Dr. Bonnie Henry

ROTHENBURGER – B.C. needs to go back to the drawing boards on return-to-school plan

August 6, 2020 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE SCHOOL SYSTEM, and the B.C. government, have a real problem on their hands with the plan to open schools in the fall. A petition against [Continue]

KNOX – Municipal dissonance is enough to drive you to drink

July 12, 2020 // 0 Comments

CENTRAL SAANICH is looking at letting people drink alcohol in its public parks. This brings three thoughts to mind: 1) Parks? We thought they only had corn fields. 2) You can [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Dr. Henry needs to end double standard and start trusting us

June 18, 2020 // 3 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THERE CONTINUES TO BE a double standard in the release of information where COVID-19 cases are being found in B.C. Provincial medical health [Continue]

HENRY – Why we don’t just ‘test, test, test everyone’ for signs of COVID-19

May 12, 2020 // 0 Comments

By Dr. BONNIE HENRY B.C. Provincial Health Officer TESTING FOR COVID-19 and other infectious diseases is a core tenet of public health.It tells us the what, who and where of [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Bending the curve, looking forward to the altered normal

April 18, 2020 // 2 Comments

WE ARE BENDING THE CURVE, Dr. Bonnie Henry told us on Friday. I’m not sure about the subtle difference between that and flattening or planking, but Henry did also use [Continue]

PETERS – Be careful to which celebrity doctors you give credence

April 18, 2020 // 0 Comments

POP QUIZ: what does Dr. Bonnie Henry have in common with Michael Jordan, The Rock and Kanye West? Answer: they all have their own shoes. Noted Vancouver shoe designer John [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]

KNOX – An ode to Dr. Bonnie Henry, on guitar and standup bass

April 5, 2020 // 0 Comments

AS THE VIDEO BEGINS, all you see is Gordon Campbell — no, not THAT Gordon Campbell — standing in his Sidney home with an upright bass. Then Diane Campbell, an [Continue]

PETERS – Rendering scrutiny on our public health officer is a tricky game

April 4, 2020 // 1 Comment

OUR PROVINCE’S CHIEF HEALTH OFFICER, Dr. Bonnie Henry, is open to scrutiny and critique just like any public official. You wouldn’t think that’s the case by all the [Continue]

PETERS – The numbers don’t matter anymore

March 28, 2020 // 0 Comments

THE PACE OF THE COVID-19 story’s scope and evolution has been unprecedented in the news business. Everything changes, every day. And so, it is a little less surprising that [Continue]