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FEBRUARY 25
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2021
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TRINA HUNT
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Patrons ‘were told to stop’: industry head Trivia night at Port Moody pub becomes COVID-19 super-spreader STEFAN LABBÉ slabbe@tricitynews.com
Joanne Morneau, left, and Linda Musiak, are part of a group of more than 50 volunteer sewing hobbyists from across the Lower Mainland who have crafted 1,500 reusable cloth shopping bags they’ve donated to local food banks. For more, see the story on Page 28. MARIO BARTEL/THE TRI-CITY NEWS
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A Port Moody pub that hosted a games night in contravention of public health orders and led to at least 25 cases of COVID-19 should not be faulted for the actions of irresponsible patrons, according to the head of a pub and bar industry group. Jeff Guignard, who heads B.C.’s Alliance of Beverage Licensees, said the transmission at Newport Village’s St. James’s Well Pub occurred when an asymptomatic patron left their table and inter-
acted with another group. “It seems like some patrons were mingling and they were told to stop. But the damage was done at that point,” he said. “Now the business is getting blamed for something the patrons did.” Guignard told the Tri-City News his organization has worked closely with the pub since the Feb. 2 games night super-spreader event, the extent of which is still not clear after health officials made veiled references to an unnamed pub trivia night which sparked a secondary outbreak at a Burnaby daycare and led to cases at workplaces and schools. The Tri-City News has not independently confirmed whether provincial health SEE
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