Beethoven is one of the most well-known musicians in history. His name has become synonymous with classical music, and we have all heard one of his songs though perhaps we didn’t know it. What may surprise you is that Beethoven started going deaf when he was 30 years old. By the time he was 45, …
I was recently engrossed in a conversation (close to the argument) with someone about COVID-19 vaccines. Specifically, we were talking about the AstraZeneca vaccine, which has been linked to blood clots. To the other person, the blood clots were extremely worrying and showed that these vaccines were rushed. I thought these side effects were expected, …
Becoming a Saint in the Catholic church isn’t as easy you might think. There are strict criteria that need to be met before someone is officially given this title. It’s one of the most important honors a person can receive but not one that is given lightly as we saw with Pope John Paul II. …
As Easter passes us by, it’s hard to imagine anyone who would have thought that we would be in the situation we are in. Many countries and cities are going back into lockdown as they struggle to deal with COVID-19 variants and most are trying to ramp up vaccine delivery as quickly as possible, hoping …
Elif Shafak, the Turkish writer, talks about the three types of temples built by humankind: “those that aspire to reach out to the skies, those that wished to bring the skies closer down to the ground and those that did both.” St. Peters Basilica is one of the rare buildings that did both. Pope Julius …
As I waited for my turn, I was amazed at how busy the mall was. This was one of Vancouver’s biggest malls, and it was brimming with people despite the COVID-19 restrictions. Everyone was wearing a mask and maintaining their distance from each other. It reminded me that the death of retail had been greatly …