BEPPLE – It’s time for municipal computer systems to go regional
IT SEEMS THAT A WEEK (or is it a day) doesn’t go by without a report of a computer system being hacked. Sometimes the system is vandalized. Sometimes data is stolen. [Continue]
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BEPPLE – Next provincial election is a lot closer than it might seem
THE NEXT B.C. PROVINCIAL general election is Oct. 16, 2021. That is just over one year and nine months away. That may seem a long ways away, but campaigning is well [Continue]
BEPPLE – If only the world’s problems could be solved with a happy dog
I HAD A WONDERFUL DOG once; a border collie, black lab cross. We had so many adventures together, looking for new doggie experiences. Along the way, we visited every City [Continue]
BEPPLE – As TRU turns 50, City Hall needs to do more to welcome students
THE YEAR 2020 will be many things. But here in Kamloops, as well as ripples far and wide, there will be a celebration of Thompson Rivers University (TRU). In 2020, TRU [Continue]
BEPPLE – Celebrations throughout the year bring our community together
IF IT WEREN’T for Christmas, would Dec. 25 be just another day? Perhaps. But it doesn’t take much to see that here in Kamloops, and around the world, people find [Continue]
BEPPLE – In dark times, there are people who continue to shine light
I LOVE CHRISTMAS LIGHTS. In this darkest time of the year, they make the whole city glow. But last weekend, as I drove for Operation Rednose, I gained a whole new [Continue]
BEPPLE – CN’s new coal contract presents challenges for Kamloops
KAMLOOPS HAS JUST BECOME the pinch point for moving coal from the coal mines of the Elk Valley in southern B.C., to the coal port at Roberts Bank in Delta. Last week, CN [Continue]
BEPPLE – Memo to WHL: time to get rid of insulting First Nations mascots
I SHUDDER EVERY TIME the Portland Winterhawk’s bus rolls into Kamloops to play the Kamloops Blazers. On the side of the WHL hockey team’s bus is a large caricature of a [Continue]
BEPPLE – It’s time for fundamental change in how we think of parkades
PARKADES ARE SACRED in Kamloops. Or at least that’s what it seems like after this week’s vote on council. On Jan. 1, 2020, the City of Kamloops takes over the [Continue]
BEPPLE – Most important part of care at Royal Inland is people who work there
ONE OF THE PLACES I least like to go in Kamloops is Royal Inland Hospital (RIH). Whether going for a routine test, to visit a friend or relative, or for an overnight stay, [Continue]
BEPPLE – Many reasons to wear poppies, many reasons some don’t
REMEMBRANCE DAY IS OVER. Aside for a few sorrowful poppies in the gutter, remembering is set aside for another year. Controversy engulfed Remembrance Day this year with Don [Continue]
BEPPLE – Neighbourhoods need to be for people, not for vehicles
MOST PUBLIC HEARINGS for proposed land use rezonings at the City of Kamloops proceed with little notice or concern of the public. It takes a matter of controversy and [Continue]
BEPPLE – There’s time for meetings, but there’s also a time for protests
AS CITIES GO, Kamloops is not a hub of protests. Certainly there are protests. On Oct. 15, correctional officers protested violence they face in their workplace outside of [Continue]
BEPPLE – Overhaul of federal ridings more pressing issue than prop rep
CONGRATULATION to our newly re-elected Member of Parliament, Conservative Cathy McLeod, who won the riding for the fourth time with 44.7 per cent of the votes in the Oct. 21 [Continue]
