TERRACE — For 18
years Northern Drugs in

the Skeena Mali has been |

doing business on Sundays
peacefully and unobtru-
sively. Since last Feb-
ruary, however, when Ter-
race outlets of major
department and grocery
stores began opening Sun-
days the RCMP have been
gathering evidence at
Northern Drugs for viola-

tions of the B.C. Holiday
Shopping Act.

Larry Crouse, president
of the locally-owned com-
pany, said recently the
problem appears to lie in

the terms of the Act per- .
taining to drug stores,

terms which He called
‘‘ambiguous’’. Crouse
stated he hasn't received
any legal advice on: the
issue, but he did say that

even the police don’t seem

‘certain what is or is not |

allowed to be sold in phar-
macies on Sundays. “For
the time being we've roped
off some areas of the store
in consultation with the
RCMP, and that seems to
have satisfied them.””
“We're in the service
business,’’ Crouse said.
‘“‘We're open on Sundays
to dispense prescriptions

“to people who need them,

The revenue from pre-
scriptions, however,
doesn’t support the cost of
staying open Sundays.”’
Crouse ‘said he’s been told
not to sell small appliances
on Sundays; he pointed
out, however, that many
small neighborhood stores
in Terrace have the same
items for sale on Sundays
and have apparently not

attracted police attention.

Crouse declared sup-
port for unrestricted Sun-
day shopping in Terrace,
saying, ‘‘It’s imperative.
We're trying to develop
Terrace as a service com-
munity, and if we're going
to-do that we have to pro-
vide the service.’? As a

“specific example: he men-

tioned the influx of Sun-
day shonners from the

: Terrace Review — - Wednesday, January 14, 1987.

Sunday shopping controversy attaste p pharmacy —

Nass Valley who, in the .
event of, Sunday store. ~
closings, are forced to. en- | 7
dure numerous inconve-.
niences in order to shop in -

Terrace,

Crouse said he has not. 7

been notified of any

charges against Northern _

Drugs in connection with
Holiday Shopping Act
violations. Terrace RCMP

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