Coronavirus

KNOX – Picking up COVID test with a float plane just part of the service

April 3, 2022 // 0 Comments

HERE’S AN EYEBROW-RAISER: federal health authorities just paid for a float plane to pick up a woman’s COVID test from Lasqueti Island. No, this is not an April [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Are we leaving COVID behind, or just ignoring it?

March 12, 2022 // 1 Comment

I’M NOT READY to leave home. Sure, I’m OK sitting in a coffee shop or walking down the street but I’d still feel uncomfortable squeezed cheek by jowl with a crowd at a [Continue]

NATIONAL PULSE – Half say COVID has worsened their mental health

March 11, 2022 // 0 Comments

By ANGUS REID INSTITUTE March 11, 2022 – As Canadians hold onto hope that COVID-19 case totals will continue to trend downward, many are looking forward to a less [Continue]

BEPPLE – Helpers will get us through the last part of pandemic restrictions

February 16, 2022 // 0 Comments

‘LOOK FOR THE HELPERS. You will always find people who are helping.” So said Fred Rogers, or Mr. Rogers as he is better known. He didn’t just say it once. Again [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Invoking Emergencies Act isn’t the same as War Measures of 1970

February 16, 2022 // 0 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. ‘JUST WATCH ME.’ Those words from then-Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, spoken in 1970, are being recalled by many today. They were [Continue]

LETTER – Two-vaccination passport no longer has a medically sound basis

February 14, 2022 // 0 Comments

Here’s a recap of covid over the past two years from my perspective. I am lucky that I personally know of very few people who got covid, and none who died. My sincere [Continue]