{"id":5263,"date":"2020-12-21T07:12:57","date_gmt":"2020-12-21T12:12:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/?p=5263"},"modified":"2020-12-21T07:13:22","modified_gmt":"2020-12-21T12:13:22","slug":"defiance-of-the-medico-stalinist-pays-off-for-brave-bolton-merchant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/?p=5263","title":{"rendered":"DEFIANCE OF THE MEDICO-STALINIST LOCKDOWN PAYS OFF FOR BRAVE BOLTON MERCHANT"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">                       <\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><strong>DEFIANCE OF THE MEDICO-STALINIST PAYS OFF FOR BRAVE BOLTON MERCHANT<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rebelnews.com\/toy_store_that_reopened_despite_lockdown_hits_a_new_high\">https:\/\/www.rebelnews.com\/toy_store_that_reopened_despite_lockdown_hits_a_new_high<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> RECORD SALES: Toy store that reopened, despite lockdown, hits a new high                      <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>      <\/li><li><\/li><li><\/li><li>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rebelnews.com\/journalist_david_menzies\">David Menzies<\/a>       <\/li><li>|<\/li><li>December 20, 2020<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2018Twas the week before Christmas \u2013 and sales are booming at Bolton, Ontario\u2019s \u201cillegal\u201d toy shop!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You may <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rebelnews.com\/small_toy_store_reopens_defying_peel_region_lockdown\">recall the tale<\/a> of Derrick Noble, the owner of&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Nobletoyz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Nobletoyz<\/a><\/strong>, a 3,000 sq. ft. store jam-packed with terrific toys and fantastic collectibles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In late November, Derrick decided to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.caledonenterprise.com\/news-story\/10277146--this-is-not-a-political-statement-bolton-toy-store-owner-opening-saturday-despite-ontario-lockdown-order\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">defy government mandates<\/a> and open his store. Bolton is in Peel Region, which has been in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blogto.com\/city\/2020\/12\/toronto-and-peel-lockdowns-extended-new-year\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Grey Zone lockdown status<\/a> for several weeks now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alas, like other entrepreneurs who have taken a rebel stance against \nthe government Grinches, Derrick paid a price for being civilly \ndisobedient and soon received a summons and a fine. His crime: simply \ntrying to make an honest living.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But Derrick never did bend the knee. And to this day he remains \ndefiant by continuing to open the doors to his shop on a daily basis. \nThat really impressed us, so a few weeks ago we visited his shop to do a\n story about Derrick Noble and&nbsp;Nobletoyz.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And talk about the Christmas miracle given what has occurred in the \nmeantime. First, bylaw and law enforcement have backed off given that \nDerrick has not received any more fines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Secondly, Derrick says that thanks to the exposure he received due to our original <em>Rebel News<\/em> report, business has never been better at&nbsp;Nobletoyz.\n Last Saturday was a record sales day. And he says people have driven \nfrom all over the province to shop at his store and support his \nposition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bottom line: after a somewhat rocky start thanks to those fines, \nthankfully, it looks like there is indeed a happy ending in store for \nthis particular <em>Toy Story<\/em>\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DEFIANCE OF THE MEDICO-STALINIST PAYS OFF FOR BRAVE BOLTON MERCHANT https:\/\/www.rebelnews.com\/toy_store_that_reopened_despite_lockdown_hits_a_new_high RECORD SALES: Toy store that reopened, despite lockdown, hits a new high By David Menzies | December 20, 2020 \u2018Twas the week before Christmas \u2013 and sales are booming &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/?p=5263\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2798,1991,2797,2799,2800,1109],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5263"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5263"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5263\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5265,"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5263\/revisions\/5265"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5263"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}