Opinion

British Columbia now looks to be a victim of its own success in fighting COVID‑19. The initial campaign to suppress the spread was so successful it left the impression the pandemic could be beaten. It can’t.

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City of Powell River recently approved a sole-sourced contract for construction oversight services for the new wastewater treatment plan [“ City of Powell River awards wastewater contract ,” July 31].

The recent opinion piece [“ Viewpoint: Tourism sector requires financial assistance ,” August 8] is a plea for corporate bailouts when funding is required for so many other things during the COVID-19 recovery.

B.C. has made a major new commitment to one COVID-19 response tactic that suggests officials are more certain now that a surge in cases is coming this fall, if not sooner.

Biggest challenge might be human nature, according to Powell River Physicians COVID-19 Steering Group

“You used to say you had all the answers. Now you’re in government and everything is worse.

Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry has mentioned, hundreds of times, the importance of maintaining mental health during the pandemic. I asked her if she’d help me with my column on the topic and she graciously agreed.

I first noticed a few weeks back that an increased number of younger British Columbians were testing positive for COVID-19 A report released by the U.S.

BC’s tourism industry could be fully recovered in 2023. To make it so, the government must act today. It’s no surprise that BC’s 2020 tourism industry is in the tank. One estimate is a 69 per cent decline in tourism revenues from 2019.