As mentioned yesterday all of the provinces, other than Manitoba, have announced their reopening plans. The folk in Québec were out...

I saw a note in the paper concerning an opinion poll about asking Canadians if the pandemic has permanently eroded their trust in...

Guess this is a bit of a theme this week as we started off the week talking about cheques in Japan ( Thought of the Day - May 24 2021 -...

As you know I am one of the first to criticize our authorities for not acting swiftly enough to tackle the pandemic ( Thought of the Day...

British Columbia's COVID-19 case numbers continued falling over the weekend. Fewer than 1,000 new infections have been identified since...

One of the fascinating things about watching the world dealing with COVID is the ripple effect of hurried policy implementation. Just...

A couple of months ago I remember watching a video from Australia that went through all the categories of consumer spending giving...

You can't make this stuff up, but someone is. It has been a week since the disclosure that there is no information on how to report that...

When the 'days got long' last year the police were out in force looking for speeders on then highways ( Thought of the Day - June 15 - On...

Guess what the title of the blog article was one year ago? You got it - BC's Reopening Plan ( Thought of the Day - May 7 - BC's...

It has been a year since the WHO started saying unless the majority of the world gets vaccinated SARS-CoV-2 will become endemic. This...

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

Welp, today is the day for me. Got my first AstraZeneca shot. Due to all the bad press, Canada has a surplus of AstraZeneca vaccines,...

"This is not the time to load up the Winnebago and travel around British Columbia," said Premier John Horgan. While the press was using...

Well as you may have heard the reforming of the Atlantic bubble that was to be launched today has been delayed until May 3. "Given the...

Ontario now has a six-tier pandemic restriction framework. After '5. Lockdown' there is '6. Shutdown'. 'Shutdown' was invoked on April...

One of the greatest assets of our neighbourhood is how close we are to nature, both Burnaby Lake and Mountain. The proximity of these...

When I first saw the announcement: "Expedited workplace closure order: Starting next Monday, when three or more people in a single...

Well, what goes around comes around. As talked about in previous posts ( Thought of the Day - March 19 2021 - Meanwhile in the US of A...

As people in this region know, yesterday BC relaunched online registration for a vaccine ( https://www2.gov.bc.ca/getvaccinated.html ). ...