Article content Nearly one year into the pandemic, some seniors centres who moved social programs online or to telephone-based models say they’ll never fully go back. “It’s been amazing the possibility online opened up,” said Rachel Tassone, life enrichment manager for SAGE seniors association. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or Not just 'knitting and bingo': Here's how phone-based senior connections took off during the pandemic Back to video She’s had a mother and daughter join a singalong from opposite sides of the country. She dialled in another woman who lives alone and lost her eyesight. Husbands who wouldn’t set foot in a seniors centre pre-pandemic joined exercise class, she said. “I just can’t see us ever going back to in-person (completely).”