Making your own kind of music

Making your own kind of music

Paul’s Voice What better way to celebrate three decades of Okanagan Life than printing a 30th-anniversary issue and penning a new musical libretto? Plutocrats the Musical sets out to find an Okanagan solution to shine a light on the corruption of Wall Street...
Paul’s Voice: Brewing up a local storm

Paul’s Voice: Brewing up a local storm

If not for beer, the Egyptian pyramids would not exist. Don’t get me wrong, I do not for one second believe slaves gained their employment with a “will work for beer” sign; however, the grog offered nourishment, quenched their thirst and slightly shifted their...
Time to level the playing field

Time to level the playing field

Imagine for a moment you have a new competitor. They sneak into the Okanagan and gobble up 95 per cent of gross revenue in your industry. What if your government did nothing and this monopoly continued ‘competing’ with you. To add insult to injury, you find out they...
Don’t be a sheeple

Don’t be a sheeple

It was March 19, 2003 and Operation Iraqi Freedom was ‘shock and awing’ prime-time television audiences all over the world. Yes folks, this was it. The USA’s 24/7 news media was “fully embedded” with the troops and they were reporting the first ever made for TV,...
Paul’s Voice: Redefining influence

Paul’s Voice: Redefining influence

[downloads category="current-issue" columns="1" excerpt="no"] Influence: a power affecting a person, thing or course of events, especially one that operates without any direct or apparent effort.  Today, the world is starving for wisdom. That wisdom can be found in...

Paul’s Voice: Power of the printed word

On a trek back to her hometown for a visit with her folks, my partner found an interesting read. At the renovated Club 50 Activity Centre, they found a worn, nearly 100-year-old treasured artifact: pages from the 1918 Kincaid Star. Now for the record, I’m a bit amazed...