Eastern P.E.I. restaurant will serve up a side of child care this fall

The owners of a restaurant in Souris, P.E.I. have come up with a unique way to stay busy during the traditionally slow off-season: by offering after-school care for children in the area. 

Amber and Jordan Dennis own Strait Goods, a restaurant that is busy in the summer thanks to an influx of tourists to the area and seasonal ferry traffic to the Magdalen Islands. 

But the pair said keeping afloat through the fall, winter and spring can be a challenge — and they want to put their ample space to good use. 

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