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CONVERSATION – We need to reclaim the original intent of Mother’s Day

May 8, 2022 // 1 Comment

By SARITA SRIVASTAVA Queen’s University, Toronto I VIVIDLY RECALL the first time my kids made me breakfast for Mother’s Day. I lay in bed patiently listening to them [Continue]

KNOX – He had five large pizzas delivered from a pizzeria in Windsor

May 8, 2022 // 0 Comments

JOHN PALMER left his hometown of Windsor, Ont., to join the navy in 1977. Trudeau 1.0 was prime minister. Gretzky was playing junior B in Toronto. You could still fly CP Air, [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – And just like that, the abortion debate comes roaring back

May 7, 2022 // 1 Comment

WHO’D HAVE THOUGHT abortion would become an issue again? For 35 years or so we thought it was settled but it never really went away. A pending U.S. Supreme Court decision [Continue]

PETERS – The staffing situation at RIH is grim, but the goose is far from cooked

May 7, 2022 // 0 Comments

THE STORY OF THE MOTHER GOOSE laying her eggs outside the Royal Inland Hospital maternity ward must have been a welcome respite from all the doom and gloom for staff at the [Continue]

COLLINS – 2022 could be all about the weather

May 6, 2022 // 0 Comments

“I’VE SEEN FIRE and I’ve seen rain.” So go the lyrics of a hit song by James Taylor. We saw that last year in many parts of the province. And we are being warned [Continue]

IN THE LEDGE – ‘The situation at Royal Inland Hospital is dire’

May 6, 2022 // 0 Comments

Excerpt from debate in the B.C. Legislature on Thursday, May 5, 2022 on the nurse shortage in hospitals. T. Stone: With all due respect to the Minister of Health, it’s [Continue]