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COVID-19: Ontario’s reopen plan receives mixed reaction from small businesses, Chamber of Commerce
Washing over wiping: Expert says wiping store-bought items not necessary Oscar Malan, owner of Novel Idea, Kingston’s independent book store, calls the last 15 months of owning a business during the pandemic a game of work that’s been twice as hard to make half as much.When it comes to opening his store’s doors in a couple of weeks, he says the provincial government’s communication and messaging has been poor.“They’ve been so intermittent and they’ve changed their mind so often that I’ve basically stopped looking,” Malan said, referring to the province’s three-step reopening plan.“I’m just going to open when they make it clear that I can open, because frankly I’ve been disappointed a couple of times already.”Each stage with progressively