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#BCPOLI Hotstove: the elusive new normal

#BCPOLI Hotstove: the elusive new normal

What does business look like after the pandemic? What does politics look like during the pandemic? What do Jordan and Maclean's home workspaces look like this afternoon?
Some doctors forced to sit on sidelines during pandemic

Some doctors forced to sit on sidelines during pandemic

For too long, Canada has failed to embrace many foreign-trained physicians. COVID-19 has exposed serious flaws in the system.
Rising to the challenge, eh?

Rising to the challenge, eh?

Jody Vance: A very Canadian response to the pandemic is getting supplies where they’re needed – with your help.
Cruisin' for some solutions

Cruisin' for some solutions

Jordan Bateman: For a glimpse into what the world could look like in a month or two, consider the cruise industry.
Punching our way out of the corner

Punching our way out of the corner

Ryan Berlin: "We are in the midst of a 12-round, heavyweight boxing match that we are going to win, but that will leave us groggy and needing time to recover."
Charting a road to recovery

Charting a road to recovery

Absent a vaccine, COVID-19 will be with us for a long time. The next task for our leaders is setting a course for the new economic normal.
What the pandemic is teaching the energy industry

What the pandemic is teaching the energy industry

Terry Etam: COVID-19 has laid bare some truths for Canada’s energy industry – and, possibly, created an opportunity.
Pandemic has exposed our scandalous neglect of the elderly

Pandemic has exposed our scandalous neglect of the elderly

Canada has shunted senior citizens to nursing homes, where far too many are all-but forgotten, and profoundly vulnerable.
Native hoop dreams

Native hoop dreams

Mike McDonald on the debut novel from Prince Rupert's Rudy Kelly, about BC's most hotly-contested annual sports competition - the All-Native Basketball Tournament.
The curve is flattening – but there’s still a long way to go

The curve is flattening – but there’s still a long way to go

Maclean Kay: ‘The only thing around the corner is your fridge, not the end of physical distancing.’