Opinion

When I was in Grade 6, I began my three-year stint in late French Immersion, and as I slowly learned the language, I made it my mission to one day use my new conversational French to interact with the locals in France.

The most important and most powerful people in B.C. right now is a soft-spoken, but straight-shooting doctor, who is also becoming one of the most familiar faces in the province. Her name is Dr.

Editor: For years I have been frustrated with radio stations announcing where the police are set up to catch cheaters in HOV lanes. All this does is to allow “regular” cheaters to avoid being caught for that day.

Protocols to deal with COVID-19 are changing with everything from travel to your local lab. Don’t just assume your elderly parent can simply adjust to this new era without support.

Editor: I went to sleep, as usual, as per the old B.C. standard time, anxious of daylight robbery of an hour. However, I could not warn my old bones of the robbery or loss of one hour of daylight time or sleep.

We thought we had dodged a recession, but the black swan we feared has appeared. COVID-19 will corrode our political, economic, medical and social systems. Happier times are not imminent. We need not panic, but we need to worry.

There’s was a grumbling voice I heard from across the bar at one of my favourite Burnaby haunts. “Bloody COVID-19 – it’s killing us,” said the man, a manager of the restaurant/bar I regularly hang out at lunch.

How quickly rumours can spread. Many Burnaby residents use Facebook; this isn’t news to anyone. Others use WeChat. They love their groups, chats, events, photos, and for news to come quickly and conveniently, and the social media giant provides that.

The history of the ice cream sundae goes way back to the 1880s and involved the shape of the dishes they are served in. No, I’m not going to give you a history lesson. I just wanted to remind people of the timeless quality of this kind of dessert.

Life is admittedly difficult for people who deliver things for a living. Whether it’s a bike courier or a food-app worker or a person who delivers packages or food or furniture, time is your enemy.