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PARKER: The wonderful dad-bod and other signs we are not alone
When I first read Lena Dunham’s book “Not That Kind of Girl,” I felt like blessing it. Not because she said anything that made me contemplate life like a Joan Didion novel (or, like, the book of Psalms), but because she looked me in the eyeballs —verbally, obviously — and told me my mind was...
BEPPLE: Food trucks key to variety and vibrancy in downtown Kamloops
It doesn't look like Kamloops will become a mecca for food truck cuisine anytime soon. That's how it appears based on the latest policies passed by Kamloops city council.
HELSTON: Angry about school superintendents getting raises? You’re missing the point
Many reacted with shock when news broke that superintendents in three Okanagan school districts were given raises last year, but I think we might be missing the bigger picture. What I find more shocking than a superintendent with 30 years of education experience receiving a pay raise — the first for that position since 2006...
POULSEN: Racial conflict still ravaging American dream
The politically correct are relentless goblins, demanding rules of taste and semantics even amid death and riots in the race-torn U.S. In their latest crusade, the PCs are deeply offended by use of the word “thug” during the Baltimore riots. "These are not thugs, these are upset and frustrated children," said Rev. Jamal Bryant. "'Thugs'...
LOEWEN: The Alberta election and the politics of hope
“Pigs fly!” “Hell has frozen.” “I step off a plane after 3.5 hours and we've got an F'in NDP government and the Flames tying goal is called off!! The world has gone to hell!!!” A sampling of the commentary on my Facebook wall last night as the Alberta provincial election results rolled in and media...
PARKER: Powering down in case of emergency
“I’ll message you when I’m out front so you can let me in,” was the last message I received from a girlfriend before the battery of my phone died. I knew it was dying before I had even left home, but I so strongly believed that 26 per cent would get me from A to...
STAHN: What makes your city worth exploring?
This is hard for me to admit, but it’s important, so bear with me. I live in one of the best wine regions in North America. I’ve never gone on a wine tour. I live in one of best golf areas in the country. I don’t play golf. Heck, we’re even known for some kick-butt...
HELSTON: Slow down and remember Kiera
OPINION I often see the pink and purple ‘Slow down for Kiera’ bumper stickers on…
POULSEN: Peachland industrial-style marijuana grow ready for first crop
The Interior’s largest medical marijuana grow is about to sprout its first crop. The first crop will be . . . strawberries? The strawberries will be a test crop to work out the intricacies of the system, which is extensive and expensive beyond the dreamiest visions of Cheech and Chong. After the strawberry run-through, the farm...
BEPPLE: Security is in the small things
The fact recent headlines from City Hall were about backyard chickens, drive-thrus and transit fares tells me things are fairly quiet on the municipal front in Kamloops. These are typical day-to-day issues dealt with by all municipalities, but nothing which requires strong leadership one way or another. Whether or not my neighbour has chickens in...
LOEWEN: Canada’s not a nation of “scared rabbits”
Anti-democratic, authoritarian and autocratic. Back-stabbing, brow-beating and bullying. Churlish, corrupt and cryptic. Devious, dictatorial and divisive. Egregious and erroneous. Fear-mongering, flawed and fraudulent. Grandiose, grudge-bearing and guileful. Haughty, hectoring and hypocritical. Ill-advised, imperious and invasive. Janus-faced and kleptocratic. Labour-bashing, labyrinthine and lachrymose. Mendacious, militaristic and misguided. Nasty, nefarious, and negligent. Obfuscatory, obscurantist and opaque. Paranoid,...