Tag: Social Distancing

A local grade 4 student heard that residents at St. Martha’s Place were feeling lonely during the pandemic, so she started visiting and making them flowers for their solarium window.

CBC radio spoke with pediatric infectious disease specialist Dr. Nisha Thampi about how to keep students, teachers, and staff safer in schools during the ongoing pandemic.

Staff members at their respective care homes helped Harry and Arlie Beckstead celebrate their 65th wedding anniversary together, even with pandemic precautions in place.

The London Symphonia Brass Quintet took their show on the road to play for staff and patients at two local hospitals and a long-term care home.

The youth advisory team at Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital is hosting hangouts and Netflix parties to help the teens connect with friends and peers during the pandemic.

The Quebec government resumed publishing COVID-19 statistics on Monday.

Laughs for the Front will take place on Saturday, June 20 at 8pm EST and will feature such noted comedians as Tom Green and Tommy Chong.

Montreal mother met her son for a first time nearly two months after giving birth.

Social distancing restrictions provide new life for drive-in theatres across Quebec.

Members have a wide range of singing experience but say it helps them feel connected and eases their worries.

Gemma Donn's virtual performances provide birthday cheer for isolated patients.

Mixbus Studio is spreading summer cheer on a tour of Quebec's long-term care homes.

Alderney Landing Community Centre’s theatre and farmers’ market had to close due to COVID-19, but employees are sorting and fulfilling online orders for curbside pickup.

Hospital staff worked quickly to install communications apps on the tablets so people can see and speak with hospitalized family members who cannot receive visitors.

aTouchAway makes it easy for people in hospitals or nursing homes to video-call their loved ones while in-person visits are restricted due to COVID-19.

91-year-old Jane Wilkins is showing her appreciation for workers on the front lines during COVID-19 with handwritten cards thanking them for their efforts.

“Health care workers are here for you. Behind each mask is an individual—a parent, child, spouse, sibling and friend—who is ready to take care of you and your loved ones."

Paramedics, fire fighters and police officers from Pictou County are recording Facebook videos of themselves reading bedtime stories for children.

The new service offers video appointments where a doctor will assess the child’s condition and advise parents whether they need to come to the emergency department.

Chartered professional accountants will prepare tax returns for Ontario health care workers free of charge, as a thank-you for their work fighting the COVID-19 pandemic.

"We have come a long way, but we are still vulnerable. Our province is still under a state of emergency, and we must continue to follow the advice of Public Health."

The two Métis artists started a Facebook group for people to post masks they have created, using traditional materials, to express their emotions about the pandemic.

Physicians working on the front lines of COVID-19 in Nova Scotia express their appreciation for all the things people are doing to help limit the spread of the virus.

The video includes more than 30 performers, including singers, saxophones, strings, and one really cute puppy.

Billed as the largest single-show broadcast in Canadian history, the tribute concert raised over $6 million for food banks across the country.