Coronavirus

EDITORIAL – A fly on the wall of the B.C. Recovery Benefit committee

December 23, 2020 // 6 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. IF THERE WAS A PLAN to screw up the B.C. Recovery Benefit, it’s working wonderfully well. Whatever committee was charged with rolling it [Continue]

BEPPLE – Vaccine brings light at the end of the tunnel but we’re not out of it yet

December 23, 2020 // 0 Comments

CHRISTMAS IS JUST a couple of days away, but in some ways, it has already arrived here in Kamloops. Yesterday (Dec. 22), the first person in Kamloops received a COVID-19 [Continue]

LETTER – Adventures in Emergency show why COVID-19 is out of control

December 23, 2020 // 1 Comment

Good Day, Mr. Rothenburger, I am a life time resident of Kamloops, aged 55, and have some concerns I wish to address with you here. On Friday, December 18 I found myself in [Continue]

EDITORIAL – New strain of virus could dash our hopes for a better 2021

December 21, 2020 // 0 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. AND THE HITS just keep on coming. As of today, all passenger flights from the United Kingdom are prohibited from entering Canada. The reason [Continue]

KNOX – Birth, life and pandemic-inspired tech that shrinks the world

December 20, 2020 // 0 Comments

DURING THE 1994 Commonwealth Games, an Australian athlete became a father. Pat Scammell wasn’t around for the birth. The middle-distance runner was here in Victoria, [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Moratorium on mink farms? No, let’s ban them, period

December 17, 2020 // 4 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. HUMANS AREN’T THE ONLY ONES being affected by COVID-19. Several mink have been found to be infected with the disease at a B.C. mink farm [Continue]