As a new business owner, Dave Low’s dream of opening a wine bar in downtown Lethbridge has been postponed. Low’s business, Steel and Vines Wine Bistro, was originally slated to open on May 7, but due to the pandemic, that date has been pushed back. “It was a little bit upsetting because we had sort of planned for that, we had our timeline set up,” Low said. “But we looked on the bright side of it.
It’s given us some time to re-focus, take a little bit more time on the renovations.” Low is just one of many local business owners facing delays, after the provincial government announced the COVID-19 crisis and accompanying closures could last until the end of May.