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2020-10-14
Before Covid, I was in the middle of the seventh grade. It was going pretty well considering it was the middle of the year and nothing much happened then. I wish I had known then what was about to happen because I never got to go out one last time with my friends or go to sports practice without worrying about being distanced from each other. I had gotten into the routine of normal days and repeating the same schedule 24/7, and wanted a little something to change it or make life a little more interesting, this is not what I meant at all. I remember talking with my friends every day and seeing them at school, but now we can't. Calling and texting are great and all, but it isn't the same. Not even close. Hopefully, we can go back to the way it was before Covid sooner rather than later.
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2020-03-13
Sophie Grégoire Trudeau, wife of Canadian PM Justin Trudeau, has tested positive for coronavirus after returning from a trip to London, a statement from the PM's office says.
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2020-12-14
Alberta reports its deadliest day of the pandemic with 22 new deaths.
Fines issued to rally organizers in British Columbia, Saskatchewan.
U.S. COVID vaccine campaign launches with trucks leaving Michigan facility.
Germany to impose stricter lockdown to fight COVID-19.
Do you have the COVID Alert app on your iPhone? It might not be working.
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2020-12-14
This year 2020 is the year of the pandemic. Many people are traveling to other states to be with their family, which I feel is foolish of them, because not only are they endangering themselves, but their relatives. However, I do understand they want to be with their family for the holiday. I can't relate with those people because I never celebrate Thanksgiving with my entire family. I have relatives whom I never even met on the other side of the world. My Thanksgiving did not feel different from any typical year because my family did not follow common traditions, since we are Chinese. My mom just bought a plain turkey from Sprouts, which my grandparents turned into a spicy dish. But the main course wasn't the turkey, it was the delicious fish and tomato soup I helped prepare with my grandparents. The day felt normal because we never had an extravagant dinner. We only had three dishes. None of my parents cooked, instead, my grandparents did. Although my Thanksgiving was still the same, I believe some other people's thanksgiving changed. At the dinner table, we could have three or six people present, so the Covid-19 indoor capacity limitations didn't affect us at all. I didn't care much about Thanksgiving, since it wasn't my number one favorite holiday. It just felt like a regular dinner with dessert. However, I'm glad the pandemic hasn't changed everything.
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2020-12-14
The Thanksgiving that I had in 2020 was in some ways different, and some ways the same. I would normally go to my Grandparents house, and they would invite family and friends over too. But this year, only my family was invited. My grandfather had also passed away in October, so only my grandmother was there. The food was the same, but the company was very different. It felt more lonely this year, because of the lockdown. My Thanksgiving was different in some ways, but familiar in other ways. Overall, it was a fine experience, but obviously not as good as previous years.
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2020-12-14
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2020-12-14
Following several incidents where groups of people refused to obey orders banning in-person religious gatherings, B.C. Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth asks to increase fines for those people breaking COVID-19 laws multiple times.
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2020-12-12
It was a Saturday night on December 12th 2020. Since about 10 months ago I, and most of the world have been experiencing the Covid-19 pandemic one way or another. I was reminiscing on what I have done in the last 10 months and sure, I have done lots of stuff. But none of it had any real value. I was just going through the motions. I can say that I think most of humanity is doing the same things I have been doing in the last 10 months. It is sad the times we are living but I still think humanity as a whole shouldn't just get lazy or bored. We should think about ways to invest in our time so we don't waste it. When we look back at this pandemic we should think "Wow! I was so productive in that time!" not "I did stuff I guess. I just wanted it to end." So I think humanity as a whole should look at ourselves and think, is this really what I want my grandchildren to remember? Us being lazy? The bottom line is that we should try to be productive and not just, going through the motions.
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2020-12-14T12:39
During this pandemic, I started doing online school, which is horrible. I had to sit on zoom ALL DAY LONG which is just as awful as it sounds. The only good thing was that I didn't have to wear a uniform hehehe. I actually had a good summer even though everything in my state was closed. I went to Wyoming, Utah, Newport, and Lake Powell. In the middle of 8th grade this past month I found out I was moving from California to Utah, which I was happy about because I like Utah a lot better than California, even though I'm sad to leave all my friends and family behind. My parents were lucky enough to keep their jobs when a lot of other people aren't.
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2020
The University of Toronto has developed a free course entitled Mind Control: Managing Your Mental Health During COVID-19, in order to equip Canadians with tools to manage our mental health, before it manages you. The course is designed to teach students about anxiety as it presents itself throughout our daily life, from the consumption of news, to the way it is discussed with our children. Understanding how our brains react to crises, students would be more prepared to manage their own mental health.
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2020-12-14
It was the night before March 13, 2020, and I was in my room listening to music; when my mom got an email saying that we were going to be doing online school for two weeks. I was really excited to not have to go to school, and that I got to stay at home. I wasn't shocked because people at my school had been talking about us having to stay at home, but I definitely can say that I wasn't really aware of what about to happen. The next day at school we were just going over how online school was gonna work, and our new schedule and whatnot. The following week was our first week of online school, and I'd say most people like myself enjoyed it. I was glad that I didn't have to wake up early, and I got to stay in sweatpants all day. The funny thing about lockdown is that nobody really knew how long we were going to be doing it. We thought it was really only going to be about 2 weeks. Soon after we finished our second week of online school, we got another email saying that we would be doing school from home for longer than we expected. Throughout April, everyone started to become really bored at home, and nobody could go out because all the stores were closed. Most people rarely even went to the supermarket. I was extremely bored, and spent most days doing nothing after school was over. Lots of people also started to get sick of zoom and I'd say about more than half the school was started to get annoyed with online school, including me. The only interesting thing to do was watch tv, and the amount of quarantine memes was getting to be a lot. Soon after April, everyone thought that we'd be going back in may, but sadly we didn't and the following month of quarantine was really when people started losing their minds. Everyone was so sick of lockdown, and literally did nothing all day long. I found myself just watching tiktok's and YouTube 24/7. The following month of June people were even more bored but luckily things started to open up again like clothing stores, restaurants, even the mall. I just assumed that quarantine was over, and that things would go back to normal. Until, a few weeks later when they started closing things back up in L.A.(which is where I live). The worst part is that we were supposed to be going back to school in August, and now everyone was concerned that it wasn't going to happen. A few days before school started we were notified that we sadly weren't going back on campus. We all were sad, but we just assumed that we'd be going back after halloween, or the election (neither of them happened). I was so incredibly bored and honestly really confused about life in general. In the first 3 months of school. I hated online learning, and I had lost all of my social skills, and I had literally run out of things to watch on tv. Finally, a few days after the election my mom got an email that we were going back to school. I was excited to be going back, but also nervous. My school had started thing about a month earlier called wellness camps where we would go on Wednesday with our class and so some activities with our classmates just for an hour. Even just then, it felt super awkward to be back at school, so at this point nobody even knew how to talk to each other since it had been so long since we'd seen people from school. It's currently mid-december and we are going back soon. I hope things will get better soon:)
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2020-07-08
27,790 people in the the Northwest Territories and Nunavut have received the Canadian Emergency Response Benefit for one month or more.
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12/07/2020
The first batch of COVID vaccine of nearly 250,000 doses will be available before the end of the year, but none will go to the territories. The North lacks the freezers required to store the Pfizer vaccine, which the company says requires a freezer at –80 C to –60 C or in a thermal container at –90 C to –60 C.
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07/18/2020
Nunavut Premier Joe Savikataaq defends a trip he took to Winnipeg to retrieve his personal float plane, in which he was allowed to forego the two-week quarantine protocols in one of the southern hubs.
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11/26/2020
A report produced by the Northwest Territories (N.W.T) department of industry, tourism and investment offers a peek into the dramatic negative impacts the COVID-19 pandemic has wreaked on the territory's tourism industry.
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06/02/2020
Nunavut remains the only state-level jurisdiction in North America not to record a single case of the virus that has sickened millions and killed more than 375,000 people worldwide. Every other Canadian province and territory and every U.S. and Mexican state has reported at least a few.
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10/19/2020
Covid-19 cases are rising in many parts of Canada, but one region - Nunavut, a northern territory - is a rare place in North America that can say it's free of coronavirus in its communities.
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12/08/2020
N.W.T. Health and Social Services Minister Julie Green extends the territory-wide public health emergency until Dec. 22 on the advice of the Chief Public Health Officer.
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12/10/2020
The Northwest Territories government expects the Moderna vaccine for COVID-19 to be available to 75 per cent of the territory's "eligible population" in "early 2021," according to a media advisory issued Thursday afternoon.
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2020-12-14
An interactive website that lets users look through the path of COVID-19 in Canada
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2020-12-03
A virtual town hall hosted by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation with doctors answering questions about the coming vaccine
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2020-12-14
A video showcasing Canada's early success in preventing the spread of the pandemic compared to the US
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2020-11-24
An article from the Globe and Mail about the conditions hospitals workers experience.
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2020-12-14
This is important because it shows that media has an effect on outcomes in a lot of criminal court cases. We need to be aware of how media affected some of the most famous cases in the United States.
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2020-11-25
This new article details how the provincial government of Nova Scotia humanely reacted to the pandemic.
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2020-09-13
This article details a far-right political conspiracy and its existence in Nova Scotia.
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2020-12-01
This article details how much money the government of Nova Scotia allocated to different sectors of the Nova Scotian economy during the pandemic.
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2020-10-29
In this statement, the Canadian federal government pledges monetary relief to P.E.I.'s farmers amidst the pandemic.
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2020-02-28
A news release from the Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission asking Nova Scotians to be vigilant against discrimination based on ethnic or national origin as global health concerns heighten.
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2020-12-02
Andrew Furey, the Premier of N.L., outlines how he pictures the province's post-pandemic comeback will look.
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2020-10-19
This article shows how hotly debated travel bans were in Canada. The Canadian Civil Liberties Association doesn't agree with a ruling that provinces or territories have a right to exclude Canadians from traveling.
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2020-09-17
This news article outlines the discussions around travel bans and their legality within N.L.'s legislature.
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2020-06-28
This new article speaks to the anti-outsider sentiment in Prince Edward Island, which even manifested itself in their provincial legislature, according to this piece.
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2020
In this meme, the Atlantic provinces prepare to defend themselves against visitors from Quebec.
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2020
This meme makes fun of the dissolution of the Atlantic Bubble.
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2020
This meme makes fun of conspiracy theories, especially regarding the pandemic, in New Brunswick.
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2020
This meme makes fun of New Brunswick's provincial leadership for calling an election during the pandemic, which is not necessarily the wisest choice.
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2020
This meme shows that people from Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland and Labrador were scared of the Atlantic Bubble, and potentially letting New Brunswickers into their provinces, because of the rising COVID cases in New Brunswick.
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2020-11-30
A statement from Nova Scotia premier Stephen McNeil outlining his thoughts on the Atlantic Bubble.
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2020-12-07
Newfoundland and Labrador premier Andrew Furey states why the province pulled out of the Atlantic Bubble.
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2020-11-26
This new article includes statements from N.B. premier Blaine Higgs and why it was necessary for New Brunswick to pull out of the Atlantic Bubble.
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2020-11-24
In this news article, the premiers of Newfoundland and Labrador and Prince Edward Island express how the Atlantic Bubble provided 'hope and then some normalcy,' but that preventative measures needed to be taken to prevent the spread of the virus.
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2020-07-03
This new article details how the formation of the Atlantic bubble by the Council of Atlantic Premiers led to increased travel within the Atlantic provinces during the pandemic.
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2020-06-24
This document is a statement from the Council of Atlantic Premiers detailing the formation of the Atlantic bubble, which permitted travel between the different Canadian Atlantic provinces.
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2020-10-27
In this document, the New Brunswick Human Rights Commission ruled that those unable to wear a mask due to age, mental disability, or physical disability were exempt.
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2020-09-14
This brief interview with CTV journalist Laura Brown highlights how New Brunswick political figures navigated campaigning during the pandemic.
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2020-09-09
This news article highlights how COVID-19 impacted voting during New Brunswick's provincial election.
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2020-09-13
This news article describes the impact of COVID-19 on the New Brunswick provincial election.
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2020-09-10
New Brunswick politicians debate COVID-related issues during their provincial election.
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2020
Covid caused my NU.in experience to be different than it was supposed to be. I was supposed to go abroad and experience the world in a new way. I found out in February that I was accepted into the NU.in program. I was excited yet apprehensive because of the great opportunities that had just been placed in front of me. I decided to attend Northeastern in late April so I knew that I would not be going abroad. As September approached, I grew increasingly nervous, I moved into a hotel, twenty minutes from campus, and had to follow a bunch of safety precautions.
I did not expect my first semester of college to go the way it did. I never expected to be wearing a mask or be so worried about what I touched. I never imagined that I would have to be tested for a disease once every three days. I quickly grew to find my new normal at the start of the semester after finishing my initial quarantine. I made socially distanced friends over zoom calls and we met up for lunch but stayed six feet away from each other. This was how I met many of my friends. I decided to keep a journal to document everything that was happening during these difficult times. At the end of the day once I had taken my mask off and washed my hands I would write about my day and how it was different from what I had once done.
Dining was an interesting experience to navigate. Only a certain amount of people were allowed into the dining hall at a certain time so there were usually long lines to get into the dining hall to eat. At first, all the dining halls were takeout only. As the semester progressed, sit down options were allowed. To allow for social distancing, signs were posted on the tables to tell students how many people were allowed to sit at each table and there were people around to enforce these rules. While waiting in line to get food, everyone has to stand on a marker on the floor indicating six feet of distance to be safe and everyone is required to keep their masks on.
These experiences have shaped my time in Boston. I have been able to have a safer experience during my first semester of college thanks to Northeastern’s guidelines. I have also been able to watch out for myself and others because I know that I am being tested and those that I am around are also being tested on a regular basis. Overall, being on a college campus that is so conscientious about Covid has helped shaped my understanding and has helped me be safer as well.
