Sent to the Alberni Valley news March 10, 2022 Published in the March 15, 2022 Alberni Valley News Dear Editor, Nearly every war of the past century can be directly or indirectly tied to the securing of fossil fuel resources. That applies to Ukraine today. My mother’s family (Neufeld and Heubner) were refugees from southern …
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Two Eras Too Similar November 11th, Armistice Day. We stop at the 11th hour to pay respect to all those who fought and died in the World Wars and all wars thereafter. We remember why they fought but it seems clear today that is not enough. Washington Post – Click for original article On that …
One hundred years ago, during the last pandemic —- the H1N1 influenza virus known then as Spanish Flu —- swept the world while the world was also at war and this poster circulated in newspapers in Canada. Maybe even in Port Alberni. Today’s pandemic is from a different virus, the SARS-related 2019 corona virus or …
