Opinion

I have a plague-doctor mask that I like. Not really to wear—it creeps people out—but for what it stands for. My mask is symbolic of health-care providers in another era, doing what they could with what they had. It seems relevant today.

How has air travel from YVR changed since the COVID-19 pandemic began?

As part of its COVID-19 response, Canada’s government is spending $1.7 billion to clean up “orphan” and inactive oil and gas wells in Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia.

There’s really no way around it: this pandemic sucks. That said, it would have probably sucked a whole lot more if it had happened in another decade.

As the summer draws to a close, and the province nears a decision on how to allocate its $1.5 billion recovery package, it would be easy for some people to make the false assumption that a strong August for some tourism operators means the B.C.