Opinion

Statistics Canada has been dutifully measuring monthly employment changes practically since time began. The reports come out the first Friday of every month — neutral commentary on a mass of numerical data, compiled through 100,000 interviews.

How long does it take to form a new habit? With the province beginning to ease restrictions imposed due to COVID-19, personal bubbles have permission to be expanded, incrementally, beginning with family members who do not live in the same household,

To be maintained or fixed, most everything has to be turned off and forced into momentary rest.

British Columbians miss nature. They miss their neighbourhood trail. Their weekend retreat to a forested campsite. The accessible nature which can feel far and close at the same time.

Another good reason to get out and bang your pots and pans at 7 p.m. was presented in a health briefing this week. Twenty-one per cent of the COVID-19 cases in B.C. — 428 people — are in the broad category of health care workers.

Coronavirus news has eclipsed almost all other news stories, but it is critical we don’t lose sight of important local issues.

As we enter the next phase of living in the COVID-19 pandemic, four new rules have emerged when it comes to governing human behaviour.

Newspapers have never been so loved, and never been so neglected. The thirst for coverage of how the COVID-19 pandemic is turning the world upside-down has doubled, even tripled, the audiences of news publishers over the past two months.

Don’t drink disinfectant. Don’t inject it. Don’t inhale it. Disinfectant is more toxic to you than to the coronavirus, so it is not an effective way to avoid COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus.

Some gyms are closed because of the coronavirus. What can a person do to keep in shape without access to all that equipment? Well, once upon a time such things as gyms and fitness centres didn’t even exist. Nor did sports stores. Nor Amazon.