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HELSTON: Welcoming worldwide celebrities the Okanagan way
We’ve all seen photos of mob-like crowds pooling around celebrities, smartphones thrust above the horde, paparazzi elbowing their way to the front, stars diving into vehicles while body guards hold back the gawkers. The famous people at the centre of it all just wanted to enjoy an ice cream cone at the park, or something...
STAHN: When is it time to listen to the students?
Students and teachers have been asking for it. A petition with more than 770 student signatures was submitted to the school board last year. This year another 300 students have already signed another petition. Yet an anti-homophobic harassment policy still does not exist in our schools. The bureaucratic process has its place. Legally steps need...
GOG: You can’t claim that on television
I have learned that the makers of a beverage called “Red Bull” (because it is red and is made with something called Taurine, which once came from the testes of bulls) have had to hand out rather a lot of money in $10 increments to their disgruntled customers. They need to compensate them because, contrary...
LOEWEN: Lest we forget: A meditation on Remembrance
In the southern Ontario of my youth in the Seventies, we were surrounded by reminders of war. Every little town, every larger city, had its monuments and memorials erected to commemorate the fallen, usually young men of British descent whose names, borne in stone, stared back at us, muted reminders of mass suffering too horrible...
JONESIE: What is really going on with Taxpayers First?
The Kelowna municipal election has truly taken a turn for the bizarre courtesy of the City’s first political slate. If you haven’t been keeping track, nearly every day Taxpayers First has one-upped itself on pie-in-the-sky goodies that make American politics look sane and orderly. Already they’ve made hundreds of millions of dollars in promises along...
PARKER: Putting an old adage to the test
CLEARLY MY BOYFRIEND HAS NO IDEA WHAT 'STRAIGHT' MEANS AND THIS WAS A PROBLEM. There’s an old couple’s adage — that’s probably now a meme — that says thou shalt not hang wallpaper together. The thing is, Urban Outfitters has this super cute metallic silver and black print stuff that I just knew was going...
STAHN: Understanding what candidates really stand for
It can be hard to watch a new candidate stand up to speak about their vision for our city and why they think they are the best person for the job.
ARCHER: The importance of being a jury member
I spent three days this week at the Penticton courthouse sitting in on a coroner’s inquest for the death of a 30-year-old man, Steven Joseph Scott, who died two years ago while in police custody. I had never been to an inquest before and was happily surprised to find the five-person jury and all the...
HELSTON: How a child lurer got away with it, and how we can stop the next one
If you’re caught drunk driving, you’ll likely find a breathalyzer device on your car to prevent a repeat offense. Likewise, convicted drug dealers on probation are checked up on by police. But it seems there was little supervision in place to prevent sex offender David Willerth from attempting to lure more girls over the computer....
JONESIE: Kelowna Mountain, Taxpayers First and Sharon Shepherd
The Kelowna municipal election may mean little for the 60 to 70 per cent of residents who won’t vote for a mayor and councillors, but it’s absolutely vital for one resident of the Central Okanagan Regional District. If developer Mark Consiglio hopes to achieve any of his dreams of developing Kelowna Mountain into a profitable...
GOG: Complainers… they’re the worst
'I HAVE NO ISSUE WITH THE COLOUR OF THEIR SKIN; IN FACT I FIND THE PASTY WHITE NICELY OFFSETS THE BROWN OF THEIR TEETH WHEN THEY SNARL' I am not a racialist. Far from it: I am myself composed of many different and interesting colours. But I have to admit there is a race of...
LOEWEN: Saying sayonara for poor service
Against my better judgement, I found myself hankering for a breakfast sandwich last month. The handful of vitamins and Ibuprofen that normally steady a guy’s nerves weren’t cutting it, so I decided to chance a stroke and snag something breakfast-like from the offerings off a fast-food menu board. Entering the plastic environment of the place...
