Several months have passed since the first part of our tale was written ( Thought of the Day - September 6 2021 - Once Upon a Time ). For...

Nine months ago we looked at the various pandemics of the past ( Thought of the Day - February 18 - Putting Things Into Perspective ). ...

No, I am not referring to the holiday season I am talking about bear bells. Due to COVID travel restrictions, many more people in urban...

Since the start of the pandemic, well actually before the pandemic was officially a pandemic, I have been following Dr. John Campbell out...

You'll never guess what today is? It's National Raisin Bran Day in the US. For years, like Sadam Hussain, my go-to breakfast of choice...

The world's daily official cases and deaths continue to increase, by 8% and 3% respectively over the past week. Here is a new graph...

Since the start of the pandemic, scarcely a quarter goes by without another mink-related story. Thought of the Day - August 2 2021 -...

This year, as last, Canadians were discouraged from aggregating to commemorate Remembrance Day due to COVID risk. Most events were...

Eight months ago we did a bit of a dive on Russia, the main conclusions were that Russian authorities were dramatically underreporting...

Well after 20 months the Canada-US-Mexico borders are now open for "non-essential" land/sea crossings. Canadians wishing to enter the US...

Now I am starting to see glimpses of the ongoing scramble, driven by adverse reactions to vaccine mandates, behind the scenes. ...

The world has now reached half a billion documented COVID cases. As mentioned last week official deaths are now over five million,...

We have talked quite a bit over the last year about the economic impact of COVID reflected in the breakdown of supply chains and the...

The potential benefit of Vitamin D in reducing the likelihood and effects of COVID-19 was one of the first Tips of the Day ( Tip of the...

I am beginning to understand the profound difference between being opposed to vaccinations and being opposed to vaccine passports. Just...

The biggest vaccination campaign in history is underway. More than 7.08 billion doses have been administered across 184 countries. The...

US National Institutes of Health (NIH) recently acknowledged that the US has funded gain-of-function (GOF) coronavirus research at Wuhan...

Here we are on All Hallows' Eve - as a friend used to say "Good thing this year Halloween does not fall on Friday the 13th, that would be...

Last week, BC's Premiere provided a travel tip to those who wish to cross the US border - looking for a deal on dairy, winter tires or...

It was a year ago today when I posted the reflections of a friend, colleague and mentor from the UK ( Thought of the Day - October 28 -...