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British Columbians watched mystified last weekend when two Vancouver restaurants
Instead of a swift and coordinated response by provincial officials to shutter two businesses flagrantly breaking the rules, the public was treated to a cavalcade of half-steps, as Vancouver Coastal Health inspectors were shouted out of one restaurant, police failed to issue any tickets and the province’s solicitor general fumed about “consequences” that were nowhere to be found for several days.
It was, in short, a confusing mess.
Eventually, on Monday –four days after the first closure order on one of the businesses the City of Vancouver stepped in to temporarily suspend the businesses licenses for Corduroy Lounge in Kitsilano and Gusto’s in Olympic Village until April 20.
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A Vancouver company that produces disinfectant products was operating without a business license for six months out of a warehouse in the Strathcona neighbourhood, a fact that City Hall only learned of recently in a round-about way because of an escalating dispute between a prominent local arts organization and its landlord.
Intech Environmental, a local company that produces cleaning products, was sub-leasing warehouse space at 550 Malkin Ave. last year because of COVID-19. The pandemic meant the usual tenant, the cultural hub Eastside Studios, was unable to host events in the space as normal, while Intech was experiencing an increased demand for its disinfectant products and needed more warehouse space.