Cold Lake café closes after losing customers over separatist event: ‘Nail in the coffin’
An Alberta café owner says his business has shuttered after he hosted an Alberta separatism event and lost customers. John Ewanek says his café in Cold Lake, called Beantrees, was already struggling due to inflation. 2:07 Alberta separatists outfundraising federalists ahead of referendum Elections Alberta announced last week the petition by the separatist group Stay Free Alberta was successful.
- ▪An Alberta café owner says his business has shuttered after he hosted an Alberta separatism event and lost customers.
- ▪John Ewanek says his café in Cold Lake, called Beantrees, was already struggling due to inflation.
- ▪2:07 Alberta separatists outfundraising federalists ahead of referendum Elections Alberta announced last week the petition by the separatist group Stay Free Alberta was successful.
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An Alberta café owner says his business has shuttered after he hosted an Alberta separatism event and lost customers. John Ewanek says his café in Cold Lake, called Beantrees, was already struggling due to inflation. He says things got worse after he hosted multiple events earlier this year for a group collecting signatures for a petition seeking a referendum on whether Alberta should quit Canada.He says that after those events, customers who didn’t agree with his opinions stopped coming and he eventually closed the business.“It was just a nail in the coffin,” the 55-year-old said.“I probably lost about 15 per cent of my revenue and never recovered from that.” Share this on X Click to share quote on X: "I probably lost about 15 per cent of my revenue and never recovered from that." He…
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