‘Inducing panic’: Media under fire for driving coronavirus hype to epidemic levels

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Concerns about the coronavirus pandemic are both warranted and understandable, but the media is increasingly coming under fire for stoking a panic mentality that experts decry as both counter-productive and unsupported by the facts.

Recent Moves .. as of March 15th

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Find out what's happening with Doug Campbell, Reshmi Nair, Amy Gilbert, Alison Bailey, Grant Scott and Nicholas Pescod.

Vancouver comic paralyzed in serious accident on Batwoman set

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Amanda Smith was working beneath the Georgia Viaduct when the bucket of a telehandler was lowered onto her head.

Sparky Taft! A one-of-a-kind Advertising Guy

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an exclusive story on one of the most unique, colorful, successful and highly respected advertising, marketing and promotion people in the country...

Chuck’s Classics, featuring Gerry & The Pacemakers

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Gerry & The Pacemakers were formed in 1959 In Liverpool, England. They had a number of hits reach the Top 10 including Don’t Let The Sun Catch You Crying in 1964.

SUNDAY in Broadcast History .. March 15th

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IT WAS MARCH 15th… when BC got its second radio station, this one operated by The Vancouver Sun, two days after The Province station debuted… When future Montreal rock radio powerhouse CFOX hit the airwaves, under the ownership of Gordon Sinclair Jr… When CBS television introduced its ‘Morning Show’ (pictured), hosted by future iconic news anchor Walter Cronkite… When the first episode of the TV sitcom 'Mr. Belvedere' aired on ABC... and when CBS announced it was cancelling its Sunday night lynchpin ‘The Ed Sullivan Show’ after 23 seasons. ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.

XFL Seattle Dragons player tests positive for COVID-19

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The unidentified player competed in last Saturday’s game against the Houston Roughnecks and he was “asymptomatic at that time.”