May 6, 2021 · 0 Comments by SHERALYN ROMAN There are so many things going on in the world other than COVID, did you know that? Of course you did. It’s just hard to focus on anything else when we’re beaten over the head repeatedly with Covid numbers too overwhelming to comprehend. Particularly so when we live in what appears to be the very epicentre of the crisis here in Canada. That said, there is news happening today (and every day) around the world that is not COVID-related. That’s why, despite a COVID tragedy of truly numbing proportions currently unfolding in India, I’d like to focus today on what else we’re not hearing about and why? As I write this, it’s World Press Freedom Day. Yet knowing that a volcano erupted in St. Vincent, or that protestors were being killed in the streets of Myanmar simply hasn’t lingered in international headlines for longer than a day or two at most. Why not? Who is in charge of the news we receive and how it is received? We need to talk. Is anything more important than freedom of the press?