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Mount Jamieson president writes to Premier urging province to allow ski hills to re-open
Author of the article: Ron Grech
Publishing date: Dec 30, 2020 • December 30, 2020 • 2 minute read • Carson Sharp, left, and Adam Tambeau are seen making their way across the top of Mount Jamieson on Saturday, Nov. 30, 2019 on what was an unusually early opening for the ski resort last year. The president of Mount Jamieson Resort has written to Premier Doug Ford urging the government to reconsider its decision to include ski hills among the operations impacted by a province-wide shutdown. Richa Bhosale/The Daily Press SunMedia
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Mount Jamieson Resort’s president and board chair has written to Ontario Premier Doug Ford urging the government to reverse its decision that forced ski hills to close during the current province-wide shutdown.
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If weather and other conditions permits, cross-country ski and snowmobile trails can be open during the two-week pandemic lockdown that starts on Saturday.
But the Ford government has thrown a snowball at downhill ski facilities, making them close.
Mount Jamieson Resort president Cameron Grant is scratching his head over that.
“People, especially the members of the ski hill and those who come to enjoy it and purchase day passes have been overly compliant,” he comments, “they’ve been adhering to all the distancing measures that we have put in place.”