Coronavirus

COVID-19 – Answers to some key questions about how coronavirus works

March 30, 2020 // 0 Comments

By CRAIG JANES University of Waterloo AS THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC continues its spread, it has infected more than half a million people and killed tens of thousands on nearly [Continue]

NATIONAL PULSE – Skeptics less likely to engage in hygiene and distancing

March 30, 2020 // 0 Comments

By ANGUS REID INSTITUTE March 30, 2020 – Since the novel coronavirus took root in Canadian communities, opinion about the threat it poses has evolved: from initial [Continue]

EDITORIAL – No need to worry about us Canadians sneaking into Trumpland

March 30, 2020 // 0 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. AN OPINION POLL says public confidence in the job our healthcare system is doing on the COVID-19 pandemic has slipped. Not a lot, just a [Continue]

KNOX – Honeymooners in India scrambled to get home to Canada

March 29, 2020 // 0 Comments

THEY’RE NOT A STEREOTYPICAL COUPLE, so it stands to reason that they wouldn’t have a stereotypical honeymoon. Archdeacon Alastair McCollum is the English-born, [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Who knew grocery cashiers would be an essential service?

March 28, 2020 // 0 Comments

AS I SIT HERE pouting in self isolation, I’m cheered, even inspired, by the heroes of the pandemic. We always think of doctors and nurses as the heroes, and they certainly [Continue]

PETERS – The numbers don’t matter anymore

March 28, 2020 // 0 Comments

THE PACE OF THE COVID-19 story’s scope and evolution has been unprecedented in the news business. Everything changes, every day. And so, it is a little less surprising that [Continue]

POSTCARD FROM THE TNRD – A very unusual meeting of the board

March 27, 2020 // 0 Comments

By MEL ROTHENBURGER Director, Electoral Area P, TNRD A very unusual meeting of the Thompson-Nicola Regional District board of directors was held Thursday (March 26, 2020). [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – The coronavirus pandemic is a fact, but it’s also news

March 27, 2020 // 0 Comments

THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC IS A FACT. It is also news. The difference between facts and “the news” is that facts don’t always become news, not because those facts [Continue]

COVID-19 – Virus case identified at Save-On Foods pharmacy in Columbia Place

March 26, 2020 // 0 Comments

A case of COVID-19 has been identified at the Save-On Foods pharmacy in the Columbia Place Shopping Centre in Sahali, Interior Health announced today (March 26, 2020). In [Continue]

TNRD – Regional district rep to look into possible use of gas taxes for COVID-19

March 26, 2020 // 0 Comments

The Thompson-Nicola Regional District will informally ask the Union of B.C. Municipalities to look into possible use of federal gas tax funds to help fight COVID-19. Spences [Continue]

COVID-19 – Local Caremongering volunteering initiative launched

March 26, 2020 // 0 Comments

Submitted by Caremongering-Kamloops: As the threat of COVID-19 loomed, and inspired by a national movement to help, the Facebook group Caremongering – Kamloops was [Continue]

NATIONAL PULSE – Confidence in B.C. community healthcare system slips

March 26, 2020 // 2 Comments

By ANGUS REID INSTITUTE March 26, 2020 – As daily diagnoses of new COVID-19 cases rise and governments impose ever stricter controls on public movement, new data from the [Continue]

EDITORIAL – The importance of golf, and other games, in the COVID-19 crisis

March 26, 2020 // 3 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE CLOSING OF GOLF COURSES has got me wondering if there’s a point at which our determination to escape the COVID-19 virus becomes overly [Continue]

FORSETH – We may see food shortages but we’ll be OK if we shop responsibly

March 25, 2020 // 0 Comments

THIS PAST SUNDAY Minister of Agriculture Lana Popham commented on two areas of concern regarding the B.C. farm, fish and food sector. The first of these was seasonal labour. [Continue]