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BEPPLE – Many reasons to wear poppies, many reasons some don’t

November 13, 2019 // 6 Comments

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

November 6, 2019 // 2 Comments

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

October 30, 2019 // 1 Comment

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

October 23, 2019 // 2 Comments

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]

BEPPLE – The power of building community

October 16, 2019 // 0 Comments

LAST WEEK, I was part of something almost magical. On Thursday, Oct. 10, I was one of an audience of about 200 who came together for the Stand Up for Mental Health comedy [Continue]

BEPPLE – Do we go with experience, or with some fresh ideas Oct. 21?

October 10, 2019 // 3 Comments

IF ALL IT TOOK WAS EXPERIENCE, either incumbent Conservative Cathy McLeod or Liberal candidate Terry Lake would bound to be the winner in the Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo riding [Continue]

BEPPLE – Kamloops candidates could take a lesson from John F. Kennedy

October 2, 2019 // 2 Comments

I HAD NOT QUITE been born in 1962 when U.S. President John F. Kennedy made his historic speech, “We choose to go to the Moon,” on Sept. 12, 1962. With that speech, the [Continue]

BEPPLE – Don’t let controversies stop you from voting on October 21

September 25, 2019 // 1 Comment

IT WAS TOUGH NEWS for the Liberal party last week, when photographs of Justin Trudeau in 2001 and previous years in brown-face and black-face hit the news like a [Continue]

BEPPLE – Summit connector needs to become a street, not a highway

September 18, 2019 // 7 Comments

WE ALL KNOW the difference between a highway and a street. A highway is a main road, where vehicles are able to move at high speeds. There are often multiple lanes. A [Continue]

BEPPLE – It’s time Kamloops got a larger public gallery in its city hall

September 11, 2019 // 1 Comment

AS WE LAUNCH into the 43rd election for the federal government, we shouldn’t forget that democracy is not just about the day we vote for who we want in power. It’s also [Continue]

BEPPLE – Government is like sweeping a floor: take care of the edges first

September 4, 2019 // 2 Comments

MY GRANDMOTHER ALWAYS SAID, when you’re sweeping a floor, you should sweep the edges and the corners first. Leave the large centre until last. She would tell me take care [Continue]

BEPPLE – Tell candidates Kamloops needs a wildfire research centre

August 28, 2019 // 3 Comments

THINGS ARE STILL QUIET in Kamloops leading up to October’s federal election. Candidates are mostly in place, and party messages are being pushed out on social media. [Continue]

BEPPLE – Experiencing the reality of climate change first-hand

August 21, 2019 // 1 Comment

THE MERRIAM-WEBSTER dictionary defines issue as “concern, problem.. As in climate change is an issue. As in it is a concern that there will be more droughts and [Continue]

BEPPLE – What we build today will still be enjoyed sixty years from now

August 14, 2019 // 2 Comments

THE OTHER DAY, as often happens, I found myself at Prince Charles Park on a warm summer evening. I was not alone. The park was full of children playing on the jungle gym. [Continue]