KNOX – Dampening the mood on progress against the pandemic
BEING A GLASS-ONE-FIFTH-EMPTY kind of guy, I had to dampen the mood. It came Friday as Island Health celebrated the injection of its millionth dose of COVID vaccine. “Who [Continue]
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PETERS – B.C. State of Emergency needed for practical, symbolic reasons
IT MIGHT BE STUBBORNNESS, it might be ignorance, or it might be embarrassment that is preventing politicians from declaring a provincial State of Emergency in B.C., [Continue]
GINTA – Lessons from previous and present wildfire seasons
TODAY IS A HEAVY DAY. The morning held a cleaner air promise for a bit but that dissipated towards lunch time when the smoke grew thicker and heavier than it’s been [Continue]
CHABONNEAU – I believe you, UFO witnesses
FOR SOME INEXPLICABLE reason, the pandemic has generated increased numbers of UFO sightings. According to Ufology Research, sightings of levitating discs, erratic spaceships [Continue]
KNOX – Shaken by a handshake – the future of post-pandemic protocols
I SHOOK SOMEONE’S HAND this week. It felt like I cheated on my wife. Really, after a year and a half of self-conscious elbow bumps and sheepish head nods, it seemed wrong. [Continue]
PETERS – In the midst of its grief, Tk’emlups community exemplifies compassion
IT’S TIME WE SIT BACK AND CONTEMPLATE the marvel that is the Tk’emlups te Secwepemc community. Like most Indigenous communities where a residential school operated in the [Continue]
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