covidcationpodcastMay 27, 20203 min readMusic can make your mental healthby Brandon Wright Photo credit: Perspec Photo - Creative Commons The dictionary definition of music is “vocal or instrumental sounds, or...
covidcationpodcastMay 27, 20204 min read‘Everything I’ve worked for, I’m going to lose’by Melanie Lennon Photo credit: Shayla Lee's Instagram The music industry is just one of the many areas currently facing the effects of...
covidcationpodcastMay 26, 20203 min readMeditate through pandemic fearby Tracey Bowers-Lee Photo credit: Patricia McPherson's personal webpage With all the new realities of the COVID-19 pandemic, managing...
covidcationpodcastMay 26, 20204 min readThe importance of fitness during the pandemicby Ryan Hahn Photo credit: from Ontario Tech website Since gyms were forced to close back in March because of the pandemic, many people...
covidcationpodcastMay 26, 20204 min readThe impact of COVID-19 on people's mental healthby Tara Sottile Photo credit: psychiatryadvisor.com COVID-19 is posing many challenges for people when it comes to their mental health....
covidcationpodcastMay 26, 20203 min readMusic career on pause during the pandemicby Tracey Bowers-Lee Photo credit: Oseko's Facebook Many music lovers were looking forward to their favourite artists' new music release...
covidcationpodcastMay 26, 20204 min readMaking the tough call to cancel by Tracey Bowers-Lee Photo credit Dr. Jay Facebook, at his last event at Rebel nightclub in Toronto, before the pandemic shutdown. Many...
covidcationpodcastMay 19, 20204 min readThe life of a music photographer – mid-pandemicby Melanie Lennon Photo credit: Paramore's Hayley Williams at Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival, 2018. Photo credit: Maggie Friedman's...
covidcationpodcastMay 19, 20203 min readThe future of Cross Point festival in doubtby Ryan Hahn Photo credit: Ryan Hahn Derek Giberson is a city councillor in Oshawa, Ont., but in his spare time, he plays the keyboard...
covidcationpodcastMay 19, 20202 min readOshawa band Judgement finds a way during pandemicby Tara Sottile Photo credit: Tara Sottile The pandemic has affected many musicians. For some, it’s meant cancelled tours. For others,...
covidcationpodcastMay 19, 20203 min readNo last call for live music by Brandon Wright Photo credit: ZAFTIG's Facebook Like so many other big summer plans, live music and concerts have joined the list of...
covidcationpodcastMay 12, 20204 min readNorthern horse stable is feeling very gratefulby Brandon Wright Communities across Canada are built on the success of small businesses. This idea is no different on Manitoulin Island,...
covidcationpodcastMay 12, 20203 min readAn uncertain future for small business ownerby Fiona Campbell Like many businesses, Julie Gorman had to close her dental cleaning office because of COVID-19. North Durham Dental...
covidcationpodcastMay 11, 20203 min readNew small business owner questions the future of his companyMatthew Ferlito is a 23-year old small business owner and entrepreneur (where?) who had to stop working because of COVID-19. He is a...
covidcationpodcastMay 11, 20203 min readTwist Catering offers curbside pickup to stay afloat by Tracey Bowers-Lee Latoya Fagon has been in the catering and event planning business for more than fifteen years. Her company, Twist...
covidcationpodcastMay 11, 20202 min readCOVID-19’s impact on the landscape contracting businessby Tara Sottile Mike Pennington is the owner of Paver King in Oshawa, Ont. The landscape contracting company is just over a year old....
covidcationpodcastMay 11, 20204 min readThe Goodberry cafe undergoes changes to survive the pandemicby Melanie Lennon Sheila Corrigan, the 51-year-old owner of The Goodberry in Brooklin, Ontario, has been running her café since 2015. I...
covidcationpodcastMay 11, 20203 min readA snapshot of COVID-19'S impact on a photographer by Melanie Lennon Jill Hamilton is a 45-year-old photographer and mother of four, based in Whitby, Ontario. Hamilton worked as a legal...
covidcationpodcastMay 5, 20204 min readNavigating pregnancy during a pandemic by Tracey Bowers-Lee Koranne Jennings of Pickering Ontario is a soon-to-be mom and has had to alter her prenatal plan because of...
covidcationpodcastMay 5, 20205 min readScarborough nurse back on the frontline againby Tracey Bowers-Lee and Melanie Lennon Patty Tamlin has been an intensive care nurse at Scarborough Health Network’s Birchmount site in...