Residents of a South Surrey seniors’ home on COVID-19 lockdown will be able to continue with their daily balcony exercise sessions, after the city backed down on threats to shut down the activity.
Seniors living at Amica White Rock had been shaking and grooving from their balconies twice a day to amplified music, as a way to keep active and fight isolation during the pandemic.
Access to seniors’ homes in the province has been severely restricted since March, and residents are essentially confined to their own units.
But a pair of complaints to the city from residents of an apartment building across 16th Avenue threatened to derail the daily dance sessions.