‘Why We Survive’: B.C. Boundary Towns Struggle Without Albertans During Pandemic

A local business owner ini Field, B.C., poses beside her business sign on May 6, 2021. The Canadian Press/HO-Jennifer Coffman

Jennifer Coffman didn’t expect to get hit with a double whammy at her restaurant in the tiny community of Field just west of the Alberta-British Columbia boundary this year.

Coffman has been running the Truffle Pigs Bistro and Lodge for the last 12 years.