Opinion

THOMPSON: Red Lobster: From fine dining to bankruptcy
OPINION I was in Lakeland, FL, for a baseball tournament the Summer before entering university…

THOMPSON: Why Republicans have become an enemy to freedom, democracy in America
OPINION I’m asked often by my Canadian friends, “Why are Americans so divided?” It is…

THOMPSON: Canada needs to hold big pharma to account for opioid epidemic
OPINION The opioid epidemic has been around longer than any of us might like to…

THOMPSON: Here’s hoping the jury in Trump’s hush money trial does the right thing
OPINION Irony – perhaps like so many words – is not one that Donald Trump…

THOMPSON: Why it’s called ‘The Grand and Glorious Semi-Annual Adventure’
OPINION We – meaning my wife, Bonnie, and I – arrived back in Vernon from…

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…

THOMPSON: Why do so many Christian Evangelicals support Trump for president?
OPINION A large group of self-proclaimed religious people in the U.S. don't seem to be…

THOMPSON: Junk drawers: No method to my indefensible organizational madness
OPINION Maybe everyone has that drawer, you know, the one where you stick things because…

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…

THOMPSON: Calling balls and strikes on both sides of the US-Canada border
OPINION “Play!” That’s what we say to start a baseball game. By we, I mean…

THOMPSON: Women still need to be twice as good to be almost equal
OPINION At least half of those reading this column won’t be shocked by the next…

JONESIE: The end of an era at iNFOnews.ca
Six years ago, I got a letter from some guy who said he had just…

THOMPSON: Trump needs cash so he’s selling Bibles to his supporters
OPINION I’d like to think most Americans aren’t…hmmm, how do I frame this?…let’s say, intellectually…

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…

THOMPSON: The moment you realize you’ve become your father
OPINION I – like every son – became my father. It took awhile, almost 74…