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BEPPLE – Transgender people are an important part of our community

November 18, 2020 // 1 Comment

NOVEMBER 13 to 19 is Transgender Awareness Week, a week that raises visibility of transgender people and issues they face. It is followed by Nov. 20, Transgender Day of [Continue]

BEPPLE: We can’t gather today but we’re together in remembrance

November 11, 2020 // 0 Comments

THIS IS A REMEMBRANCE DAY like no other in Kamloops. In years past, thousands have stood together at Riverside Park on damp ground under bare trees and grey skies. The [Continue]

BEPPLE – If Joe Biden wins, he must turn American anger into positive change

November 4, 2020 // 1 Comment

WHEN I WENT TO BED on Nov. 3, the outcome of the U.S. Presidential election was uncertain. By the time I awoke, the only thing that had changed was that incumbent President [Continue]

BEPPLE – Stone and Milobar must hold NDP’s feet to the fire on promises

October 28, 2020 // 1 Comment

THE DUST IS SETTLING on the B.C. provincial election, and although the final outcome isn’t yet known, there is enough certainty to know that the BC NDP will lead the [Continue]

BEPPLE – Advance, mail-in ballots will play key role in election results

October 21, 2020 // 0 Comments

IT MAY WELL BE that we will know the outcome of the American election before we know the results of the B.C. provincial election. Over 700,000 mail in ballots were requested [Continue]

BEPPLE – Railway owns the Jack Gregson Trail but it has responsibilities

October 14, 2020 // 7 Comments

A FEW DAYS AGO, I took an amble along one of my favorite trails, the Jack Gregson Trail. Tucked away, along the South Thompson River, connecting the east end of Lorne [Continue]

BEPPLE – City should set up umbrella insurance policy for volunteer groups

October 7, 2020 // 2 Comments

EVEN WITHOUT COVID-19, which has shut down or hamstrung many of our local volunteer groups, there are other stresses. One which is hanging over many is the increasing cost [Continue]

BEPPLE – Women belong as candidates in provincial elections

September 30, 2020 // 4 Comments

ON MONDAY Monday (Sept 28, 2020), Kamloops City Councillor Sadie Hunter declared that she was the BC NDP candidate for Kamloops-North Thompson in the upcoming B.C. provincial [Continue]

BEPPLE – BC Liberals are well-prepared to fight election across the province

September 23, 2020 // 2 Comments

THERE ARE TWO THINGS that I remember from the end of the 2017 BC provincial election where the BC NDP scraped into power with an agreement with the BC Greens. The first thing [Continue]

BEPPLE – Shouldn’t homeless people have a place to sit, too?

September 16, 2020 // 7 Comments

THERE ARE THINGS we do because of bylaws, and then there are things we do just because they are the right thing to do. We have bylaws for dog licenses, noise, and unsightly [Continue]

BEPPLE – Our kids will be in good hands as they return to school during COVID

September 9, 2020 // 0 Comments

I REMEMBER one of my very first days of kindergarten as if it were yesterday. There I was, a tiny five-year-old, walking up the steps of the school. But before I could [Continue]

BEPPLE – We need some new statues to commemorate what’s been left unsaid

September 2, 2020 // 4 Comments

LAST WEEKEND’S TOPPLING of the Prime Minister John A. Macdonald statue in Montreal caused controversy across the country. There are those who decry the act as [Continue]

BEPPLE – City zoning needs more flexibility for smaller households

August 26, 2020 // 3 Comments

ANYONE INTERESTED in housing in Kamloops should consider reading the City of Kamloops’ Housing Needs Assessment report adopted by Kamloops City council at this week’s [Continue]

BEPPLE – The importance of having a woman’s voice at the financial table

August 19, 2020 // 5 Comments

WITH THE DEPARTURE of Bill Morneau this week as Minister of Finance under a cloud of WE controversy, another glass ceiling in politics was broken in Canada. Chrystia [Continue]