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JONESIE: The Ballad of Billie-Jo Bennett and other Kelowna stories
OPINION Now and again there comes a story that perfectly encapsulates a time and place.…
JONESIE: Resist the worst efforts of both sides of the culture wars
OPINION I realize after a week like we’ve had in the Okanagan, after yet another…
Land prices have made the Thompson-Okanagan boring
I was too late to Kelowna for Bedrock City before it closed down in 1996,…
JONESIE: Recognizing the positives of Kelowna’s wildfire after 20 years
It’s been twenty years so perhaps I can say it now: The Okanagan Mountain Park…
JONESIE: Notes from a(nother) wildfire
I was on evacuation alert for part of the drama in Kelowna and West Kelowna…
JONESIE: The Thompson-Okanagan isn’t the BC United stronghold it once was
We’re about a year away from some major changes to the political landscape in the…
JONESIE: There’s indeed a snake at Kamloops City Hall
OPINION He’s a bully. He’s a hothead. He’s deceitful, vengeful, spiteful, petty. He’s proven to…
JONESIE: The lessons of free-range children long forgotten
OPINION When we were kids, we knew every inch of our neighbourhood. We ran around…
JONESIE: BC Conservatives are already clearing decks for another election
OPINION BC isn’t just flirting with the Conservatives, this is a courtship that will inevitably…
JONESIE: An election without a choice
OPINION What an awful election this has been. Have I said that already? NDP leader…
JONESIE: BC Conservatives vs democracy, an electoral sideshow
OPINION I can’t recall a more stupid election than this one. We have the NDP…
JONESIE: The real forces controlling the news
OPINION I think I understand sometimes why some people don’t trust the news anymore. It…
JONESIE: The homeless political centre in BC
OPINION Of course it was Kevin Falcon. Something about that weaselly face and arrogant demeanour……
JONESIE: The importance of local news? Please
OPINION “Write something about the importance of local news or something.” That was the suggestion…
JONESIE: The mayor who cried wolf one too many times
OPINION I suppose it was our fault for trusting him. Just because the mayor of…