Stephen Malthouse, MD Denman Island, BC V0R 1T0 Dr. Bonnie Henry, British Columbia Provincial Health Officer, Ministry of Health, I am a physician who has been in family medical practice in BC for more than 40 years and a member of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of BC since 1978. I am writing this […]

UPDATE on IH numbers: IH is reporting 31 new cases overnight, for a total of 1,203 235 cases are active and on isolation One person is in a IC Unit. Total number of deaths in IH remains at three.

      Getting to be a familiar phrase. APC meetings cancelled Strata meetings cancelled Seniors Centre open days cancelled Community breakfasts cancelled What will be next ?     I contacted Santa and he said… “Ho Ho – I am Covid-19 free and will fly higher this year. No need for milk and cookies.” […]

Elections BC has updated its estimate of voter turnout in the 2020 Provincial General Election from 52.4% to 54.5% of registered voters. The updated estimate is based on the number of registered voters at the close of general voter registration on September 26, and the number of valid votes and rejected ballots cast at all […]

Smell The sense of smell is largely a chemical process. The nose is capable of detecting dangers as well as delights. Without it we would be limited to discerning only sweet, salty, bitter or sour tastes that our tongue detects. There are between 10 and 25 million receptor cells (olfactory neurons) in the 5 square […]

We got around to the subject of war again and I said that, contrary to his attitude, I did not think that the common people are very thankful for leaders who bring them war and destruction. “Why, of course, the people don’t want war,” Herman Goering shrugged. “Why would some poor slob on a farm want […]