Chris Alemany
@socialbc.ca
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Not good! #atmosphericriver #flooding #vancouver #abbotsford
https://flipboard.com/@blackpressmedia/sooke-dkah0b8pz/-/a-eeXtyhm1SH60rJsxPBeaTg%3Aa%3A3177150469-%2F0
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December 12, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Ugh... I take it back... things are not getting better at WCGH. Now new admissions have been halted for those that do not have a family doctor that is resident in the hospital.
It's almost as if we haven't been producing enough new nurses and doctors for the past 10-20 years? And also not […]
It's almost as if we haven't been producing enough new nurses and doctors for the past 10-20 years? And also not […]
Original post on socialbc.ca
socialbc.ca
December 11, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Ugh... I take it back... things are not getting better at WCGH. Now new admissions have been halted for those that do not have a family doctor that is resident in the hospital.
It's almost as if we haven't been producing enough new nurses and doctors for the past 10-20 years? And also not […]
It's almost as if we haven't been producing enough new nurses and doctors for the past 10-20 years? And also not […]
Good article in Hashilthsa about the ongoing closure of the ICU at West Coast General.
13 people have been redirected since the closure. About 30% of ICU patients were previously being redirected elsewhere for higher care.
“Physicians who work in the ICU have already identified what they need […]
13 people have been redirected since the closure. About 30% of ICU patients were previously being redirected elsewhere for higher care.
“Physicians who work in the ICU have already identified what they need […]
Original post on socialbc.ca
socialbc.ca
December 11, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Good article in Hashilthsa about the ongoing closure of the ICU at West Coast General.
13 people have been redirected since the closure. About 30% of ICU patients were previously being redirected elsewhere for higher care.
“Physicians who work in the ICU have already identified what they need […]
13 people have been redirected since the closure. About 30% of ICU patients were previously being redirected elsewhere for higher care.
“Physicians who work in the ICU have already identified what they need […]
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@chris It is so so well done!!! I tossed the Weather Channel app after one day of using WeatherCAN - the predictive mapping feature is especially good!
December 11, 2025 at 2:19 PM
@chris It is so so well done!!! I tossed the Weather Channel app after one day of using WeatherCAN - the predictive mapping feature is especially good!
Feels like wishful thinking.
@canpoli #cdnpoli #trade #usa
https://journa.host/@winnipegfreepress/115701343340518510
@canpoli #cdnpoli #trade #usa
https://journa.host/@winnipegfreepress/115701343340518510
Winnipeg Free Press (@[email protected])
LeBlanc believes U.S. will keep CUSMA trade deal with Canada, Mexico https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/business/2025/12/11/leblanc-believes-u-s-will-keep-cusma-trade-deal-with-canada-mexico
journa.host
December 11, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Feels like wishful thinking.
@canpoli #cdnpoli #trade #usa
https://journa.host/@winnipegfreepress/115701343340518510
@canpoli #cdnpoli #trade #usa
https://journa.host/@winnipegfreepress/115701343340518510
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More than half of Toronto drivers in a Universtiy of Toronto study didn't look for people walking or on bikes before turning right. Study used eye-tracking tech.
Increasingly deadly vehicles, dumb laws, and irresponsible driving equal people being injured and killed.
www.utoronto.ca/news/more-ha...
Increasingly deadly vehicles, dumb laws, and irresponsible driving equal people being injured and killed.
www.utoronto.ca/news/more-ha...
December 10, 2025 at 9:32 PM
More than half of Toronto drivers in a Universtiy of Toronto study didn't look for people walking or on bikes before turning right. Study used eye-tracking tech.
Increasingly deadly vehicles, dumb laws, and irresponsible driving equal people being injured and killed.
www.utoronto.ca/news/more-ha...
Increasingly deadly vehicles, dumb laws, and irresponsible driving equal people being injured and killed.
www.utoronto.ca/news/more-ha...
Good news story! A Royal Canadian Navy member fell from a rigid hull inflatable boat about one kilometre east of Bentinck Island off Metchosin, BC south of Victoria. He was located and retrieved from the water within a couple hours and he's home and safe!
#bc #rcn #uscg #rccg #canada #navy […]
#bc #rcn #uscg #rccg #canada #navy […]
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socialbc.ca
December 10, 2025 at 4:44 PM
good news!
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December 10, 2025 at 2:10 AM
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@chris
I’m sure it’s not likely, but all kinds of significant and impactful movements happen driven by a powerful minority, and the Take Back Alberta crowd is currently firmly in control and whether there will be enough meaningful pushback is still an open question.
I’m sure it’s not likely, but all kinds of significant and impactful movements happen driven by a powerful minority, and the Take Back Alberta crowd is currently firmly in control and whether there will be enough meaningful pushback is still an open question.
December 6, 2025 at 7:49 PM
@chris
I’m sure it’s not likely, but all kinds of significant and impactful movements happen driven by a powerful minority, and the Take Back Alberta crowd is currently firmly in control and whether there will be enough meaningful pushback is still an open question.
I’m sure it’s not likely, but all kinds of significant and impactful movements happen driven by a powerful minority, and the Take Back Alberta crowd is currently firmly in control and whether there will be enough meaningful pushback is still an open question.
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This looks like a positive snow forecast for BC mountains and the Interior next week!
From the Arctic Oscillation and Polar Vortex blog.
https://published.aer.com/aoblog/aoblog.html
#cold #bcstorm #bcsnow
From the Arctic Oscillation and Polar Vortex blog.
https://published.aer.com/aoblog/aoblog.html
#cold #bcstorm #bcsnow
December 6, 2025 at 5:57 PM
This looks like a positive snow forecast for BC mountains and the Interior next week!
From the Arctic Oscillation and Polar Vortex blog.
https://published.aer.com/aoblog/aoblog.html
#cold #bcstorm #bcsnow
From the Arctic Oscillation and Polar Vortex blog.
https://published.aer.com/aoblog/aoblog.html
#cold #bcstorm #bcsnow
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“In 2023, cars and their drivers killed 8,820 American pedestrians and bicyclists — 7,314 pedestrians and 1,166 cyclists. They injured another 136,281, an increase of over 5,300 injuries from 2022.”
Put the responsibility where it belongs.
Via @jalopnik.bsky.social
Put the responsibility where it belongs.
Via @jalopnik.bsky.social
No, Defensive Walking Isn't The Solution For Road Deaths - Jalopnik
It's victim-blaming, it's bull, and it's not the solution we need.
www.jalopnik.com
December 6, 2025 at 12:26 AM
“In 2023, cars and their drivers killed 8,820 American pedestrians and bicyclists — 7,314 pedestrians and 1,166 cyclists. They injured another 136,281, an increase of over 5,300 injuries from 2022.”
Put the responsibility where it belongs.
Via @jalopnik.bsky.social
Put the responsibility where it belongs.
Via @jalopnik.bsky.social
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Happy 25th anniversary to this Daily Mail article from the year 2000, proclaiming that internet "may be just a passing fad as millions give up on it".
#internet #theweb #otd #onthisday #history
#internet #theweb #otd #onthisday #history
December 5, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Happy 25th anniversary to this Daily Mail article from the year 2000, proclaiming that internet "may be just a passing fad as millions give up on it".
#internet #theweb #otd #onthisday #history
#internet #theweb #otd #onthisday #history
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Today I learned that a fan of #idolmaster set up a #mastodon server to relay info about the game/series, and it's called, what else, imastodon.net
im@stodon
im@stodon is unofficial mastodon instance for fans of THE IDOLM@STER. アイマストドンはアイマスに興味がある皆さんのための非公式なマストドンインスタンスです。
imastodon.net
December 4, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Today I learned that a fan of #idolmaster set up a #mastodon server to relay info about the game/series, and it's called, what else, imastodon.net
““I’m literally spending my morning looking at old-growth management areas that don’t have old-growth in them, and looking at the adjacent old-growth that does exist that’s not protected,” she said. “We have a failed system here.”” […]
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socialbc.ca
December 4, 2025 at 7:17 PM
““I’m literally spending my morning looking at old-growth management areas that don’t have old-growth in them, and looking at the adjacent old-growth that does exist that’s not protected,” she said. “We have a failed system here.”” […]
Well that didn't last long.
John Rustad has professionally incapacitated himself, by resigning as BC Conservative leader.
"Rustad told reporters Thursday he had talked to his wife and others close to him, who encouraged him to stay on, but he felt to do so would become a civil war in his party […]
John Rustad has professionally incapacitated himself, by resigning as BC Conservative leader.
"Rustad told reporters Thursday he had talked to his wife and others close to him, who encouraged him to stay on, but he felt to do so would become a civil war in his party […]
Original post on socialbc.ca
socialbc.ca
December 4, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Well that didn't last long.
John Rustad has professionally incapacitated himself, by resigning as BC Conservative leader.
"Rustad told reporters Thursday he had talked to his wife and others close to him, who encouraged him to stay on, but he felt to do so would become a civil war in his party […]
John Rustad has professionally incapacitated himself, by resigning as BC Conservative leader.
"Rustad told reporters Thursday he had talked to his wife and others close to him, who encouraged him to stay on, but he felt to do so would become a civil war in his party […]
after all that drama, it turns out that instead if getting a potential decision by the Speaker on who, in this toally crazy and unprecedented situation, is actually "Leader of the Official Opposition" (which can be separate from Leader of a Party) now the Legislature has adjorned one day early […]
Original post on socialbc.ca
socialbc.ca
December 4, 2025 at 2:18 AM
after all that drama, it turns out that instead if getting a potential decision by the Speaker on who, in this toally crazy and unprecedented situation, is actually "Leader of the Official Opposition" (which can be separate from Leader of a Party) now the Legislature has adjorned one day early […]
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" #Abbotsford MLA Believes that Vaccines Cause Autism and John Rustad is Still Leader." - Beaverton headline waiting to happen.
Now if you'll excuse me, I have to hitch up the horse and buggy to commute back to Chilliwack.
Now if you'll excuse me, I have to hitch up the horse and buggy to commute back to Chilliwack.
December 4, 2025 at 1:04 AM
" #Abbotsford MLA Believes that Vaccines Cause Autism and John Rustad is Still Leader." - Beaverton headline waiting to happen.
Now if you'll excuse me, I have to hitch up the horse and buggy to commute back to Chilliwack.
Now if you'll excuse me, I have to hitch up the horse and buggy to commute back to Chilliwack.
That is big news! Looks like cuts to middle-management bureaucracy at Health Authorities in BC “improve efficiencies and redirect savings to frontline services”
#bcpoli #healthcare
https://techhub.social/@blacsmit/115657994341532154
#bcpoli #healthcare
https://techhub.social/@blacsmit/115657994341532154
Christopher 🇨🇦 (@[email protected])
@[email protected] Truly a wild day in BC pol. Its really overshadowing the big healthcare reorg announced earlier today: https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2025HLTH0103-001195
techhub.social
December 3, 2025 at 10:31 PM
That is big news! Looks like cuts to middle-management bureaucracy at Health Authorities in BC “improve efficiencies and redirect savings to frontline services”
#bcpoli #healthcare
https://techhub.social/@blacsmit/115657994341532154
#bcpoli #healthcare
https://techhub.social/@blacsmit/115657994341532154
MLA Dallas Brodie is so brutal.
Talking about having the UVic “defunded” because it shut down her 'event’ on campus.
"It was like a display of demons” (the counter-protesters) https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/onebc-uvic-arrest-9.7000919)
UVic “Breeds violent left wing mobs” […]
Talking about having the UVic “defunded” because it shut down her 'event’ on campus.
"It was like a display of demons” (the counter-protesters) https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/onebc-uvic-arrest-9.7000919)
UVic “Breeds violent left wing mobs” […]
Original post on socialbc.ca
socialbc.ca
December 3, 2025 at 10:27 PM
MLA Dallas Brodie is so brutal.
Talking about having the UVic “defunded” because it shut down her 'event’ on campus.
"It was like a display of demons” (the counter-protesters) https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/onebc-uvic-arrest-9.7000919)
UVic “Breeds violent left wing mobs” […]
Talking about having the UVic “defunded” because it shut down her 'event’ on campus.
"It was like a display of demons” (the counter-protesters) https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/onebc-uvic-arrest-9.7000919)
UVic “Breeds violent left wing mobs” […]
aaaaand…. John Rustad is now not leader... at least for anyone outside of his own mind.
#bcpoli #bccpc #canpoli #conservatives
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/livestory/rustad-removed-9.7001990
#bcpoli #bccpc #canpoli #conservatives
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/livestory/rustad-removed-9.7001990
December 3, 2025 at 9:58 PM
aaaaand…. John Rustad is now not leader... at least for anyone outside of his own mind.
#bcpoli #bccpc #canpoli #conservatives
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/livestory/rustad-removed-9.7001990
#bcpoli #bccpc #canpoli #conservatives
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/livestory/rustad-removed-9.7001990
No surprise here.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/domtar-pulp-mill-closure-crofton-9.7000784
There used to be 7 pulp/paper mills on #vancouverisland and Powell River up to the 90s. Now there are two.
Harmac in #nanaimo was sold 2 decades ago to its employees and local […]
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/domtar-pulp-mill-closure-crofton-9.7000784
There used to be 7 pulp/paper mills on #vancouverisland and Powell River up to the 90s. Now there are two.
Harmac in #nanaimo was sold 2 decades ago to its employees and local […]
Original post on socialbc.ca
socialbc.ca
December 3, 2025 at 8:06 PM
No surprise here.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/domtar-pulp-mill-closure-crofton-9.7000784
There used to be 7 pulp/paper mills on #vancouverisland and Powell River up to the 90s. Now there are two.
Harmac in #nanaimo was sold 2 decades ago to its employees and local […]
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/domtar-pulp-mill-closure-crofton-9.7000784
There used to be 7 pulp/paper mills on #vancouverisland and Powell River up to the 90s. Now there are two.
Harmac in #nanaimo was sold 2 decades ago to its employees and local […]
BC never fails to be crazy!
20 Conservative MLAs (a majority of their 39) have sent a letter calling on Leader John Rustad to resign.
They sent it through a lawyer so they didn't have to name themselves publicly!
Rustad says he won't resign.
We could have another party pop up in a matter of […]
20 Conservative MLAs (a majority of their 39) have sent a letter calling on Leader John Rustad to resign.
They sent it through a lawyer so they didn't have to name themselves publicly!
Rustad says he won't resign.
We could have another party pop up in a matter of […]
Original post on socialbc.ca
socialbc.ca
December 3, 2025 at 7:48 PM
BC never fails to be crazy!
20 Conservative MLAs (a majority of their 39) have sent a letter calling on Leader John Rustad to resign.
They sent it through a lawyer so they didn't have to name themselves publicly!
Rustad says he won't resign.
We could have another party pop up in a matter of […]
20 Conservative MLAs (a majority of their 39) have sent a letter calling on Leader John Rustad to resign.
They sent it through a lawyer so they didn't have to name themselves publicly!
Rustad says he won't resign.
We could have another party pop up in a matter of […]
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Want to support a small instance for #givingtuesday?! We at #socialbc could use your help and generosity. Please boost this post. 💕
We are nearly one year in. Our expenses are $110-$150 a month. We have about 50 active users and efforts continue to spread the word.
Donations can be sent via […]
We are nearly one year in. Our expenses are $110-$150 a month. We have about 50 active users and efforts continue to spread the word.
Donations can be sent via […]
Original post on socialbc.ca
socialbc.ca
December 2, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Want to support a small instance for #givingtuesday?! We at #socialbc could use your help and generosity. Please boost this post. 💕
We are nearly one year in. Our expenses are $110-$150 a month. We have about 50 active users and efforts continue to spread the word.
Donations can be sent via […]
We are nearly one year in. Our expenses are $110-$150 a month. We have about 50 active users and efforts continue to spread the word.
Donations can be sent via […]
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Yay for VI Marmots!
They were possibly down to as few as 22 in 2003. Now they 400 and growing!
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/marmot-population-vancouver-island-rebounds-9.6998901
If you would like to learn more and see some adorable marmot videos https://marmots.org is the […]
They were possibly down to as few as 22 in 2003. Now they 400 and growing!
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/marmot-population-vancouver-island-rebounds-9.6998901
If you would like to learn more and see some adorable marmot videos https://marmots.org is the […]
Original post on socialbc.ca
socialbc.ca
December 2, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Yay for VI Marmots!
They were possibly down to as few as 22 in 2003. Now they 400 and growing!
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/marmot-population-vancouver-island-rebounds-9.6998901
If you would like to learn more and see some adorable marmot videos https://marmots.org is the […]
They were possibly down to as few as 22 in 2003. Now they 400 and growing!
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/marmot-population-vancouver-island-rebounds-9.6998901
If you would like to learn more and see some adorable marmot videos https://marmots.org is the […]