Nature is healing! For the first time since 2019, visitors from all over will be able to come to the Greater Toronto Area to view the cherry blossom trees. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, people looking for some beautiful scenery or some selfie opportunities were forced to visit the cherry blossom trees virtually over the […]
Pandemic
Year-End Wrap Up: Our 2021 Favourites
2021 was another year of staying home and keeping ourselves busy. Thankfully it was also a year of a lot of exciting releases for us to enjoy. We asked the ELMNT FM team to share their 2021 favourites and here is what they had to say. Matthew Bisson What were some albums you loved this […]
Canada Opens Borders To Fully-Vaccinated U.S. Citizens
Don’t be surprised if you start seeing United States license plates once again while you’re out on the roads. As of 12:01 am on Monday morning, United States citizens can once again enter Canada. This is the first time they have been able to cross the border since the beginning of the pandemic in March 2020. […]
Ontario Government Announces Back To School Plans
Students going back to school in September will regain some of the normalcy they have lost during the pandemic. The Ontario government announced today that when students go back to classrooms next month, they will be able to take part in extracurricular activities like sports, use instruments in music class, and attend field trips among […]
Bo Burnham Captures the Pandemic Experience in “Inside”
Spoilers about Bo Burnham’s, Inside, lie ahead. If you like to enjoy things for the first time, just watch this – it’s on Netflix. I promise you will laugh! “If you’d have told me a year ago that I’d be locked in my home, I’d have told you, a year ago: Interesting. Now leave me alone.” These are […]
Sara Kae’s Tips for Moving During a Pandemic
Moving is stressful to begin with, but moving during a pandemic is even more stressful. Now that I’ve been through it, I have some tips that will make your move easier. Make a Donation / Throw Away Pile This is a helpful tip for ANY move. Go through all of your belongings and set aside […]
The Future of Festival Season
Lately it seems like you’ll get daily news of a cancelled festival or concert or even the closing of a favourite venue. What does this mean for the future of live music? Some concerts have opted to go drive-in style, where attendees drive up to the stage and watch performances from their cars. While this is a start, there are environmental […]
The Pandemic: Week 10 news in brief
Friday May 22nd, a.m. headlines The prime minister will be under pressure today to detail how the federal government will help provinces scale up their COVID-19 testing capacities. Every summer a lot of kids look forward to camp, but not this summer, Camp operators say the provincial government had no choice but to close overnight […]
Pandemic Poetry Keeps the Office Staff Laughing
Some people say they like to sing in the shower, but for Rachel Seguin, the shower is where she finds her inspiration for writing poetry. “I’ve always written poetry, and this sounds strange, but one morning several weeks ago when I was in the shower this poem started coming to me,” says Seguin, Ontario Native Women’s […]
This is how we do it Canada!
Ever since the Covid 19 pandemic began I have found myself counting my blessings. One of those blessings is that I live in Canada. I am so grateful that I live here and that my immediate family lives here. I truly believe that every branch of government here cares about us and has the best […]