Happy holidays to all! It has been a long and challenging year for all of us. I hope that 2021 brings joy, peace, and a return to more normal times.

I am grateful for my family, our health, and how we have grown closer over the past ten months.

Dear my Fellow Canadians, Dear Canadians, my name is Ewan, and this is my best quarantine moment during the pandemic. My best moment in quarantine was kind of relaxing because we didn’t have to go to school so we could just stay home and chill. But the thing I did was better, would wear my really comfy pjs sitting down in my chair with a blanket watching neflix but im actually pretty sure other kids did the same but personally that’s my best moment. And I kind of wish we still were in lockdown because I don’t really like school. And that’s my best quarantine moment bye.

I would like to share with you my favorite quarantine moment. My favorite quarantine moment is going on bike rides will my friend, Liam. We would go all the way from his house to my house. So the one time I went down this hill by Unisus and it has lot of rocks my bike hit a rock and I went over my handlebars and hit my knee on the rock and my knee gushed blood. Even though I hurt my knee it was still a good memory of quarantine. Sincerely Landen Boerboom

My name is Anthony and I'm going to tell you about my summer. When Covid came, me and my friend Ty would ride our bikes to the beach. When we got there we would swim for about 5-10 minutes then we would bike to Trout Creek. When we got to Trout Creek we would play basketball for about 25-30 minutes then we would bike back to our house and play video games.The best part of my summer was seeing my friends. From Anthony

I am going to tell you about my favourite quarantine moment. Around the end of July, my cousin came down from Grande Prairie for a week. On the fifth day; me, my cousin Hayden, my auntie Trina, and my mom, went to Kelowna to go to the mall. We left at 1pm and made sure we had extra masks and sanitizer. Once we got there, we split up. Our moms went together, and me and my cousin went together. We started at American Eagle and worked our way around the mall. We mostly just went to clothing stores. We went to some non-clothing stores and found our mommy’s. All four of us had spent all our cash. After we packed everything up in the car, we stopped at a Boston Pizza for supper. We listened to 80’s music on the way home then did a fashion show for the boys. That day was by far the best during quarantine. I did not worry about COVID-19 once.

I would like to tell you a few things I am thankful for. For starters, I want to thank my parents. I am very thankful for my parents because they put food on the table, a roof over my head, and they buy, and clean, my clothes. Next, I want to thank my friends. I want to thank my friends because they are always there for me when I need them, and they support me no matter what. Lastly, I want to thank all the support and health care workers for keeping us safe during this pandemic. I would also like to thank all the scientists for trying to come up with a cure for COVID-19 as soon as they can. I have way more things I am thankful for but I am sure you are getting bored already so I will leave it at my top three things. Stay happy, healthy, and most importantly, stay safe. Sincerely, Kyah De Mitri, Summerland, BC

Dear Canadians, I would like to share a moment from the COVID-19 Quarantine time, an exciting moment is me having my little brother’s birthday party. He was turning 4, his birthday is November 24 and the one toy he was most excited for was his cement truck that had three sets of two wheels. We called are grandparents on Facetime so they could see him open his presents. He got a cement truck, tool table, car carrier truck and a couple books. He had lots of fun, so did the people there. Even though his birthday was affected by COVID-19 we made the best of it. Sincerely, Dayton Koldyk Summerland British Columbia.