Krista Aubin walked her two daughters to the front door of Hamilton Homestyle Daycare on Gault Road in Saint John. “Goodbye,” she told five-year-old Aida with a kiss, while handing off two-year-old Evelyn to a worker.
New COVID-19 prevention policies prevent Aubin from entering the daycare facility beyond a small vestibule at the main entrance.
Aubin works in the medical field. She and her husband are both considered essential service workers. Thursday’s drop-off is only marginally different than normal because her children are at their regular daycare, but Aubin said it has still been an adjustment, especially for her older daughter. “The other morning (Aida) said to me, ‘Look, there’s only bus and one car on the road, and that’s because