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BEPPLE – Favourite age to become a candidate for City council is the 40s

September 19, 2018 // 2 Comments

IN KAMLOOPS, there are almost equal numbers of people in their 20s, as people in their 30s, 40s, 50s or 60s. There are about 12,000 people who are in their 20s, and similar [Continue]

BEPPLE – The local government that nobody notices has an election too

September 15, 2018 // 1 Comment

LOST IN THE somewhat muted excitement of the elections for City councils here in Kamloops and across B.C. is the race for regional directors for the electoral areas of the [Continue]

BEPPLE – Deck chairs are likely to shuffle in City council election

September 5, 2018 // 2 Comments

WELL THE RACE IS ON for the Oct. 20 civic elections across B.C. Tuesday was the first day those wanting to run could file their papers. Locally, from Sept. 4 until Sept. [Continue]

BEPPLE – Lange’s business perspective will be missed on City council

August 29, 2018 // 1 Comment

I’M GOING TO MISS Coun. Tina Lange on council. The City of Kamloops election is less than two months away, and for the first time since 2002, Lange won’t be on the [Continue]

BEPPLE – City’s plan for Thrupp Manor property is something out of the 1950s

August 22, 2018 // 9 Comments

WHO DESERVES to live on riverfront property in Kamloops? It would seem, based on a recent City of Kamloops’ council decision to move forward with a public hearing, that the [Continue]

BEPPLE – Ordinary people, not politicians, will solve the opioid crisis

August 8, 2018 // 3 Comments

EVERY ONE OF US knows at least one person who has died from a drug overdose in the last few years. A co-worker. A friend’s brother-in-law. A son of another co-worker. A [Continue]

BEPPLE – Be careful British Columbia, Alberta is coming on strong

August 1, 2018 // 10 Comments

AS CHANCE WOULD have it, I went on a road trip for work to Alberta a couple weeks back. I mainly went to smaller places: Jasper, Grande Cache, Grande Prairie, Slave Lake [Continue]

BEPPLE – Kamloops loves Twitter, but not for electoral reform

July 25, 2018 // 1 Comment

I’VE HAD A TWITTER ACCOUNT since 2011. I started using it even more heavily in 2014 when the Kamloops Daily News shut down. I follow politicians and news sources. [Continue]

BEPPLE – Many reasons an indoor farmers’ market is the wrong way to go

July 18, 2018 // 3 Comments

KAMLOOPS REGIONAL FARMERS’ Market is celebrating its 40thanniversary. What a huge achievement. Starting with four stalls, it is now held on Wednesdays and Saturdays [Continue]

BEPPLE – Time for governments to invest in long-distance bus service

July 11, 2018 // 1 Comment

NEWS OF THE PENDING shutdown of Greyhound bus service is devastating for many. Solutions to replace Greyhound are needed now. The Greyhound bus is the only viable option [Continue]

BEPPLE – Everybody, including our MP, needs to speak up about racist sign

July 4, 2018 // 3 Comments

IT IS WHAT IS NOT SAID, as much as what is, that matters. What was said a few days back, spray painted on a sign in Lac La Bois, was hateful and vile. Hateful words of [Continue]

BEPPLE – Time we see ourselves for who we are – Kamloops is a railway town

June 27, 2018 // 5 Comments

KAMLOOPS IS a railway town. There’s no two ways about it. CP Rail and CN Rail meet here, the first place west of Winnipeg. Both CP and CN have reload yards here as [Continue]

BEPPLE – Reducing downtown parking spaces could create ‘sticky streets’

June 20, 2018 // 6 Comments

THE CITY OF KAMLOOPS is revising its 2005 City Centre Plan. Their goal is to create a plan that guides land use for the next 20 years in the centre of the city. The plan [Continue]

BEPPLE – Low-income Kamloops seniors deserve more

June 13, 2018 // 5 Comments

THIS WEEK, SPARC BC and the United Way of the Lower Mainland released BC Seniors’ Poverty Report Card. It’s not good news, with 8.8 per cent of B.C.’s seniors living [Continue]