Scott Anderson — Scott Anderson is an educated redneck from Vernon. His academic background is in International Relations, Strategic Studies, Counterterrorism, and poking progressives with rhetorical sticks until they explode. Not surprisingly, he is also an unashamed knuckle-dragging conservative, or so he's told all the time. Opinion - General ANDERSON: This hero is a triumph of the human spirit ANDERSON: The fall of ideologies (Part Two) ANDERSON: The fall of ideologies (Part One) ANDERSON: On perceptions of crime in the North Okanagan ANDERSON: Brexit: goodbye, yellow brick road Part 2 ANDERSON: BREXIT: Goodbye, yellow brick road ANDERSON: What is panhandling and who does it ANDERSON: Massacre in the House, or much ado about not much at all? ANDERSON: The folly of climate ideology ANDERSON: Peace keeping on Vimy Ridge, Part Four ANDERSON: Peacekeeping on Vimy Ridge, Part 3 ANDERSON: Peacekeeping on Vimy Ridge (part two) ANDERSON: Peacekeeping on Vimy Ridge (part one) ANDERSON: Trudeau dances with disaster ANDERSON: An unbearable lightness of mien ANDERSON: Moral busybodies and a clash of cultures ANDERSON: This isn't 1980, Mr. Trudeau, and these aren't the boat people ANDERSON: The mysterious Trump phenomenon ANDERSON: White privilege, gullibility and true racism ANDERSON: Western guilt and the Islamist threat Opinion - Politics ANDERSON: British Columbia's evolving political landscape ANDERSON: An exaggeration too far ANDERSON: Trump’s ‘ban on Muslims;’ time to take a few deep breaths ANDERSON: The past is dead. Long live the past ANDERSON: The aftermath of Trump’s presidential election win ANDERSON: Explaining the Trump- and Sanders-effect by looking at the history of Globalism ANDERSON: Why I voted against a rainbow crosswalk THOMPSON: Justice for all a distant dream in America OPINION Justice…a beautiful word. It’s the essence of fairness. Quite simply, it’s about the protection of rights and the punishment of wrongs. And yet, it’s more dream than reality for far too many p EDITORIAL CARTOON Top News Russian rocket stage with toxic fuel to fall in Canadian Arctic Another Russian rocket stage likely to be holding highly toxic fuel is slated to splash down in environmentally sensitive waters of the Canadian A April 24, 2018 7:00 AM 'Enough is enough': G7 ministers agree to call Russia out on 'malign' behaviour TORONTO - Canada and its G7 partners are saying "enough is enough" to attacks by Russia and other authoritarian countries in their democ April 24, 2018 6:00 AM NDP wants MPs to invite Pope Francis to apologize for residential schools OTTAWA - The NDP is hoping MPs from other parties will join them in issuing a formal invitation to Pope Francis to apologize to residential school April 23, 2018 9:00 PM Ten dead, 15 injured in van incident authorities call an horrific attack TORONTO - The death toll rose to at least 10 late Monday following a "horrific attack" in which a young man drove a van into a crowd of pedestrians a April 23, 2018 8:30 PM Searching for a stranger: Dozens of people brought in by bus to look for Ryan Shtuka SUN PEAKS - It's been nearly 10 weeks since Ryan Shtuka went missing in the Sun Peaks area after leaving a house party on Burfield Drive, but April 23, 2018 8:00 PM Why — and how — Vernon is evicting marmots from Kal Tire Place property VERNON - Marmots sprawl on rocks, nibble at grass and frolic by the creek below. It’s marmot heaven, but not for much longer if the City of April 23, 2018 6:30 PM Outgoing Lt.-Gov. says B.C. election decision didn't make her top 3 moments VICTORIA - The lost confidence vote for British Columbia's Liberal government and the establishment of a NDP minority may have meant a giant p April 23, 2018 5:30 PM Province to limit ICBC claims, speed up process to settle disputes VICTORIA - The British Columbia government has introduced legislation that will attempt to restore the finances of the public auto insurance agenc April 23, 2018 4:30 PM Trending Now TRENDING NOW: Seagull swallowed, spit out by tuna