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“Pandemic puppies have a major anxiety problem” All those dogs Canadians adopted during the pandemic? They’re a little undersocialized now. “I’m not taking him if he’s this anxious,” said a potential puppy-sitter we found on Rover, an Airbnb-style app that matches pet owners with walkers and boarders. I couldn’t blame her: our pandemic puppy had…
“#Getting through the pandemic one Archie comic at a time” Jillian Horton: Every night at bedtime my son and I read Archie. Amid the brutal COVID disruptions, I feel viscerally what he is drawn to: the containment of it all. With this week’s announcement of school deferrals and the dreaded flip back to online learning,…
“#The cruel, ridiculous reality of ‘virtual learning’” Here is what has particularly chewed me up during this latest round of school closures in Ontario, the province that has deprived its children of education and normalcy more than any other in Canada, and more than virtually any other jurisdiction in the world: it feels like we…
“#These Japanese tiny homes feature a honeycomb frame to immerse guests in nature!” 2nd Home is a series of tiny homes planned and built by Japanese startup SANU with minimal building material to immerse travelers in the wonder of nature for a quick respite from the hustle of city living. Ever since quarantine orders were…
“#Omicron cases start to climb as WHO warns the variant poses a ‘high infection risk’” Politics Insider for Nov. 30, 2021: New cases in Canada; a military apology; and Steven Guilbeault’s bicycle More cases in Canada: Two people in Ontario and one in Quebec have been infected with the Omicron variant of COVID-19, CBC reports, in…
“#Omicron: Here’s what we know so far about the latest variant of concern” Omicron entered our lexicon at exactly 12 p.m. Eastern Time on Nov. 26, according to Google Trends, which recorded a massive spike in online searches. Since then, searches have only increased as people scour the web for news on the newest variant…
“#The team of scientists guarding Canada against COVID variants—’the known unknown’” The CoVaRR-Net rapid response network was set up to analyze the variants quickly (Photograph by John Kealey) NOTE, Nov. 29, 2021: The print version of this article went to press before researchers identified the B.1.1.529 variant, which the WHO on Nov. 26 named “Omicron”…
“#The COVID-19 variant Omicron is in Ottawa; and WHO disputes travel restrictions” Politics Insider for Nov. 29, 2021: A worrying new COVID variant is here; an inflation fight; and some Ryan Reynolds Worrying news: On Sunday, Ontario announced that the Omicron COVID-19 variant was detected in Ottawa in two patients who recently travelled to Nigeria. CBC has…
“#An ode to my work-from-home dining table” Pandemic life happened here: work calls by day, home-cooked meals by night, a baby’s first delightful laugh. And now it’s hard to imagine having to leave. (Photograph by Carmen Cheung) Every morning at 8:30, I’d put on a sweatshirt and yoga pants, brush my hair and slather on…
“#Four weird and wonderful inventions sparked by the pandemic” From wind instrument covers to germ-killing robots, necessity was the mother of invention for these pandemic creations COVID-19 sparked a number of inventions—some practical and some niche. Here are a few of those wacky and wonderful creations: Purified Personal Space Some pandemic office-goers invested in desk-sized…