Ontario shuts down Christmas lights drive-thrus early under new lockdown measures
by David Friend THE CANADIAN PRESS
Posted Dec 24, 2020 1:27 pm EDT
Last Updated Dec 24, 2020 at 9:48 pm EDT
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Drive-thru Christmas light festivals will be going dark in Ontario weeks earlier than organizers planned under Doug Ford’s stricter COVID-19 measures that go into effect on Saturday.
And some organizers said any hope they might change the Ford government’s mind over the holidays was quickly dimming.
Andrew Gidaro, who co-produces Holiday Nights of Lights in Vaughan said Thursday that what started as a “meaningful dialogue” with leaders seeking a possible solution became less reassuring as Christmas drew nearer.
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Christmas light festivals will end weeks earlier than organizers planned under Ontario Premier Doug Ford's stricter COVID-19 measures, which go into effect on Saturday.
TORONTO Drive-thru Christmas light festivals will be going dark in Ontario weeks earlier than organizers planned under Doug Ford s stricter COVID-19 measures that go into effect on Saturday. But several creators say they hope last-minute efforts to lobby the government before the holidays will convince leaders to make drive-thru shows an exception to the lockdown. Monica Gomez, whose Polar Drive near Toronto s Pearson International Airport was scheduled to run until January, says she was surprised when she learned she would have to shut down. Her region had already been operating under stricter grey-zone lockdown measures that started on Nov. 23, but drive-thrus were still allowed up until the announcement earlier this week.
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