An owner of a Saskatchewan drive-in movie theatre says the decision about when to open isn’t an easy one. Last week, the provincial government updated its Re-Open Saskatchewan plan to lift restrictions on businesses put forth as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The changes included bumping drive-in theatres up from Phase 4 to Phase 1, which started May 4. Clearwater Drive-In owner Denise Kelk said the go-ahead to open for the season on May 15 caught her by surprise. “It’s a good thing, but we certainly won’t be in a position to open for next weekend, going under the previous information of being in Phase 4.
Nobody knew when that was going to be and therefore can’t really prepare or plan for much at all,” she said. The drive-in theatre