A beautiful mid-April afternoon in Banff would typically see bustling street-front businesses and packed restaurants.
But on this day, the town remained quiet.
Stephane Prevost sat outside one of his two Caribou Street restaurants in the Alberta tourism hotspot while inside a skeleton back-end staff filled a rare takeout order.
On April 6, the Alberta government announced another round of restrictions on businesses and public life amid a third wave of COVID-19 infections.
âWe didnât do very well yesterday; we sold maybe a dozen orders. Obviously, that doesnât cut it, to not even break even,â said Prevost, chef and managing partner at the Block Kitchen + Bar and Shoku Izakaya restaurants in Banff.
As one of Alberta s COVID-19 hotspots, Banff calls for community-targeted immunization
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Alberta MLAs who spoke out against COVID-19 restrictions spark debate over whose views are being heard
The 16 Alberta MLAs who argued against tighter COVID-19 restrictions in an open letter recently have sparked debate and frustration in some of the communities they represent over just whose views are being heard.
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Posted: Apr 22, 2021 2:00 AM MT | Last Updated: April 22
Masks are mandatory in some outdoor areas of Banff, Alta., including Banff Avenue. The Banff area currently has one of the highest per capita rates of COVID-19 cases in Alberta. The local mayor says she was not consulted before her MLA sent a letter objecting to the province s tightening of public health measures.(Bryan Labby/CBC)