Opinion

Throughout Canada and around the world, the second wave of COVID-19 is hitting hard. Over the next few months, governments will remain focused on addressing the largest public health emergency in recent memory.

The COVID-19 pandemic has been tough for everyone, but not in equal measure.

Befriending your self starts with making small talk with your body

The baptism for this year’s very different ski season begins when I pick up my pass at Guest Services in Creekside. Because, of course, you can’t go into Guest Services anymore.

If the coronavirus has taught us anything, it’s the irreplaceable value of what used to be considered “women’s work”: caring, cleaning, farming and food preparation.

As we saw the snow creep down the mountains last month, a general feeling of anticipation pervaded the community.

It started the day after American Thanksgiving. No, not Black Friday shopping, Amazon’s quest to put virtually ever other retailer out of business. The Countdown to Christmas Madness began in earnest.

New museums and community centres. Free bus rides province-wide for children 12 and under, tax-free electric bikes and a pandemic rebate on vehicle insurance premiums (if ICBC can afford it).

It’s not that I hate Christmas.

Recently I’ve been thinking about what a low-carbon life might actually look like. We would drive and fly less and mostly cycle, walk and ride transit. We’d eat less meat and more plant-based foods.