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  CALGARY -- The current ban on indoor dining has some Calgary restaurant owners rushing to set up an outdoor space. “We have to maximize as much seating as possible to keep the business alive,” said Jeff Jamieson, owner of Donna Mac. Jamieson was initially planning to have an outdoor patio ready for next month. Contractors have started work to build a fence around tables to be ready by the weekend, with double digit temperatures expected until Saturday. “I think its a good investme...

  CALGARY -- Its been bananas at the Leftovers Foundation as the Calgary not-for-profit tries to find a use for thousands of bunches of the long, yellow fruit, which were donated all at once last week. Interim CEO Audra Stevenson said a call came in last Friday from produce distributor Fresh Direct and it had more than seven pallets of bananas with nowhere to go. That amounted to 346 cases, each with about 10 bunches in them. "Our bread and butter is rescuing food that doesnt have a home ...

Promoting Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine and too many bananas: In The News for March 2 Dr. Bonnie Henry and Minister Adrian Dix talk about phase two in B.C.s COVID-19 immunization plan during a press conference at Legislature in Victoria, B.C., on Monday, March 1, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito March 02, 2021 - 1:15 AM In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is whats on the radar of our editors for the ...

Article content Since to-go food got pushed to the forefront of every restaurateur’s mind, chefs have been thinking non-stop about the best ways to make their food exciting, even as it’s unceremoniously delivered to people’s homes in a takeout box. The idea of takeout that goes beyond pizza or ginger beef was novel and exciting back in April, but now that we’re nearly a year into the pandemic it takes something with a bit more pizazz to get people to shell out for a chef-y at-home resta...

With personal grooming services now open in Alberta, other industries are pushing the provincial government to reopen next — and they also want the data to back up claims from officials about the source of COVID-19 transmission.