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The article discusses the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic to family relationships in Canada by citing the experience of 96-year-old George Spalding. Also cited are how Spalding was isolated in his flat at the retirement home he is residing, how his daughter Summerhill Spalding can only contact him through phone, and the decisions by medical officers of health in Ontario and Quebec to recommend the self-isolation of people more than 70 years old.

The article discusses the efforts by the Canadian government to bring its citizens home due to the coronavirus pandemic. It features the experiences of Canadian couple Christina Radvak and Keegan Kent to present the challenges confronted by Canadian citizens and their government in negotiating for their travel home from foreign countries which implemented lockdowns to contain the spread of the virus.

The article reports on the move by the Canadian government to enforce a lockdown to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in the country. Also cited are the possible effects of the pandemic to individual rights, personal privacy, the free market, and the mental health of Canadians, and the experience of patient Jerilyn Gabruck as example.

The article examines the accomplishments of Canada and other countries in preventing the spread of the coronavirus pandemic as of May 2020. Also cited are the Canadian government's move to implement a lockdown and widespread testing to control the epidemic, the self-isolation and intensive contact tracing activities, and a comparison of cases against countries like the U.S., Italy, and Spain.