Tragic end to waterfall hike
Bear charges at kayaker
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Preventing suicide
Harm reduction not enough
Train derailment in Quebec
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Obama talking to Trump?
Teen Mom charged 
Wild west shootout
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What's Meghan wearing?
New airline launching
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Hogan back in Hall of Fame
Falcons pickled in Portland
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Khloe and Tristan rebuilding
Ashlee's return to reality TV
Britney open to reunion
Writer's Bloc
Another piece of the puzzle
Adding Another Piece to the Puzzle in the White Lake Basin By Judie Steeves Yellow monkey flowers scattered along the pathway through tall grass tell a tale of...
B.C.'s enviro hypocrisy
By Danielle Smith All right, British Columbians. I have had it up to my eyeballs with your wilful blindness to environmental issues in your own province. So,...
Scrap the Speculation Tax
By Jane Hoffman I have lived in Kelowna for the past 35 years. I have raised my family in Kelowna, built my business here and hope to retire here. I love this...
Life with Norm Letnick
Following last year's “Life as an MP” column, I wanted to feature one of our local MLAs. It took a lot more work to co-ordinate than we had both...
Women must keep fighting
By Genesa M. Greening Today is International Women’s Day, and as I consider the seismic shifts that have occurred of late in business, the arts, and...
Vote for a Green change
The best vote for necessary change By Robert Stupka The Kelowna West byelection is a historic opportunity to vote for new leadership that advocates for this...
What is a Libertarian?
By Kyle Geronazzo The first question I hear from most people is, “what is a libertarian?” Comedian Drew Carey once said that a libertarian is...
Everything has changed...
...Even My Name By Kate Dalton When I last shared my life with the readers of Castanet, I could have never known how fortuitous the last lines of my column...
Needling nausea away
By Michael Cote Most people would agree with Chinese medical theory that the digestive system is moving in the wrong direction when you’re throwing up....
IH had a busy year
Interior Health year in review By Doug Cochrane As 2018 approaches, it is a great opportunity to reflect on the past year. On behalf of Interior Health, it is...
B.C. fuelling Airbnb rentals?
By Lynne Arbuthnot Will changes to the Residential Tenancy Act backfire? Could new B.C. tenancy rules end up pushing more long-term rentals into Airbnb...
Answer to the budget why
By Tom Wilson Leading up to city council’s review of the provisional budget on Thursday, this question is bound to come up: Why don’t taxes simply...
Seeing in a new light
By Mandy Stewart Toastmaster magazine One year ago, I joined a very “strange” group that meets in my local library. What makes us strange? Well, for...
The forests need your help
Mad rush to destroy forest ecosystems By Brian L. Horejsi I can't imagine any rational or knowledgeable observer believing forest management or conservation...
We owe the children
From Poverty to Possibility: Hope on the Horizon, But Child Poverty Rate Still High By Heidi Smith This year’s BC Child Poverty Report is the first in...
Life on city council
Monday council meetings By Ryan Donn A few years ago, I had a chat with Castanet about writing a few columns about life on city council. It's taken a couple...
Rental furore: Part 3
The tourism impact of short-term rentals (STRs) By Mark Ameerali In 2016, tourism Kelowna commissioned a survey of the visitors to Kelowna and compared the...
Rental furore: Part 2
By Mark Ameerali City council’s role in short term vacation rentals Kelowna is facing a desperate rental shortage, with vacancy rates at 0.5 per cent and...
What your car really costs
By Mark Ameerali For many drivers, the number they see on the windshield is their biggest consideration when it comes to buying a new car. But the sticker price...
Short-term rental furore
Short term rentals in Kelowna: blessing or curse? by Mark Ameerali One of the hot-button issues in the overheated Kelowna housing market is short-term rentals...
