Eight-year-old Ayanna Bellefleur is using a desk over 10 times her age to do online learning while in-person classes are on hold due to COVID-19 on P.E.I.
P.E.I. tourism industry excited about borders opening early to rest of Canada
After more than a year of being shut to Canadians outside Atlantic Canada, Premier Dennis King announced P.E.I. would be welcoming them 10 days sooner than expected now on July 18. Members of the province s tourism industry are thrilled by the announcement.
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Matthew Jelley, president of Maritime Fun Group, says it will take years for his business to return to what it once was pre-pandemic, but he was still excited about borders opening earlier than expected.(Al MacCormick/CBC)
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Clemence said the details will be released in the coming days.
Concerns from businesses
The Greater Charlottetown Area Chamber of Commerce hopes a speedier vaccination rollout will lead to an earlier reopening of the P.E.I. border. Currently, P.E.I. is not fully reopening to all of Canada until Sept. 12, more than two months after New Brunswick.
The chamber s interim CEO, Nicole Bellefleur, said the chamber sent a letter to King last week, outlining concerns from the business community and asking the province to reconsider its reopening dates to better align with those of the other Atlantic provinces.