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BEPPLE: Hot and deadly men’s summer fashion
Oh the signs of summer. As soon as summer comes, women wear sandals and bare legs. Practical and sensible. Some men do too, but the majority, especially in the workplace, suffer vainly with long pants, socks and closed toed shoes. Men are as much slaves to fashion as women. Some signs of summer happen year...
POULSEN: Trust in Musk and his real deal electric car
For light summer reading, I learned about solar power (har, har). The book is the biography of Elon Musk. Musk is Bill Gates II or Steve Jobs II, take your pick. He’s the guy behind the Tesla electric car and the private space company SpaceX. One of the SpaceX rockets crashed recently but Musk is...
LOEWEN: B.C wildfires and history through the smoke
When I awoke yesterday morning my city was gone. Ordinarily I hit the back-deck first thing after feeding the puss and putting the coffee on. The first smoke of the day (for all you unfortunate non-smokers out there) is surely one of the most agreeable, and the back-deck morning smoke is surely one of the...
ANDERSON: A word the English language needs
"Hiraeth" (herrre-eyeth) is a Welsh word defined well by one internet meme as "homesickness for a home to which you cannot return, a home which maybe never was; the nostalgia, the yearning, a grief for the lost places of our youth." Even this description doesn't convey the depth of emotion, the intense longing, the bittersweet...
PARKER: Bad Belle of the Ball
The thing no one tells you about being a princess is the blisters are out of this world. I mean, think about it. You have Snow White, who wore the same ballerina flats every day in the deepest, darkest part of an enchanted forest, you have Sleeping Beauty, who wore her shoes to sleep, you...
HELSTON: One tiny, burning ember can do a lot of damage
All of us were reminded this week how destructive fire can be, in so many different ways. On Tuesday night, we saw how fire can take down a building in mere hours, leaving nothing but ash and rubble. It’s awe-inspiring in the most horrific way. But the physical damage is just the beginning. When Vernon’s...
BEPPLE: How should that tax money be spent?
The Canadian Taxpayers Federation is a not-for-profit group dedicated to ‘lower taxes, less waste and accountable government.’ The federation sends out press releases commenting on federal, provincial and local governments across the country. They also campaign against taxes. For example, they campaigned heavily on the ‘No’ side of the recently defeated Metro Vancouver transit referendum....
LOEWEN: From ‘Two Solitudes’ to a new Canada
Happy Canada Day from the searing shores of the Okanagan! Perhaps yesterday’s brain-fryin’ at Kickinee Provincial Park under the relentless sun has me thinking goofy today, but I have decided Canada is a state-of-mind, a feeling as much spiritual as it is geo-political. I’ve never been a huge lover of outlandishly-proportioned displays of national “pride.”...
ANDERSON: A big fat socialist tragedy
Margaret Thatcher was right when she opined that the problem with socialism is eventually running out of other people's money. It's a fact Greece is finding out today, because it will almost certainly miss a debt payment to the Eurozone and face significant economic distress. A last minute deal may appear as it has so...
PARKER: Squad Goals for the win
There were two hashtags that broke the Internet this week and for once, they seemed to play for the same team. #LoveWins was the chosen representative of the legalization of same-sex marriage in all 52 states. Powerful and to the point, the love wins hashtag became home to many celebration sentiments, heartfelt 140 character memoirs...
BEPPLE: Celebrate Canada with new Canadians
The Canada Day celebrations at Kamloops Riverside Park have to be some of the best in the country. With a pancake breakfast, free cake, Art in the Park, live music all day, and ending with fireworks, there is something for everyone. The water park and river to cool off in, which we will totally need...