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Monique Keiran: Life with COVID-19 is full of plot twists

Monique Keiran: Life with COVID-19 is full of plot twists

Every known human culture from every era in every part of the world has told stories. We use stories to foster co-operation and teach social norms. We tell them to pass along information, culture and beliefs, and to instill social expectations.
Geoff Johnson: Reopening schools a test of will and skill

Geoff Johnson: Reopening schools a test of will and skill

As sa国际传媒 school districts plan for schools to reopen in September, education leaders will be making decisions based on a balance of educational and economic interests as well as limited and rapidly changing epidemiological evidence and advice.
Les Leyne: Henry resisting any thought of new pandemic restrictions

Les Leyne: Henry resisting any thought of new pandemic restrictions

Even in the face of a relatively significant COVID-19 outbreak in Kelowna, provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry is sticking to a stance she outlined last month. She wants the gradual re-opening of sa国际传媒 to move forward, not back.
Province says business tenants can end leases at hotels it bought for homeless

Province says business tenants can end leases at hotels it bought for homeless

Business tenants in hotels recently purchased to house homeless people are free to end their leases if they wish, says sa国际传媒鈥檚 housing minister.
Letters July 16: Where Maritime Museum belongs; impact of social isolation

Letters July 16: Where Maritime Museum belongs; impact of social isolation

Maritime museum belongs by the water Re: 鈥淢aritime Museum of sa国际传媒 charts course for Langford,鈥 July 10. It is simply incomprehensible to me that the Maritime Museum of sa国际传媒 is moving to Langford.
Wilson鈥檚 restarting bus service to Tofino, up-Island, ferry

Wilson鈥檚 restarting bus service to Tofino, up-Island, ferry

Bus service for trips up-Island and to the Lower Mainland is coming back starting Friday. The Wilson鈥檚 Group of Companies is gradually restarting services, with physical distancing in effect: 鈥 The sa国际传媒
Editorial: Legislature needs more say in how billions are being spent

Editorial: Legislature needs more say in how billions are being spent

Finance Minister Carole James gave us an update Tuesday on the province鈥檚 economy and finances. Though we had been led to expect bad news, her statement was nevertheless deeply troubling, and in more ways than one. sa国际传媒
Creature creations fashioned from driftwood, kelp and pine cones

Creature creations fashioned from driftwood, kelp and pine cones

Driftwood, kelp and scales from pine cones bring a dragon to life in front of a house on Fairfield Road, one of a growing collection of characters in an impromptu outdoor gallery made possible by COVID-19.
Les Leyne: Pandemic will create sa国际传媒 debt for decades

Les Leyne: Pandemic will create sa国际传媒 debt for decades

The NDP government is going to continue responding to the pandemic the only way it knows how, by spending as much money as it can to help people through it. That鈥檚 been the automatic response in most of the world.
Security worries in Gorge-Burnside as thefts and vandalism spike near hotels for homeless

Security worries in Gorge-Burnside as thefts and vandalism spike near hotels for homeless

Some businesses in the Burnside Gorge neighbourhood are hiring private security firms and installing upgraded camera systems in an effort to combat vandalism, trespassing and drug use in the area.