Coronavirus

PETERS – Midway through the vaccine rollout, NACI’s curveball was not helpful

June 19, 2021 // 0 Comments

IS ASTRAZENECA REALLY a second-rate vaccine? The latest messaging from the National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) would certainly have you believe that. For [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Why am I getting apprehensive as the lockdown lifts?

June 3, 2021 // 0 Comments

I SHOULD BE THRILLED at the lifting of the pandemic. Instead, I feel a little uneasy. I’m not the only one. In a recent survey of Canadians by the polling firm Leger, 52 [Continue]

KNOX – Climate crisis didn’t end just because we’ve been fixated on plague

May 30, 2021 // 0 Comments

THREE YEARS AGO, a veteran forest campaigner was on the phone, bemoaning how little attention green-minded people were paying to the logging of old-growth on Vancouver [Continue]

BEPPLE – A few questions about B.C.’s new Snakes and Ladders COVID plan

May 26, 2021 // 0 Comments

YESTERDAY, THE B.C. GOVERNMENT released its four-step plan for getting back to normal. A grid of 24 blue and yellow squares outlining the steps we need to go through on our [Continue]

EDITORIAL – It will be very easy to blow the Four Step COVID recovery plan

May 26, 2021 // 0 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE BIG COVID ANNOUNCEMENT yesterday has brought a lot less cheering than I expected. After all, restrictions are going to ease up [Continue]

COVID – At long last, four-step plan points toward return to normal in B.C.

May 25, 2021 // 0 Comments

A “cautious” four-step plan for a return to normal in B.C. over the next few months was unveiled today (May 25, 2021) by Premier John Horgan and Dr. Bonnie Henry. The [Continue]