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McDONALD: No cure for the indifference helping to kill hundreds in B.C.
OPINION If you have never heard of Dr. Trevor Corneil, that’s OK, but I sleep…
McDONALD: Fighting for your right to walk Kelowna’s beaches
OPINION It’s not hard to forget about Kelowna’s beaches right now, even if you’re standing…
McDONALD: So when does pointing out the obvious become click bait?
Professor David Jefferess of UBC Okanagan thinks I’m the worst kind of sensationalist click-bait journalist,…
McDONALD: Finding old friends; Facebook’s double-edged sword
OPINION There it sits on my computer screen, a Pandora’s box if you will, that…
McDONALD: Tax fairness or tax grab; Trudeau’s changes will hit close to home
OPINION Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the federal Liberals aren’t the only politicians hearing about…
McDONALD: Why you’re entitled to your opinion even if it’s wrong
OPINION It’s a tough business, this peddling of opinions. Everyone’s got one and they don’t…
BEPPLE: Free transit goes to those who don’t need it in Kamloops
Syrian refugees who are living in Kamloops won’t be getting free transit passes from the…
BEPPLE: Helping people before it becomes a homicide
After no homicides in 2015, Kamloops has already seen two within a week. First, on…
STAHN: Can council really keep their mouths shut during Ajax delegations?
The intent is great: Give everyone a voice. But in practicality I think council was…
BEPPLE: New refugees will help Kamloops thrive
My father’s family comes from Romania where they had been farmers. Between 1914 and 1929, my grandfather was conscripted and fought in two wars. First in First World War, and then a subsequent war. He was a prisoner of war in one of them. In the First World War alone, almost 10 per cent of...
PROSKIW: Emotion has no place in a fight
KELOWNA - I saw my first UFC fight in 1995, only two years after it launched in the U.S. I found the VHS tape tucked away on the bottom shelf of the sports section at a 24-hour video rental store that closed down a decade ago. I was 17 and the description on the back...