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JONESIE: Public loses when predator’s privacy wins
Of course heads should roll. We got a peak behind the curtain of our justice…
THOMPSON: If I could be someone else it would be Fred Astaire
OPINION Have you ever thought about being another person? No, not because you’re disappointed in…
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…
THOMPSON: America at risk of becoming world’s most powerful dictatorship
OPINION “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr…
THOMPSON: The moment you realize you’ve become your father
OPINION I – like every son – became my father. It took awhile, almost 74…
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: 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…
iN RESPONSE: Readers have their say
Following are emailed reader responses to stories for the last week of March 2024. They…
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: 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…
iN RESPONSE: Readers have their say
Following are emailed reader responses to stories or letters to the editor for the first…
iN RESPONSE: Readers have their say
Following are emailed reader responses to stories or letters to the editor for the second…
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: 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…
iN RESPONSE: Readers have their say
Following are emailed reader responses to stories or letters to the editor for the third…
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: 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: 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 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: Red Lobster: From fine dining to bankruptcy
OPINION I was in Lakeland, FL, for a baseball tournament the Summer before entering university…
THOMPSON: Americans won’t let Trump win the election
OPINION Ironically, nothing has really changed about Donald Trump. Oh, yes, he’s a convicted felon…