Coronavirus

LETTERS – Rules around COVID testing for travellers are inconsistent

October 15, 2021 // 1 Comment

Mel, I was just reading a news article about Point Roberts and how Canada requires a negative COVID test before someone returns to Canada from there. That’s ridiculous. [Continue]

Letter – Why don’t fast food restaurants have to follow the same COVID rules?

October 15, 2021 // 0 Comments

Can you tell me why places like coffee shops and fast food restaurants do not have to follow the same rules as other places? I was reciently in Tim Hortons in Sahali, [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – The possibilities for exemption from vaccine mandates range from nil to zero

October 15, 2021 // 0 Comments

AS VACCINE MANDATES become normal across Canada, detractors are looking for ways to avoid the vaccination. Excuses range from medical exemption to what they hope are [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – ‘After you, Gaston’ game on teacher vaccinations must end

October 13, 2021 // 0 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. TWO THINGS SHOULD HAPPEN now that Premier John Horgan says it’s up to school districts to decide whether or not teachers and support staff [Continue]

KERSHAW – Schools continue to be the safest places for our children

October 11, 2021 // 1 Comment

By RHONDA KERSHAW Chair, School District 73 Board ON OCTOBER 1, 2021, BC’s Provincial Health Officer, Dr. Bonnie Henry stated that there has been a more steady rise in [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER: Mandatory vaccinations the next step for schools

October 7, 2021 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THIS IS HOW RIDICULOUS the fight against COVID in our schools has been. I was recently listening to one of those political discussions on [Continue]