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ANDERSON: Alberta’s orange wave ‘shallow and temporary’
Rude people will now & then ask me why I think I know so much about Politics. I tell them it's because I'm Smart... But that is a lie: The real reason is because I'm an incurable Gambling addict. ~ Hunter S. Thompson The recent NDP victory in Alberta isn't likely the dawn of a...
PARKER: A crash course in self-improvement
The second my husband slammed on his brakes I knew I was a goner. It was entirely my fault — I trust him to lead us through the streets on two wheels and never actually look for myself. If I had been paying attention instead of zoning out and testing my memory of Iggy Azalea...
BEPPLE: The cost of a (mostly) green lawn
Summer is here. The sprinklers are on. The smell of barbequed meat is in the air. The playgrounds are full of kids and their watchful parents. And it’s not even June. The summer in Kamloops is heating up to be great. My biggest worry at this point is how I’ll keep my lawn green. There...
POULSEN: Canadians are breaking laws as never before
Go ahead, break the law and join the club. Like most other societal change, the Internet is involved. This time it’s an online partner in crime with heretofore law-abiding citizens who have gone bad, by the many millions. For instances: — People are going online to pirate almost everything that can be moved electronically: movies,...
LOEWEN: Where B.C. doesn’t have to mean Bring Cash
Ahhhh... The first long weekend has come and gone. And with its passing, so too have the first round of the thousands of tourists who descend upon the Okanagan Valley each and every blessed summer, starting with the Victoria Day weekend. But they’ll be back, don’t you forget it: Those cigarette boats spewing oil and...
PARKER: Finding community out of town
As far as any of my friends or colleagues are concerned, this long weekend I have been MIA. I haven’t returned texts, haven’t responded to invites, haven’t even emoji’d in response to Instagram comments — and that’s rare. You see, every May long weekend my church choir boards a chartered bus and heads deep into...
HELSTON: Improving Stickle Road needs to be a two-way street
Anyone who’s waited five minutes to make a risky, left-hand break for it off Stickle Road onto Highway 97 towards Vernon knows something needs to change before someone gets killed. Agreeing there’s a problem is the easy part. Finding a solution is where the road rage sets in. Right now, we’ve got the Ministry of...
BEPPLE: Cleaning up the climate change mess in Kamloops
We are now in uncharted waters. As a species, we have caused massive changes to the atmosphere. Time will tell of the consequences. Over the last 100 years, we have burned massive amounts of coal, oil and gas. As a result, we have introduced large quantities of carbon dioxide, or CO2, into the atmosphere. The...
POULSEN: McDonald’s sells out to the kale crowd
I’ve never written a restaurant review so it’s an honour to start with a five-star eatery. McDonald’s has a new item on its menu. Canada has been chosen as the world-wide test market for McDonald’s kale salads. They arrived at the McDriv-Thru last Friday. Don’t think we’re being used as Guinea pigs. Maybe like canaries...
LOEWEN: A bittersweet Spring and the birth of a book
Bittersweet, this year. The changing of the season I mean. The dogged persistence of nature’s Spring re-awakening. Here in the Okanagan, one welcomes happily the greening of the hills, the height of the sun, the air moist and fragrant with, first cherry and then lilac, blossoms. Magpies and quail nest in our yards. The vineyards,...
