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Coronavirus: Okanagan businesses concerned with financial futures amid pandemic
Small businesses that have survived the pandemic so far are now facing more challenges as COVID-19 case numbers continue to rise within the province.Dave Willoughby, owner of Doc Willoughby’s Pub in downtown Kelowna, says it’s been a struggle to stay afloat.“Without the federal funding that we’ve received with the wage subsidies and other grants through the bank – we wouldn’t have been able to stay open,” said Willoughby.“We’ve had to work hard to keep a level of business where it makes sense to stay open.” B.C.