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How to kill the coronavirus

How to kill the coronavirus

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.
School board shoots itself in both feet

School board shoots itself in both feet

So many interesting “what ifs” in the Shas Ti/Kelly Road naming debacle for the new Hart high school. Here’s one.
What kind of culture?

What kind of culture?

I have been privileged to live in two vastly different cultures. The one I was born into would seem strange to most of you. We lived physically, emotionally, and culturally, separated from the “English,” which was anyone not of “our kind.
Creating value more important than ever

Creating value more important than ever

There is a restaurant in my community that has been around for almost 40 years. It doesn’t provide fancy food but when you order a meal you get plenty of good wholesome food like your mother used to make.
Local seniors mark birthdays, anniversaries

Local seniors mark birthdays, anniversaries

Just a note to say hello and to keep in touch with all my faithful Seniors’ Scene column readers. I know the majority of you are self-isolating the same as Lino and I and trying in your own way to help save lives and bring this virus thing to an end.
Happy (depressing) Earth Day

Happy (depressing) Earth Day

April 22 marked the 50th anniversary of Earth Day. The first, in 1970, is credited with starting much of the environmental movement.
Youthful optimism fuels real change

Youthful optimism fuels real change

Because there are no sports on television right now, my favourite movie, Field of Dreams, has been getting a lot of airtime.
Time for real change on gun control

Time for real change on gun control

Providentially, as we reel from the tragedy in Nova Scotia and our leaders take up the anti-gun psycho-babble once again, thousands of Canadians have recently received a cheque from Mr.
Trustees agenda

Trustees agenda

It was surely a sham (shame) to watch the SD57 board meeting Wednesday to "review the data" of such a biased questionnaire. Facts were reduced and presented, with all the cloudiness due loaded questions.
Hope is not a plan

Hope is not a plan

Throughout the pandemic, Dr. Bonnie Henry and other public health leaders have been praised for their calm and firm leadership. They demonstrate both compassion and resilience. They know they don’t have all the answers and say so.