LaSalle passes by-law to allow retail businesses to open on statutory holidays

LaSalle passes by-law to allow retail businesses to open on statutory holidays

Retail businesses in LaSalle will now have the option of opening on most statutory holidays.Town council passed a municipal-wide exemption to the Retail Business Holidays Act at its meeting on Tuesday night.Previously, individual retail locations applied for exemptions on a case-by-case basis."I do think it creates a fairness throughout the municipality. Some smaller businesses may not have known that they could even apply for this in the past o…