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Opinion: Burnaby covidiots now pushing medical quackery and ‘cures’

Opinion: Burnaby covidiots now pushing medical quackery and ‘cures’

Social media for a journalist like me is both a blessing and a curse. I can’t take a break from social media because so much information and story ideas flow through Twitter and Facebook.
Mario’s Quarantine Diary, Day 12: Let us eat (ice cream) cake!

Mario’s Quarantine Diary, Day 12: Let us eat (ice cream) cake!

With the end of his family's self-isolation in sight, Tri-City News journalist Mario Bartel looks ahead to its conclusion, and the end of the COVID-19 pandemic
Opinion: It only took a global economic meltdown for BC NDP to fulfill 2017 rent rebate promise

Opinion: It only took a global economic meltdown for BC NDP to fulfill 2017 rent rebate promise

B.C. Premier John Horgan made an announcement today regarding a move that will protect renters during the COVID-19 crisis.
Mario's Quarantine Diary, Day 11: Ode to joy, wherever you can find it

Mario's Quarantine Diary, Day 11: Ode to joy, wherever you can find it

Old routines give way to new ones as The Tri-City News' Mario Bartel are well into Week 2 of their condo quarantine
Letter: Why not close daycares, too?

Letter: Why not close daycares, too?

A Port Coquitlam letter writer asks why the government isn't mandating the closure of daycare centres as well as K-12 schools to stop the spread of COVID-19
Letter: 'Absolutely disgusting' COVID-19 profiteers in Port Coquitlam

Letter: 'Absolutely disgusting' COVID-19 profiteers in Port Coquitlam

Kudos to Port Coquitlam mayor for comments on people alleged to be selling medical supplies in McLean Park
Letter: 'Lives depend on your actions,' say doctors

Letter: 'Lives depend on your actions,' say doctors

Doctors in practice together call for everyone to follow instructions from Dr. Bonnie Henry by staying home, practising physical distancing and washing hands to battle COVID-19
Letter from a nurse: 'We wonder if one of us will succumb to this illness'

Letter from a nurse: 'We wonder if one of us will succumb to this illness'

Port Coquitlam nurse Christina Gower writes that medical professionals on the frontlines of the COVID-19 crisis are overwhelmed by information and concerned for their safety, too
Mario’s Quarantine Diary, Day 10: Thanks goodness for doodle time

Mario’s Quarantine Diary, Day 10: Thanks goodness for doodle time

It's not easy keeping a seven-year-old occupied while trying to get some work done. American children's author Mo Willems sure helps
Opinion: You could kill someone you love by ignoring this advice

Opinion: You could kill someone you love by ignoring this advice

The COVID-19 pandemic is the single-greatest threat to the health and well-being of you and those you love. And it is at times of crisis that each of us must summon the courage to say and do what is needed.