Canada’s Road Ahead: COVID-19’s impact on Filipino-Canadians, and lockdown protests in Steinbach, Man.
When COVID-19 raged through Steinbach, Man., last November, Filipino-Canadian Lester Quives got sick and ended up in a coma. When his wife Christie-Mae shared their story online, she received an outpouring of support from around the world. We hear their story as part of our virtual road trip, Canada's Road Ahead, and talk to Filipino advocate Kris Ontong about how his community has fared in the pandemic. Plus, we talk to Steinbach Mayor Earl Funk about the deadly spike in cases in the fall, and lockdown protests that made it that much harder to get it under control.