The funeral industry in the Okanagan is shifting and adapting because of the social distancing measures brought about by the global COVID-19 pandemic. “Let me just say you can’t pause grief, but we are pausing a lot of the good stuff that can happen to help with healing,” Springfield Funeral Home director David Henseleit said. “You can have condolences.
You can have posts and texts sent to you, but none of that really replaces a hug,” he added. While only one person has died from a confirmed case of COVID-19 in the Interior Health region, families are still being kept apart from their loved ones in hospitals or senior’s care homes to help prevent the spread of the virus. “The inability for family to attend to the needs of their loved ones,