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NEW HOLIDAY HOUR RULES IN PLACE FOR RUSSELL TOWNSHIP
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Contentious issue 5IFUPXOTIJQTIPMJEBZTIPQQJOHCZMBX has a contentious history. Council approved the original version last year following a request from the owner of the Russell 'PPEMBOEGPSUIFPQUJPOUPSFNBJOPQFOPO some statutory holidays. The main argument for the township to IBWFBCZMBXBMMPXJOHFYFNQUJPOTUPUIF 3#)"XBTUPQSPNPUFMPDBMTIPQQJOH8IFO UIF3VTTFMM'PPEMBOEXBTDMPTFEPOTPNF statutory holidays, its counterpart over in 8JODIFTUFSJO4UPNPOU$PVOUZCFOFàUFE from increased sales because it remained VOEFSBMPDBMFYFNQUJPOUPUIF3#)" 5IFPSJHJOBMWFSTJPOPG3VTTFMM5PXOTIJQT holiday shopping bylaw listed four days for FYFNQUJPOBOEJUFOEFEVQUIFTVCKFDUPG BQQFBMUPUIF-PDBM1MBOOJOH"QQFBM5SJCV - OBM -1"5 XJUIBIFBSJOHTDIFEVMFEGPS.BZ 21 this year. But repealing the original bylaw and approving a revised version approved VOEFSUIFQSPWJODJBMFYFNQUJPOHVJEFMJOFT should make the appeal null and void. i8FOFFEUPIFMQLFFQPVSMPDBMCVTJ - nesses thriving,” said Coun. Jamie Laurin, who noted that local businesses should be allowed to stay open on some statu- tory holidays or else see their customers either go out of town to shop or do their purchasing online from businesses which use courier delivery.
Russell Township has a new holiday shopping bylaw. Again. Township council approved the bylaw during its May 6 public session. The new bylaw is a revision of the original bylaw that council had approved last year with three traditional holidays listed when all major retailers in the township must close. The Ontario Retail Business Holiday Act (RBHA) lists nine statutory holidays when major retailers must close for business. &YFNQUJPOTBSFBMMPXFECVUPOMZJGUIF local council approves a bylaw listing those FYFNQUJPOT.BZPS1JFSSF-FSPVYFNQIB - sized that township council is letting local owners of major retail outlets the choice whether they want to close on all nine statutory holidays listed under the RBHA. i8FSFHJWJOHUIFDIPJDFUPUIFCVTJ - OFTTFT u-FSPVYTBJEi5IFZDBOPQFOBOE close on those other days if they want.” $ISJTUNBT%BZ /FX:FBST%BZ BOE &BTUFS(PPE'SJEBZBSFUIFUISFFTUBUV - UPSZIPMJEBZTMJTUFEJO3VTTFMM5PXOTIJQT new Holiday Shopping Bylaw. These three days all major retailers have to close. But smaller “mom-and-pop” type stores like corner groceries or dépanneurs are allowed to stay open if their owners choose. That FYFNQUJPOJTBMTPJODMVEFEVOEFSQSPWJODJBM regulations.
Les principaux propriétaires d’entreprises de vente au détail du canton de Russell ont maintenant la possibilité de décider des jours fériés qu’ils souhaitent offrir à leurs clients. Le conseil municipal a approuvé une nouvelle version de son règlement sur le magasinage des Fêtes proposé à l’origine, qui prévoit trois jours fériés traditionnels où tous les grands détaillants de la municipalité doivent fermer leurs portes. Ces dates sont le jour de Noël, le jour de l’An et le Vendredi saint. La fermeture obligatoire ne s’applique pas aux petites épiceries générales ni aux autres commerces qui sont autorisés à demeurer ouverts en vertu des lignes directrices de la Loi sur les jours fériés dans le commerce de détail de l’Ontario. —archives
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