Western Standard - October 08, 2021


The battle continues between Without Papers Pizza and the city


Episode Stats

Length

1 minute

Words per Minute

161.45566

Word Count

315

Sentence Count

13


Summary

You can smell pizza cooking from the second floor windows of Without Papers Pizza today, even though they have been shut down by the city of Calgary. The day after the city implemented the new bylaw mandating Calgary businesses to require vaccination passports on September 22nd, Without Papers Pizzeria posted on their Facebook page saying they will accept everyone, vaccinated or unvaccinated, and don t plan to discriminate against anyone. The following Monday, Alberta Health Services suspended their food handling permit, but the Inglewood Pizzaria kept serving their customers. Then on Thursday, the city put out a statement saying they had received many complaints and inquiries about Without Papers. The statement said the restaurant had racked up 27 tickets for refusal to check for proof of vaccination or a valid alternative, failure to display signage, and operating whilst the business license is suspended, and it confirmed it has removed its business liquor licenses as well as their permits.


Transcript

00:00:00.000 You can smell pizza cooking from the second floor windows of Without Papers Pizza today,
00:00:06.200 even though they have been shut down by the city. The day after the city implemented the
00:00:10.460 new bylaw mandating Calgary businesses to require vaccine passports on September 22nd,
00:00:16.140 Without Papers Pizza posted on their Facebook page saying they will accept everyone,
00:00:21.260 vaccinated or unvaccinated, and they don't plan to discriminate against anyone.
00:00:28.120 The following Monday, Alberta Health Services suspended their food handling permit,
00:00:33.580 but the Inglewood Pizzeria kept serving their customers. Then on Thursday, the city put out
00:00:38.740 a statement saying they had received many complaints and inquiries about Without Papers Pizza.
00:00:44.300 The statement said the restaurant had racked up 27 tickets for refusal to check for proof of
00:00:50.060 vaccination or valid alternative, failure to display signage, and operating whilst the business license
00:00:57.060 is suspended, and it confirmed it has removed its business liquor licenses as well as their permits.
00:01:04.840 The Western Standard went to Without Papers Pizza just before lunch on Friday to speak with the
00:01:09.620 owners, but the business doors were locked and there was a sign on the door saying the business
00:01:13.900 was closed by AHS. A man who identified himself as the owner spoke through an upper floor window and
00:01:20.460 said he wasn't interested in speaking with anyone. He said he'd rather allow the people to speak and gave a
00:01:26.500 peace sign.
00:01:27.440 At noon, people began to gather and wait for the promise of free pizza from the establishment.
00:01:33.600 Stragglers continued to gather around the front door, and at about 12.30, the doors opened to two people
00:01:40.440 carrying stacks of pizza. They were set on two milk crates, and over two dozen people helped themselves to slices.
00:01:47.280 Up to and including the week ending October 5th, the total of 62 tickets have been issued to Calgary
00:01:53.380 businesses for public health orders and by-law infractions.