Coronavirus

ROTHENBURGER – Cabin fever is turning ‘calm and kind’ into snarky and jealous

April 11, 2020 // 2 Comments

CABIN FEVER HAS SET IN as we sit chafing at home this long weekend and it’s yielding some unattractive results. Despite all the friendly, kind and caring advice to each [Continue]

HENRY – Wearing a non-medical cloth mask is a personal choice

April 10, 2020 // 0 Comments

By Dr. BONNIE HENRY B.C. Provincial Health Officer FROM THE ONSET of the COVID-19 pandemic, we have regularly seen people choose to wear a variety of masks, from medical [Continue]

LETTER – Chamber urges City to carry on with infrastructure projects

April 10, 2020 // 1 Comment

According to a report in Kamloops This Week, two major City of Kamloops projects – the $13.5-million Canada Games Pool maintenance project and the $13.5-million sewer main [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Some people still think the COVID-19 pandemic is a hoax

April 10, 2020 // 0 Comments

THE INCONVENIENT TRUTH OF COVID-19 is that it’s going to kill millions. That reality is slowly dawning on a majority of Canadians as the virus moves closer to home. However [Continue]

COVID-19 – TRU health-care assistant students jump in to help fight pandemic

April 9, 2020 // 0 Comments

Fresh from the classroom and their practicums, almost 50 Thompson Rivers University Health-Care Assistant students graduated early this spring to leap into the COVID-19 [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Prof. Mel’s quick guide to the language of COVID-19

April 9, 2020 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. WE’RE LEARNING A WHOLE NEW LINGO during this COVID-19 pandemic. Some of it is evolving. For example, what began as a need to “flatten [Continue]