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      Posted a little thank you to our postal worker. And then they wrote back! I love Whitby!

      The Coboconk, Norland and Area Chamber of Commerce put out a call for floats, displays, volunteer participants and goodie bag item donations for their pandemic-adapted Santa Claus Parade.

      Ross Memorial Hospital asked those coming to the drive-thru COVID-19 assessment centre to join the line at Sussex Street (Lindsay) instead of Kent Street West to support good traffic flow down Kent Street West. They also reminded the public that they should only be seeking a test if they demonstrated …

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      Ross Memorial Hospital shifted its COVID-19 Assessment Centre to an appointment-only model in accordance with latest provincial guidelines and to help support traffic flow around the hospital. The change came into effect on October 5, 2020. Appointments were able to be booked starting October 1, 2020.

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 Ross Memorial Hospital, kawarthaNOW.com ( Jeannine Taylor), 24 Sep 2020     We are once again experiencing high volumes at our COVID-19 Assessment Centre today. We will be closing the line at 4:30 to accommodate all those in line waiting to be tested. Thank you for your patience. For a complete listing of Ontario testing locations, visit https://covid-19.ontario.ca/covid-19-test-and-testing-location-information...

      Description submitted by donor: There were lots of little signs thanking health care workers around our neighbourhood. Many trees were also wrapped with blue ribbon in support of healthcare workers.

      Description submitted by donor: I thought this was an interesting sign because it combined COVID-19 well-wishes with a bit of advertising for their business.

      Photos show the three steps of outdoor curbside service at the Main Library when the Waterloo Public Library first reopened in June 2020 after being closed during the COVID-19 pandemic. The first step for the customer was to return items into the metal pods for quarantining. The second step was …

      Description from donor: Once we had to start wearing a mask everyday due to the local bylaw, laundry days started looking like this!

      On November 23, 2020, Waterloo Region moved to the Red (Control) tier because of increasing COVID-19 cases. This restricted indoor weddings to a 30% capacity and limited indoor public events to maximum 10 people. Waterloo Region moved into lockdown on December 26, 2020, with the rest of Ontario. Description submitted …

      Description submitted by donor: This photo is part of a photo project called Life in a Bubble, which was inspired by our lockdown experience that started in March 2020. I was struggling with the contrast between the worries about COVID-19 in the world outside our home, and the cozy, fun, …

      Description submitted by donor: November 8, 2020 - Embracing weekly virtual visits, outdoor visits, mailing cards, dropping off weekly expressions of love, awaiting and passing my Covid-19 test, only to be road blocked by an outbreak... starting the process over again. This was the reality of a pandemic and long …

      Description submitted by donor: June 10 2020 - WPL messages of hope (Main)

      Description submitted by donor: December 31, 2020 - Retirements during Covid, Grainharvest, Lexington Road, Waterloo

      Description submitted by donor: March 25, 2020 - Playground closed, Moses Springer Park, Waterloo

      Description submitted by donor: May 17, 2020 - Girl Guides Support at Zehrs (Glenridge Plaza, Waterloo)

      Description submitted by donor: May 18, 2020 - Heroes Work Here (UG)

      Description submitted by donor: May 18, 2020 was my mother's 89th birthday, the first that we spent apart. Having dropped off our gifts at the entrance, I waved to her from the parking lot as she peered down from the third floor window. I felt rather melancholy as I walked …