Revelstoke business owner Rebecca Marchildon says she has become wary of health officials, those enforcing pandemic orders and journalists who carry their messages.Marchildon, like many frustrated business owners across B.C.
during the pandemic, is feeling the financial sting of trying to stand up against what she calls unfair, blanket health orders that impact not only her business but also her community’s mental and physical well-being.Her yoga studio, Alchemy, hosted a five-person, indoor yoga class in a 120-square-metre (1,300-square-foot) room on April 8, she says, prompting RCMP to attend.Revelstoke RCMP said they fined the business $2,300 for non-compliance with B.C.’s current public health orders against events and $230 for failing.