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Opinion General
JONESIE: The Irrelevance of local candidates and why you won’t vote for them
'THEY DON'T REPRESENT OUR RIDINGS TO PARLIAMENT. THEY REPRESENT THEIR PARTY TO OUR RIDINGS.' Yesterday, columnist Chuck Poulsen touched on a question I’ve been pondering for weeks now. He broke out some of the promises and numbers being thrown around by federal party leaders on the campaign trail and wonders how individual voters are supposed...
BEPPLE: Let them wear niqabs
I am part of the minority of Canadians who do not support a ban on the wearing of a niqab at the Canadian citizenship ceremony. The survey results, done earlier this year by Harper’s government, says the majority of people support having a woman remove her niqab during a citizenship ceremony. Harper and others are...
POULSEN: I don’t know who to vote for and I’m not alone
I asked a friend how she was going to vote. Her response astutely stated what many voters in this three-way tie are thinking. Here it is: “How am I going to vote? Oh, that is so difficult to say. “The trouble is that I just am not an ideologue. I cannot, on principle alone, support...
LOEWEN: My father’s death and life lived ‘under the sun’
“Your father died ten minutes ago.” The nurse’s terse conveyance over my smartphone left me dumb. The anticipated but dreaded call arrived mid-afternoon last Wednesday. I’d been on the road plying my workaday trade; and the whole way back from Fernie that day, I had been periodically interrupted by thoughts of my dying dad. How...
JONESIE: Do something productive and leave the driver alone
It’s hard to find perspective when a child dies.
PARKER: Fight Club: The new female extracurricular
There isn’t much that makes me squirm with discomfort. Apart from moths inside lampshades, unexpected penis pictures, the occasional episode of criminal minds and awkward small talk with old high school classmates, I’m pretty steadfast when it comes to most situations. More and more, however, I’m finding myself experiencing pangs of what can only be...
JONESIE: Why you should listen to journalists’ complaints about Harper
ARE YOU COMFORTABLE WITH A GOVERNMENT THAT IS BRANDED, BOXED, WRAPPED AND SOLD? I’ve developed a new hobby of trolling partisan voters — voters who have already drank the Kool-Aid and support one party over another or others. It’s easy prey because declared partisans have committed themselves to a path of poor logic. Take the...
BEPPLE: Kamloops council avoiding controversy, for now
No news is good news, or so it seems. Things have been quiet over at Kamloops City Hall for the last while. After controversy over whether wine could or could not be sold at grocery stores (effectively no for now) or whether cosmetic pesticides can be used on lawns, flowers, bushes and non-fruit trees (again...
HELSTON: Personal ads and the lengths people must go to find housing
SINGLE DAD LOOKING TO SETTLE DOWN: Seeking warmth. Security. Positive atmosphere. Must be okay with dogs, kid friendly. Preferably easy on the wallet — and the eyes. Clean and tidy a definite plus. No, it’s not a personal ad. It’s a wanted ad for housing — creatively embellished, though not unreasonable, as personals are —...
POULSEN: Terrorists among the refugees
Justin brought Jean Chretien out of a gratifying obscurity last week to tell Canadians they are both better human beings than Stephen Harper. Chretien said Harper is an “embarrassment" to Canadians because of the way Harper is handling the refugee crisis. Justin had already sermonized on his moral pre-eminence. “You don’t get to suddenly discover...
Why Kelowna Green Party selection Gary Adams wants you to vote for someone else
Editor's Note: Kelowna-Lake Country Green Party candidate Gary Adams has remained largely silent while his party figured out what to do with a local constituency association decision to support Liberal candidate Stephen Fuhr. He released this statement last night. To my supporters and other interested parties, At our most recent meeting, Kelowna Lake Country Greens...
ANDERSON: The refugee crisis won’t be solved with a couple sacks of rice
The riots in Pakistan in 1964 and 65, culminating in the second Indo-Pakistan war, sent 600,000 hungry refugees streaming across the Delhi plains into the heart of an India that at the time couldn't even feed itself. By the time they reached the outskirts of Delhi they were literally starving to death. My mother, with...
