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SULLIVAN: Small victories remind us that the glass is half full, even during a pandemic

SULLIVAN: Small victories remind us that the glass is half full, even during a pandemic

I’m what I like to call a determined optimist. That is, someone who’s determined to see the glass half full even as it remorselessly drains. These days, it ain’t easy. There’s nothing cheery about the COVID-19 pandemic.
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EDITORIAL: People need the services offered by non-profits, and now those organizations need us too

EDITORIAL: People need the services offered by non-profits, and now those organizations need us too

Last week, the World Health Organization started using the term “physical distancing.
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MOVE ON: Even for cyclists, the best move now is to stay home

MOVE ON: Even for cyclists, the best move now is to stay home

Biking for transit still a good option, but you don't want to end up in the emergency room
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BALDREY: political conflict takes a backseat during COVID-19 pandemic

BALDREY: political conflict takes a backseat during COVID-19 pandemic

It has often been said that everything is political, but politics in its purest form does not exist right now – at least not in B.C. or the rest of Canada. And it will be that way for some time.
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EDITORIAL: The message has to get through about social distancing

EDITORIAL: The message has to get through about social distancing

They’ve urged. They’ve warned. They’ve ordered. But evidently, for some people, the message still hasn’t gotten through.
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What a long, strange, emotional week we had in Vancouver

What a long, strange, emotional week we had in Vancouver

City verging on lockdown as COVID-19 cases mount to 348
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EDITORIAL: We must look to our elders to guide us through COVID-19 fears

EDITORIAL: We must look to our elders to guide us through COVID-19 fears

Our elders who lived through the Second World War will remember. In times of crisis, people want two things: To be fed, and to have their worried minds put at ease.
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PREST: How to work and be a parent in a global pandemic

PREST: How to work and be a parent in a global pandemic

Employees around the world adjusting to a new work-from-home COVID-19 reality
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LETTER: I watch in awe as nurses fight a war while keeping my mother safe

LETTER: I watch in awe as nurses fight a war while keeping my mother safe

Son has been attending to mother in Lions Gate Hospital for weeks
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BALDREY: We will get through these difficult times

BALDREY: We will get through these difficult times

As the COVID-19 virus tightens its grip over B.C. in the coming weeks, it would be wise to remember some reassuring words from provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry. “Remember, this is not forever,” she likes to say at her daily media briefings.
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