Vancouver’s Nordstrom is temporarily closing and boarding up its stores as a precaution, after many U.S. stores saw looting during the riots.
Vancouverites are planning to protest again downtown, this Friday. Although the first Vancouver protest was peaceful, a few Nordstrom locations were broken into during the Seattle and L.A. riots.
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Several Toronto stores are boarding their windows up as well, in anticipation of a rumoured riot, which never happened.
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Having only taken down this 10-12 feet of plywood just last week, it's going up again. Looks like @Nordstrom Vancouver isn't taking any chances. 6 security guards standing near the entrances too. pic.twitter.com/K0PWp5LI35
— Andrew Johns (@AndrewNJohns) June 3, 2020
Toronto had held a protest Saturday, with about 4,000 people in attendance. However, that remained peaceful as well.
Many Vancouver stores had originally closed and boarded up their locations mid-March, due to the pandemic.
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They are beginning to reopen, as B.C. eases its quarantine restrictions.
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