The B.C and Canadian governments certainly don’t like raising taxes but that doesn’t mean they haven’t lost their appetite for our money. They just find ways of… Read more “Taxation without taxes”
Category: Politics
Kelowna council takes its first bite into the CD-21 zone
I’m a bit of a geek so I went to this morning’s city council meeting to find out what’s going on with the CD-21 zone. It turned… Read more “Kelowna council takes its first bite into the CD-21 zone”
Let Kelowna’s CD-21 games begin
On Monday Kelowna city council will begin unravelling a plan to redevelop downtown that a few weeks ago was only one stitch away from completion. And depending… Read more “Let Kelowna’s CD-21 games begin”
Olympic crap
The above picture, believe it or not, is actually a USB memory stick. This cute piece of swag, fashioned out of rubber to look like a two-man… Read more “Olympic crap”
Oh Canada! What a rush!
What a blast. I have to admit, after years of being a cranky pants when it came to anything to do with the Olympics, once the party… Read more “Oh Canada! What a rush!”
My last days at Kelowna.com
It turns out my final Kelowna.com story was about Lunar New Year at a Buddhist temple here in town. Less than an hour after I posted this… Read more “My last days at Kelowna.com”
The Olympics show us what we’re capable of
This ended up being my last column at Kelowna.com before I was made redundant, as the British say. My point in the column was simply this: the… Read more “The Olympics show us what we’re capable of”
The Games aren’t worth giving up our values for
The story of how cops are intimidating people who speak out against the Olympics is just too juicy a story, not to mention important. So, I turned … Read more “The Games aren’t worth giving up our values for”
Are police going too far in trying to protect the Olympics?
As luck would have it, B.C.’s Solicitor General, Kash Heed, came to town two days after my story about how the cops tried to interview a presenter… Read more “Are police going too far in trying to protect the Olympics?”
Police descend on anti-Olympic speakers in Kelowna
The story gods were good to me. I went to an anti-Olympic talk at Okanagan College, hoping to get something interesting out of it. The talk unfortunately… Read more “Police descend on anti-Olympic speakers in Kelowna”
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