(UPDATE: April 27 at 4:45 p.m.) – Okanagan residents come together to support one of their own following a robbery at a local business over the weekend.
Luar body piercing equipment valued at thousands of dollars was stolen Sunday. The incident put the family who owned the studio in a very difficult position as they could not afford to replace the stolen items.
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Oldford is unsure whether her family will be able to recover from the loss, especially given the current state of the country.
“It was difficult, we have two young children to support, bills to pay and no income. There is a lot of government help, but our company does not qualify for the government business grants, which is unfortunate because we are so small. ”
Oldford mentioned that this was the second break in their business in the past four months. The first came when Luar was downtown, which gave her the idea to move.
“This is actually the second time we’ve broken into in four months. Our last studio was on downtown Bernard Avenue. We were actually broken into on January 1st, New Years morning. They broke the door, and that was a lot of money we had to replace there. ”
“Then we decided to get out of downtown because there were buildings next to us that had been broken into more than once, so we left. We got this place on Ethel Street and we weren’t even open and we broke in. ”
Oldford adds that her mood isn’t the highest she’s ever had, and she hopes the Kelowna people can help her find her stolen items.
“All I’m really looking for at this point is try to find our stuff. We’ve put everything we had into building this business and we’re not even open or making money. We haven’t really busy Give, I can’t really replace these right now, and if I can’t replace them, I can’t finish building our studio. So it looks a little bleak at the moment and we’re definitely a little scared. “
Anyone with information about the stolen items is encouraged to contact Kelowna RCMP at (250)762-3300 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477. Residents who want to support the Oldfords can contact them here.
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