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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]

BEPPLE – New name for B.C. Day would be another step toward reconciliation

August 7, 2019 // 3 Comments

IN TERMS OF LONG WEEKENDS, this is the best time of year. We’ve just had B.C. Day, and just before that it was Canada Day. Within a month, there’s Labour Day. B.C. Day [Continue]

BEPPLE – It’s business as usual for Canada and U.S. with Saudi Arabia

July 31, 2019 // 2 Comments

THIS WEEK (July 30), Trump used his presidential veto to prevent a bill blocking arms sales to Saudi Arabia, passed by both chambers of U.S. Congress, from proceeding. The [Continue]

BEPPLE – Kamloops zoning bylaws encourage waste of housing space

July 24, 2019 // 4 Comments

EVERY DAY, there’s another story on affordable housing. There was the report this week that a worker in Vancouver needs to earn $35/hour to afford the rent of an average [Continue]

BEPPLE – Time for some fresh faces on our currency; who should it be?

July 17, 2019 // 2 Comments

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]

BEPPLE – Kamloops has an opportunity to do both growth and green

July 10, 2019 // 5 Comments

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

July 3, 2019 // 3 Comments

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

June 26, 2019 // 1 Comment

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

June 19, 2019 // 7 Comments

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]