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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...
PARKER: Thoughts on remaining relevant in an irrelevant world
In 1984, Madonna released a single that would permeate the entertainment scene like a stick of margarine on a chiffon blouse. “Material Girl” blew up — foreseeing the next 20 (maybe even 30?) years of economic dependence on department stores. While I wasn’t born until after the song left the billboards (’87), I was never...
HELSTON: How staying in became the new going out
I can’t remember the last time I went out for drinks, and the number of times I scooted into a leather restaurant booth in the past year for the sake of socializing is probably smaller than the dessert menu at Boston Pizza. I can’t pinpoint when, exactly, but at some point I became more inclined...
BEPPLE: What does Harper want with Kamloops?
Let sleeping dogs lie. Prime Minister Stephen Harper is coming to Kamloops. Perhaps, a visit long overdue. As reporter James Peters of CFJC-TV quickly pointed out, Stephen Harper hasn’t visited Kamloops since he was the opposition leader. That’s way back to before January 2006. That means he hasn’t been to Kamloops for almost 10 years....
POULSEN: Dogs, cats and an end to booster vaccinations
Have you ever wondered why people need only one round of core vaccinations as kids but your dog or cat seems to need boosters until the day they depart? They probably don't and there's a way to prove it. There's now a relatively inexpensive test being offered by progressive vets that will determine if your...
LOEWEN: The pratfalls of lengthy election campaigns
On August 2nd, when PM Stephen Harper initiated the start of the Canadian federal election campaign, many of us looking at the eleven weeks looming ahead figured the guy was nuts. Eleven weeks? How could a disengaged electorate, stymied by the government’s intransigence in engaging Canadians with accountability and transparency, be expected to get engaged...
ANDERSON: Finding contentment in a cardboard castle
There's nothing like sitting in a cardboard castle on the shore of a lake on the edge of the Rockies late on an early September evening, reading by the soft yellow light of a Coleman gas lamp to get the mind drifting down odd alleyways. The setup finished, a soft rain ending, and my dog...