Local Columnists

When I began dreaming about riding, I dreamt about owning a Harley-Davidson.

Last Thursday, the keynote speaker at the opening of Penticton's Meadowlark Nature Festival was asked what he thinks of genetically modified organisms (GMOs).

A recent column on the new, encrypted, secret police scanners in Kelowna brought a clever response from former Winnipeg police chief Dale Henry.

While we are still trying to digest the $16 million to repave Bernard Avenue and unjustified three per cent city tax increases, we are hit with the great news that Mayor Walter Gray and council donated $30,000 of our money to keep Ballet Kelowna alive.

Last Tuesday, British Columbians made a clear choice. The B.C. Liberals received a strong mandate to lead the province for the next four years, winning 50 of the 85 seats in the legislature.

There's an old saying that goes, "No matter where I serve my guests, they like the kitchen best."

Leona Helmsley, the hotel heiress, spent several years in prison for tax evasion. Before her conviction, she said tax laws and other laws were for "the little people" and should not apply to her.

In the early 1970s, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) recommended developed economies grant autonomous and non-reciprocal tariff preferences to developing countries in order to increase their export earnings, promote their industrialization, and promote their economic growth.

Fumbling to explain the massive gap between polls predicting an NDP win and the reality of election night's larger majority for the Christy Clark Liberals, Angus Reid Public Opinion spokesperson Mario Conseco cited the NDP's inability to excite younger British Columbians.