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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]