Police swarm Fauquier
Langley Mountie charged
$10M to parks foundation
CBC embracing streaming
Firefighters lose own homes
CSIS director gets blamed
Suing over trans care ban
Dead after 22-year coma
3 still unaccounted for
Suncor to cut 1,500 jobs
Re/Max forecasts upswing
CBC CEO contract extended
Rockets auction off helmets
Blazers blown out by T-Birds
Rockets reunite brothers
Cattrall reprises Samantha
'Pirates' star dead at 77
Hammer breaks silence
Opinion News
Highway 33's turn for money
Following a series of accidents on Highway 33 in recent days – including a fatality – one has to wonder when the busy ribbon of blacktop will...
Positive signs easy to find
The loonie may be languishing and oil may be in the toilet, but there are plenty of positive economic signs in the Central Okanagan. Kelowna city council heard...
One legacy worth leaving
The good works of the Nature Trust of B.C. keep on coming. This non-profit organization has been protecting British Columbia's natural diversity since 1971....
Parents: vaccinate your kids
It seems like the more obvious something is, the more the conspiracy theorists don’t believe it. Celebrity claims linking vaccinations to autism have been...
Cat licences a waste of time
Bring on the cat herders! If the SPCA has its way in Vernon, you'll soon need a licence for your pet. But, hopefully, city council follows the Regional...
Show us the money on water quality
Water advisories are so frequent in the Okanagan since Interior Health raised its drinking water standards a few years ago, they have become almost irrelevant....
Inching toward pension fairness
Two examples of your tax dollars at work this week paint an interesting picture of government thrift and largesse. First, the bad news. A report by the Fraser...
Seniors going to pot?
The recent case of two senior citizens arrested at a Kamloops-area marijuana grow-op paints an interesting picture of the economic reality for many older...
I wanna be a millionaire
A report released this week by British relief agency Oxfam grabbed headlines with the revelation the world’s richest one per cent will soon have more...
We're OK with cautious approach
A cautiously optimistic tone was probably the right one for Minister of National Revenue Kerry-Lynne Findlay to take during her pre-budget consultation tour...
Budget no penny pincher
You can always count on politicians and public servants to fall over themselves justifying how much money they take out of our wallets in the form of taxation....
To let it burn... or not
A spectacular house fire this week has reignited community discussion about fire protection. The upscale Twin Creek Ranch burned to the ground despite efforts...
LNG dream still alive
Until this week, it seemed like B.C.’s LNG dreams might have been pie in the sky. Premier Christy Clark and her BC Liberals were re-elected on the promise...
Don't let her death be in vain
The tragic death of Roxanne Louie in the South Okanagan only adds urgency to the call for a national action plan on murdered and missing aboriginal women across...
Let the buyer beware
The age-old advice “buyer beware” applies in spades to the unfortunate case of Westside residents Ed Schneider and Ross Arnot. The couple own their...
Oil: how low can it go?
With the price of oil hovering below $50 a barrel, Canadians are facing a double-edged sword. Consumers are enjoying lower gas prices, but the long-term effects...
Wine tourism: we'll drink to that
The honours just keep piling up for the Okanagan's burgeoning wine industry. We're good at wine; and the world is starting to realize it. Wine...
Does HOV change go far enough?
Finally, some common sense is coming into play regarding Kelowna's ridiculous HOV lanes. Introduced in 2009, the high occupancy vehicle lanes were supposed...
Hug a plow driver today
Everyone loves to gripe. There's never a cop around when you need one. Taxes are too high; you didn't deserve that parking ticket. And snow removal...
Adventures in snowmaggedon
First days on the job aren't supposed to be like this. After two hours of shovelling late Sunday night and two more doing the driveway again this morning,...
