Cautioned before road trips
Octopus fire, ignition works
SkyTrain attendant attacked
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Body thrown in dumpster
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Opinion News
Need to 'vaccinate' forests
The public would be surprised to know that wildfires and COVID-19 have a lot in common. The coronavirus disease is a contagion; it spreads from person to person...
The kids are not all right
Most people would agree that protecting children should be our country’s utmost priority. Protecting children from unhealthy food products and fast-food...
Farewell to the kitchen
I am a chef in the Okanagan and I have been hearing/reading a lot about the lack of employees in the Okanagan. I keep hearing from owners and heads of...
Google, Glacier sign deal
As has been communicated extensively over the last while in Canada and around the world, the ability to publish credible and reliable news has become seriously...
Let's play major league ball
Earlier this year, the notion of Vancouver becoming the host of a Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise began to be taken a bit more seriously. The Oakland...
Liberals still lead in polls
Speculation about a fall post-pandemic election continues in Canada, as the vaccination rates increase across the country and the electorate gets ready for a...
Baby steps to normal
Getting back to normal after 17 months of varying pandemic restrictions amounts to a giant leap for most people. Just walking a grocery aisle whichever...
Action, not rhetoric needed
B.C. paramedics and dispatchers are the pride of our province — frontline workers who dedicate their lives to keeping British Columbians safe and healthy....
Unsatisfied with justice
Even in a year that has focused primarily on mitigating the COVID-19 pandemic, certain aspects of life in Canada must continue without restrictions. One of them...
History or present reality
Since the news broke about the discovery of the remains of 215 Indigenous children at the Kamloops Residential School, I have been bombarded by texts and phone...
Is your cat killing wildlife?
What a lovely sight! Look at Patches as she heads out for her morning jaunt in the fields near her home. How cute is she as she tiptoes through the dew-drenched...
EV roadblocks ahead
More than two years have gone by since the Government of British Columbia first established a plan to wean drivers off fossil fuel-powered vehicles. The...
Light at the end of tunnel
As Canadians await their chance to be inoculated against COVID-19, the past couple of weeks have featured more public demonstrations from residents who have...
Not ready for prime time
In an earlier age – when water was free and you paid for music – there was some reason for a broadcast regulator. Today: not so much, and in the...
Allergy season is back
The weather is warming up in Kelowna, and while many of us are happy to be back outdoors enjoying the fresh air, it also means that seasonal allergies are back....
Eby fires back at Penticton
Below is a response by B.C. Housing Minister and Attorney General David Eby to paid advertisements run by the City of Penticton in a number of Okanagan...
Keeping Canadians awake
In late 2019, when Research Co. and Glacier Media originally reviewed the nightly habits of Canadians, we learned that many of us were not meeting the...
The public's right to 'no'
Last week I used the province’s freedom of information law to ask the B.C. Office of the Premier for any records to support, even justify its 30% budget...
Warnings over roadblocks
The publicity and warnings about the police enforcement of regional travel bans in B.C. will probably have a lot more impact than the actual checkpoints. As...
Vitriol on social media
The last couple of years have not been particularly great for the dissemination of news in North America. First, we went through extremely divisive political...
