Brent Smith has been drawing since he was a kid and has been working in the tattoo industry for close to 14 years. Just two months after opening his first shop Fox Runner, the COVID-19 pandemic forced him to close. “To have this happen… the timing was just terrible,” Smith said.
He was at home, searching for some sort of consistency, when he started listening to the daily news conferences with Alberta’s chief medical officer of health. “Her updates kind of became that routine that I didn’t have anymore.” He found Dr.
Deena Hinshaw to be a unifying force. He imagined other Albertans across the province also tuning in. “She has such a poised, calming effect on everybody,” Smith said. “It’s reassuring.