Opinion
JONESIE: What did you think Ron Cannan thought?
In the 2022 municipal elections, voters in Kamloops and Kelowna spoke loudly and clearly. They…
YO MAMA: Mommy and Me New Year’s workout
It was New Year’s Day and my son was playing happily with some new building…
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…
THOMPSON: The risks of washing meat before you cook it
OPINION We are creatures of habit to be sure. We often do things whether science…
YO MAMA: Toddler’s first ‘real’ Christmas
We first spotted his red hat through the window of the store. He was scurrying…
JONESIE: No, Virginia, there is no Santa Claus
You’ve been fed a lie your entire life, just like the rest of us. The…
THOMPSON: It’s time to recruit Canadians to influence US election
OPINION I have never recycled one of my columns in the nearly seven years of…
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…
THOMPSON: Shortage of air traffic control workers in North America concerning
OPINION Imagine that your job is controlling a stoplight. You work five days a week,…
YO MAMA: A toddler’s guide to tidying up
I started reading celebrity organizer Marie Kondo’s book “The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up” right…
THOMPSON: How Vernon and Irene Castle became cultural icons in 1910
OPINION Long before Derek and Julianne Hough, Gene Kelly and Leslie Caron or Fred Astaire…
THOMPSON: Why advances in drive-thru technology aren’t helping communities
OPINION Not long ago, a 28-year-old man was arrested at a Bank of America drive-thru…
THOMPSON: The ongoing war against cockroaches
OPINION Last count, about one-and-a-half million people live in the Hawaiian Islands. Another ten million…
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…
YO MAMA: I’ll have peeta putta and jam any day
“Me scoopa no vroom vroom, scoopa hitchy wee-oooh-weee-oooh.” I chuckled from the kitchen as I…