On January 25th, 2020, a Toronto man returning from Wuhan, China was the first presumptive COVID-19 case in Canada. By March, with the disease raging across Canada, the World Health Organization had declared COVID a pandemic, the NBA, NHL and most other sport leagues had suspended their seasons, while the Olympics were officially postponed to 2021, the Juno Awards were cancelled, Parliament went on break, and schools began to close from coast to coast.
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Roxanne Tellier – What a Difference a Year Makes
Posted in COVID 19, Family, Health, life, Opinion, Review with tags Afghanistan, Africa, Australia, Canada, CERB, COVID-19, curfews, DBAWIS, Delta variant, Dollarama, Dr Fauci, India, lockdown, non-essential goods, pandemic, PPE, segarini, stay-at-home orders, Tellier, Tokyo Olympics, U.S. Surgeon General, Uganda, what a difference a year makes, World Health Organization on June 27, 2021 by segariniPat Blythe – 365 Days …and Music!
Posted in COVID 19, life, music, Opinion, Review with tags Bob Segarini, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Julian Taylor, Julian Taylor Band, Junos, luvthemusic, pandemic, Pat Blythe, Podbean, podcast, The Pandemic Interviews, The Ridge, Who, World Health Organization on March 10, 2021 by segariniWhen this column posts it will be exactly 365 days to the date the World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 a pandemic. It’s been 365 days since the entire planet turned upside down, essentially transforming life as we knew it. There have been massive upsides and downsides, upheavals and confusion, disruptions and adjustments. As much as I have an intense dislike for the phrase “new normal”, that’s what we’re experiencing and there is no turning back. So, whether we like it or not, here we are.