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How to celebrate Father’s Day during lockdown, a promising new coronavirus treatment, a typewriter orchestra, and an unlikely animal friendship. This week’s Good News.

The school year has come to an end, but many post-secondary students are still feeling overwhelmed by the pressure of choosing their major. Luckily, Ted Talk advice columnist Guy Winch has some words of wisdom that can help ease their minds.

Want to hear something un-bee-lievable? Thousands of honey bees were found on a stop sign in Whitby and transported safely to a local apiary.

Here’s some good news for you: the atmosphere in Canada has started to improve as the number of new COVID-19 cases continues to decline. It’s much easier to see the silver lining on the horizon than it was a couple of months ago. Starting next week, “good news of the day” will be “good news of the week”.

Need help putting up that new shelf or changing your car’s oil? A man who grew up without a father has started a new YouTube channel called “Dad, how do I?” to help others in a similar situation learn how to fix common household problems.

Hoping to shake things up at your next virtual hangout? This Uxbridge-based animal sanctuary is offering to let one of their most popular attractions – Buckwheat the donkey – drop in on your Zoom call.

Organizers of a Chatham-Kent food drive pulled off something truly amazing earlier this month: they collected 678,200 pounds of food from community members in one day.

Hoping to avoid the line at the grocery store? This useful new tool can help you steer clear of crowds by letting you know the wait times of supermarkets and pharmacies in advance. The site updates every five minutes  – check it out the next time you have an errand to run!

The last few months have been difficult for a lot of people. If you want to offer some much-needed moral support to front-line workers and those in self-isolation, check out Text for Humanity, the world’s first texting switchboard.