As of Monday, Aug. 30, 2021, 84.2% (3,904,121) of eligible people 12 and older in B.C. have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine and 76.4% (3,541,731) received their second dose. In addition, 84.9% (3,672,685) of all eligible adults in B.C. have received their first dose and 77.5% (3,350,149) received their second dose. Over a […]
Archives for August 2021
Over 1000 BC citizens died in just half of the 2021 year due to drug overdoses
At least 1,011 lives were lost to suspected illicit drug toxicity in B.C. between January and June 2021, according to data released by the BC Coroners Service. “The deaths of more than 1,000 British Columbians in the first six months of 2021 is a tragic reminder that the toxic illicit drug supply remains a significant […]
School – back to – in one week
Wildfire of Note
Skaha Creek (K52739) Last updated: Monday, August 30, 2021 at 6:14 PM Discovered: Saturday, August 28, 2021 Size: 212.0 hectares Status: Active The fire is classified as Out of Control. 3:45PM Update: August 30 While working on the Skaha Creek wildfire (K52739), one of the Fireboss airtankers made a precautionary landing on Skaha Lake. It […]
by the World Health Organization
This is an explainer?? on vaccine development and distribution. Learn more about vaccines – from how they work and how they’re made to ensuring safety and equitable access. All viruses – including SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19 – evolve over time. When a virus replicates or makes copies of itself, it sometimes changes a […]
Strap yourself in
Housing affordability is high on the lists of priority items for all the federal political parties, this election. The solutions are all over the place. From some sort of tax credits for renters. To an idea that renters can rent-to-purchase—hard to see how that would work if the landlord did not want to sell. A […]
Fire danger lessens with cool temperatures – Penticton fire
Orange Marker on the map BELOW shows a small wild fire 17 hectares SW of Penticton Airport
The Steele report
More and more the federal election is an emerging story of the tortoise and the hare and a possible spoiler. It was all so well planned. Justin’s long legs stretched out an insurmountable lead. Erin plodded along mumbling to himself with no one to hear his message. His assorted disagreeable friends threatened to spoil his […]