Opinion

When I told my family and friends I was moving to Flin Flon, I was told I would fall in love with the positivity and people up here and might never leave. Unfortunately, the second part of that statement will not come to pass.

There seems to be a lot of disinformation and conspiracy theory nonsense circulating around COVID-19. This week, I want to debunk as much of that as I can while giving some of the reasons why this stuff keeps spreading.

I want to introduce you to three people who had a huge impact on who I am and how I got to where I am in life. I firmly believe that without these three people, I wouldn’t be who I am today.

Considering this is grad season, I want to take a chance to give some honest advice for graduates. I always thought most graduation speeches were boring and dull, full of cliches.

Over the course of this pandemic, public servants have been at the frontline providing the essential services that Manitoban families depended on during these difficult times.

I’m a hockey fan and I’m in a bind. My favourite sport - hell, my favourite art form - has been in stasis since COVID-19 dropped. There’s been a glimmer of hope, though.

Something caught my eye last week, something I found troubling. While I wish I was more surprised by it, it still left me disappointed.

With racism and police violence becoming a major topic of discussion this month, I want to add some historical context and an explanation of a basic concept to the discourse.

Holy crap, we’re only five months into this year and it’s already felt like a decade. What an incredible, overwhelming slog 2020 has been so far. It’s been maddening and exhausting for so many different reasons.

Here’s another COVID-19 column. Today, we will talk about how different areas and countries are choosing to get people back to work.