard and order the city s non-essential businesses to close for two weeks. (Sidney Cohen/CBC)
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Posted: Jan 12, 2021 2:37 PM CT | Last Updated: January 12
The Monkey Tree Pub in Yellowknife. We are outspoken and don t necessarily agree with everything that he is suggesting or requesting that we do, says the pub s owner, after receiving a $5,175 ticket from a public health officer.(Sidney Cohen/CBC)