Originally published by the Cowichan Citizen Alex Marsh, 14, is using his 3D printer to create valves that are to be used in new ventilator masks to help deal with…
The following COVID-19 resources may be useful to many of you; if you know of similar resources not on this list, send me an email and let me know. i…
For immediate release March 27, 2020 COWICHAN VALLEY, BC – Sonia Furstenau, MLA for Cowichan Valley and Read more…
This ran after the library was closed… and it’s about a resource that can only be accessed in our branches! Ancestry Library: Your Library Can Help You Discover Your Roots…
The following COVID-19 resources may be useful to many of you; if you know of similar resources not on this list, send me an email and let me know. i…
This wonderful comic was made by a friend who said she didn’t need to be named as the artist (! — if you change your mind, just let me know)…
Anyone who may read this blog regularly knows that, for a number of reasons, I am not a fan of Justin Trudeau and his government. However, I give him top…
Well… lots has happened since my last post. Normal political news and normal news for that matter is now almost completely gone due to the Covid19 pandemic gripping the world.…
This ran shortly before the library closed. Reading to your children is one of the best and most important things you can do to help them succeed in school –…
1. Wealthy urbanites are fleeing to their second homes — buying out grocery stores, expecting personal shoppers and home delivery, swelling vacation towns’ size to summer proportions. This is the…
A mask shortage hit the Czech Republic early in their efforts to slow the spread of COVID-19 and the people reacted swiftly by making their own masks. Indeed, people in…
“Depend upon it, sir, when a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully,” observed Samuel Johnson, a great wit of the 18th…
“We are facing a period of profound adversity unlike any we have since the 1930s,” Alberta Premier Jason Kenney said last week. The premier was referring to the province’s economy…
Researchers are working around the world and around the clock to ensure that we can stymie the spread and harm from COVID-19. Today, a new clinical study run by the…
Following the petition we wrote , which had little impact on our situation of detention, we have decided to move to the second phase of our plan. This is to…
No one should fault Premier Jason Kenney too much for visiting Edmonton’s Hope Mission, having a few photos taken and posting them on social media with an uplifting message about…
The CPC and the NDP are failing Canadians. The CPC and the NDP need to stop playing politics. At the time of this post, COVID-19 aid being held hostage by…
We’re learning so much from this virus, about the world and about ourselves. Here’s a list of things I hope we take away from it all. These are things we…
A friend sent the following to me this morning. It is quite powerful, and reflects the kind of thinking I and I’m sure countless others have been engaged in of…
The global pandemic of COVID-19 is flooding healthcare systems with more patients than they can handle. There is something you can do about this: stay home. Yes, just stay home.…
