MONTREAL Restaurants and bars staged a symbolic reopening Saturday, seeking to remind patrons and politicians alike of the dining experience after 14 months dominated by COVID-19 shutdowns.
Townships heading back to red 9 May 2021 at 16 h 57 min Reading time: 2 min 30 s
By Gordon Lambie
On Saturday afternoon, following weeks of steady increases and warnings that the region was on the wrong track, Quebec’s Ministry of Health and Social services announced that the Eastern Townships will be moved to the province’s red alert level as of 12: 01 a.m. Monday, May 10. As a result, a series of new measures will come into effect, including the closing of restaurant dining rooms, the closing of gyms, the cancellation of all extracurricular activities in schools and hybrid in-person/online schooling for students in secondary 3, 4 and 5.
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Montreal says it wants to help build a home-grown competitor to food delivery giants like Uber Eats, SkipTheDishes and DoorDash to support struggling restaurants as they emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic.
On Friday, Luc Rabouin, mayor of the city s Plateau borough, told reporters Montreal will provide $500,000 in funding to help establish a local non-profit or co-operative that can compete with large food delivery services. The city, which has launched a request for proposals, hopes to work with existing local startups, he added.
Rabouin said Montreal s intention is to help struggling restaurants that are dealing with the high cost of delivery services, which compose up to 30 per cent of a customer s bill. Quebec introduced a temporary 20 per cent cap on delivery fees in March that applies in regions where indoor dining is banned.