Winnipeg Free Press
Provincial government considers hair dye, nail polish essential but children s clothing will have to wait By: Rosanna Hempel | Posted: 7:00 PM CST Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2020
Winnipeg Free Press
Amber Hoskins walked briskly up and down the aisles in a Shoppers Drug Mart on Portage Avenue, past items taped off with bright-yellow ribbons reading, Caution.
The 36-year-old mother dropped in Tuesday to pick up some odds and ends before a forecast blizzard blanketed the city.
Since the Manitoba government applied its lockdown restrictions on Nov. 12, retailers have been able to sell only items deemed as essential to in-person shoppers. When public health orders were extended Dec. 12 in place until at least Jan. 8 the government lifted restrictions on certain items, including seasonal goods, such as holiday cards, gift wrap and poinsettias, along with everything inside thrift stores.