Opinion

This coming weekend feels rather like a test. With the beautiful weather we've had this spring, there have been more and more people coming to our community, and many of us here in Whistler and the Sea to Sky have "doubled our bubble," as B.C.

By now, most Canadians have either seen or heard Dr. Isaac Bogoch on TV and radio—the lanky, matter-of-fact University of Toronto epidemiologist who answers questions on the SARS CoV-2 pandemic.

Fear should not influence COVID-19 policy I have been hesitant to submit this letter to Pique , given my profession. For the record, I have a loved one who will likely die of COVID-19.

How are you doing? No, I really mean it.

Most people just want to ensure that we and our families are safe and healthy during this crisis, and to do all we can to halt or slow the rapid spread of COVID-19. We've seen the best in human nature over the past while.

During daily walks around Whistler this past week, I was again disheartened by what I saw and experienced.

First, to be clear, the following column is not a guide on how to make your quarantine time the most productive, fulfilling, rewarding or some other gerund. For those common tropes, you may look no further than your social-media feeds.

Thumbs up for Vail Resorts I received today a form letter from Kirsten Lynch, executive vice president of Vail Resorts, with the response to Whistler passholders for the upcoming season in view of the early closing due to the virus epidemic.

Canada is learning a lesson in humanity that we have not experienced for a generation. As a nation, we are mourning the loss of hundreds of elders to COVID-19 and being faced with hard truths about how we have neglected this segment of our community.

As a nature-addled kid, I spent most of my time combing the gardens and ravines of our neighbourhood, and my earliest memories are of watching ants build nests, spiders eating the ants, and birds hoovering the spiders. The web of life was my TV.