Crime weighing heavily on Alberta small business owners

Due to the sensitive and/or legal subject matter of some of the content on globalnews.ca, we reserve the ability to disable comments from time to time.A new survey by the Canadian Federation of Independent Business shows almost half of small businesses surveyed have either been directly or indirectly impacted by criminal activities. Tomasia DaSilva reports.

The shop has now upped its security, adding more cameras, especially pointing to blind spots, and even installed a magnetic, remote-operated front door. On that door are also signs advising no one will be allowed in if they’re wearing a mask or hoodie.Across the way, neighbouring business Nim’s Chicken is also concerned — for good reason.

“Business owners, while they are flexible and adaptable, they aren’t emergency responders,” Keyli Loeppky, director of interprovincial affairs at CFIB said.

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