Dr. Bonnie Henry

EDITORIAL – Is it time for a new face and voice on B.C.’s pandemic response?

November 25, 2020 // 6 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. DARE I SAY IT? Dare I utter the words? Is it time for Dr. Bonnie Henry to turn over the reins of B.C.’s pandemic response to someone else? [Continue]

PETERS – No, the cure for COVID-19 is not worse than the disease

November 21, 2020 // 0 Comments

DR. BONNIE HENRY HAS SPENT about nine months in the middle of an impossible struggle. On the one side, she is being tugged by those who believe her actions to stop the [Continue]

EDITORIAL – More can be done to keep COVID-19 away from our schools

November 19, 2020 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. HERE’S A HUMBLE SUGGESTION for reducing the risk of spreading COVID-19 among school kids: make them wear masks and keep their distance [Continue]

DR. BONNIE HENRY – Why B.C. doesn’t have a universal mask mandate

November 17, 2020 // 0 Comments

By DR. BONNIE HENRY B.C. Provincial Health Officer BRITISH COLUMBIANS have been nimble in adapting their individual actions to slow the spread of COVID-19 in our communities [Continue]

EDITORIAL – COVID-19 outbreak at RIH site good reason not to relax

November 10, 2020 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE COVID-19 OUTBREAK at Royal Inland Hospital’s patient care tower construction project should have us thinking twice about loosening up [Continue]

PETERS – Does it really matter whether masks are ‘expected’ or ‘required’?

October 31, 2020 // 0 Comments

THERE WAS SOME CONFUSION this week after the City of Kamloops released its statement regarding masks in city buildings. The news release said masks would be “expected” in [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Now is the time for regulation, not expectation on masks

October 28, 2020 // 0 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE ‘EXPECTATION’ THAT MASKS will be worn in all indoor public places is worth about as much as a pumpkin spice latte if you throw in [Continue]

FORSETH – Some alarming trends are developing in B.C.’s COVID-19 stats

September 4, 2020 // 3 Comments

BACK TO SCHOOL starts in a matter of days, and a trend is appearing in the COVID-19 situation that, to me at least, should be a matter of concern. Where we had previously [Continue]

EDITORIAL – BCTF needs to chill out about Dr. Bonnie Henry’s TV blurb

September 1, 2020 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE B.C. TEACHERS FEDERATION needs to get a life. Its members — at least some of them, including president Teri Mooring — are unhappy [Continue]

BEPPLE – The importance of having a woman’s voice at the financial table

August 19, 2020 // 5 Comments

WITH THE DEPARTURE of Bill Morneau this week as Minister of Finance under a cloud of WE controversy, another glass ceiling in politics was broken in Canada. Chrystia [Continue]

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]