N.B. spa that wanted to host body positivity event told they need exotic entertainment licence - New Brunswick

Topless Tuesday back on after liquor regulators force small N.B. resort to cancel event

Hope Wellness Eco-Resort held the event twice in 2024 without issue, but when the owners planned their first Topless Tuesday of 2025, they ran into a roadblock.

N.B. spa that wanted to host body positivity event told they need exotic entertainment licence - New Brunswick

The co-owners of a Nordic spa are taken aback by backlash over an event they had scheduled for last week, and the province's labelling of it as "exotic entertainment."

N.B. spa can have topless event without exotic entertainment licence, province apologizes

Descrease article font size Increase article font size The New Brunswick government has backtracked on its previous position and now says a Nordic spa in a rural part of the province can go ahead with a women-only private event where guests are allowed to be topless. Hope-Wellness Eco-Resort, located in Edgett’s Landing, N.B., had originally scheduled the event for last week. It had hosted similar events twice before without issue. …