COVID-19 pandemic.For Kim Stuart, it’s been a long time coming. The New Maryland resident made the short drive to Fredericton Monday to see her sister, Pam Wheeler, a resident at York Care Centre.Stuart said she had not seen Wheeler since the pandemic began, other than a few drive-thru-style visits through a window.
She said it was often too dark and difficult to see her.“Our mum passed away suddenly on March 26th, so we haven’t been able to be together to mourn her,” Stuart said.“We haven’t been able to bury her or any of that.
So to be this close to my sister was very emotional.”The family reunited, along with cousin Lisa Dingley, at the Centre’s courtyard.Stuart and Dingley stood outside the courtyard behind a black, chain-link fence..