OLDS, ALTA. Several restaurants, pubs and cafes across rural Alberta plan to keep their doors open for indoor dining this Friday in defiance of public health restrictions. Take-out service and patio dining is simply not an option for some locations that could be on the brink of closing their doors, such as Olds, Alta.’s Tasty Thai restaurant. “It hurts the bottom line. My sales are down 40 per cent and no business can survive that with the cost of everything going up,” said owner Garnet Griepl. “There’s really no money for employees and it’s not fair for them. We take COVID very seriously in our restaurant, everything is sanitized after every visit and we don’t think this is where the problem lies, especially if Costcos and Walmarts can stay open.”
Olds, AB, Canada / ckfm.ca
Dec 14, 2020 1:00 AM
The 2021 Operating Budget along with the 2021 and 2022 Capital Budgets are expected to be passed on Monday, December 14th by Town of Olds council.
Mayor Michael Muzychka says last week’s Policies and Priorities committee meeting included hours of budget deliberations.
Olds, AB, Canada / ckfm.ca
Dec 9, 2020 12:00 AM
The Town of Olds Mayor says Premier Jason Kenney has taken a really pragmatic approach to the new measures to limit the spread of COVID-19 in Alberta.
Even though the measures are quite a bit more severe than the ones implemented two weeks ago, Michael Muzychka notes they still allow most businesses to operate and it is not a total shut down of the economy like the province experienced in the spring.
Town of Olds council elected to take a wait and see approach last month rather than implementing a mandatory mask bylaw. Mayor Muzyckha reacted to yesterday’s news that the Alberta government has now joined the rest of the province’s in Canada and implemented a province-wide mask mandate in indoor public spaces – including workplaces.