Urbania has a video report on how the popularity of city parks, in the absence of festivals this summer, has led to overflowing garbage bins. The two‑meter microphone boom is appreciated.
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Kate
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Kate
If you’ve been in a bar since July 1 – as a customer or as an employee – public health wants you to get tested for Covid.
Bars are not required to inform the public if workers or patrons test positive, although some establishments have done so out of civic duty.
If we needed a blinking sign saying “Too early to reopen bars” I think we’ve got one.
Faiz imam
This is a situation where that contact tracing app makes perfect sense.
I think if you are going to step into a small crowded indoor establishment, you need to show that you have the app installed.
Joey
Shouldn’t this apply to restaurants too? Presumably many of the people who have been to bars have also been to restaurants. Even if the distancing measures on restos are more effective than in bars (a medium-sized if), wouldn’t it pay to be extra cautious? Especially if the province is concerned about low testing numbers generally speaking?
Kate
Joey, I think social behaviour is just different enough in bars vs restaurants that it isn’t quite as pressing, although obviously anyone who thinks they need a test should go get one.
walkerp
Walked past Buvette Chez Simon on Friday and it was packed, inside and outside. Walked by on Saturday and it was closed. One of the 5 or just being cautious?
In any case, other than a few plexiglass separators between tables, nothing seemed to be changed about the layout or max capacity than before the pandemic.
DeWolf
I guess we’re being plunged into yet another episode of confusion, because what’s the difference between a restaurant and a bar? The line is very blurry in many cases, especially since restaurants are now legally allowed to serve alcohol without food.
Here’s a scenario: I had a 3pm lunch with a pint of beer at a “restaurant-bar” on July 3. I was sitting on the terrasse, which had half its tables removed and staff wearing PPE. And because it was mid-afternoon there were many empty tables. Between ordering, receiving the food/drink and paying the bill, my total contact time with anyone else was less than two minutes.
Was that a bar experience? Or a restaurant experience? I’m happy to get tested but I don’t really want to stand in line at Hôtel-Dieu with a bunch of club kids who were not distancing.
DeWolf
@walkerp – according to their Facebook page, Chez Simone is only open from Monday to Friday, 4pm-12am. I imagine it’s to avoid the kind of weekend crowds you saw on Friday.
Kate
DeWolf, you may be forgetting that people go to bars to socialize and, in many cases, to flirt with strangers and possibly even engage in canoodling. That’s not so common at restaurants. I don’t think the distinction is so much about food service.
walkerp
Thanks DeWolf, I saw that. Good to know. They do seem like responsible owners, but man it was packed when I walked by on Friday.
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Kate
The two girls concerned in the Amber Alert we saw and heard earlier this week have been found dead in rural Quebec. The father is still missing.
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Kate
Thirty years since the Oka crisis, various media are looking back. Le Devoir is going over the 78-day standoff day by day. Radio-Canada interviews several indigenous people about the impact they felt from the crisis. Jessica Deer writes about the warrior flag for CBC. Alanis Obomsawin’s film on Kanehsatake is on the NFB site. Regional chief Ghislain Picard has written an open letter to François Legault saying nothing has changed since 1990.
Update: Mohawks held a procession over the Mercier Bridge to commemorate the day the crisis began.
Joey
Lots more from Iorì:wase – http://kahnawakenews.com/index128.htm
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