Some links of interest
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dewlineI posted that drone footage link from CBC earlier today. In a related vein:
Re: farms and related firms still finding ways to get product to customers while maximizing safety. This is specific to Ottawa. I can't speak to the Gatineau situation across the river in Québec just yet. I can confirm Ottawa Valley Meats personally, because I've seen one of their vans delivering product in my own neighbourhood.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/covid-19-farm-gate-sales-booming-customers-looking-for-fresh-local-safe-1.5535723
Re: comics retailing. Diamond - up to now, the main distribution firm in North America for comic books and related product and serving a large chunk of the rest of the anglophone-comics-reading world as well - and DC Comics - the people who run the Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Justice League and related franchises for their new overlords at AT&T - have been making havoc-wreaking announcements in the last two days about the distribution process as they expect it to be from May onwards. Check Newsarama, Bleeding Cool, Comics Beat, Comic Book Resources (CBR) and other news sources for details on that as they come out.
Meanwhile, DC's published a Google Maps listing of shops they know or believe to still be finding ways to move product safely - for retailers, customers and other bystanders alike - in the Time of Pandemic. The relevant links below:
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/diamond-responds-dc-comics-new-distributors-batman-92/
https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/viewer?mid=1qzEG3OEmvCVEhfwC4OK3FP8e5o4eD-CK&ll=45.43705359598587%2C-75.52178979690291&z=10
If you know a shop that's also managing that feat, I expect DC - and many others - would like to know. Public Health authorities will likely be interested in ways of determining and promoting best practices in such matters. And to nail down any rule-breakers, too.
Re: farms and related firms still finding ways to get product to customers while maximizing safety. This is specific to Ottawa. I can't speak to the Gatineau situation across the river in Québec just yet. I can confirm Ottawa Valley Meats personally, because I've seen one of their vans delivering product in my own neighbourhood.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/covid-19-farm-gate-sales-booming-customers-looking-for-fresh-local-safe-1.5535723
Re: comics retailing. Diamond - up to now, the main distribution firm in North America for comic books and related product and serving a large chunk of the rest of the anglophone-comics-reading world as well - and DC Comics - the people who run the Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Justice League and related franchises for their new overlords at AT&T - have been making havoc-wreaking announcements in the last two days about the distribution process as they expect it to be from May onwards. Check Newsarama, Bleeding Cool, Comics Beat, Comic Book Resources (CBR) and other news sources for details on that as they come out.
Meanwhile, DC's published a Google Maps listing of shops they know or believe to still be finding ways to move product safely - for retailers, customers and other bystanders alike - in the Time of Pandemic. The relevant links below:
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/diamond-responds-dc-comics-new-distributors-batman-92/
https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/viewer?mid=1qzEG3OEmvCVEhfwC4OK3FP8e5o4eD-CK&ll=45.43705359598587%2C-75.52178979690291&z=10
If you know a shop that's also managing that feat, I expect DC - and many others - would like to know. Public Health authorities will likely be interested in ways of determining and promoting best practices in such matters. And to nail down any rule-breakers, too.
