Getting enough sleep but still feeling tired? Try taking a rest. Physician Saundra Dalton-Smith MD has identified seven types of rest everyone needs, and some people need more of a certain kind of rest. What type of rest that helps you depends entirely on your lifestyle and working conditions. The
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Cowichan Conversations: We Love Our Community-So we wear masks to keep you safe
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Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Plague Update: Good News, Bad News
First, the bad news. The Conservatives in power in Alberta and Ontario are just the worst hypocrites. They told people not to travel, which was the correct advice, but then Ministers and top political staffers are travelling to warm vacations. Would like to see Alberta Premier order his foreign travelling
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Monumental arbutus another reason to appreciate the Six Mountains
Ask North Cowichan residents to name their favourite tree, and arbutus would be right up there. The Six Mountains are blessed with an abundance of them and I believe we also boast some of the Read more… The post Monumental arbutus another reason to appreciate the Six Mountains first appeared
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Liberals Called Out Over Year of Planning Blindly-COVID Soaring in Conservative Led Provinces
Originally published by the National Post Matthew Lau is a conservative writer based in Toronto. His interests are in economic principles and fiscal issues, and he has written for the Financial Post, the Fraser Institute, Read more… The post Liberals Called Out Over Year of Planning Blindly-COVID Soaring in Conservative
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Plague Update: Ford’s Failings Match Every Conservative Province
Like many Conservative run provinces, Ontario is facing a slow motion disaster in the second wave. The stalwart “Resistance” Premiers, opposed to a carbon tax, also show their disdain for science and human life with how they mishandle the pandemic. While Australia and New Zealand used focused lockdowns to stop
Continue readingTHE FIFTH COLUMN: The Pensioner and the Pandemic
This is the post I was going to write before I was rudely interrupted and told to lock myself in my room. I may indeed be the least affected person on the planet by this pandemic, and the only one that it seems to be not such a big deal,
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Plague Update: Good News, and Bad News
The first vaccine has been delivered to the first Saskatchewanian healthcare worker. Bad news: The first case of wild mink COVID-19 has been confirmed in the world: First case of coronavirus detected in wild mink https://t.co/slwJdT4PkQ — BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) December 14, 2020 It sucks having a stupid Premier.
Continue readingIn-Sights: Anomaly
In the last 28 days, British Columbia has reported half the number of new Covid-19 cases as Alberta. Yet during those four weeks, more people in BC have died from coronavirus than in AB…
Continue readingThings Are Good: In Canada Your Doctor May Tell You to Walk it Off
Doctors in Canada may soon be prescribing the oldest medicine in the world: walking it off. Thanks to the work of family doctor Dr. Melissa Lem in British Columbia the province will allow a walk in nature to be prescribed by doctors. It’s been proven time and time again that
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Mark Donnelly performs at rally, claims Canucks firing is censorship
Mark Donnelly, who has been the anthem singer for the Vancouver Canucks NHL hockey team since 2001, performs O Canada at a protest against measures taken by public health authorities to curb the Read more… The post Mark Donnelly performs at rally, claims Canucks firing is censorship first appeared on
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Canucks cut ties with anthem singer Mark Donnelly over plan to sing at anti-mask rally
Originally published by the Vancouver Province Donnelly confirmed to Postmedia that he will be singing at the controversial event By Harrison Mooney Publishing date: Dec 05, 2020 You never know where Donnelly will pop up Read more… The post Canucks cut ties with anthem singer Mark Donnelly over plan to
Continue readingThings Are Good: How Iceland Conquered COVID-19
Iceland’s size helped it grabble the COVID-19 pandemic in a way that other nations couldn’t. The country was able to test half its population and keep a close eye on how the virus spread due to really good contact tracing. Like other countries which have successfully dealt with the pandemic,
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Plague Update: Saskatchewan Descends As Faithful Cheer On The Coming Darkness
Saskatchewan has COVID-19 getting out of hand. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/nov/27/canada-prairies-coronavirus-alberta-saskatchewan-manitoba In light of the shocking, disturbing behavior of a former politically-appointed chair of Sask health region, compounded by fact it's being directed at healthcare professionals, please check out bios & politics of our current SHA board: https://t.co/DoIdtViJp5 #demandbetter — Tammy Robert (@tammyrobert)
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Canada’s Inability To Produce Covid Vaccines Is A Wakeup Call
Why Canada can’t make its own COVID-19 vaccine — and how to ‘fix’ the problem before the next pandemic By Alex Boyd Calgary Bureau Wed., Nov. 25, 2020 updateArticle was Read more… The post Canada’s Inability To Produce Covid Vaccines Is A Wakeup Call first appeared on richardhughes.ca.
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Plague Update: Moe Lied, People Died
In short, they lied. Premier Moe is a damned dirty liar, and people are dying as a result.#COVID19SK https://t.co/X6jyZPjgKP — Saskboy from Saskatchewan (@saskboy) November 26, 2020 Yet his death didn't deserve mention at your press conference today in the official statistics? — Saskboy from Saskatchewan (@saskboy) November 26, 2020
Continue readingThings Are Good: Scotland First in World to Provide Free Sanitary Products
Monthly periods can be expensive and stigmatizing for women and girls, particularly when they cannot afford to buy the proper sanitary supplies. The ongoing costs associated with periods can be too much for many who are young or in a vulnerable position; leading to what’s been called period poverty. Scotland
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Plague Update: Moe More Restaurant Dining
While skirting the household gathering limit, the Sask Premier was exposed to COVID-19 in PA. The irony of Scott Moe being exposed to covid at a restaurant days after encouraging all of us to go out to restaurants is….really something. — Laura Ant (@LAChampAnt) November 23, 2020 We can now
Continue readingWritings of J. Todd Ring: Are We Serious About Human Health? The Rhetoric and Gestures Say Yes, But The Evidence Says No
The government pretends to care deeply and profoundly about human health, using police state measures in a time of crisis, justified by their supposed great concern for health. Yet, the federal government has repeatedly slashed health care funding for the past 40 years. The blatant and extreme hypocrisy and deceit
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Plague Update: Without Air Farce We Have To Make Our Own
SK Doctors: sign letter with 400 of their colleagues begging the government to do something to stop the spread of COVID-19 Sask. Party: Okay, we’re listening. No more hookah lounges. — Eric Bell (@eric_bellMB) November 13, 2020 New SK Covid Guidelines:– no more than 27 in a phone booth– no
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