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Stacy Chappel
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I like lots of stuff. Fencing, sewing, cycling, board games. 🕊 anti-fascist
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NEW: Hundreds of public servants are being let go at federal agencies that monitor climate risks, @natashabulowski.bsky.social reports
Cuts at Natural Resources Canada ‘decimate’ wildfire and flood tracking capacity, unions warn
Carney's cuts have hit Natural Resources Canada, causing uproar from public sector unions warning the layoffs will hurt Canada's ability to respond to cliamte change and protect Canadians from wildfir...
www.nationalobserver.com
December 5, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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So cool how the federal Liberals are demolishing the rule of law faster than Poilievre ever could have dreamed of #CdnPoli
“The new measures — if approved in a confidence vote that could come as early as next week — would allow a cabinet minister to exempt the testing of any product or service from almost any law, in order to encourage innovation, competitiveness or economic growth.”

www.thestar.com/politics/pol...
Althia Raj: Mark Carney is quietly giving sweeping new powers to his ministers
Sneaking a change of this magnitude into a 600-page bill that will not get parliamentary scrutiny raises a red flag, Althia Raj writes.
www.thestar.com
December 7, 2025 at 3:29 AM
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www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar... #VancouverBC why is @davidebybc.bsky.social not concerned about all the layoffs in lower mainland being lost? First all the health authority jobs now this in Vancouver! Our economy is going to hell right now. #bcpoli
City of Vancouver lays off dozens of staff following property tax freeze
The City of Vancouver has notified approximately 30 non-unionized staff members that their roles will be ending, according to an email from the city manager.
www.ctvnews.ca
December 5, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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December 1, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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December 1, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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🧵The #HarmReduction movement & NHRC exist because people living with & dying of #AIDS — & others who loved & cared for them — stepped up to take care of each other when the government left them behind. Today, we see heightened attacks on the very programs & services we fought so hard to create to...
December 1, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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Just encountered 3 motorists blasting through a solid red light at the Quadra and Lochside Trail right where the ghost bike is. Thankfully I wasn’t a couple seconds faster, otherwise… Do better motorists. #yyjbike #saanich #yyj #yyjtraffic
November 28, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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says man championing the energy industry of yesteryear #cdnpoli #MarkCarney
People who care about climate change are “dreaming nostalgically about the past.” - Minister Hodgson

Gotcha. That explains a lot.
November 28, 2025 at 3:33 AM
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“The answer is still no. No pipelines in British Columbia, no further fossil fuel pipelines, period,” said Stewart Phillip, grand chief of Syilx Nation and president of the Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs.  www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/26/n...
BC First Nations denounce reported Alberta-Ottawa agreement
Ahead of Thursday's expected announcement, Indigenous leaders in the province are accusing the federal government of making a "back room deal" to force through a pipeline to the province's northwest c...
www.nationalobserver.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:41 AM
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This doesn't get talked about enough. Great writeup. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
November 27, 2025 at 6:29 AM
No. No we dont.
November 26, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Of course it is nearly universal opposition! This plan is bonkers!! Even those who support other pipelines know it.
Oil is not the only natural resource in Canada? What about fisheries? Coastal / ocean industries matter too.
November 26, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Ugh Ugh Ugh
#KateMcKenna reports that #Alberta Premier #DanielleSmith and Prime Minister @mark-carney.bsky.social are set to announce a memorandum of understanding on Thursday that will include political support for a pipeline and carve-outs from environmental laws. 🇨🇦 #Cdnpoli #ABpoli
youtu.be/vMHURyERfPM?...
Carney and Alberta's Smith announcing energy deal, pipeline support | Power & Politics
YouTube video by CBC News
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November 25, 2025 at 3:00 AM
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Anyone want to start a “BC independence unless we get a high-speed railway in which case we’re good thanks” movement with me? #bcpoli #cdnpoli
Ottawa, Alberta agree to broad outlines of energy deal, including path to pipeline | CBC News
Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith have agreed to the broad outlines of a memorandum of understanding that would give Alberta special exemptions from federal environmental l...
www.cbc.ca
November 24, 2025 at 11:29 PM
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Fact check: No, U.S. oil tankers do not pass through the Hecate Strait. Elizabeth May shows exactly why the tanker ban exists, and why protecting it matters.
November 21, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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Fact check: No, U.S. oil tankers do not pass through the Hecate Strait. Elizabeth May shows exactly why the tanker ban exists, and why protecting it matters.
November 22, 2025 at 5:30 AM
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WHAT IS HAPPENING
the son he always wanted
November 21, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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*looks directly at camera*
Not two weeks after a democratic socialist is elected mayor of New York City, 86 Democratic House members vote to 'condemn socialism.'
November 21, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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B.C.'s oceans are turning acidic faster than once thought, finds study
B.C.'s oceans are turning acidic faster than once thought, finds study
Coral records reveal B.C. ocean acidity amplified 50 per cent more than previously thought, threatening a $452-million shellfish fishery
dlvr.it
November 21, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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“I want their morale as low as possible because a team with low morale is ineffective.”

Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Clifford “Buzz” Grambo patrols the streets of Baltimore to keep his neighbors safe—and make federal agents uncomfortable.
www.motherjones.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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There's a few million people between Alberta and the coast that seem to be missing from this conversation.
Time to dust off the clipboard and the bullhorn cuz this crooked government needs to hear from the people.
#cdnpoli #bcpoli
November 20, 2025 at 3:08 AM
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My "51st state" scorecard
- we're kicking out the immigrants
- we abandoned our climate obligations
- we deny trans ppl their rights
- provinces are exercising their right to deny anyone their rights
- oil & gas is king
- all our taxes go to military (except what goes to AI)
November 19, 2025 at 1:54 PM