Article content Twenty-four independent and long-term facilities, in communities from Abbotsford to Qualicum Beach, handed residents the metamorphosed insects in white boxes. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or A thousand butterflies released at B.C. care homes to honour those who died during pandemic Back to video “There she goes,” said general manager Mirandah Sinden of Gilmore Gardens upon the release of dozens of colourful butterflies at the Richmond retirement home. “Thankfully, we did not lose anyone to this terrible disease. But as we know, there were many others who were not as fortunate.”