PETERS – So, you’ve put yourself into self-isolation. Now what?
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]
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CHARBONNEAU – Coronavirus tests Canada’s character
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
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
‘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
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]
GINTA – Personal responsibility can prevent future tragedies
ON A FATEFUL DAY in 2012, somewhere on Salt Spring Island, a set of bad decisions ended up changing many people’s lives for the worst and ending one. Calder [Continue]
