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"At a Gay Village karaoke spot called Le Date in Montreal, owner Danny Jobin emphasizes how popular karaoke is there — with lineups every single day and people even turned away on Mondays — and says he has been 'doing the best I can' by training staff, sanitizing, disinfecting microphones after every use, and installing plexiglass dividers on stage, but he is very sad that authorities have effectively ended karaoke, lamenting that 'they've decided karaoke is criminal' and blaming those who 'just didn't care about COVID.'" - Valerie Silva