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April 4, 2020 in Forseth // FORSETH – Those fractional COVID-19 numbers represent a lot of lives
April 4, 2020 in Armchair Mayor // ROTHENBURGER – The pandemic will either kill newspapers or save them
April 4, 2020 in Feedback // LETTER – Trans Mountain pipeline workers could bring COVID-19
April 4, 2020 in Local Voices // STONE – Proud of the thousands who have stepped forward to help others
April 4, 2020 in Local Voices // PETERS – Rendering scrutiny on our public health officer is a tricky game

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FORSETH – Those fractional COVID-19 numbers represent a lot of lives

April 4, 2020 // 0 Comments

DO WE CONTINUE THE TREND WE ARE ON, with government strongly encouraging people to self-isolate, and to maintain two metre spacing when we are out getting what should be [Continue]

STONE – Proud of the thousands who have stepped forward to help others

April 4, 2020 // 0 Comments

By TODD STONE MLA, Kamloops-South Thompson I HOPE THIS NOTE finds you safe and sound as the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic continues to evolve, impacting thousands of people [Continue]

PETERS – Rendering scrutiny on our public health officer is a tricky game

April 4, 2020 // 1 Comment

OUR PROVINCE’S CHIEF HEALTH OFFICER, Dr. Bonnie Henry, is open to scrutiny and critique just like any public official. You wouldn’t think that’s the case by all the [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Art imitates life in movie Contagion

April 3, 2020 // 0 Comments

THE MOVIE CONTAGION (2011) accurately predicted some aspects of the current COVID-19 pandemic. Of course, the movie is meant to be entertaining and has a happy ending. [Continue]

SIDOW – Schools meeting the challenges of learning from a distance

April 1, 2020 // 0 Comments

By ALISON SIDOW Superintendent of Schools, SD73 ON MARCH 17 the people of British Columbia learned that in-class learning in schools throughout the province was suspended due [Continue]

BEPPLE – Messages of hope and kindness abound while taking a walk

April 1, 2020 // 2 Comments

COVID-19 IS A media bonanza. Whether it is online, in print, on TV or over the radio, media has been doing an amazing job covering the story from every angle. And, just [Continue]

GINTA – People in Kamloops care, and that means everything right now

March 31, 2020 // 0 Comments

IT WAS ALMOST THREE WEEKS AGO that I last saw Jessie Simpson, my every Sunday afternoon buddy. We parted with him asking, ‘What are we going to do next week when you [Continue]

KNOX – Honeymooners in India scrambled to get home to Canada

March 29, 2020 // 0 Comments

THEY’RE NOT A STEREOTYPICAL COUPLE, so it stands to reason that they wouldn’t have a stereotypical honeymoon. Archdeacon Alastair McCollum is the English-born, [Continue]

PETERS – The numbers don’t matter anymore

March 28, 2020 // 0 Comments

THE PACE OF THE COVID-19 story’s scope and evolution has been unprecedented in the news business. Everything changes, every day. And so, it is a little less surprising that [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – The coronavirus pandemic is a fact, but it’s also news

March 27, 2020 // 0 Comments

THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC IS A FACT. It is also news. The difference between facts and “the news” is that facts don’t always become news, not because those facts [Continue]

FORSETH – We may see food shortages but we’ll be OK if we shop responsibly

March 25, 2020 // 0 Comments

THIS PAST SUNDAY Minister of Agriculture Lana Popham commented on two areas of concern regarding the B.C. farm, fish and food sector. The first of these was seasonal labour. [Continue]

BEPPLE – Slow and steady will win the race against COVID-19

March 25, 2020 // 0 Comments

IN THIS RACE, we want to be tortoises, not hares. Slow and steady. One of my nephews is a speed skater. For a few years, he was very competitive, going all the way to the [Continue]

GINTA – No, we are not making too much of it

March 24, 2020 // 0 Comments

THE VERBS du jour alternate between ‘social distancing’ and ‘self-isolating,’ but in order to remove the negative connotations of the first, we are advised to call [Continue]

MILOBAR – Best chance against the COVID-19 virus is to all do our part

March 23, 2020 // 0 Comments

By PETER MILOBAR MLA, Kamloops-North Thompson LAST WEDNESDAY, British Columbia declared a provincial state of emergency over the COVID-19 pandemic. COVID-19, or [Continue]