BEPPLE – $10-a-day child care will be John Horgan’s legacy
DAVE BARRETT hasn’t been the premier of British Columbia for over 40 years. But when he passed away in February of this year, his legacy lived on. In three and a half [Continue]
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BEPPLE – Throwing more police at a problem isn’t necessarily the answer
THIS WEEK, the new city council of Surrey announced they were getting rid of the RCMP as their police force, and replacing it with a City policing force. Their citizens are [Continue]
BEPPLE – Just like any other Kamloops City council meeting – well, not quite
THIRTY-ONE YEARS IS a long time for anyone to keep the same job. Thirty-one years is an amazingly long time to be an elected local politician. To have the faith and [Continue]
BEPPLE – Should the side with the most marbles always win the game?
I WENT LOOKING FOR the 2018 Referendum on Electoral Reform voting package in my mail today. I’d seen online that some people in Kamloops had received their packages. [Continue]
BEPPLE – It’s now legal, but there are places where pot should not be smoked
POT MAY NOW BE LEGAL, but it’s a long way from socially acceptable in all circumstances. There are places pot has been smoked for decades. Even before it was legal, the [Continue]
BEPPLE – No lack of controversial issues in School District 73 board election
IN LOCAL ELECTIONS, school board elections are often country cousins to municipal elections. They happen at the same time, but get significantly less attention. While the [Continue]
BEPPLE – Here in cattle country, our ranches are becoming endangered
IF EVER KAMLOOPS thought it had shed its Cowtown past, Tuesday that delusion was cast aside. There was a cow on the Highway 1 bypass, blocking traffic near the Peterson [Continue]
BEPPLE – The best place for more seniors’ housing is the downtown area
ONE OF THE BEST parts of an election is that fresh ideas are put forward. For instance, this week, Mike O’Reilly, council candidate for the upcoming Oct. 20 City of [Continue]
BEPPLE – Favourite age to become a candidate for City council is the 40s
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
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
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
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
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
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]
