Coronavirus

NATIONAL PULSE – Vaccine program gives Trudeau govt a shot in the arm

May 21, 2021 // 0 Comments

By ANGUS REID INSTITUTE May 21, 2021 – The medical feat of jabbing hundreds of thousands of Canadians with COVID-19 vaccines is not only bringing Canada closer to the end [Continue]

FORSETH – Age and income are not ‘barriers’ to getting vaccinated

May 20, 2021 // 2 Comments

THE HEADLINE of a news story in the Vancouver Sun on Tuesday (May 18), stated: “Vaccine information not reaching young adults in B.C., poll shows.” Leading off the [Continue]

NATIONAL PULSE – Most who’ve received AstraZeneca have no regrets

May 17, 2021 // 0 Comments

By ANGUS REIG INSTITUTE May 17, 2021 – As the rate of Canadians who have been vaccinated with at least one-dose of a COVID-19 vaccine surges to more than fifty per cent of [Continue]

PETERS – Minos’ proclamation drew a line in the sand — and most customers are on the other side

May 15, 2021 // 1 Comment

IT GOES WITHOUT SAYING that the life of a restaurant owner is not a lot of laughs right now — but for anyone who owns a Kamloops Greek restaurant not named Minos, life just [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Languishing: the malaise of our pandemic times

May 13, 2021 // 0 Comments

OUR JOURNEY through this pandemic is unprecedented in modern times. We won’t know what the exact effects of the pandemic will be until it’s over. Meanwhile, [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Fast-food workers need our understanding during COVID

May 12, 2021 // 0 Comments

FAST FOOD RESTAURANTS are tough places to work these days. One would think we’d have worked out our angst over mask wearing by now. Yet incidents of confrontation occur [Continue]