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Photo montage: Signs of hope across the Valley

Over the past month, photographers have been capturing a number of scenes, signs, and images that together capture our collective experience of the pandemic across the Chateauguay Valley.

 

With gatherings currently forbidden, Valley residents are getting creative with their ways of celebrating birthdays, as shown by this sign seen on the River Road in Ormstown. PHOTO Chantal HortopRainbows can be found across the Valley as signs of hope that everything is going to be ok. This rainbow sits in the park facing the main doors of the Huntingdon County Hospital. PHOTO Randy RennieGrocery store shelves were emptied of bread and other essential products, such as toilet paper, by panicked shoppers during the earliest days of the pandemic. We have since learned to temper our purchases, and now wait in lines outside the stores to ensure social distancing is practised. PHOTO Yvonne Lewis LangloisThe Ormstown Fire Department, as well as the ambulance technicians and members of the local Sûreté du Québec department, have all paraded outside the Barrie Memorial Hospital with lights flashing on more than one occasion in support of local health care professionals.  PHOTO Derek BohemenDr Hugh Boyle, who grew up in Ormstown and now co-owns a dental clinic in Granby, and his colleague Dr Guenfoud kindly donated their inventory of personal protective equipment (PPE) to the Granby hospital when they learned there was a need. Businesses in the Valley have also been donating gloves and masks to local health care centres. PHOTO providedThe MRC du Haut-Saint-Laurent refreshed their tourism display with a message of solidarity at the Galeries Ormstown.  PHOTO Sarah Rennie

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