Hair salons, barber shops and other personal services are among the businesses that can reopen after the May long weekend, as cases of COVID-19 in B.C.
continue to trend downward, and some business owners are expressing confusion at what’s expected. The announcement came as a bit of shock, according to Greg Robins, the executive director for the Beauty Council of Western Canada, which represents an industry that has no regulator in B.C. “Our members were absolutely deluged with requests for appointments last night,” Robins said. “We were expecting this to live out the length of the order, which was the end of this month.” Stylists and other salon workers are asking plenty of questions on the Beauty Council Facebook page, such as where