Opinion

Kudos to Port Coquitlam mayor for comments on people alleged to be selling medical supplies in McLean Park

The first order of business at the last sitting of the legislature for the foreseeable future was to change a rule. MLAS have to sit in their assigned seats. No exceptions. But they’re too close together for the two-metre rule to apply.

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

We all are facing unprecedented challenges during this global healthcare crisis.

It has often been said that everything is political, but politics in its purest form does not exist right now - at least not in B.C.

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.

Normally when I pass a park on a warm spring day and spot a group of giggling kids playing together on the playground, it warms my heart. But right now, it just pisses me off.

Face masks these days are about as elusive as common sense during the COVID-19 pandemic. The masks - along with hand sanitizer, toilet paper and disinfectant wipes - have become as precious as gold.

How long can this go on?

Editor: I write this letter as a question and as an alert to all of you about the health-care system’s complete overwhelming state where I live.