Not wanting to miss an opportunity Mattel has now produced "COVID Vaccine Developer" Barbie. British vaccinologist Dame Sarah Gilbert...

Hey, guess what? I am taking my annual sabbatical from the blog this week ( Thought of the Day - July 24 - Taking a Short Sabbatical ),...

As some of you may have seen, at the end of last week around 1,000 butterflies took flight at seniors living and care homes in BC's lower...

It has been a year since the blog article on the Locust Plague that devastated parts of the Middle-East, Africa, Pakistan and India (...

It seems it was only a little while ago when I was last writing about Nursing Week on this blog. But boy what a year it has been for...

Today I have several stories from Ontario for you. Sign Wars Probably many of you are familiar with this first one which has been...

We need to be reminded from time to time that COVID is not the only serious communicable disease out there. Last year it is estimated...

It was over a year ago when the "7 O'clock Cheer" for front-line workers started across the country. Here is a flashback to the...

He's gonna' do it! Max is coming up on his anniversary - he has been sleeping in a tent in his backyard for a year now. And to...

Yes, Cherry Blossom season is here again. Whether this flower of the spring represents the fleeting nature of life, means a time of...

Guess what today is? Employee Appreciation Day and National Day of Unplugging (well at least in the USA - you can tell by the clumsy...

With the introduction of vaccines there were three big questions: Will it prevent symptomatic infection - thus save lives; Is it safe -...

In case you missed the chance in December to see the DuPlessis Christmas display ( Thought of the Day - December 4 - 'tis the Season )...

We are pausing our regularly scheduled broadcast to bring you this special bulletin: Blogger realizes he sometimes forgets the...

Yesterday Gail and I decided to take advantage of the good weather and go for a stroll along the shores of English Bay. It has been six...

At the same time as we started our blog back in March, a ten year-old in the UK started to sleep in a tent. It was a tent that his...

Radio stations are now playing Christmas songs, online ads encourage holiday largess, Christmas movies fill your Netflix suggestion...

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

Some info from a friend from Ontario, who has competed the fourteen day quarantine, so can now visit family in the Atlantic Bubble. Went...

Early on in the pandemic, we had the 7pm shout-out for front-line workers ( Thought of the Day - Vancouver Cheer ). Despite the amazing...