Opinion

I’m keeping a close eye on a group of uppity seniors in Kamloops who seem to have escaped the seniors home. You should keep an eye on them too. They’re possessed with a crazy idea that they needn't be behind walled cities or huddled together at the pudding station of the modern old folks home....

LANGUAGE ADVISORY Politicians in Vernon have ended fireworks on Canada Day this year. It’s because of “liability” concerns, say local leaders. Mayor and council: My little pansies, don’t you understand what your timidity and fearfulness is teaching our kids? What can be said about a society where “risk assessment” is treated as a legitimate profession,...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...