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Opinion General
THOMPSON: That good feeling you get returning to Canada from US
OPINION I get a good feeling every time I cross the border into Canada, most…
YO MAMA: The man in the hat
OPINION We have this friend who always wears a ball cap. The guy must have…
THOMPSON: Republican misinformation and lies have put America on the brink
OPINION There is good reason to be worried for America. It is on the very…
YO MAMA: Your baby is a zen master
OPINION Water vapour floats up in soft wisps and tendrils as I drain my pot…
THOMPSON: Do we really need to take our shoes off at the door?
OPINION There are two kinds of houses, those where you take your shoes off at…
OPINION: Kelowna, Kamloops mayors say B.C. cities need access to federal housing fund
OPINION People who work in our cities can’t afford to live in them. Young people…
YO MAMA: “It’s just that easy!”
OPINION It was finally here, that momentous day the kid turned six months old and…
JONESIE: Kelowna’s soulless city and the tyranny of privacy
OPINION This week we told you about Rick Halisheff, a musician in Kelowna who is…
THOMPSON: Grief isn’t a problem to solve, it’s a process
OPINION A friend expressed on FaceBook last week how the loss of her father a…
YO MAMA: Burn, baby, burn
OPINION Sometimes, I swear my husband strategically asks me questions when he knows I am…
THOMPSON: What you should remember from 94th Academy Awards ceremony
OPINION Actor Will Smith won the Oscar for Best Actor in a Leading Role at…
YO MAMA: Baby’s first unique… word?
OPINION It sounded like he was saying “Dad” with a polite little English boy accent,…
THOMPSON: As COVID pandemic wanes, it’s not the time to ignore science
OPINION The Omicron coronavirus BA.1 – like an unwanted house guest – is finally leaving…
YO MAMA: All those precious baby hats
OPINION I found your little green toque today, the one they gave you at the…
THOMPSON: There will be no winners in Ukraine-Russian war
OPINION There are always reasons for war, some more noble and righteous than others. But…
YO MAMA: One hundred pickled eggs
I’ve never been good at shelling eggs. Every time I complain about this culinary deficiency,…
THOMPSON: Why more Americans are cheerleading for Putin and Russia
OPINION Despite the Russian invasion of Ukraine killing women, children and elderly…millions of Americans and…
YO MAMA: When babies ignore social distancing rules
OPINION I found a vacant corner of the big blue playmat and sat down with…
THOMPSON: The strategic error that is Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine
OPINION On paper, it’s a walkover. Not even a drunken gambler with a fondness for…
LETTER: Rust Valley Restorers host Mike Hall knows how to ‘keep it real’
OPINION To Mike Hall, host of Rust Valley Restorers, I've been a car junkie since…
YO MAMA: The tale of the baby who loves to munch his Munsch
OPINION I sat cross-legged on the floor with my eight-month-old son nestled in the seat…
JONESIE: Notes from another vacation amid a global crisis
OPINION Post-COVID is going great so far, don’t you think? Nothing to worry about now.…
THOMPSON: A look back at parenting in the 1950s
OPINION My mother never read a book about raising children. I doubt she even heard…
YO MAMA: A new view from the living room couch
OPINION It was about to happen again. The kid, now two weeks old, was going…