A man in Montreal’s Notre-Dame-de-Grâce neighbourhood has put his construction skills to good use by building what he has dubbed a “hugging station.” Alex Montagano put it together with the materials he had on hand. “I’m in the asbestos removal business so I had these things,” Montagano explained. “They’re part of the standard equipment I already have.” The hugging station is made up of a wooden frame with a thick plastic stretched over it and two plastic sleeves with heavy-duty gloves attached with silicone.
Montagano said got the idea online, but it was a desire to hug his parents — without putting them at risk of infection — that pushed him to get building. “I hadn’t hugged my parents in about eight months cause they had gone down to