From life-saving animals to gold-medal-winning performances, 2021 saw its fair share of lighthearted and inspiring moments — in spite of a year still dominated by the ongoing challenges of COVID-19.
TORONTO In a time when we need smiles more than ever, a Winnipeg man has been lighting up the Internet with his mega-watt smile. Borzah Yankey is the man behind a TikTok channel dedicated to one thing: smiling. His videos, which rack up hundreds of thousands to millions of views, feature him panning the camera up over his serious face, before he breaks into a wide smile. The challenge for anyone watching these videos is to “try not to smile” a challenge many children find pretty difficult. Parents all over have been showing these smile videos to their children, and using the duet feature to show the moment that babies and toddlers feel the urge to smile in response.