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THOMPSON: It’s time for taxation to be simplified in Canada and around the world
OPINION It was – as I recall – breathtakingly green…almost as if hand painted by…
THOMPSON: This is not your father’s golf
OPINION Danny Noonan – paying his way to college by caddying at exclusive Bushwood Country…
POLL: Will you continue to wear a mask indoors when orders are lifted July 1?
We're ahead of schedule in B.C. and starting tomorrow, most public health orders and restrictions…
THOMPSON: Democrats must fight the lies and fiction from Trump Republicans
OPINION What do you say to someone who believes the U.S. government and its major…
THOMPSON: How the COVID-19 pandemic changed us
OPINION Looking at a map of the world last week, I thought about how the…
THOMPSON: Canadian residential school tragedy demands restitution
OPINION When I first heard of the 215 unmarked graves of children who died during…
JONESIE: The knives are out for Kelowna Mayor Colin Basran
OPINION Kelowna Mayor Colin Basran seemed pretty pleased with himself for raising $31,000 for his…
THOMPSON: Inhumane sport of dog racing comes to an end in Florida
OPINION A bit of my past recently passed…something I expect and accept as I age.…
LETTER: Dark history or present reality?
OPINION Since the news broke about the discovery of the remains of 215 Indigenous children…
THOMPSON: Still no accountability for Tulsa Race Massacre
OPINION A hundred years ago today, thousands of white residents of Tulsa, OK turned on…
THOMPSON: When curiosity takes wing
OPINION The other day as I stepped outside my front door…a swallow swooped down within…
THOMPSON: Time for the wealthy to pay their fair share of taxes
OPINION Billionaire. It’s hard to get your head around what it means to be a…
THOMPSON: Willie Mays, baseball’s greatest of all time
It was 1989 – mid-July – and I was in San Francisco on a trip…
POLL: Should the border with Alberta be closed until B.C. and Alberta get COVID under control?
B.C. has finally figured out it is going to enforce inter-provincial travel to stop the…
THOMPSON: Link between air pollution and climate change can’t be ignored
During the past 16 months, nearly 3.2 million people worldwide have died from a raging…
THOMPSON: ‘Awesome’ and other words that should be banned
OPINION There are certain words in English that maybe we should no longer use, and…
POLL: Since legalization, how much of your cannabis comes from retail stores?
It's once again 4/20 so we've turned our poll question today towards cannabis. It's been…
THOMPSON: Chauvin trial highlights the need for change in America
OPINION When I was 25 years old, I had a friend, mentor and boss in…
THOMPSON: A year later COVID-19 still an imminent threat
OPINION We’re all weary of the pandemic that has plagued us for more than a…
JONESIE: What’s gotten me through the pandemic (so far)
OPINION What’s gotten me through the pandemic? Well, thanks for asking. It’s an important question,…
THOMPSON: Exploding the myths surrounding America’s incarceration problem
OPINION America likes to put its citizens behind bars. Indeed, “Lock her (or him) up!”…
LETTER: B.C. needs city hall recall
OPINION Dear Editor, Most people probably haven’t spent much time in a champagne room, but…
POLL: Do you support the new B.C. public health orders announced yesterday?
This isn't the new normal we were expecting. It seemed in B.C. we were starting…
THOMPSON: Time to start collecting what wealthy owe in income tax
OPINION There are almost 32 million small businesses in the United States, and nearly 90…