Western P.E.I. honours health-care workers, first responders with parade
CBC News | Posted: April 3, 2020 11:27 PM | Last Updated: April 3, 2020
Representation from various western P.E.I. communities
There was a parade involving various first-responder vehicles in western P.E.I. Friday afternoon.
Alberton Mayor David Gordon said the parade was put on to show support to nurses, doctors and first responders on the front line in the province's battle with COVID-19.
There was representation from various western P.E.I. communities' first responders as well as Island EMS.
The tour kicked off at 2 p.m. Friday and went from the Alberton fire department, past the Western Hospital, the Alberton Manor and continued on to the seniors' centre in Tignish as well as the Community Hospital in O'Leary.
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