Photograph By iStock 2020 will of course be remembered for the pandemic, but it turns out there were lots of other stories, too some of which I had totally forgotten about. In fact, looking back over the most-read news stories of the year, it turns out only about half of them were related to the pandemic. Here’s a list of the Top 10, starting with the most-read, with a small disclaimer: It’s only news stories, so I’ve left out columnists like Lawrie McFarlane, Jack Knox and Eric Akis, whose piece on whether imported basa fish is safe to eat is a perennial favourite thanks to Google searches, and blogger Phil Jang, whose piece on whether you should keep your windows open or closed when it’s hot out also does well thanks to searches.
The number of flights allowed into this province alone without proper or satisfactory testing is astonishing. I am a very vulnerable person because of pre-existing conditions and have been in full compliance for fear of my life, assisted in my efforts by my wonderful family. I expect no less of an effort from our duly elected leaders and their hired experts, after all I/we are paying them and their only job at the moment is to keep us safe, not bend the knee to the airline and tourist industry aided and abetted by the people who are ignoring the warnings; we know some of them personally.