Editorials

While COVID-19 continues to wreak havoc on our health-care system, the numbers game associated with it is becoming more confusing as days go on.

COVID may be attacking young and old, rich and poor, employed and unemployed at will, but the impact of the pandemic has not been the same for everyone.

We have a new word on our radar – influencers.

This was the year we were supposed to ring in mask-free, sipping bubbly from crystal and nibbling expensive delicacies with a few hundred of our closest friends.

The year 2021 had a bit of everything – the good, the bad and the ugly.

The Grinch known as the COVID-19 pandemic is hijacking Christmas again – or rather, it will if we let it.

A couple of decades ago, hospitals hit a funding crunch as federal and provincial governments struggled to balance their budgets.

The number of days to finish Christmas shopping is dwindling at a speed that puts Santa’s magic reindeer to shame.

Watching and reading about the devastation in British Columbia has done a lot more than elicit sympathy for the victims.

Just when we thought it was safe to venture into public places again … Surprise!

People may have noticed more purple scarves than usual lately. November is Woman Abuse Prevention Month, and the purple scarf is the symbol of the courage it takes a woman to leave her abuser.

There were fewer war veterans participating in local Remembrance Day ceremonies this year.

The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that a comedian did not violate Quebec Charter rights regarding free speech by mocking disabled child singer Jérémy Gabriel for years.

As holidays go, Halloween seems tailor-made for COVID-19 times. Trick-or-treaters wear masks, and spend most of the time outside, in small groups.

The brutal murder of British MP, Sir David Amess in a suspected terrorist attack has raised questions around the world about the safety of political representatives.