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LETTER – Most nurses will continue to get flu shots despite policy change

December 10, 2019 // 1 Comment

Dear Mr. Rothenburger As a public health nurse and representative of more than 48,000 nurses across this province, I felt very much inclined to respond to your opinion piece, [Continue]

MONARCHY – Why having a Queen (or King) still makes sense for Canada

December 9, 2019 // 1 Comment

By JACK BUCKBY Research Associate Frontier Centre for Public Policy PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR THE MONARCHY in Canada is lower than in the United Kingdom, but Queen Elizabeth II’s [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Argument against mandatory flu shots for nurses is weak

December 9, 2019 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. SO B.C.’S NURSES no longer have to have a flu shot or wear a mask when they’re working around patients. Nurses have been fighting [Continue]

KNOX – How an innocent typo summoned Satan to Christmas parade

December 8, 2019 // 0 Comments

OLD NICK SHOWED UP at the Comox Valley Christmas parade last Sunday. No, not St. Nick. Old Nick. Beelzebub. Lucifer. Mephistopheles. Satan. Courtenay Mayor Bob Wells saw at [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER: Door still open a crack to friendly resolution on St. Andrew’s

December 7, 2019 // 1 Comment

HOPE SPRINGS ETERNAL in the St. Andrew’s on the Square case. Just when you think the ship had sailed (to use Coun. Dieter Dudy’s description), new possibilities emerge. [Continue]

PETERS – When it comes to the PAC, are there any undecided voters?

December 7, 2019 // 1 Comment

APRIL 4 IS THE DAY we all get to have our say on the latest Performing Arts Centre proposal, and the prospect of funding it through borrowing a large sum and paying it back [Continue]