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May 14, 2020 · 0 Comments

EDITORIAL AMONG THE PHRASES we hear almost daily these days are “flatten the curve,” “social distancing” and “community spread.” The “curves” in question are the ...

Road trip!

by BRIAN LOCKHART Every summer, a lot of Canadian families and plenty of single people pile into their cars and head out on a classic ...

Some lessons already learned?

EDITORIAL THERE’S SURELY NO DOUBT that once the COVID-19 pandemic finally subsides there will be inquiries into what could have been done to prevent the ...

They’re doing a good job

by BRIAN LOCKHART As we wait at home – well, many of us – during the doldrums of this spring brought on by a situation ...

Names are newsworthy too

EDITORIAL IT WAS INTERESTING when Prime Minister Justin Trudeau last week asked media outlets to refrain from naming the individual responsible for the deadliest mass ...

Just hang in there

by BRIAN LOCKHART I don’t like this current lockdown situation. Not one bit. However, if you do an informal poll of 1,000 local residents, I’m ...

Is some relaxation appropriate?

EDITORIAL THE CONTRAST between the situation in Canada and the United States has, perhaps, never been more dramatic. South of the Canada-U.S. border, the COVID-19 ...

A Star is Born

By BRIAN LOCKHART They have managed to make and re-make the movie A Star is Born four times. Usually a remake is an updated version ...

Is second term for Trump inevitable?

EDITORIAL AS MATTERS STAND, two things appear to be inevitable: former U.S. Vice-President Joe Biden’s nomination as the Democratic party’s presidential candidate and his loss ...