Coronavirus

GINTA – The last thing we want to deal with in a pandemic is selfishness

January 19, 2021 // 1 Comment

IF THIS FEELS LIKE déjà vu… well, it is. Part of it anyway. The part about people choosing to gather in large numbers in the streets to protest, yet again, masks and [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Happy Blue Monday, things can only get better from here

January 18, 2021 // 0 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. IF YOU’RE NOT DEPRESSED today, you should be. At least, if you believe in Blue Monday. The third Monday in January, that’s today, is [Continue]

KNOX – As councillor apologizes, Horgan eyes inter-provincial travel ban

January 17, 2021 // 0 Comments

SHARMARKE DUBOW apologized again Thursday. “By travelling to see my family at a time when so many others in our community did not do the same, I let you down,” he told [Continue]

PETERS – As Interior Health COVID-19 cases rise, we need a pep talk

January 16, 2021 // 0 Comments

ALL RIGHT, RESIDENTS OF INTERIOR HEALTH: it’s time for a pep talk. It’s time for the coach to come in during the intermission and kick some garbage cans around. It’s [Continue]

PANDEMIC – Covid-19 pokes the final hole in leaky long-term care boat

January 15, 2021 // 0 Comments

By SHAWN WHATLEY Past President, Ontario Medical Association NURSING HOMES struggled long before the COVID-19 pandemic arrived in Canada. Now, during the second wave, many [Continue]

NATIONAL PULSE – Most say close borders to keep sun-seekers home

January 15, 2021 // 0 Comments

By ANGUS REID INSTITUTE January 14, 2021 – What happens when heightened anxiety from a deadly surge in new coronavirus infections combines with general pandemic fatigue and [Continue]