WATCH: A feel good story for your Friday. Van Gogh Designs Furniture will donate furniture worth $170,000 over a 2-3 year period to Surrrey Memorial Hospital. Meet Jeet Dhindsa President and CEO Of VanGogh Designs who joined DARPAN to talk about this philanthropic act during these #COVID19 times.
Based in South Surrey Van Gogh Designs has been manufacturing handcrafted furniture locally since 1993.
Ikea has about 1,000 home-furnishing suppliers in 50 countries. Its top supplier countries are China, Poland, Italy, Lithuania, Sweden and Germany, several of which have been hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Amy Sangha, a nurse of 20 years at St. Paul's hospital tested positive for COVID-19 in Spring 2020 during the height of the pandemic panic. While isolating in her home she came upon a brilliant idea of the "Tree of Giving" where she asked her family, friends and community members, to tie ribbons to a tree in her yard.
The scarcity didn’t surprise Elizabeth Andress, project director for the National Center for Home Food Preservation.
It was near midnight. My taxi just pulled into the parking lot where I was greeted by three masked people. They were dressed in heavy protective gear, goggles, gloves, face mask and medical gowns.
The adaptation of Eden Robinson's novel is among more than 100 feature films and events in the festival, which runs Sept. 24-Oct. 7.
Organizers of the Berlin International Film Festival announced last month that they would stop awarding separate acting prizes to men and women starting next year.