Local Voices

KNOX – Would you rather be trapped at home, or on a cruise ship?

March 22, 2020 // 1 Comment

IN ALL HONESTY, says Metchosin’s David Kirkham, there are worse places to be trapped than a cruise ship off the coast of South America. There has been no sign of COVID-19 [Continue]

PETERS – So, you’ve put yourself into self-isolation. Now what?

March 21, 2020 // 0 Comments

THE SCOURGE OF COVID-19 is now one that has had a direct impact on the lives of absolutely everyone. How often can you say that? While there are some people who are [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Coronavirus tests Canada’s character

March 20, 2020 // 0 Comments

CANADIANS ARE SEEN AS “NICE” PEOPLE, sensible, proud of Canada but not jingoistic, modest, not fanatically religious. The way we respond to the novel coronavirus pandemic [Continue]

HEIGHTON – Community leaders, please keep up the great work in this crisis

March 19, 2020 // 1 Comment

IT IS TIMES LIKE THESE that I consider my past trips to third world countries to assist in community development initiatives. In the countries I have been to, the basics of [Continue]

BEPPLE – Social distance does not have to mean isolation from community

March 18, 2020 // 4 Comments

‘SECOND VERSE, same as the first. Just a little bit louder and a whole lot worse.” That was a line from a Girl Guide song I sang as a girl. It went on in a [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Coronavirus gives the virus family a bad name

March 13, 2020 // 0 Comments

MOST VIRUSES ARE BENIGN and some are even lifesaving. Only a few cause panic and fear. We are literally immersed in viruses. A UBC professor has discovered that billions of [Continue]