With COVID-19 restrictions limiting the ability of people to gather, community craft fairs are trying to come up with new ways to connect local producers with holiday shoppers. "It [holding a craft fair] puts them at risk, and it puts the customers at risk as well, because they're also in the higher-risk age groups." Dani VonShweetz runs a wood crafting business in Prince George and, because of the pandemic, she's been to only one craft fair this season. Prince George wood crafter Dani VonShweetz says she's adapting to the new normal of online selling amid the pandemic. Some crafts fairs have already moved forward with distancing guidelines and requirements to wear masks, but with new provincial health orders in place it's unclear whether others will be able to proceed.

Source: CBC News November 22, 2020 17:00 UTC