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Sticks and Stones helps build Grassroots Restaurant Group By Bill Tremblay
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SASKATOON — When chef Dale MacKay and Christopher Cho set out to open their third restaurant, they turned to Cho’s mother to help create the menu. Sticks and Stones, which opens in mid-April at 226 2 Ave. South in Saskatoon, will feature Korean and Japanese cuisine. They recruited the help of Cho’s mother to ensure the restaurant serves genuine Korean kimchi. “His mom is known around the church circuits for having the best kimchi,” MacKay said.
Cho’s parents, who are missionaries in Africa, visited Saskatoon to demonstrate traditional methods of preparing Korean cuisine. Together, they made about 2,000 pounds of Momma Cho’s Kimchi. “We’re taking some of those ideas and adding a modern twist,” MacKay said. “It’s the best way. We want to take something you would have at someone’s home and elevate it.” Alongside Korean dishes, the 70-seat, 2,000-square-foot restaurant will also feature numerous Japanese dishes. “It’s not necessarily fusion. We’ll be doing Japanese and Korean food in the same location,” MacKay said. Continued on page 7
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British Columbia bans mandatory high heels VANCOUVER — Employers are no longer allowed to require their employees to wear high heels in the workplace in British Columbia. The provincial government has amended the existing footwear regulation of the Occupational Health and Safety Regulation. The amendment ensures workplace footwear is of a design, construction and material that allows the worker to safely perform their duties. The new section of the regulation requires employers to consider all recognizable hazards when creating a footwear dress code. “In some workplaces in our province, women are required to wear high heels on the job. Like most British Columbians, our government thinks this is wrong,” Premier Christy Clark said in a statement. “That is why we’re changing this regulation to stop this unsafe and discriminatory practice and adding an enforcement element by WorkSafeBC.” The issue of mandatory high heels in the workplace was raised on International Women’s Day when Green Party of British Columbia leader Andrew
Weaver introduced a Private Members’ bill that would ban gender specific footwear from the workplace. The bill earned international media attention and support from all parties in the legislature. To put that into perspective, a bill that would protect puppies, introduced around the same time as the footwear bill, garnered some negative feedback due to the way it was introduced. “You know if a bill you introduced gets more support than a bill on puppies, you’re onto something,” Weaver said. “Clearly it struck a nerve.” Despite widespread attention, Weaver’s bill died when the legislature adjourned in March for the upcoming May election. Instead, the current Liberal government was able to make changes to regulations rather than enforcing a ban though legislation. Continued on page 5