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JONESIE: What the blind need to see about Kelowna ‘town halls’
If you are interested in civic events, you might have wanted to go to the…
JONESIE: Public loses when predator’s privacy wins
Of course heads should roll. We got a peak behind the curtain of our justice…
JONESIE: Vernon school board showing weakness to bullies
When we first started hearing rumblings that things were going pear-shaped at Vernon school board…
JONESIE: What did you think Ron Cannan thought?
In the 2022 municipal elections, voters in Kamloops and Kelowna spoke loudly and clearly. They…
JONESIE: New mayors deserve a chance to try tackling crime
OPINION Perhaps it’s fitting that Reid Hamer-Jackson will be the first Kamloops mayor since 1964…
JONESIE: The mess of pot legalization better than what awaits
Justin Trudeau was leader of the Liberal Party in 2013 but wasn’t considered by anyone…
JONESIE: No, Virginia, there is no Santa Claus
You’ve been fed a lie your entire life, just like the rest of us. The…
JONESIE: In Kelowna, new boss is a lot like the old boss
Today’s news is brought to you by The City of Kelowna. It was another slick…
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: Notes from a(nother) wildfire
I was on evacuation alert for part of the drama in Kelowna and West Kelowna…
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…
Land prices have made the Thompson-Okanagan boring
I was too late to Kelowna for Bedrock City before it closed down in 1996,…
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…
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: No one is or should be shocked about Colin Basran
OPINION Reaction from Kelowna upon learning their mayor was investigated for sexual assault while in…