BEPPLE – Time for some fresh faces on our currency; who should it be?
THIS WEEK’S ANNOUNCEMENT by Britain that their £50 note would bear the likeness of Alan Turing was heartening for so many reasons. Turing was an extraordinary [Continue]
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BEPPLE – Kamloops has an opportunity to do both growth and green
LAST WEEK, at Kamloops City Council, Mayor Ken Christian said “If this is a choice between green or growth I’m gonna go with growth.“ I completely disagree. Green [Continue]
BEPPLE – Political will can take us from gas guzzlers to electric vehicles
I GREW UP WHEN KIDS bounced around in the back seats of cars because there were no seatbelts, let alone child car seats. Except for one time when the family car went flying [Continue]
BEPPLE – What’s in a name – The ABCs (and Ds) of B.C.’s epic Highway 97
AFTER YEARS OF DRIVING B.C. highways, I can still not tell you which is Highway 97, versus Highway 97A, or 97B, not to mention Highway 97C or 97D. The truth be told, if I’m [Continue]
BEPPLE – Little by little, British Columbia is losing its small towns
IN EARLY FEBRUARY of this year, the inhabitants of Little Bay Islands, Newfoundland and Labrador voted unanimously to be resettled. The 71 eligible voters all voted to take [Continue]
BEPPLE – Why all school-aged students should get free rides on City buses
SHOULD KAMLOOPS’ SENIORS ride transit buses for free during non-peak hours? That’s what was debated by council at Tuesday’s (June 11, 2019) meeting. The [Continue]
BEPPLE – Closure of Canfor’s Vavenby sawmill a sign of the times in rural B.C.
“Rolling down the highway, leavin’ on a bus, Never thought I’d leave this town, but now I’ve had enough. First they closed the sawmill, then they shut the school, [Continue]
BEPPLE – Kamloops is blessed to have such strong urban planning
I DROVE DOWN TRANQUILLE ROAD the other day from Overlanders Bridge to Fortune Drive. It felt as if I was in a whole new town. First, there was the vibrant green mixed use [Continue]
BEPPLE – Embassy in Israel not top of mind locally but it’s an important issue
LAST WEEK, federal Conservative Party leader Andrew Scheer announced that, if elected, a Conservative government would move the Canadian embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to [Continue]
BEPPLE – Women’s hockey in Canada is in need of our support at all levels
NOW THAT THERE are no Canadian hockey teams in the Stanley Cup finals, it appears that hockey may not be the only sport around. The elimination of the Toronto Maple Leafs [Continue]
BEPPLE – New postage stamp reminds us of the need to protect diversity
LAST WEDNESDAY, April 24, I was part of a gathering of 200 in Burnaby for the unveiling of a Canada Post stamp commemorating the Vancouver Asahi baseball team. The Asahi [Continue]
BEPPLE – ‘Managing to Zero’ will drive Mountain Caribou herds to extinction
I FIRST HEARD the term “Managing to Zero” in 2017 at a presentation by the British Columbia Wildlife Federation (BCTF). The premise of the talk and the term, is that, in [Continue]
BEPPLE – Now is the time for stricter bylaws on open fires in rural areas
WHEN B.C. WILDFIRES start in March and go until at least October, is the term “Wildfire Season” even applicable anymore? In 2017, B.C. had its worst wildfire season on [Continue]
BEPPLE – Province needs to follow local examples on banning plastic bags
SOON KAMLOOPS will be plastic bag free, or so it appears based on this week’s motion from council to direct staff to come up with a framework to ban single-use plastic bags [Continue]
