He's repeatedly called them Quebec's "guardian angels. "Our employees live week to week on their paychecks, so in order to protect as many jobs as possible, we're going to try to maximize sales where we can," he said.The head of an association of movie theatre owners, Vincenzo Guzzo, said he's disappointed the entertainment industry was singled out, but added: "I understand where it's coming from."

"We have to give ourselves the best chance to slow the contagion over the next days.

Soccer Association's Paul Callou feels there are too many variables at play. Social Sharing She's also trying desperately to recruit more health care staff.The government is promising it won't dock the pensions of retired nurses and doctors who are willing to return to work, and will also cover their professional fees and insurance payments.Legault met with representatives from the health care sector on Sunday.

"We're going to take the next two weeks as a great opportunity to fix up the theatres," said Guzzo, who owns 10 cinemas in the province.In the meantime, the Quebec government continues to prepare its health-care system for an extended battle with the virus.So far all the confirmed cases in Quebec were contracted outside the province, but public officials anticipate the first local transmission will be detected shortly.Delaying local transmission, and slowly contagion, will help the health-care system deal with the more severe cases, as well as non-COVID-19-related emergencies. Magic City, an Atlanta strip club, took a different approach after it shut down in March due to the coronavirus, moving to a virtual platform, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported.

If you are worried about COVID-19 or if you have flu-like symptoms or gastroenteritis symptoms or similar to COVID-19, you can call 514-644-4545 and 1-877-644-4545 (toll free) elsewhere in Québec. We were expecting it," Legault said.

We're ready to do anything we can to help the public and ensure the safety of our staff," said Peter Mammas, president and CEO Foodtastic, the company behind a number of Montreal restaurant chains such as La belle et la Bœuf and Carlos & Pepe's.Foodtastic was already seeing a decline in sales, by as much as 60 per cent at some restaurants, since the outbreak hit Quebec.

records highest ever daily COVID-19 case number, two new deaths over weekendCoronavirus: What one of the youngest patients in a B.C. The Club is located 10 minutes south of downtown Montreal within the Mohawk Territory of Kahnawake. appropriate physical distance of two metres between tables and between staff and customers, and not maintaining a complete log for contact tracing purposes,” Dr. Vinita Dubey wrote in a statement.While Toronto Mayor John Tory did not want to comment on the establishment itself, he did say that he is happy to hear how quickly public health moved to contact trace.“It proves why a contact log is something that is useful. "The government gave itself the power to shut down public spaces when it invoked the public-health emergency section of the Public Health Act on Saturday. It also asked people under 70 to stay at home as much as possible.

"People should sit at every second table," he said.

"As part of its effort to secure front-line services during the outbreak, the government said it will begin offering free daycare to health care workers, ambulance technicians, police officers, correctional services workers and firefighters.They will also have access to 60,000 free babysitting spots for children aged between four and 13 years old.People working in those sectors are asked to visit the With files from Ainslie MacLellan, Marilla Steuter-Martin and Verity StevensonIt is a priority for CBC to create a website that is accessible to all Canadians including people with visual, hearing, motor and cognitive challenges.Closed Captioning and Described Video is available for many CBC shows offered onAt a news conference in Quebec City, Premier François Legault said a jump in confirmed cases reinforced the need for even further social distancing measures.COVID-19: Bars, clubs, gyms and other public spaces closed until further notice in QuebecQuebec declares 10-day public health emergency, bans hospital visits, calls on seniors to stay homeQuebec schools, universities and daycares closed for 2 weeks I'm not saying this because I want to play at being dictator ... We're better off being overly careful than not enough. MONTREAL -- A nightclub in Old Montreal says a recent customer has tested positive for COVID-19 and is urging others who may have been at the club at the same time to get tested.

It’s something that was fought to have included in all of the different rules and regulations as part of Stage 3,” Tory said.“It also shows you in a crowd like that how easy it could be to spread the virus and get us right back to where we were and none of us want to go there.”Get a roundup of the most important and intriguing stories, delivered to your inboxGet a roundup of the most important and intriguing stories, delivered to your inbox

I'm begging you," Arruda said. Despite each sports club taking COVID-19 seriously, the N.D.G. Professional and amateur sports teams have put their seasons on hold.On Saturday, the province announced it was banning visits to hospitals and elderly care residences. "Public Health Director Horacio Arruda provided a long list of recreational and leisure sites that will have to close their doors temporarily.