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Manitoba’s COVID-19 restrictions create concerns for workers, small businesses
Man in his 20s Manitoba’s youngest coronavirus victim, 9 new deaths, 438 new cases Friday The prairie director of the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) says he’s glad to see the new restrictions have levelled the playing field for smaller businesses, at least somewhat, but he’s still hoping for a turnaround by the holiday season that will allow some form of shopping at all local stores.“Really, this is a critical holiday retail season and we need to make sure we can get back to a point where we can reopen the economy safely,” Jonathan Alward told 680 CJOB.“We know that a lot of the community spread isn’t necessarily happening at retail.