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Posted: Feb 13, 2021 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: February 13
A pedestrian carries a dog while walking along Elgin Street in Ottawa on Feb. 9. (Andrew Lee/CBC) comments
Ottawa reported 46 new cases of COVID-19 and three more deaths Saturday.
Ottawa businesses are greeting the reopening with relief and caution.
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Another 46 cases of COVID-19 and three more deaths were recorded by Ottawa health officials on Saturday. The city s death toll now stands at 432.
With the provincewide stay-at-home order lifting in Ottawa and nearby communities next week, local businesses are approaching the reopening with cautious optimism.
Posted: Feb 12, 2021 2:25 PM ET | Last Updated: February 12
Duska Maric, owner of Anika Arts and Flowers in Nepean, is recommending customers find alternatives to the boring dozen-rose bouquet.(Francis Ferland/CBC)
Romance may be in the air this weekend, but you might want to reconsider your plan to express your love with a bouquet of red roses.
Florists say a combination of high demand and pandemic restrictions is affecting supplies of the Valentine s Day favourite, creating a shortage in Canada.
A sharp drop in flights from rose-growing South American countries including Ecuador and Colombia is partly to blame, but so is the stay-at-home order that s in place in Ottawa until Tuesday. Because people are unable to visit loved ones or go out on dates, they re sending flowers instead.
You might not be able to get flowers for Valentine s Day in Toronto
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Florists are struggling to get flowers this year as the pandemic jeopardizes supply, which means getting a bouquet for your bae might be harder than normal come Valentine s Day. It s hard to get anything, Shannon Whelan, owner of Euclid Farms, told blogTO. I m so used to being able to guarantee things but now I m up at night worried what I can do. I m terrified of disappointing a customer.
As Whelan and Rose Emporium owner Isa Montagnese explained to blogTO, their usual import sources for fresh flowers from South America and the U.S. have been disrupted because of the pandemic.