Young salmon and trout die in the Cowichan River due to extreme heat and low water levels causing algal blooms. And in a few weeks they might have to start trucking salmon up river (again) from the estuary because the water levels are so low.
#climatechange #climateEmergency #Cowichan #VancouverIsland #Salmon #BCPoli #CanPoli #EndFossilFuels

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/environmental-stress-likely-culprit-in-fish-die-off-on-vancouver-island-1.6960015

Eugenics in action:

"Health-care workers at a hospital on Vancouver Island are sounding the alarm about the fast spread of COVID-19 at the facility in the last few weeks, after public health officials said they would not declare it an outbreak because of "negative connotations." 

#covidisntover #bcpoli

https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/covid-vancouver-island-no-outbreak-1.6959369

After an entire 23 year career of getting 0-2% raises in our union contract intermittently... to now be seeing 15%, 20%, 30% raises being demanded, and received for the term of the contract is: a little terrifying honestly. My union is currently in negotiations with the Employer/BCGov. I have no idea what to expect. I dare not hope for anything. But I do. Thank god for Unions and Collective Bargaining.

#AffordabilityCrisis #Inflation #CanPoli #Union #Labour #BCPoli #LabourRights #WorkersRights #Unionize

Have I ever told you one of my favourite political-actions is to file Freedom of Information/Access To Information requests and then riff on the results? It's good times.

I just got notification that my most recent FOI will be proceeding. It was hung up as the Office determined whether I was worthy of having the fees (~$100) waved. It looks like they might wave them. I'll know shortly and should have a response to my request, or more likely, a request to extend their search time, in the next 30 days.
#bcPoli #Rail #VancouverIsland #Transportation #IslandRail #FOI #ATI #CanPoli

@MarkhamHislop there was a new billboard on the way out of Port Alberni this morning as I drove toward the fire-damaged Cameron lake bluffs on Highway 4. It was for BCLNG.ca. It said: "BC LNG, it Helps” or something... I uttered words that should not be repeated without a CW here, but also Charlatans, Liars, Burners of the World.

How do these people sleep at night as others, their fellow citizens, literally lose their homes to sleep in due to fossil-fueled wildfires, floods, and all the rest.

At some point, I hope some of them go to jail.
#climatechaos #endfossilfuels #bclng #BCPoli #CanPoli

Honest Government Ad | Canada 🇨🇦

> It's Canada's turn. After many many (really very many) requests from Canadians, we've finally made an Honest Government Ad for you, eh! 🇨🇦

(Warning: video contains four letter words) https://invidious.protokolla.fi/watch?v=u7s-BgfcFXw #Canada #cdnpoli #canpoli #bcpoli #abpoli #climatechange #bigoil #fossilfuels#JustinTrudeau #onpoli #topoli #DougFord

@thejuicemedia Adding a few tags to spread the word!

#Wetsuweten
#CDNPoli
#BCPoli
#IndigenousRights
#HumanRights
#OilAndGas

Five words: Guaranteed Universal Basic Income Now.

"What happens when you give 50 homeless people $7,500 each? A B.C. study found out - The Canadian Press"
#UBI #GLBI #Homelessness #Addiction #BCPoli #CanPoli https://apple.news/A0A_5ftxtRiuhF6ICvRcDlg

Good news for BC ALS patients.
#Medicine #Canada #BCpoli
https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/09/01/New-Meds-ALS-Better-Quality-Life/?utm_source=daily&utm_medium=email&utm_term=intro

Now another land scandal in BC.
#BCpoli #Canada #cdnpoli #BritishColumbia

https://thenarwhal.ca/bc-galloway-lands-fernie-donations/

Vancouver is not on the list of municipalities who are taking action on climate change by restricting natural gas in new homes, because our new mayor and ABC-majority council are unfortunately climate laggards.

https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2023/06/01/vancouver-natural-gas-ban-changes/

#BC #bcpoli #naturalgas #climateaction #vanpoli #Vancouver #ABCVancouver

Congratulations Nanaimo on banning natural gas in new homes. 💚

This is a huge step for climate action and indoor air quality.

The list of BC municipalities that have implemented similar bans also includes Saanich, Victoria, Whistler, North Vancouver, West Vancouver, Squamish, and Port Coquitlam.

https://www.timescolonist.com/local-news/nanaimo-bans-natural-gas-as-primary-heat-in-new-homes-as-of-july-2024-7479488

#Nanaimo #BC #bcpoli #naturalgas #climateaction #vanpoli

WTAF Canada Competition Bureau ordered to pay $13M for DOING ITS JOB. Good God. This country and its corporate capture. We continue to pay the highest cellphone bills IN THE WORLD. #CanPoli #BCPoli #Affordability #Rogers #Shaw
https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/competition-bureau-pays-rogers-shaw-1.6951656

Wearing a well-fitted N95 at all times in indoor public spaces, and pushing building managers to aggressively implement ASHRAE standard 241 for infection control are the most important things to do to reduce covid transmission.

Anyone who says keeping up to date with vaccinations--which are safe and effective at reducing the risk of acute phase death, but do little for long covid, and ~nothing to prevent transmission--is most important does not know what they are talking about. #covid19 #BCPoli

From the BC CDC on BA.2.86 sub variant just detected.
"“It was not unexpected for BA.2.86 to show up in Canada and the province. The risk to people in B.C. has not changed. COVID-19 continues to spread globally, and the virus continues to adapt. Reducing transmission and having high levels of protection through vaccination continue to be our best defence against all variants of COVID-19. People who are vaccinated are less likely to get seriously ill from COVID-19 or require hospitalization.”

"“We urge all people in B.C. to continue to follow public-health advice and to stay home when sick, wear masks when appropriate, follow respiratory etiquette, wash hands frequently, and, most importantly, stay up to date on your vaccinations.”

Time to Mask Up. 😷
#Covid19 #COVID19BC #Covid19Canada #BCPoli #CanPoli #MaskUp #VaxUp

https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2023HLTH0111-001364

Back in the day there were 7 large Pulp and/or Paper Mills on Vancouver Island. They were the major employer in Port Alice, Gold River, Powell River, Campbell River, North Cowichan/Crofton, Nanaimo (Harmac), and Port Alberni.

Gold River closed permanently 20 years ago.
Campbell River closed permanently 15 years ago.
Harmac was sold to the employees 15 years ago, it continues.
Port Alice closed permanently 10-15 years ago.
Powell River closed permanently this year.
Crofton has been 'curtailed' for last 3 months due to 'market conditions’ (see link). The outlook is not bright.
Port Alberni is the last “company mill” on the Island and has avoided most of the turmoil at least outwardly.

Other than Harmac, the last 3 mills were the final ones owned by one entity. That entity, Paper Excellence, is owned by a member of the Wijaya family who run a huge conglomerate in Indonesia: Sinar Mas.

It's just numbers on a spreadsheet now.

I expect Port Alberni's mill to be closed within 5 years.

There are lots of reasons for the shutdown, but I believe the major one is company consolidation and offshoring of global pulp and paper production.

#megaCorps #Billionnaires #Forestry #PulpandPaper #PortAlberni #Nanaimo #CampbellRiver #Canada #CanPoli #BCPoli
https://www.albernivalleynews.com/trending-now/crofton-mill-extends-shutdown-another-month-3099321

An uplifting article about such a terrible time for so many.
#CanadianWildfires #BCWildfire #ClimateChaos #BCPoli #Fire #BeKind #LookForTheHelpers
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/wildfires-british-columbia-helpers-1.6948534

Former Vancouver mayor Kennedy Stewart reflects on drug decriminalization and electoral defeat in new memoir, #Decrim. #vanpoli #bcpoli #canpoli #CityNewsBookshelf https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2023/08/26/former-vancouver-mayor-new-memoir/

His sentence began on my 5th birthday. Weird. Also, what a waste of a life. Regardless the circumstances, no one is born destined to live their last 40 years behind bars. #bcpoli #criminal #justice #jail
https://bc.ctvnews.ca/inmate-dies-of-apparent-natural-causes-at-b-c-prison-after-40-years-behind-bars-1.6536094

The Shuswap region is a powder keg

Since Sunday, I have been trying to convey the growing tension after folks who barely survived one of the fastest fires in BC history felt abandoned

Add scoldings from #bcpoli and a convoy confrontation isn’t a surprise

https://bc.ctvnews.ca/the-environment-is-unsafe-b-c-firefighting-crews-pulled-from-north-shuswap-amid-ongoing-tensions-1.6533349