Coronavirus

NATIONAL PULSE – Most want our border with U.S. to remain closed

May 22, 2020 // 0 Comments

By ANGUS REID INSTITUTE May 22, 2020 – With speculation over the future of travel and the viability of tourism as an economic driver in this country, Canadians themselves [Continue]

BEPPLE – As the lockdown eases, we must remember what could have been

May 20, 2020 // 2 Comments

AS WE EMERGE from the worst of the COVID-19 lockdown in B.C., one wonders why we went into lockdown to begin with. Especially in the Interior of the province. Or that’s [Continue]

GINTA – This is a good time to reconsider food production, processing

May 19, 2020 // 0 Comments

A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO I went to pick up an order from the local Bulk Barn store. They are the revolutionary ‘bring your (any) container to refill’ buy-in-bulk business, [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Why is it that so many trades people don’t return calls?

May 16, 2020 // 1 Comment

UPDATE: The Kamloops Home Depot store has re-opened today (May 16, 2020). THE SUDDEN TEMPORARY CLOSURE of the Home Depot store on Hillside Drive this week was a blow to all [Continue]

PETERS – Grit your teeth and be kind to the Albertan horde this long weekend

May 16, 2020 // 0 Comments

IT’S THE MAY LONG WEEKEND and that means British Columbians are once again preparing for an invasion. It happens every year: our eastern flank is overwhelmed and our [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Bubble families emerge from the pandemic

May 15, 2020 // 0 Comments

PROVINCES ARE ALLOWING THE EXPANSION OF FAMILY UNITS to include friends and family. The selection of who’s in and who is out is tricky. B.C.’s provincial health officer, [Continue]