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JONESIE: Come on, Penticton, do the right thing
OPINION In a week when the spectacular and devastating failure by the City of Penticton…
JONESIE: That time Ron Cannan actually said something
OPINION It should surprise no one that the interior of B.C. — and Kelowna more…
JONESIE: Finally found a great local restaurant and the inevitable happens
OPINION We’ve been dining out a lot recently. Partly pandemic support, partly our age (I…
JONESIE: In defence of reporting from unnamed sources
OPINION It’s always a risk as a journalist using information provided by unnamed sources. It’s…
JONESIE: Where real men go to get their hair cut
OPINION Eighteen months was long enough. It had to be done. I had to finally…
JONESIE: Kelowna Mayor Norm Letnick and MLA Colin Basran? That’s the plan for 2022
OPINION Want to be the mayor of Kelowna? Someone’s going to need to step up…
JONESIE: E-bikes should spark a transportation revolution
OPINION I bought an electric bicycle a few years ago. A few friends kinda snickered,…
JONESIE: The worst part about covering a federal election in Kamloops, Okanagan
OPINION Fire, smoke, disease… federal election. Can’t wait for the next natural disaster. I’ve got…
JONESIE: The knives are out for Kelowna Mayor Colin Basran
OPINION Kelowna Mayor Colin Basran seemed pretty pleased with himself for raising $31,000 for his…
JONESIE: What’s gotten me through the pandemic (so far)
OPINION What’s gotten me through the pandemic? Well, thanks for asking. It’s an important question,…
JONESIE: Life lessons from readers after a year under a pandemic
OPINION As you know painfully well, it’s now been a year under COVID protection measures.…
JONESIE: TNRD spending isn’t the real issue
OPINION Nice to see shock and a swift reaction in Kamloops when residents learned how…
JONESIE: Oh, you’re concerned about liberties, huh?
OPINION So public health officials and governments have imposed restrictions to stop a pandemic and…
JONESIE: Public health scofflaws making chumps out of the rest of us
OPINION In my newsfeed this week, I counted four people on vacation in Mexico. Another…
JONESIE: One mad man’s idea worth support, another to run from
OPINION Welcome to another edition of news soup, let’s get to it: * Hey did…