COVID-19, founder of heartbreak and hope 10 March 2021 at 19 h 31 min Reading time: 1 min
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After a year in pandemic mode, the idea of hundreds of people huddled together in one room and enjoying a day of carefree festivities seems almost inconceivable, though not unwelcome. Certainly, with the rollout of vaccines and the province slowly starting to reopen, spring seems to be blooming with hope – a reality that could not be further from March 2020.
If you took a stroll through the streets of Lennoxville a year ago, you could see buildings coated with bright, green posters promoting the Girl Guides of Canada’s St.Patrick’s Day Coffee Party. You could hear loud chatter of drama students hyped up on Tim Hortons coffee, buzzing with excitement over the premiere of Bishop’s University’s Miracle Worker.