That said, our big Ontario March 9th announcement is that March 21st, face masks are no longer mandatory in most settings, including schools. This is ridiculous. March Break is from March 12 => March 20. Kids who travel have to wear masks when they return, according to federal rules and regulations. Why couldn't they just delay this two weeks? A lot of families travel, like our Ottawa kids.
Our numbers, according to waste water tests, are rising. Since we have a provincial election on June 2nd, the government (seeking re-election) has stopped most testing, except in hospitals.
Parents across the country are fighting with provincial governments (whose responsibility is healthcare), trying to lobby for masks in schools, at least for two weeks after March Break. One school board, Hamilton-Wentworth, is the only one keeping mask requirements. They are brave. Local health units are able to designate mask requirements, but they won't stand up to the province.
This is a superb video! My SIL found it online. My massage therapist (designated as a healthcare setting) requires us to wear either a surgical mask or an N95.
OK, enough of that. We continue to monitor all that goes on in the world, with great dismay. We are privileged, here in Canada, that we can worry about COVID–19, rather than bombs.
We had two days of rain, but snow still remains.
The primrose look pretty happy with that.
I heard the song sparrow singing as I put garbage out this morning. So pretty!
This is from July, 2020:
song sparrow from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.
