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PARKER: Burning Man: trendy, but thankfully not fashionable
In 1986, upon the evening of the summer solstice, Larry Harvey, Jerry James and a handful of other Haight-Ashbury beatniks gathered on Baker Beach in San Francisco, California and set a nine foot wooden man and his little wooden dog on fire. The dog has since been taken out of the equation, but the wooden...
HELSTON: If a tree falls in Vernon, does it matter if herons used it?
I’ve been asking a lot of questions about herons lately, and whether or not they were in a grove of trees that got chopped down in advance of a housing development. I don’t know if the birds were ever there, but the City of Vernon, which issued the removal permit, seems pretty confident they weren’t....
BEPPLE: Business confidence is lost when councillors can’t provide certainty
Business loves certainty. And that's what local businesses thought they had a few weeks ago when Kamloops city council defeated a motion to restrict the locations of stores selling alcohol to within 1 km of existing retailers. The motion, which Councillor Spina proposed, was defeated by a tie vote of 4 to 4. With the...
POULSEN: Speeches in one minute or less . . .
* Mike Duffy smiling for the cameras is not a sight most people want to see, while they are eating or otherwise. His lawyer has been making trouble for Nigel Wright and – by extension, of course, Stephen Harper – and Duffy had the grin of a man exonerated. Not so fast, smiley face. Duffy...
LOEWEN: The foul mouth of Canadian politics
It would seem that PR-massaged optics has supplanted good old-fashioned and honest content these days. Especially on the Canadian federal election campaign trail.
ANDERSON: The Age of Atonement
"As the first thousand years of our calendar drew to an end, in every land of Europe the people expected with certainty the destruction of the world. Some squandered their substance in riotous living, others bestowed it for the salvation of their souls on churches and convents, bewailing multitudes lay by day and by night...
PARKER: The original high school glee
The ten-year high school reunion is something that has gained a reputation as being both tedious and terrific, equal parts stressful and successful, both a blast and a bomb. It is something teenagers think about in the throes of being pushed up against lockers and being the chubby girl in the locker room. It is...
BEPPLE: Federal election promises are often local government issues
While the candidates for the upcoming federal election may want us all to believe the issues are all about national concerns, in reality many issues are rooted closer to home, at the municipal and local government level. Whoever gets elected October 19 to sit in parliament in Ottawa will have to work closely with local...
POULSEN: Shakespeare smoked what? Not in Harperland, he better not
The actor in the Conservative's TV ad is beside himself. Hearing that Justin wants to legalize marijuana, he sneers: “Is that really the biggest problem we have?” Seeing how he asked, I sneered back: “Close to it!” Canada needs the revenue and doesn’t need the gangs to keep getting Lamborghini-rich off the proceeds. Yes, they...
LOEWEN: ‘I miss you so much when you go’
In recent weeks the drib-drab-drip of Time’s passing has been most acutely observed within the confines of my father’s room at the local hospice. Death’s anteroom — thoughtfully outfitted with big-screen display, luxurious leather recliner, the convenience of a mini fridge, and a cot for my mother -- will be Dad’s last home for some...
