Opinion

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.

The provincial government of BC should expeditiously draft the Compassion And Respect Everyone (CARE) Act, which mandates that all able-bodied individuals inhabiting indoor public gathering spaces are required to don a face covering.

The provincial government last week stripped away your resident priority boarding status on Route 3. But if you were listening to their spin, you would think you gave it up to help people who need it much more than you do.