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

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...

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...

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;...

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...

The "western world" is still the epicentre of this pandemic. Asian and African countries by and large are still seeing dramatically...

Continuing this week's theme, thoughts from around the world, here is a short note from a friend in South Africa. We are well, its summer...

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

Hi All, Today's blog is an excerpt from a message from a friend from England: Your blog about cruise ships interested me because where we...

I recently received an email from a friend in Japan. Here is a paraphrased excerpt: Fortunately in Japan the wave of the COVID-19's...

At the late September yodeling event in the rural Schwyz canton, attended by 600 die-hard fans, people in the audience were asked to...

The world-wide official numbers are now over 40 million cases, 30 million of which have recovered, and over one million dead, leaving...

Manitoba and Saskatchewan did fairly well in the first wave. Indeed, looking at cases and deaths per capita, the two Prairie provinces...

Israel has been in the spotlight as of late. First they have the highest number of cases per capita in the world for countries over five...

Forget the Thrive Canada app, Zoe is coming. Besides having a cute name (like Thrive they seem to be a supplement company), the Zoe...

The Coronavirus continues to reach new milestones around the world. The official cases are now over 30 million, recoveries are...

While western countries continue to be surprised and struggle with the dramatic loss of life due to COVID (the US for example now exceeds...