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There’s good news on the menu for Regina restaurants.
The Saskatchewan government announced Friday that, starting May 17, all restaurants and licensed establishments in Regina will be able to reopen for in-person dining.
There will still be restrictions, including a maximum of four people per table, maintaining at least two metres between tables, no alcohol sales after 10 p.m., and keeping a log of customer information.
That’s the only change to the province’s public health orders, which have been extended to May 31. They were set to expire Monday.
On March 23, the province put in place strict public health orders for the Regina region due to the continued transmission of COVID-19. One of the measures in those orders required restaurants to close, but delivery and curbside pickup were permitted.
We do elect governments to make choices and not every choice they make can be make through a referendum that determines what’s most popular. In fact, the sharpest criticism Premier Scott Moe has received during this pandemic has been for simply following the closed-door advice of Chief Medical Health Officer Dr. Saqib Shahab who has recommended closures and lockdowns. But when it comes to spending public tax dollars, there can and should be very little compromise on accountability. We all should get that. Even during this pandemic, you have received itemized bills on things you have paid for. And whether or not you can come in close physical contact with your supplier, you have maintained the right to be able to ask why each item on that bill cost as much as it does.
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• $75.6 million for Saskatchewan Health Authority COVID pressures • $20 million for the Saskatchewan Small Business Emergency Payment Program • $17 million for Tourism supports • $14.2 million for Municipal Grants for Growth • $12.3 million for Public Safety response • $9.9 million for Custody Services • $5.5 million for the Chief Electoral Officer • $3.2 million for Court Service enhancements • $1.8 million for SaskPoly Dental Lab renovations • $500,000 for Conexus Arts Centre support The first $40 million of the $200 million contingency was allocated to the Safe School Plan in the first quarter of the 2020-21 fiscal year, to support the safe re-opening on K-12 schools in the province. Six ministries required special warrants, including: • $179.5 million for Health