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2/ I count about half a dozen new topped trees. No words.
#BCpoli
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Good lord.
Throwing it away... because a few of the worst people in the world have said horrible things.
#FirstNations #BCPoli
https://www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/article/bc-tells-first-nations-it-wants-to-suspend-dripa/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

RE: #bcpoli

If you ever doubt the danger inherent in the waters of the Central and Northern Coast of B.C. (ie. “The Inside Passage”, Hecate Strait, Queen Charlotte Sound and Dixon Entrance) look no further than the experience of BC Ferries. Things happen. They lost a ship 20 years ago including two passengers.
And they just announced that this March they almost ran aground, with barely metres to spare!
Traverse the same dangerous areas enough, and one time, something will happen.
Update: The description of the incident also emphasizes the point that the weather is a major contributing factor to that danger.
“The Northern Adventure… hit bad weather, and deliberately changed course to navigate around the difficult conditions… the ship… sailed into an area of shallower water near Milbanke Sound, travelling "at its shallowest point over a shoal in approximately nine metres of water… the crew took quick "corrective measures" to veer back on course.”
#bcpoli #LNG #NorthCoast #BC

I am so sad and annoyed this morning.
They are topping more trees in Cathedral Grove.
The place that was literally shown to the world during the Opening Ceremonies of the 2010 Olympics now has dozens of headless 30-50ft tall, 300 year old, stumps.
Because “safety”, I assume.
There has been a road through this park for 100 years, but it took until the 2020s for someone to decide there were “danger trees”.
We’re all idiots.
I am going to try to take a picture this morning of the new cuts but it is all blocked off as they work so it will be hard or impossible. I’ll do my best.
What are we doing. Why are we like this? 😢
The photo is from earlier this year. Most of the headless trees are along the road, but not all. This shows one along the walking path.
cc: @… @mlabotterell @…
#thicktrunkthursday #throwbackthursday #cathedralgrove #bcpoli #mosstodon #nature

It's official! This Sunday will be the last "leap forward" in BC!
As of next November, the Vancouver time zone in British Columbia, Canada will be referred to as "Pacific Time" and will be -7GMT permanently. (same as Yukon Territory which did this 2 years ago)
The presser was pretty cute actually. They had kids with little clocks, and they danced.
I would have preferred staying at Standard Time, but this will be ok too. It's interesting that Premier Eby made a point of (gently, as there were kids) insisting the delay of 6 years since the overwhelming survey response from British Columbians to eliminate the time change was due to waiting for the US West Coast states to do the same.
Now, BC has decided to push, and to lead by example.
#BCPoli #DST #PacificTime #TimeChange #California #Oregon #Yukon #WashingtonState

Uhoh... the beginning of some buyer's remorse perhaps for the folks who thought LNG was going to be the Great New Job Creator and saviour of Terrace BC?
"Mayor Sean Bujtas closed off debate by saying he had a problem with LNG Canada itself.
“LNG Canada boasted the cleanest LNG facility in the world and I don’t really think we’re there today,” he said. “And so the question is why, and when are we getting there? We have an air shed. You can only get it so dirty before it becomes a problem.”
“I’m confident everybody in Kitimat and everybody in Terrace is seeing something they did not expect to see at all,” Bujtas continued.”
Imagine that... a fossil fuel operation that has lied to the community, and is causing orders of magnitude more damage to the community and the global environment than they said on paper.
#BCPoli #BCLNG #EndFossilFuels #ClimateEmergency #Environment #Pollution
https://terracestandard.com/2026/04/28/terrace-council-backs-call-for-lng-impact-assessment/

I guess it's "Public Education" be damned.
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"Don Avison, a former deputy minister of education and former board chair for Emily Carr University, has been tasked with suggesting fixes that don’t rely on additional provincial funding."
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me: Students, Insitituions, and previous NDP government reviews have been warning about this for years.
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"Freedom of Information requests obtained by student advocates showed that Wright was warning the province as early as 2023 about the dangers of colleges and universities relying on international student tuition — and that further increasing international enrolment wouldn’t solve financial issues."
"In its submission to Avison, the Federation of Post-Secondary Educators said the undermining of B.C.’s resource economy by U.S. tariffs makes having a robust system of post-secondary education outside the Lower Mainland even more vital.
It said public post-secondary institutions are “widening access, stabilizing households, and giving people the tools to stand on their own two feet.”"
#bcpoli #education #publiceducation #postsecondary #viu

Watching @… Tod’s Infusion event on YouTube! Just heard the Premier welcome everyone. Multiple MLAs and MPs there and there must be a couple thousand people! The premier said 3000 American health care workers have signed up in the B.C. Health care process in the last 10 months!
34 HCWs from the USA have started working in Nanaimo alone!!
#bcpoli #healthcare #infusion #nanaimo

It just annoys me that the implied basis of this story is that there are no other options than air or road/car.
Even though a railway has gone through Castlegar for over 100 years and there also used to be regular Greyhound bus service up until about 20 years ago.
#publictransportation #railway #Canada #bcpoli #Transportation
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/castlegar-airport-cancellations-transport-canada-plan-9.7102725

““The reason that we want to help spread the word is two-fold,” said Amy Miller.
“People are interested in coming here to work in health care. Obviously, we’re so grateful to be here. But I want the community here to know that it’s working and to continue with that momentum. And I want to let people in the States know that this is an option, that it’s a real option.”
#BCPoli #BC #HealthCare #HealthCareInfusion #Canada #USA #TheAmericanFascist #Immigration

Oh CBC, your Liberal is showing… on the panel before talking to @… the dismissive tone and hand wringing began in earnest (especially the Toronto Star guy who seems to love the word “royalty”).
Both provincial NDP opposition leaders in Alberta and Saskatchewan have expressed concern on Lewis’s win… but they didn’t mention that Wab Kinew, NDP Premier of Manitoba, and the most popular Premier in the country, was right there on stage.
Canadian politics just got very interesting indeed!
#canpoli #cdnpoli #ndp #liberals #abpoli #bcpoli #ndp #fossilfuels

my original blog post with more pictures and information is on @… here:
#BCPoli #CathedralGrove #Olympics #Forestry #Forests #Nature #Tourism

I like this headline better than my own subject line. And it bears repeating, so here it is again.
If this is being done because of liability concerns -- ie. someone might sue -- well, i guess we had better rethink what the purpose of a park actually is.
Yes, natural spaces can be dangerous!
USE AT YOUR OWN RISK and leave nature alone.
#BCPoli #CathedralGrove #Olympics #Forestry #Forests #Nature #Tourism

Perhaps those "skeptics", like the "climate skeptics" we have also endured over 20 years, weren't actually "skeptical" at all. They were just fossil fuel industry talking heads and plants, paid or brain washed or both to ensure Fossil Fuels were never without a cheerleader.
"A new large‑scale UK dataset suggests EV batteries are holding up far better than many skeptics expected."
#enfossilfuels #climateEmergency #bcpoli #canpoli https://electrek.co/2026/02/18/most-ev-batteries-outlast-their-cars-real-world-data-shows/

This is essential reading for every single British Columbian, and by extension Canadian.
#bcpoli #dripa #FirstNations #canpoli #cdnpoli
https://dripafacts.ca/en/

While the financial picture seems to be stabilizing at VIU in Nanaimo, it has been a very rough past 2 years. The worst in my 25 years. I have seen so many colleagues forced into retirement and others, sessionals just not be around.
In total just on the Faculty, IT, Librarian and Advisory forces alone, my union has lost close to 100 members.
The really really frustrating thing is faculty unions and others have warned administration and government for YEARS... Decades... that the over reliance on massive international student fees and enrolments was a huge risk.
The chicken is now officially home and roosting and it sucks. We are deeply hurting the ability of our young people to be successful. 😢
(Trades and Staff are in different Unions - BCGEU and CUPE respectively - from VIUFA faculty at VIU. They have suffered greatly too. BCGEU possibly a little less as a percentage, but CUPE, definitely more. )
#bcpoli #education #higherEducation #viu #immigration

Hey American healthcare workers! BC would love to have you!
“British Columbia is ready to welcome you with open arms,” he said. “We have a public health-care system, we respect the environment, we respect reproductive rights.”
Read more at: #BCPoli #CdnPoli #CanPoli #USA #Healthcare

I do have to question whether all people's of the Nisga’a Nation are fully aware of and/or still supportive of being in co-ownership with a fascist Republican owned gas pipeline in NWBC.
“In 2024, the project was sold to the Nisga’a Nation in northwestern B.C. and the Texas-based Western LNG. Among the biggest of the project’s investors is Blackstone Inc., led by CEO and chairman Steve Schwarzman, a friend and advisor to U.S. President Donald Trump, and one of the Republican Party’s top 10 donors.”
#ClimateAction #ClimateChange #ExtinctionRebellion #BCPoli
https://albernivalleynews.com/2026/02/10/proposed-pipeline-draws-crimson-draped-protesters-to-victoria/

least surprising headline of the day:
“Gas flaring at LNG Canada far exceeds permitted volume, documents show
UVic researcher says gas flaring volumes have been 'consistently higher' than allowed since last fall”
#BCLNG #ClimateEmergency #ClimateChange #BCPoli
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/lng-canada-gas-flaring-exceeds-permits-9.7157738

i wonder if power from Site C and the various upgrades to other BC Hydro dams of the past few years is the reason why this fake Trump "emergency" order is neutered.
That and the massive rise of both home and grid scale solar and wind in Califonia and the PNW.
#bcpoli #solar #wind #electricity

An Earth Day message from me because why not. And because we have to keep fighting for our planet and everything we treasure.
#EarthDay #EarthDay2026 #VancouverIsland #PortAlberni #TransitionTown #FossilFuels #BCPoli #CamPoli #cdnpoli #EndFossilFuels #ClimateChange #ClimbingEmergency
#fediverse #peertube

BC's strategy was doomed to fail because, like nearly every government program in BC and Canada, there is a deep reluctance to increase spending and taxation to create actual capacity and capability in government.
The BC Government thought they could just decriminalize a few drugs and maybe put in some ‘targeted' funding here and there that would eventually shift to the private or charity sector.
It was never going to work. This was not a failure of the Portugal method in BC, it was an unwillingness to actually implement everything Portugal did to have success.
"Portugal’s drug strategy paired decriminalization with a massive, coordinated investment in treatment, housing, and social support, whereas B.C.’s decriminalization came without enough detox beds, long-term treatment, supportive housing, mental health services or follow-up care, leaving major gaps in its response. “Portugal had politicians and thought leaders who recognized the issue and that the response wasn’t just to decriminalize, but also to provide increased support,” said Pauly.”
#BCPoli #Drugs #Decriminilization #Canada #Homelessness #CanPoli #CdnPoli

Anyone know if there will be a demonstration/march against the Iran war in Vancouver this weekend?
Back in the day... the 2003 Iraq war march was the first big march I ever witnessed and participated in as an adult.
Anyone know where I could purchase an Iranian flag in Vancouver?
Here are some pictures from back in the day! Taken with a Kodak DC280! Forgot about that old camera!
#BCPoli #Canada #USAIsraelIranWar #Vancouver #pho #IraqWar #USA #March

Anyone with an objective bone in their body could see that the Ostrich ‘issue' was a conjob and a grift. But CBC went for the literal receipts.
"Angela Rasmussen, an avian flu virologist at the University of Saskatchewan, reviewed journalists' findings and dismissed claims the farm was engaged in any groundbreaking research.
"I think calling it scientific work is quite generous," she told fifth estate co-host Mark Kelley. "I call it a scam.””
#RightWing #Grifters #Canada #Fake #Ostrich #Edgewood #BCPoli #CanPoli #CdnPoli #CBC