CHSR-FM 97.9 | The Lunchbox 2020-04-10: COVID-19 update – 5 Years of Diamonds and Gold with Motherhood – music by Dennis Ellsworth + Tomato/Tomato

On Today’s Show:

Wrap-up of this week’s notes:
- Launch of the Canadian Business Resilience Network (CBRN) by the Canadian Chamber of Commerce.
- TNB launches Dear Rona – Letters From Lockdown
- The National Arts Council (in partnership with Facebook) continue supporting performers with perform-from-home funding called #CanadaPerforms.
- Tom Jackson launches 12-week, artist-led series in aid of music community called Almighty Voices.
- The deadline is coming closer for this year’s NotaBle Acts Theatre Festival Playwriting Competition: submissions for the main contest end April 23; submissions for the Middle and High school contest close May 22.
Events this weekend:
- Spearhead Theatre presents Alice Gerstenberg’s “Fourteen”, Sunday at 2pm.
Music: “Compassion” by Dennis Ellsworth. (Upcoming #CanadaPerforms concert on Sunday, 8pm)
Interview: 5 Years of Diamonds and Gold with Motherhood (2018)
Music: “Everybody’s Hurtin'” by Tomato/Tomato

COVID-19 Updates:

- The province announced three new cases of COVID-19 yesterday afternoon, bringing our total to 111. 53 people have since recovered from the virus.
- Dr. Jennifer Russell said there would be no exceptions made to social distancing rules during the long weekend and Easter.
- Projections for the province say that even if we reach our worst-case scenario, the health care system will keep up.
- Canadians who lost their jobs due to COVID-19 can start applying for the Canadian Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) this week.
- Also, producing note: The government isn’t doing any updates over the weekend, so with that announcement, I won’t be doing an update for Monday.