It just isn’t your ordinary April in Thorold.
Shops aren’t open.
Events are cancelled.
Bars are closed.
The message: ‘Stay at home and don’t visit anyone - especially not the elderly.’
Senior Thorold News reader LouAnne Wronski didn’t like that last part, but wanted to still keep in touch with family through isolation - so she wanted to tell our readers on how to still stay connected.
‘They were supposed to spend the March Break with us as they usually do, but this year we have to make do with Face Time and video chats as well as porch drop-offs of treats like flowers, soup, baked goods and notes. For me, this is the biggest sacrifice is not getting to snuggle our sweeties,’ she wrote Thorold News in an email.