Paul’s Voice: Private musing of family fortunes
Today, we celebrate second, third and fourth generational family businesses that are exceptional in most every Okanagan way.
Read MorePosted by Paul Byrne | Apr 9, 2019 | Community, Paul's Voice, Progress
Today, we celebrate second, third and fourth generational family businesses that are exceptional in most every Okanagan way.
Read MorePosted by Paul Byrne | Mar 20, 2019 | Paul's Voice, Print Edition
Mom was born on January 4, 1917. If you do the math, you’ll see that she earned the right to be...
Read MorePosted by Paul Byrne | Oct 25, 2018 | Paul's Voice, Print Edition
What better way to celebrate three decades of Okanagan Life than printing a 30th-anniversary issue and penning a new musical libretto?
Regular readers of Okanagan Life will know that I go to great lengths to boast about, sell its advantages and invite all to visit our renowned Valley, which is humbly known as one of the prettiest, happiest and adventurous places—and what better locale to place my cast of musical characters?
Posted by Paul Byrne | Aug 26, 2018 | Paul's Voice
If not for beer, the Egyptian pyramids would not exist. Don’t get me wrong, I do not for one...
Read MorePosted by Paul Byrne | Jun 2, 2018 | Paul's Voice
Imagine for a moment you have a new competitor. They sneak into the Okanagan and gobble up 95 per...
Read MorePosted by Mishell | May 15, 2018 | Paul's Voice
It was March 19, 2003 and Operation Iraqi Freedom was ‘shock and awing’ prime-time television...
Read MorePosted by Paul Byrne | Mar 1, 2018 | Paul's Voice
Today, the world is starving for wisdom. That wisdom can be found in the form of a new book that describes the unconscious reasons we do what we do.
Read MorePosted by Paul Byrne | Sep 15, 2017 | Paul's Voice
On a trek back to her hometown for a visit with her folks, my partner found an interesting read....
Read MorePosted by Paul Byrne | Jun 30, 2017 | Paul's Voice
The sesquicentennial begins with kind, gentle and hopeful facts: that Canada is the most peaceful country on earth; we possess no mass destruction weapons
Read MorePosted by Paul Byrne | Apr 19, 2017 | Best of BC Wine Awards, Paul's Voice
When you sip your next glass of wine this spring, please pour it from a bottle from one of the wineries found within these pages.
Read MorePosted by Paul Byrne | Dec 31, 2016 | Paul's Voice
When John Cabot witnessed the Grand Banks off Newfoundland in 1497 he saw so many fish — the sheer...
Read MorePosted by Paul Byrne | Oct 9, 2016 | Paul's Voice
The Earth’s total land mass is 148,939,063 sq-km which is roughly 29%. Canada claims 9,984,670...
Read MorePosted by Paul Byrne | Aug 15, 2016 | Paul's Voice
I try to be a more tolerant, loving and empathic person in spite of my human neurological...
Read MorePosted by Paul Byrne | Jun 24, 2016 | Paul's Voice
Dear Donald, My Father refused to call Americans, Americans. Rightfully so, he would argue,...
Read MorePosted by Paul Byrne | Jun 10, 2016 | Features, Paul's Voice
Okanagan Life Editor Paul Byrne spoke with Dan Ariely about his book, Predictably Irrational, his...
Read MorePosted by Paul Byrne | May 18, 2016 | Paul's Voice
It has been said that “all truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it...
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