As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to play out, many businesses across the province have been affected, and for some, the worst has yet to come, warns a mayor in Manitoba’s Interlake region.
Some of the hardest-hit are likely to be those in Manitoba’s summer hotspots, where a brief busy season often carries them through the rest of the year, Gimli mayor Lynn Greenberg told 680 CJOB.
With May long weekend — traditionally a time for Manitobans to begin the annual pilgrimage to cottage country — not far off the horizon, there’s a lot of uncertainty. “The old saying is, ‘you’ve got to make hay when the sun shines’,” Greenberg said. “In Gimli, that’s in the summer, and it helps the businesses survive the slower winter months… and now of course,