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Opinion General
LOEWEN: Is Canada living through perilous times? A historical perspective
Given the revelations from the Snowden archives that we now have proof-positive of Canadian government and corporate surveillance of virtually everything that Canadians (and others abroad) say and do, one might forgive Canadians for believing that we live in uniquely perilous times. The times are so perilous that we even share this data with the...
JONESIE: Why that native guy didn’t go to jail for killing a pedestrian in Kamloops
Judging by the comments we’ve received and noticed elsewhere, there’s an outrage boiling in Kamloops over the sentence and then appeal for a local man who struck and killed a woman in a crosswalk with his pickup truck in 2012. His six-month jail sentence was just reduced to house arrest, in part because a Supreme...
PARKER: Bearing witness to the art (and emotion) of Oscar movies
I stopped watching the Oscars when the Academy decided to keep stiffing Leonardo DiCaprio. Titanic I understand, but Gangs of New York? Blood Diamond? Wolf of Wall Street? The Beach? Like, there is a conspiracy in there somewhere. Several years ago, in lieu of watching the actual event, I tried to start a new tradition...
LOEWEN: PM Harper and the language of opacity
Writers are blessed (or damned) to be concerned constantly about language. We’re concerned about things like how our work is received by the reader, whether we are accurate in isolating on the paper or the screen something singular and unique that will be a turn-on for the reader. Maybe give them a little insight or...
JONESIE: This isn’t how to start a conversation on domestic violence
If you didn’t know the name Selina Morrison before, chances are you do now. The Vernon woman, originally from Kelowna, has thrust herself into the spotlight and inspired a conversation we all need to have about domestic abuse. After enduring a frightening exchange with a boyfriend earlier this month, she lit up Facebook with personal...
PARKER: The road to nowhere leads directly to Vegas
When I was in my final semester of University — so long ago, yet somehow I’m still reaping the tax rewards — I was asked to give a presentation on a modern day Utopia. Almost everyone found obscure communes to profile — communities of people living in places such as Niland, California that I so...
STAHN: Why a tethering bylaw has officials at the end of their rope
To tether or not to tether should not even be a question. But it is a question, and that’s because there is so much gray area when it comes to tying up your dog. Where do you draw the line? Should dogs never be tied up? What if they are jumpers or runners? Is it...
LOEWEN: “You say you want a Revolution…”
Many of us instinctively nodded our heads when John Lennon’s song “Revolution” from The Beatles’ White Album (1968) first hit our ears with its slow-grooving guitars and sardonic lyricism: You say you want a revolution Well, you know We all want to change the world... The song was one of Lennon’s first forays into the...