Nighttime walks and DIY haircuts: Ontarians look back at the first COVID-19 lockdown

Nighttime walks and DIY haircuts: Ontarians look back at the first COVID-19 lockdown

Five years ago, Ontarians suddenly found themselves staying home as part of a bigger push to "flatten the curve" of the COVID-19 pandemic.
What was initially meant to last two weeks stretched into months of evolving public-health measures.
Ahead of the

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