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JONESIE: The Ballad of Billie-Jo Bennett and other Kelowna stories
OPINION Now and again there comes a story that perfectly encapsulates a time and place.…
Land prices have made the Thompson-Okanagan boring
I was too late to Kelowna for Bedrock City before it closed down in 1996,…
JONESIE: Resist the worst efforts of both sides of the culture wars
OPINION I realize after a week like we’ve had in the Okanagan, after yet another…
JONESIE: Recognizing the positives of Kelowna’s wildfire after 20 years
It’s been twenty years so perhaps I can say it now: The Okanagan Mountain Park…
JONESIE: Notes from a(nother) wildfire
I was on evacuation alert for part of the drama in Kelowna and West Kelowna…
JONESIE: The Thompson-Okanagan isn’t the BC United stronghold it once was
We’re about a year away from some major changes to the political landscape in the…
JONESIE: In Kelowna, new boss is a lot like the old boss
Today’s news is brought to you by The City of Kelowna. It was another slick…
JONESIE: No, Virginia, there is no Santa Claus
You’ve been fed a lie your entire life, just like the rest of us. The…
JONESIE: The mess of pot legalization better than what awaits
Justin Trudeau was leader of the Liberal Party in 2013 but wasn’t considered by anyone…
JONESIE: What did you think Ron Cannan thought?
In the 2022 municipal elections, voters in Kamloops and Kelowna spoke loudly and clearly. They…
JONESIE: Vernon school board showing weakness to bullies
When we first started hearing rumblings that things were going pear-shaped at Vernon school board…
JONESIE: Public loses when predator’s privacy wins
Of course heads should roll. We got a peak behind the curtain of our justice…
JONESIE: What the blind need to see about Kelowna ‘town halls’
If you are interested in civic events, you might have wanted to go to the…
JONESIE: How a BC nurse got railroaded by her regulators
We often write about how teachers, lawyers, real estate agents and others are governed and…
JONESIE: The end of an era at iNFOnews.ca
Six years ago, I got a letter from some guy who said he had just…
JONESIE: Why Reid Hamer-Jackson can’t fight city hall
OPINION I don’t live in Kamloops. Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson’s antics have no effect on me…
JONESIE: Kamloops mayor could learn from Kelowna’s mayor about wielding power
OPINION Kamloops City Councillors should consider themselves lucky. They have a bit of a bully…
JONESIE: How Canadian news became victims in its own story
OPINION Have I ever got a story for you. It’s about an international robbery, a…
JONESIE: Just kill the problem deer, already
OPINION My wife and I were driving to our favourite local park last year when…
JONESIE: The mayor who cried wolf one too many times
OPINION I suppose it was our fault for trusting him. Just because the mayor of…
JONESIE: The importance of local news? Please
OPINION “Write something about the importance of local news or something.” That was the suggestion…
JONESIE: The homeless political centre in BC
OPINION Of course it was Kevin Falcon. Something about that weaselly face and arrogant demeanour……
JONESIE: The real forces controlling the news
OPINION I think I understand sometimes why some people don’t trust the news anymore. It…
JONESIE: BC Conservatives vs democracy, an electoral sideshow
OPINION I can’t recall a more stupid election than this one. We have the NDP…