Coronavirus

EDITORIAL – Back to school means the end of summer vacation from COVID

September 6, 2022 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. IT’S BACK TO SCHOOL and that means a lot of things. For many, it means the end of summer fun. Normally, the biggest thing we have to worry [Continue]

NATIONAL PULSE – Willingness to keep getting vaccinated for COVID wanes

July 18, 2022 // 0 Comments

By ANGUS REID INSTITUTE July 18, 2022 – An emerging seventh wave of the COVID-19 virus – spurred forth by the BA.5 variant of Omicron – has health [Continue]

EDITORIAL – What’s the ‘science’ behind relaxing COVID travel mandates?

June 16, 2022 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE SCIENCE SAYS I should get a second booster shot against COVID-19, so that’s what I did this week. When I asked the pharmacist which [Continue]

EDITORIAL – ArriveCAN travel app needs to be either fixed or scrapped

June 7, 2022 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. DESPITE ALL THE WHINING of those who don’t like COVID-19 mandates, for the most part they have been necessary and effective. We need to [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Vaccine-mandate mish mash needs to be sorted out

April 18, 2022 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. AMONG THE FORGOTTEN CASUALTIES of the COVID-19 pandemic are all those who were laid off or fired for refusing to take the jab. Vaccination [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Proof positive that ‘optional’ masking doesn’t work

April 6, 2022 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. I’VE JUST SPENT a couple of miserable weeks feeling sorry for myself. The kind of sorry that comes with a bad headache, extreme fatigue, [Continue]