On A Brighter Note by Lori Welbourne – The magic of Christmas
I remember what Christmas felt like when I was a little girl: it felt magical. This was in large part because of the big,...
Pit bulls were not meant to be pets by Lori Welbourne
A four year old boy walking down the street with his mom on December 2nd, 2015 was attacked by a neighbour’s pit bulls after they...
On A Brighter Note – Has the internet made us ruder? by Lori Welbourne
In high school I was introduced to the art of debating. I was enthralled with the whole idea of...
On A Brighter Note – Simplifying the Christmas season by Lori Welbourne
It’s that time of year when some of my friends and family start stressing out about Christmas and I’m reminded of the...
On A Brighter Note by Lori Welbourne – Live life to the fullest
 Last Saturday in between games at my 12 year old daughter’s fastball tournament she received a message that Caleb Logan was dead. I had...
On A Brighter Note by Lori Welbourne – Reconnect by disconnecting
Camping at the beautiful Mabel Lake Provincial Park came at a price last week: I had to function without the Internet for the...
On A Brighter Note – The hitchhiker’s guide to safety by Lori Welbourne
My parents taught me to never hitch a ride and never pick up hitchhikers, but after becoming a cabbie in North Vancouver at...
The right to bare chests – On A Brighter Note by Lori Welbourne
In Canada, wherever a man can go topless, a woman can go topless too. I didn’t discover that until two summers ago after I...
On A Brighter Note by Lori Welbourne – Stop dog theft in the Okanagan
In the last year and a half at least 22 dogs have been stolen in the Okanagan and at least 52 more have vanished...
One A Brighter Note by Lori Welbourne – Be who you are meant to...
Bruce Jenner, the man who became a national hero during the 1976 Olympics, when he won a gold medal and...