Ertale Lounge Edmonton

06/19/2023

Justice For PurposeBlack Global Campaign / ፍትህ ለፐርፐዝ ብላክ ዓለማቀፍ ዘመቻ. 281 signatures are still needed!

12/09/2021

12/08/2021

This weekend

11/02/2021

📀💯Reopening of Ertale lounge 💯📀

🇨🇦 This weekend 🤪 Saturday, Nov 6🇨🇦

💥💥💥We are happy to welcome you
❤❤❤back to our Ertale Lounge,
🎵🎼🎧 Thank you for your patience and
🍸🍻🍺 support. We hope to see you
💫🎵🍸❤💥 soon!

03/09/2021

"There are tens of thousands of Edmontonians of African, Arab, Middle Eastern, and South Asian descent for whom family, community, and culture convene over sh**ha, which has been consumed around the world for thousands of years (and in Edmonton for over a century).

When sh**ha was banned by City Council and City Administration, they never spoke to us nor assessed the serious adverse effects it would have on our communities. Instead, they listened to people who looked like them and suggested there to be something nefarious about our culture and questioned the right to consider this city our home.

However, we listened to them and developed a solution to address each and every concern they raised. We developed a solution where there would be no second hand smoke to workers at these establishments. We agreed to ban all minors and to convert to non-nicotine, herbal product. We agreed to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars to renovate our establishments to ensure their concerns were addressed, including installing the best HVAC devices in the smoking area of our lounges.

Now, despite our efforts, the anti-sh**ha groups are saying that we still should not be allowed to be reopened under these significant restrictions because it’s not economically viable for establishments to make these changes and allegedly that Edmontonians do not want them back.

There is a long history of politicians and elites in our city targeting and depriving Black and Brown communities in Edmonton of equal standing based on vice ordinances and public health concerns. This is another attempt, where instead of working with us to develop a safe, harm reduction approach to sh**ha consumption in our city, these groups attempt to vilify our cultural practices in attempt to pit the majority of Edmontonians against us.

We hoped that these groups would choose to engage in dialogue with us to find a solution, rather than continue to stigmatize and exclude our communities from the rich cultural mosaic that is Edmonton. Unfortunately, that does not appear to be the case."

—— Edmonton Ho**ah Cultural Community

06/26/2020

Congratulations, for those who involve in this to abuse the system and to discriminate the minority business. The truth about your motive will be unveiled one day and Canada 🇨🇦 is a freedom land our love for our country will never be in question because of your evil doing....

Breadcrumb Trail LinksLettersWednesday's letters: Ban on sh**ha lounges targets people of colourAuthor of the article:Edmonton JournalPublishing date:Jun 24, 2020 • • 3 minute readHo**ahs are seen lined up in the back of Mazati Mediterranean Cuisine at 16745 91 Street in Edmonton, on Saturday, J...

06/19/2020

Let’s get to 66 signatures by the end of today - can you add yours?