EDITORIAL – Vaccine-mandate mish mash needs to be sorted out
An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. AMONG THE FORGOTTEN CASUALTIES of the COVID-19 pandemic are all those who were laid off or fired for refusing to take the jab. Vaccination [Continue]
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EDITORIAL – Proof positive that ‘optional’ masking doesn’t work
An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. I’VE JUST SPENT a couple of miserable weeks feeling sorry for myself. The kind of sorry that comes with a bad headache, extreme fatigue, [Continue]
KNOX – Picking up COVID test with a float plane just part of the service
HERE’S AN EYEBROW-RAISER: federal health authorities just paid for a float plane to pick up a woman’s COVID test from Lasqueti Island. No, this is not an April [Continue]
ROTHENBURGER – Are we leaving COVID behind, or just ignoring it?
I’M NOT READY to leave home. Sure, I’m OK sitting in a coffee shop or walking down the street but I’d still feel uncomfortable squeezed cheek by jowl with a crowd at a [Continue]
NATIONAL PULSE – Half say COVID has worsened their mental health
By ANGUS REID INSTITUTE March 11, 2022 – As Canadians hold onto hope that COVID-19 case totals will continue to trend downward, many are looking forward to a less [Continue]
BEPPLE – Helpers will get us through the last part of pandemic restrictions
‘LOOK FOR THE HELPERS. You will always find people who are helping.” So said Fred Rogers, or Mr. Rogers as he is better known. He didn’t just say it once. Again [Continue]
EDITORIAL – Invoking Emergencies Act isn’t the same as War Measures of 1970
An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. ‘JUST WATCH ME.’ Those words from then-Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, spoken in 1970, are being recalled by many today. They were [Continue]
LETTER – Two-vaccination passport no longer has a medically sound basis
Here’s a recap of covid over the past two years from my perspective. I am lucky that I personally know of very few people who got covid, and none who died. My sincere [Continue]
LETTER – Our national spine appears to be made of spaghetti
I noted from a very recent news report that a significant number (3? 300?) of Canadian Armed Forces members have joined the anti-virus crusade, and are militantly (so to [Continue]
TRUCKER CONVOY – Elites are blowing their response to the ‘freedom’ protests
If you attack, slander, dismiss or silence your enemy: You. Will. Lose By SHAWN WHATLEY Munk Senior Fellow Macdonald-Laurier Institute ANYONE WHO SERVES the public learns how [Continue]
LETTER – The COVID-19 virus may be unavoidable but the stupidity is not
I have been astonished by the unexpected impact of the recent COVID infection. Among its consequences are thousands of deaths and an alarming number of people whose health [Continue]
JOHNSON – Mr. Walsh, modern data does not a witch hunt make
WHEREAS I APPRECIATE the first three paragraphs of Coun. Dennis Walsh’s guest column here at the Armchair Mayor, dated Feb. 8, and I definitely echo the kudo’s directed [Continue]
LETTER – Choosing to live a life without COVID restrictions
I just read your latest grievance with the lifting of restrictions (As mandates begin to ease, a reminder – It ain’t over till it’s over). I am sitting in [Continue]
EDITORIAL – As mandates begin to ease, a reminder – It ain’t over till it’s over
An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THERE’S A LOT OF TALK right now about getting rid of COVID mandates. Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe has gotten a lot of attention for [Continue]
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