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Winnipeg thrift stores booming amid coronavirus reopening, garage sales not so much

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Public health officials have opened up both garage sales and thrift shops for bargain-hungry Winnipeggers amid COVID-19. But less than a week after Manitoba’s chief public health officer gave the greenlight to hold and attend garage sales, Winnipeggers don’t seem quite ready to start the summer ritual just yet.

Just a handful of sales were listed on kijij.ca Saturday and there were none advertised on garagesalejunkie.ca. That’s surprising to Nadine Chappellaz, who runs the website savemoneyinwinnipeg.com and keeps a close eye on the city’s garage sale market for her blog on the site.

She said street corners in the city would normally be covered in garage sale signs this time of year. “I thought that people would be more excited but so far,

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