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EDITORIAL – Democracy by videoconference – ‘Can you hear me now?’

April 8, 2020 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. DEMOCRACY IS A FRAGILE THING, a fact being demonstrated during this COVID-19 pandemic. Governments at all levels — federal, provincial and [Continue]

GINTA – Dreaming about better days helps us get through the current one

April 7, 2020 // 1 Comment

THE PEOPLE I KNOW are now unequally divided in two groups. The first, by far the largest, is composed of those who take physical distancing to heart and roll with it the best [Continue]

EDITORIAL – To wear a mask, or to not wear a mask – that is the question

April 7, 2020 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. SO, SHOULD WE WEAR MASKS, or not? Early on in the pandemic, we were told not to bother wearing a mask unless we were sick. A mask might help [Continue]

NATIONAL PULSE – Canadians are bracing for tough economic times

April 6, 2020 // 0 Comments

By ANGUS REID INSTITUTE April 6, 2020 – As the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic worsen on both health and economic fronts across Canada, people in this country are under [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Message to cheaters: leave hospital parking for those who need it

April 6, 2020 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. IT WAS ALMOST INEVITABLE that the free parking now in effect at B.C. hospitals would be abused. It went into effect last Wednesday as a [Continue]

COVID-19 – Case identified in someone who visited ANAVets March 13 to 17

April 5, 2020 // 0 Comments

Interior Health says it has identified a case of COVID-19 in someone who visited the ANAVets 290 Army & Navy Club at 9-177 Tranquille Rd. in Kamloops between March 13 and [Continue]