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Opinion: This note to a Burnaby caretaker just broke me

Opinion: This note to a Burnaby caretaker just broke me

This morning I went out for a long walk in the rain because it’s calming and necessary after weeks being cooped up in my apartment on Burnaby Mountain.
OPINION: Trudeau should reconsider decision to snub bigger companies in need of wage subsidies

OPINION: Trudeau should reconsider decision to snub bigger companies in need of wage subsidies

At first blush, Justin Trudeau’s announcement Friday to subsidize employee wages got the principle dead right, but the application dead wrong.
Mario’s Quarantine Diary, Day 13: ‘Shopping for meat is a very personal thing’

Mario’s Quarantine Diary, Day 13: ‘Shopping for meat is a very personal thing’

Tri-City News journalist Mario Bartel and family, while in COVID-19 quarantine, make a run for the border after a trip to the freezer looking for foodstuffs
Les Leyne: Major move departs from escalation approach

Les Leyne: Major move departs from escalation approach

What if we’d done this sooner? B.C. kicked up the level of emergency several notches Thursday by announcing plans for more major interventions in the economy and more restrictions to protect public health.
Letter: 116 nurses demand government take drastic measures

Letter: 116 nurses demand government take drastic measures

A letter to the prime minister and B.C.’s premier from nurses calls for even more action to battle the COVID-19 pandemic
Opinion: Burnaby covidiots now pushing medical quackery and ‘cures’

Opinion: Burnaby covidiots now pushing medical quackery and ‘cures’

Social media for a journalist like me is both a blessing and a curse. I can’t take a break from social media because so much information and story ideas flow through Twitter and Facebook.
Opinion: It only took a global economic meltdown for BC NDP to fulfill 2017 rent rebate promise

Opinion: It only took a global economic meltdown for BC NDP to fulfill 2017 rent rebate promise

B.C. Premier John Horgan made an announcement today regarding a move that will protect renters during the COVID-19 crisis.
Editor's column: Panic may not be a bad thing during pandemic

Editor's column: Panic may not be a bad thing during pandemic

Okay, I’m kind of getting on to this…me, working at the dining room table, my husband upstairs at the desk in my son’s room.
Comment: The time for community to come together is now

Comment: The time for community to come together is now

A commentary by the senior director of the Mustard Seed Street Church. COVID-19 has brutally affected Greater Victoria’s low-income families, members of our street communities and seniors.
Les Leyne: Pension change heightens risk in private sector

Les Leyne: Pension change heightens risk in private sector

A little-noticed change to B.C. pension law last year could have significant ramifications for some private sector employees in light of the pandemic.