Anne Penman

We talk to Savannah Koop and Ryan Hamilton, a young couple living on opposite sides of the B.C.-Washington border. They were due to get married next week, but instead the pandemic has left them with their big day postponed, and sitting on opposite sides of the border for “dates” — six feet apart. Ryan Hamilton and Savannah Koop were separated when the U.S.-Canada border closed. They've turned the border into a date venue.

How are homeless people and the organizations that help them faring in the pandemic? We hear about a rise in people asking for help, and opportunities to address the deeper problems. More than 300 health-care workers signed an open letter Monday calling for immediate help for homeless people in the pandemic.

In these uncertain times, we talk to seniors who have experienced similar challenges in the past, including one 107-year-old Nova Scotian who remembers the influenza outbreak of 1918. What can we learn from their experiences? George Allen pictured on his 100th birthday in 2013. He is now 107. (CBC) Listen17:03 At 107 years old, Nova Scotia man George Allen remembers another global pandemic: the deadly outbreak of Spanish Influenza in 1918.