It’s a sure sign summer is on the way in Edmonton — the 124 Street Grand Market opening for the season. But this year, things will look a little bit different amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
The farmers market plans to open on May 14 for its ninth season in Edmonton and offer its regular twice-weekly market along 124 Street.
The market’s founder said her team has been working with Alberta Health Services, the City of Edmonton and the Westmount and Oliver communities to ensure they have a solid health and safety plan in place that follows public health restrictions currently in place. “In this new world we are living in, we had to start from square one,” 124 Grand Market founder and CVO Kirsta Franke said in a media release Tuesday. “So much has