For the Memory Book

Gas prices at a record low between .60-.72 cents a litre. Self distancing measures on a rise. Tape on the floors at grocery stores, drugstores and other stores to help distance shoppers 2m/6ft from each other; limited number of people inside stores therefore lineups outside the store. Non-essential stores and businesses mandated closed; parks, trails, entire cities locked up. Schools all closed. Shortage of masks, gowns, and gloves for our frontline workers. Shortage of respirators for the critically Ill. Panic buying sets in and we have no toilet paper, no disinfecting supplies, no paper towels, no laundry soap, no hand sanitizer – shelves were bare. Essential businesses switch their lines to help make visors, masks, hand sanitizer and PPE. Government closed the border to all non-essential travel, called Canadians home and made it mandatory to self-isolate for 14 days. Fines were established for breaking the rules. Stadiums and recreation facilities opened up for the overflow of COVID-19 patients. Press conferences daily from both Prime Minister Trudeau and Premier Ball. Government incentives to stay home. Barely anyone in the streets or on the roads. People wearing masks and gloves outside. We are to distance from each other. They say it started in Wuhan China at a seafood market. Thousands affected, numbers critically ill, many recovered. This is the Novel Coronavirus Covid 19 Pandemic. Declared March 11, 2020.