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.
Spa owners were originally told they’d need an ‘exotic entertainment’ liquor licence
Victoria Walton · CBC
· Posted: Jul 04, 2025 4:41 PM EDT | Last Updated: 4 hours ago
Hope-Wellness Eco-Resort began hosting Topless Tuesdays in 2024 after hearing from women in the area seeking a unique, empowering experience to share. (Submitted by Hope-Wellness Eco-Resort)
In the lead-up to Hope Wellness Eco-Resort’s first Topless Tuesday of this year, Katie Carson was surprised by a phone call she got from a man concerned about the event.
“He just went on to say he was doing an investigation into the event, which I was obviously a little thrown by.”
The event is for women only and is capped at 12 registrants. Co-owners Carson and Ashley Ward planned to shut down the resort for the day and have only female staff, so that women who comfortable with the idea could feel free to take their tops off.
“This was a very safe space, very very private, absolutely nothing would be shown to the public,” said Carson.
Katie Carson and Ashley Ward, the co-owners of Hope-Wellness Eco-Resort, opened the business in 2023 near Hillsborough in southeastern New Brunswick. » Read More
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