Opinion

You are walking down the street and the person in front of you, perhaps 30 metres ahead, coughs. Unbeknownst to you, they are infected with SARS-CoV-2, and their cough expels tiny droplets containing the coronavirus.

Every community must be sustainable, otherwise it will not survive. A key requirement for the establishment and continuing survival of a community is a secure reliance on a food supply.

The COVID-19 crisis has been a challenge for many of us. We are used to interacting freely and going where we want to go. Now many of us are forced to work from home and others are not able to work at all.

Doctors in Prince George have made changes to the way we see our patients, to help you stay safe from COVID-19, and to ensure that we and our office staff stay safe as well.

Further to my letter dated Feb. 28 to Chairperson Bennett and the school board regarding the proposed name change for Kelly Road Secondary School (KRSS.

Public support and compliance is essential to a government being able to accomplish their goals. But when the public trust is broken, what happens? How is it rebuilt? How do our current leaders respond? Occasionally they take responsibility.

Reading Diane Nakamura’s Citizen column on self-isolation and those with brain injuries caused me to think about how art in its many forms can be helpful during stressful and trying times such as these.

When I was about four years old and playing cars on the floor with my brother Rob, my other brother Paul started making a funny noise.

Before Colleen, I was stingy with love. It lived a full life in my heart, enthusiastically expressed in action but rarely in word. Reserved only for romance. A couple years ago, Colleen hugged me and said she loved me. I didn’t say anything back.

Some governments and political leaders – and even U.S. President Donald Trump - are encouraging the use of face masks in certain public settings where physical distancing is impossible.