Local Columnists

When public-sector unions push for a pay increase to keep up with inflation, they're not referring to the cost of living in the free market.

The first kiss. The first house. The first child. The first, the first, oh, the first. How we live for a world of first times.

Like many people in the Central Okanagan, I know where Jarome Iginla lives in the summer.

MotorI worked hard for my new bumper sticker: I survived the Road to Hana.

Rotary is non-political and non-sectarian, so forgive me for this comment, but over the past couple weeks, as we are approaching Easter and April 1, my thoughts keep flashing back to a great friend and fellow Rotarian, Albert Baldeo.

For the last four months, my time has been measured by the unfamiliar rhythms of English soccer games and diaper changes.

The new federal budget doesn't feature big surprises or changes. It is the continuation of the Conservative agenda to keep Canada's head above water while the world and U.S. economies recover.

Take a few grapes, crush them, bottle the elixir and voila, you have a recipe for some great economic success. The British Columbia Wine Institute, which is chaired by the passionate Josie Tyabji and hard-working executive director Miles Prodan, recently forwarded me the results of the largest research study ever conducted on the Canadian wine and grape industry.

Kathryn Johnson of Kelowna has two reasons for participating in her first Ride to Conquer Cancer, from the Lower Mainland to Washington state and back, on June 15 and 16.