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JONESIE: Oh, you’re concerned about liberties, huh?
OPINION So public health officials and governments have imposed restrictions to stop a pandemic and…
THOMPSON: A life lesson worth learning, even if it was the hard way
OPINION Some of life’s lessons you learn the hard way. It is always better that…
JONESIE: Public health scofflaws making chumps out of the rest of us
OPINION In my newsfeed this week, I counted four people on vacation in Mexico. Another…
POLL: How do you feel about Dr. Bonnie Henry asking you to ‘do more’?
At a press conference, earlier this week, provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry implored residents…
LETTER: Kelowna protest against public health orders not about masks and restrictions
Dear Editor, Out of curiosity, I put my mask on and travelled into downtown Kelowna…
THOMPSON: America has changed, and not for the better
OPINION Last week driving the back roads of Marion County in Florida where I was…
JONESIE: One mad man’s idea worth support, another to run from
OPINION Welcome to another edition of news soup, let’s get to it: * Hey did…
THOMPSON: The amazing adaptations nature makes for survival
OPINION The crested rat – a rodent that roams Eastern Africa – is a creature…
THOMPSON: Time for Republicans to admit Trump’s failings, and their own
OPINION Maybe some people just don’t have a conscience. Donald Trump supporters – whose zeal…
JONESIE: The real white man’s burden
OPINION I know you’re all dying to know what watching Wednesday’s Redneck Rebellion in Washington…
POLL: How well did you follow health orders through the holidays? Give yourself a grade
Before Christmas, we asked about your intentions to follow B.C. Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie…
THOMPSON: We should listen to Bill Gates’ pandemic prognostications
OPINION It’s a new year and who’s to say what 2021 might bring with the…
THOMPSON: Kamala Harris for president 2025
OPINION In just 23 days Kamala Harris will make history, becoming vice president of the…
THOMPSON: Saying goodbye, or maybe good riddance, to 2020
OPINION The year 2020 is almost over, just 10 more days. You might feel like…
JONESIE: There’s no panic here, especially this COVID Christmas
OPINION You know what you don’t see much anymore? Buttons. Like the political kind of…
LETTER: ‘We are people too:’ Merritt’s top cop responds to tragic incident outside detachment
As many of you know, on December 5, 2020 at approximately 4:40 p.m., a major…
POLL: Do you think B.C. should extend Christmas break for schools like other provinces are doing?
B.C.'s second wave of COVID-19 has prompted another wave of closures and restrictions across the…
THOMPSON: Canada is ahead of the U.S. in privacy protection
OPINION The weather was pool-perfect in the Okanagan this past July 19…four months into life…
JONESIE: The thing about anti-maskers
In August 2003, lightning started a small fire in Okanagan Mountain Park, spelling possible danger…
POLL: Will you follow Dr. Bonnie Henry’s health orders and keep Christmas this year small and cozy?
There was some hope B.C.'s Provincial Health Officer would lift health orders before Christmas but…
THOMPSON: One of the world’s most dangerous volcanoes
OPINION I don’t remember too much about my first trip to Portland, Oregon. After all,…
THOMPSON: COVID-19 ‘long haulers’ exemplify pandemic uncertainties
OPINION They call themselves “long haulers”…people who contracted COVID-19 and months later continue to suffer.…
THOMPSON: Rudy Giuliani is not funny, he’s scary
OPINION Last Thursday, with streams of mascara-stained sweat rolling down his cheeks, Rudy Giuliani led…
THOMPSON: COVID-19 numbers don’t lie but President Donald Trump does
OPINION Combat veterans know truths…universal, brutal truths. One is what gets you through days or…