As the province continues to work on its plans for Phase 2 of reopening during the novel coronavirus pandemic, businesses that are not scheduled to reopen any time soon are pleading for help.
Among those companies are indoor family entertainment centres. It’s always been Katie MacKinnon’s dream to one day own Kids Zone Whitby. “When I worked here for my first job, when was 16, I fell in love with this place,” she said.
Last year, MacKinnon and her husband made that dream become a reality. But like almost all businesses, the couple wasn’t planning for a pandemic. “With our extra money, we were putting it back into the business, we were helping the community, those in need, women’s shelters,” MacKinnon said. “Now, we’ve got our house on the