Opinion

The federal election campaign is well underway, although in actuality it has been going on for months now. True politicians never stop campaigning since they know no matter how good they may be (or think they are), it’s all or nothing on election day. The heart of any election is door knocking. That is where...

It’s said that all politics are local, although with Harper’s decision to break the bank (our bank) with a long campaign and a lot of national advertising, maybe that’s just a quaint thought.

For those of us who follow politics closely, it’s easy to get excited at the prospect of a federal election on the horizon. But even the most die-hard politico pales at the sight of a prime minister announcing the official start of an election campaign that will run for nearly eighty days before voters get...

“I had the ambition to not only go farther than man had gone before, but to go as far as it was possible to go.” ~ Captain James Cook, 1768 After the great spasm of the Second World War ground to a halt and the geopolitical landscape solidified into the Cold War, something else began...

Crazy headline: U.S. given right to access tax, bank information of four million Canadians It’s true. The agreement between the U.S. and Canada - approved in Ottawa by the man in the blue suit (Harper) - is the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act, FATCA for short. It’s 1,700 pages but the gist is that the Internal...

You never know what awaits you when you enter the Summerland Ladies’ Auxiliary Thrift Shop. At the stroke of one p.m. on any given Tuesday, when the shop opens its doors, the Valley’s savviest shoppers have gathered into a teeming mass for at least the last half hour. Local seniors may be the most unappeasable...

"Justin Trudeau could be prime minister if election held today" enthused an Ottawa Citizen headline on April 4, 2013, not long before the princeling sailed to overwhelming victory in the Liberal leadership election. It was one of very many such headlines over the following months. As late as early this year Justin still dominated the...

I watched as the waitress with the moon tattoo descended upon our table straight out of the blue cigarette cloud. I prayed that the restaurant would turn into a serve-yourself cafeteria and — for a brief moment — I questioned my level of hunger, despite being fresh off an overseas flight during which I refused...