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Winnipeg had 17,863 active businesses in January 2020, which fell to 17,359 in March 2020, and 16,433 in May 2020. The number then rebounded to exceed its pre-pandemic level, reaching 18,027 in February 2021, though restaurants, bars, fitness centres, VLT centres and salons were among the companies ordered to halt in-person business as of May 9. (Ruth Bonneville / Winnipeg Free Press files)
Winnipeg’s pandemic-battered economy showed signs of healing a few months ago, before suffering fresh wounds in the latest round of lockdowns.
Winnipeg’s pandemic-battered economy showed signs of healing a few months ago, before suffering fresh wounds in the latest round of lockdowns.