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Ottawa Whole Foods charged for being open on Good FridayBy Tony Spears
Monday, April 20, 2015 12:43:21 MDT PMWhole Foods may be in a heap of trouble after police laid charges Monday alleging an location was open on Good Friday.
Ottawa police spokesman Const. Chuck Benoit said Whole Foods management will appear in court next month to answer to four charges under the Retail Business Holidays Act.
The charges are for carrying on business during a holiday.
The manager of the location was served the paperwork Monday.
"It's an order to attend court," Benoit said.
By law, most stores must remain closed on statutory holidays such as Good Friday and Christmas, though there are exceptions for small businesses and businesses operating in designated tourism zones, the act says.
Fines upon conviction range as high as $50,000 or the gross holiday sales, whichever is greater, the act says.
Whole Foods told Postmedia Network earlier this month the store believed Lansdowne Park, which is off the Rideau Canal in central Ottawa, was a designated tourist area.
The company will appear in court May 21.
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