ParticipACTION launched the 14th edition of its Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth this week.

A researcher from the University of Regina is focusing on how play has been affected by COVID-19.

"People are turning to art during this unprecedented time and I have some I can make available to people."

Kids are coping with a great deal of change in a short period of time, but child and adolescent development counsellor Deborah MacNamara says there's a simple salve to the upheaval.

"It's definitely given me a different perspective on how everyone sees art."

This week on Focus Montreal, Global takes a look at Montreal's on-going recycling crisis, a play touring Montreal that honours Black History Month and the Action Centre's new fundraising campaign.

A North American tour is making a few stops in Alberta, bringing many cast and crew members home for a performance.

The play centres around a young couple in Calabria, Italy after the First World War. 

Studio9, School of the Arts raises the curtain on their end of year play, Yellow Submarine.

The festival brings with it a plethora of live performance, including theatre, visual art, dance and music.