The latest tribute to Dr. Janice Fitzgerald comes in cookie form
A homemade cookie-cutter helped Robert Power turn out some Fitzgerald food
Dr. Janice Fitzgerald has become an icon across Newfoundland and Labrador over the last year.
The chief medical officer of health's handling of the province's pandemic response, coupled with the ups and downs of COVID-19 briefings since last March, have sent skyrocketed popularity skyrocketing among residents of N.L.
That's led a number of artists and craft enthusiasts to pay homage to Fitzgerald through their own work, as a way to thank her for helping see the province through such an unprecedented time.
A Facebook fan group boasts more than 16,000 members, while more than 20,000 people have signed a petition to have Memorial University's new science building named in Fitzgerald's honour.
Most recently, Robert Power made crafted his own tribute — in the form of a cookie.
"There was something in February about seeing Dr. Fitzgerald there every day trying to get us through this, wearing the red jacket and the scarf with the hearts on it," Power told CBC News.
"[It was] such a message of caring she was giving us, and the catchphrase of 'hold fast, Newfoundland and Labrador' which still gives me goose bumps when I hear it."
As it turns out, Fitzgerald is a fan of her cookie likeness.
"Wow! Those are some mad skills, Rob," she tweeted in response to the cookies.
Wow! Those are some mad skills, Rob. 😍
—@CMOH_NLWith files from Here and Now