It s been really successful for us and allowed us to have extra staff on for these days, Andrew Weeks, manager of Piatto Pizzeria in Charlottetown, said Tuesday.
The two-week program was launched March 21 and runs between Sundays and Wednesdays traditionally slower days of the week for restaurants.
Economic Growth, Tourism and Culture Minister Matthew MacKay said after a tough year because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the government wanted to get people back in restaurants. It worked out better than we ever thought, Mackay said in an interview Tuesday. We knew it was a good idea, but we didn t know what the uptake would be. It has completely blown us away how good it s worked.
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Canadian Premier League generates millions for P.E.I., officials sayÂ
The P.E.I. government says a $1.5 million investment to bring the Canadian Premier League to the Island last year paid off with millions of dollars in direct and indirect benefits.Â
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About 300 players and staff of the Canadian Premier League played their soccer games in Charlottetown last summer, in the middle of a global pandemic. (Dan Hamilton/USA TODAY Sports for CPL)