BC is the only province without a COVID alert app. Alberta has retained the one they developed early in the year and the rest of Canada,...

The world has now topped 60 million cases and is closing in on 1.5M deaths. Unfortunately Canada is continuing to see rising case...

As we have seen Belgium has the highest case rate and death rate per capita in the world; over six times the case rate and four times the...

As talked about earlier this month, a number of South-East Asian countries are faring well in their battle with the Corona Virus (...

As anyone who has been directly involved with workplace safety knows there is only way to curtail accidents. That is to declare the goal...

In October I posted some of the news from a friend in Japan ( Thought of the Day - October 27-News from Japan ). Unfortunately since that...

Last month Gail and I were toying with the idea of taking a trip to Jamaica this November. However, we quickly changed our mind, less...

During the past week Canada surpassed three-hundred thousand cases and eleven thousand deaths. But guess which regions saw the highest...

It has been a year since the first identified people died from the then unnamed SARS-CoV2 virus and associated COVID-19 disease. ...

I must admit I am kind of liking BC's response to this current wave. Of course I am not happy we have a wave or that it is significant...

I noticed that last week's note on The Last Island Hideouts got plenty of attention, so I figure I would "visit" another exotic island. ...

I am always amazed how people and businesses continue to be confounded by COVID-19 test results. Face it people, PCR antigen tests...

Many of the preventative measures explored and reported to combat COVID seem to take many, many, months before being adopted: Vitamin-D,...

Rather than focus on the alarming figures in the western world, in Canada and in BC, I thought I would focus on some "success" stories;...

Vanuatu, probably best known for hosting a season of the US Survivor reality series way back in 2004, just got its first COVID-19 case;...

This week Pfizer has been in the press concerning their COVID-19 vaccine candidate. I thought would do a little deeper dive and see what...

There is a news story that just keeps reemerging - Dogs That Can Detect COVID. This story came out way back in June ( Thought of the Day...

While we have all heard about the big-guys that are making out like gang-busters during this-here pandemic, there are a significant...

As you probably know I have had past articles discussing the dangers of mink farming ( Thought of the Day - June 12 - Mink ). Mink...

So the world now has over fifty million official cases, the world has over one and quarter million deaths, and the world has seen over...