Wall Street’s rigged, so Main Street suffers

Wall Street’s rigged, so Main Street suffers

The year 2015 looks promising for Okanagan business owners. Certain sectors should be excited about a low dollar and even lower gas prices. While an 80-cent dollar might hurt imports, it helps exporters and it should keep more Canadians vacationing within our borders....
Sweet sounds of the season

Sweet sounds of the season

Andrew Allen and band reaction to the embedded music files in Okanagan Life’s December issue. Paul’s Voice – December 2014:  We’re in a celebratory mood at Okanagan Life so we have some early holiday gifts for you. This year, our Best of the Okanagan...
The small business “leisure society”

The small business “leisure society”

In 1930, John Maynard Keynes predicted a future so abundant with technological prowess that countries like Canada, Great Britain and the United States would achieve a 15-hour workweek by century’s end. In 1966, Time magazine echoed this scenario by publishing an...
Spam, Eggs & Big Fish

Spam, Eggs & Big Fish

I’ll have my eggs over-easy with that spam. The new Canadian anti-spam law that went into force on July 1 raises two important questions: what took you so long, and do you realize there are far bigger fish to fry? Spamming, harvesting, hacking, malware, privacy...