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8 Tips for Parenting Teenagers This Summer
Summer is often a time when teenagers take major strides towards independence. They may start their first job, land an internship, volunteer with a charity, or visit college campuses to plan for the future. Here is a new collection of helpful hints for making the most of this pivotal moment in your teenager’s development.
Family Pizza Night? Try Nightingale’s Take-Home Pizza Kits
With the launch of its new take-home pizza kits, Nightingale brings families together in the kitchen to make delish Neopolitan style pizza.
12 Tips for Managing Screen Time for Kids K-8
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Get Moving at Home with Ju on IG Live
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12 Tips for Parenting Teens on Screens
Experts share their best advice for parents raising adolescents in the midst of the global pandemic and how to manage screentime.
Hotel Inspired Spa Treatments You Can Recreate at Home
Spa treatments to recreate the luxury hotel experience from home.
IG Live Work Out with Joel Hanna
World renowned professional dancer and choreographer, Joel Hanna, will lead you through an inspiriting workout on our IG Live on Mondays at 5:30pm.
Nightingale Launches Frozen Family Meals
Chef David Hawksworth prepares classic heartwarming and healthy frozen dishes available for delivery, pickup and online orders.
Candlelight Club Goes Virtual
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Canadian Artist Emanuel Debuts New Single with Help from Idris Elba
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Nightingale Launches Sunday Suppers for Restaurant & Hospitality Industry
Nightingale’s launches Sunday Suppers, a weekly meal program that brings high quality home-style cooking to restaurant and hospitality workers impacted by COVID-19.
Help Save the Foodservice Industry By Participating in #TakeoutDay
Restaurant owners, chefs, culinary leaders and celebrities have joined forces in support of the foodservice industry in a historic movement that encourages Canadians to order takeout or delivery every Wednesday.
Travel
A collection of ideas and explorations closer to home
Tips For Safe Travel This Summer
Do Your Research
Take extra time to research and plan your trip in advance, and make sure you have a Plan B if your activity is at capacity. Many businesses and services in BC have adopted new protocols, and changes to their schedules or policies to ensure your safety. You’ll want to become familiar with them ahead of time.
Take Your Time
Consider a slower travel pace this summer to help curb the spread. Instead of checking in and out of multiple destinations during one trip, choose one destination and one accommodation for your entire trip, and use that as a ‘home-base’ for exploring all the destinations nearby.
Be Respectful
While many communities in BC will be welcoming people back this summer, some, such as many of BC’s Indigenous communities, can’t welcome you just yet. Please be respectful of these communities and know that they’ll welcome you when they are ready.
Pack Essentials
If you’re heading to a more rural area of the province, stock up with the essentials before you leave home (i.e. groceries). This helps lessen your impact on BC communities who may be experiencing supply issues, and reduces your touchpoints within communities who may have limited health care facilities.
Travel In Small Groups
If you normally travel with extended family or with several friends, consider travelling in a smaller group this summer. Travelling with fewer people makes it easier for you to practise physical distancing in public, and may have less of an impact on the destination.
Stay Apart
Practice physical distancing and frequent hand washing to help prevent the spread of Covid. Follow the recommendations from BC Centre for Disease Control to learn about preventative activities, and talk to the tourism businesses you are visiting about the steps they are taking to keep you and their staff safe.
Homebody
Staying home? We got you with this collection of things to do—from fitness to entertainment and DIY ideas and ways to kill the time, all from the comfort of home.