Mr. Urquhart’s op-ed in the March 23 Times Chronicle notes a major issue with short-term rentals; notably the fire and safety risks associated with illegal unlicensed short-term rentals (as demonstrated by the recent tragic fire in Montreal).
Over the course of the last month or so I’ve had the opportunity to have a couple of interactions with the South Okanagan Similkameen Medical Foundation.
I was surprised the other day when I received the latest e-news update from the Town of Osoyoos.
European climate protesters have devised a new and slightly unorthodox tactic in the fight to curb global emissions: throwing food and other substances at famous paintings.
From the get-go the Osoyoos election was polarized. Lingering unhappiness in some quarters continues to fester with a recent computer hacking incident leading people to draw lines between the dots, fuelling conspiracy theories and perhaps even paranoia.
Very interesting municipal election.
The hate-filled verbal assault on Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland in Grande Prairie, Alberta recently, should (sadly) not come as much of a surprise.
We’ve been lied to continuously since the very first moment an oil company came into existence. They lie about price, they lie about geo-political influence, they lie about pollution, they lie about environmental impacts and they lie about recycling.
Guns, slaughter and denial. Just another day in the life of America. What other wealthy, ‘civilized’ democratic nation on earth would continue to tolerate the slaughter of its children by its own citizens?
Times-Chronicle’s special projects editor and reporter Don Urquhart is a finalist for the 2021...