Opinion

Weyburn Review editorial

My Nikkel's Worth column

They say there is a silver lining to most things. That may be true although finding them in the time of COVID-19 is not an easy thing.

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Want some good news in the COVID-19 fight? One strongly suspects you do. You probably need some good news after a month of fighting this virus.

The world is awash in crude oil, causing one of the largest oil shocks in history. This is happening as Saudi Arabia and Russia began an oil price war just as the COVID-19 crisis caused the greatest demand destruction in decades.

Even a global pandemic that puts people out of work and creates serious uncertainty couldn’t keep the federal government from forcing a carbon tax increase on several provinces.

This week I started working from home. Not that there are too many of us the Mercury office (hardly any), but we all are trying to follow the recommendations while still serving our readers and our community.

We fought beside them in World War I, World War II, and Korea. We were among the first with boots on the ground in Afghanistan after 9/11 and stayed over a decade. But when the COVID-19 crisis hit, we found out where we stand with the U.S.