Online petitions calling for the province to reconsider having hair salons and barbershops open as early as May 14 have now garnered more than 10,000 signatures.
A number of petitions popped up on Change.org over the last week, after Premier Jason Kenney announced hairdressers would be invited to open earlier than other personal services.
Levi Cox, the owner of Catwalk Salon & Spa in Lethbridge, says he was shocked by the early reopening date. He wasn’t expecting to head back to work until the summer, because of the lack of social distancing involved in salons.
But as soon as the UCP government made the announcement, clients wanted to make appointments. “The phones were off the hook.
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