The streets of downtown Kingston, Ont., were filled with shoppers on Tuesday, the first day retail stores could open their doors to customers.
Last week, the province announced retail stores outside shopping malls, which have their own entrances and can follow physical distancing measures, were allowed to open after the May long weekend.
It was a day for which many downtown Kingston store owners had been waiting for two months. “People are so ready to come out and see other people and shop and touch the merchandise,” said Maria Cronk, the owner of Fancy That.
Cronk and her family have been running eastern Ontario clothing and shoe stores for 35 years. Over that time, Cronk says she had never experienced a time that she wasn’t involved in