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BEPPLE – The 15-minute city aims at easy access to services for everyone

February 22, 2023 // 3 Comments

LIVING IN A 15-MINUTE CITY sounds like a great place to live to me. The concept of a 15-minute city is that everything one needs for regular life is available within a 15 [Continue]

BEPPLE – Limiting each speaker to five minutes serves everyone’s interests

February 15, 2023 // 1 Comment

MEETINGS ARE CORE to what a city council is about. Meetings are where information is presented, issues are debated, and decisions are made. The business of the City of [Continue]

BEPPLE – Reconciliation between Settlers and Indigenous requires action

February 8, 2023 // 1 Comment

RECONCILIATION BETWEEN Settlers and Indigenous people in Canada is an ongoing process. Reconciliation is not one event, but a continual flow of actions. This last week, [Continue]

BEPPLE – Living together is messy, complicated and complex

February 1, 2023 // 3 Comments

LOCAL GOVERNMEN is many things, but at its core is finding better ways to live together in relatively close quarters. Take garbage, for example. Yesterday, City of Kamloops [Continue]

BEPPLE – Strategic plans make a difference, even when things don’t go as planned

January 25, 2023 // 4 Comments

THIS WEEK, Kamloops City council sits down to make the strategic plan for the next four years. Myself and other council members will set down goals for what we want to [Continue]

BEPPLE – Things are good in Kamloops but not as good as they used to be

January 19, 2023 // 2 Comments

THINGS ARE NOT AS GOOD as they used to be in Kamloops. The Citizen Satisfaction Survey results for 2022 are out. Whereas the quality of life was rated good or very [Continue]