KNOX – Thousands of Canadians trapped in India by COVID-19
THE PANDEMIC WAS STILL just distant thunder when Narender Cheema’s 80-year-old mother flew to northern India in January. The milder winter season seemed a good time for the [Continue]
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PETERS – Will the pandemic cause us to rethink how we care for our seniors?
AS WE GET OLDER, our worlds tend to get smaller. By the time we are elderly and perhaps living in seniors apartments or a longterm care facility, our worlds can be [Continue]
CHARBONNEAU – Should B.C. bubble up with our neighbours?
CANADA’S FOUR ATLANTIC PROVINCES have agreed to open their borders to each other on July 3, creating a regional pandemic bubble. What are the opportunities for B.C.? The [Continue]
SUZUKI – Reflections from an elder in isolation
I’M FORTUNATE. This slowdown is giving me time with my grandchildren who are with me, and to think about what has mattered most in my life, what has given me the greatest [Continue]
CHARBONNEAU – Money for public transit could be better spent elsewhere
EQUALITY, NOT DENSITY is responsible for the spread of COVID-19, says UBC Professor of Architecture Patrick Condon. “The issue of transfer of this disease doesn’t [Continue]
EDITORIAL – The answer is yes, wearing masks should be the law
An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. IT’S MY TURN to weigh in on the mask issue. In a word, yes. Yes, it should be mandatory to wear them. Why? Because so few people do it on [Continue]
NATIONAL PULSE – Chinese Canadians reveal blame and bullying during COVID
By ANGUS REID INSTITUTE June 22, 2020 – It has been referred to as the “shadow pandemic” in Canada. As COVID-19 indiscriminately touches people in large communities and [Continue]
KNOX – Wacky Jack’s Last Chance Masks turns out to be a disappointing venture
AS IT TURNED OUT, my brilliant idea for a roadside kiosk by the ferry terminal — Wacky Jack’s Last Chance Masks — wasn’t as lucrative as I hoped. I had dreamed of [Continue]
EDITORIAL – Dr. Henry needs to end double standard and start trusting us
An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THERE CONTINUES TO BE a double standard in the release of information where COVID-19 cases are being found in B.C. Provincial medical health [Continue]
SUZUKI – Reimagining streets could lead to healthier cities
DURING THE COVID-19 pandemic, cities worldwide have been repurposing streets to create more room for walking and cycling. In some, temporary measures to help people maintain [Continue]
KNOX – This year has proven that if anything can go wrong, it will
CONGRATULATIONS. If you’re reading this, it means you were not killed by an asteroid the size of a football stadium. Yes, there was one in the neighbourhood, but evidently [Continue]
NATIONAL PULSE – Two-thirds who work from home expect to stay there
By ANGUS REID INSTITUTE June 11, 2020 – The COVID-19 outbreak has changed a lot of things about life in Canada. One of the more enduring legacies of the crisis may be how [Continue]
COVID-19 – Current pandemic stirs memories of the Y2K scare
By LEE HARDING Research fellow Frontier Centre for Public Policy TWENTY-ONE YEARS AGO, the world panicked over an invisible, media-hyped enemy. That enemy was Y2K, a [Continue]
EDITORIAL – Feds dropped the ball by giving CERB fraudsters an open field
An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE ONLY THING WRONG with the plan to go after Canada Emergency Response Benefit fraudsters is that it didn’t come soon enough. When the [Continue]
