Surge in sales ahead of Canada Day helping fireworks companies in difficult year
Fireworks companies say they're experiencing a surge in consumer sales as people try to recreate Canada Day displays that were cancelled because of COVID-19.Gary Colquhoun, owner of Fireworks Atlantic in Yarmouth, N.S., said he's received five months worth of orders in the past two weeks after a slow start to the year.Colquhoun, who sells across the country, says he's running three shifts a day to fill orders for stock that has since sold out.Many Canada Day celebrations, and the fireworks that go with them, have been cancelled as officials across the country limit gatherings during the COVID-...
8.85 c
