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BEPPLE – Just like any other Kamloops City council meeting – well, not quite

October 31, 2018 // 2 Comments

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?

October 24, 2018 // 5 Comments

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

October 17, 2018 // 4 Comments

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

October 10, 2018 // 2 Comments

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

October 3, 2018 // 6 Comments

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

September 26, 2018 // 5 Comments

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]