Opinion General


ANDERSON: Trudeau vs. Trudeau, a fading of promise
OPINION PART ONE At a recent Silga Conference in Penticton in April, I had the…


THOMPSON: America is in trouble
OPINION America is in trouble…perhaps more trouble than it has ever faced. A number of…


ALBAS: Pipelines and the economy or Climate emergency?
This week the Prime Minister made what many view as a difficult political decision; to…


FUHR: Strength in Diversity
OPINION All Canadians deserve to feel safe and to have their most fundamental rights protected.…


SUZUKI: Avoiding climate chaos means zeroing in on emissions
OPINION We’re caught in a bad cycle. Global greenhouse gas emissions are still rising,…


ANDERSON: The elites are out of touch and populism is on the rise
OPINION As tired a phrase as “the elites are out of touch” may be, the…

MOTT: How to write a novel in two years and not lose your mind
OPINION "I'm writing a novel, because it's never been done before." – Father John Misty.…

THOMPSON: My family’s fanatical love of oysters
OPINION I cannot remember exactly when I ate my first oyster…but it was sometime between…

JONESIE: The one clear thing about the Vernon fire department sex scandal
OPINION Join me for another bowl of delicious news soup. *** As Penticton and Kamloops…