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BEPPLE – Let our loved ones and our neighbours both rest in peace

January 30, 2019 // 5 Comments

WHEN THE HILLSIDE CEMETERY on Notre Dame Drive was opened in Kamloops in 1951, it was well outside the main part of the city. Even in the 1970s, there were foxes denning [Continue]

BEPPLE – City can’t have its cake and eat it too on downtown parking

January 16, 2019 // 3 Comments

EDITOR’S NOTE: This column has been corrected to now state that those opposing the motion to repeal the increase to parking rates were Mayor Christian, Coun. Hunter and [Continue]

BEPPLE – Accessibility should be big consideration with new arts theatre

January 9, 2019 // 10 Comments

WOW. KAMLOOPS could have a new performing arts centre in the heart of the downtown. Tuesday, Jan 8, Ron Fawcett presented Kamloops Council with a vision of what could be [Continue]

BEPPLE – Kamloops a good place for Justin Trudeau to practice his B.C. pitch

January 2, 2019 // 4 Comments

PRIME MINISTER Justin Trudeau is coming to Kamloops Jan. 9 for a fundraiser. At $300/ticket, it might seem a bit steep for a riding where the Liberal candidate came third in [Continue]

BEPPLE – Small atrocities can lead to bigger ones, but humanity can win out

December 29, 2018 // 0 Comments

HISTORY IS MORE than an exercise in memorizing dates. It’s a way of understanding the present by what has happened in the past. In 1939, 17 German police battalions were [Continue]

BEPPLE – Choppy waters may be ahead as council swerves from its course

December 19, 2018 // 5 Comments

IT IS EARLY DAYS in the new Kamloops City Council, but it seems that there are some choppy waters ahead. One way of thinking about Council is that they are the rudder, and [Continue]