MONTREAL For the second year in a row, the dining rooms in Quebec s fabled sugar shacks are empty but one enterprising owner is hoping he s found a way to survive the hard times. Pierre Faucher, owner of the Sucrerie de la Montagne, normally would have a packed room filled with singing, dancing and, of course, massive servings of food. On Monday, Faucher s team will start tapping the trees, with the hope of collecting 500 gallons of maple water a week. In normal years, the beginning of the syrup season would see 30,000 people come through the shack, but this year, only the boutique is open while the kitchen does take-out only.
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OTTAWA - Canada's maple syrup harvest hit a record high of 14.3 million gallons this year, despite shutdowns during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, Statistics Canada said on Thursday.
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