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BEPPLE – It’s time for the settler community to shine light on itself

January 26, 2022 // 4 Comments

YESTERDAY, JANUARY 25, 2022, the Williams Lake First Nation (WLFN) released its preliminary results of their first phase of investigations into St. Joseph’s Mission [Continue]

BEPPLE – City’s housing strategy needs to consider shrinking families

January 19, 2022 // 2 Comments

WHEN PEOPLE SAY they want housing for families, it’s important to think of what that means. In the 2016 census by Stats Canada, there were just under 37,000 households in [Continue]

BEPPLE – Previous political experience a prerequisite for running for mayor

January 12, 2022 // 4 Comments

IF YOU WANT to be mayor of Kamloops, you’d better already be a politician. Or that’s what one would think looking at the past. In 1986, John Dormer, a local [Continue]

BEPPLE – There’s a downside to the increase in our property assessments

January 5, 2022 // 2 Comments

I’M RICH. Or, more correctly, I’m richer. Like every property owner in Kamloops, I’ve seen a significant increase in the assessed value of my home. From last year [Continue]

BEPPLE – Here’s to those who got us through 2021, and will again in 2022

December 29, 2021 // 0 Comments

JANUARY IS NAMED after the Roman God Janus, who had two faces. One looked ahead, the other behind. So Jan. 1, which most of the of the world celebrates as New Year’s Day, [Continue]

BEPPLE – We live in a time of rules, but we don’t need them for everything

December 22, 2021 // 3 Comments

RULES, RULES, RULES. We’re told when to wear a mask. How many people we can celebrate with. How fast we can drive. Where we can buy alcohol and cannabis. How long we [Continue]