Coronavirus

EDITORIAL – Case for rapid testing at care homes more and more compelling

February 16, 2021 // 0 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. JUST AS SIGNS OF HOPE appear in COVID-19 outbreaks at long-term care homes, the numbers suddenly vibrate again. There have been new [Continue]

NATIONAL PULSE – Most view our vaccine rollout a ‘failure’ by comparison

February 12, 2021 // 0 Comments

By ANGUS REID INSTITUTE February 12, 2021 – Be it prosperity, human rights, education or international aid, Canadians have been more often used to seeing their nation as a [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Skip the Dishes’ ‘B.C. fee’ more of an annoyance than deterrence

February 11, 2021 // 0 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. I LIKE THOSE SKIP THE DISHES television commercials in which Jon Hamm of Mad Men fame plays a slightly over-the-hill actor discovering the [Continue]

KNOX – Signs of hope, notes of caution among the latest pandemic news

February 7, 2021 // 0 Comments

YOU MIGHT RECALL a December column in which I urged weary readers to maintain COVID discipline, keep their Christmas celebrations small and hang on for what I assured them [Continue]

BEPPLE – Hard-working school teachers deserve a two-week spring break

February 3, 2021 // 5 Comments

YESTERDAY, OUT FOR my lunchtime walk, I happened to go by my neighborhood school. It was so wonderful to see groups of children running and playing together. The air filled [Continue]

GINTA – With cases growing, we need to change our strategy

February 2, 2021 // 1 Comment

IF YOU HAVE KIDS, you’ve likely been through a case or two of ,‘are we there yet?’ and like all parents who are presented with the question, you probably answered, [Continue]