Alex Goatcher
@alexgoatcher.bsky.social
Former President of the Friends of Kootenay NP (2018-2024)
President of UNE Local 30402 (2024-Present)
Director, Friends of Yoho NP (2025-Present)
MB Born, YEG raised. My views are of my own & represent only myself. #FieldBC #EastKootenays
President of UNE Local 30402 (2024-Present)
Director, Friends of Yoho NP (2025-Present)
MB Born, YEG raised. My views are of my own & represent only myself. #FieldBC #EastKootenays
That's what I need! A nice Washingtonian or Oregonian wife!
Why more young US women seem to be ready to move abroad
Why more young US women seem to be ready to move abroad
A Gallup poll suggests 40% of US women aged 15 to 44 would move abroad if they could. Women who took the plunge tell us why.
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December 2, 2025 at 1:36 AM
That's what I need! A nice Washingtonian or Oregonian wife!
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💡 #Highwood Update 💡
At least for this winter, we believe we can safely say the #Kananaskis clearcut will NOT proceed.
If it weren't for our collective efforts to pause this logging (multiple times), the #BullTrout population we confirmed might already be gone 🐟🧪🔬
As ever, let's keep going!
At least for this winter, we believe we can safely say the #Kananaskis clearcut will NOT proceed.
If it weren't for our collective efforts to pause this logging (multiple times), the #BullTrout population we confirmed might already be gone 🐟🧪🔬
As ever, let's keep going!
December 1, 2025 at 8:31 PM
💡 #Highwood Update 💡
At least for this winter, we believe we can safely say the #Kananaskis clearcut will NOT proceed.
If it weren't for our collective efforts to pause this logging (multiple times), the #BullTrout population we confirmed might already be gone 🐟🧪🔬
As ever, let's keep going!
At least for this winter, we believe we can safely say the #Kananaskis clearcut will NOT proceed.
If it weren't for our collective efforts to pause this logging (multiple times), the #BullTrout population we confirmed might already be gone 🐟🧪🔬
As ever, let's keep going!
I wonder what the Minister's thoughts on the possibility of another pipeline going through Jasper NP, seeing Parks Canada is now part of her portfolio? 🤔 #cdnpoli
BEYOND LOCAL: Environment minister won’t say whether new pipeline would increase or decrease emissions
Environment minister won’t say whether new pipeline would increase or decrease emissions
Opposition MPs grilled Environment and Climate Change Minister Julie Dabrusin just days after her predecessor, Steven Guilbeault, resigned from Carney’s cabinet over the decision to strike up a deal on pipelines with Alberta.
dlvr.it
December 2, 2025 at 12:22 AM
I wonder what the Minister's thoughts on the possibility of another pipeline going through Jasper NP, seeing Parks Canada is now part of her portfolio? 🤔 #cdnpoli
Whenever I see clips of people in the Legislature and I see Raj Chouhan in the chair, he always looks like he's bored to death. #bcpoli
December 2, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Whenever I see clips of people in the Legislature and I see Raj Chouhan in the chair, he always looks like he's bored to death. #bcpoli
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The film, you'll remember, was produced using funding from One BC's caucus budget - money from BC taxpayers meant to support caucus operations
Now One BC is billing it as "the first feature-length documentary in Canadian history produced by elected legislators"
Now One BC is billing it as "the first feature-length documentary in Canadian history produced by elected legislators"
Rob Shaw: B.C. taxpayer cash fuelling condos, documentaries and cushy new jobs
While British Columbians cut back, MLAs find creative new ways to spend public money
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December 1, 2025 at 6:43 PM
The film, you'll remember, was produced using funding from One BC's caucus budget - money from BC taxpayers meant to support caucus operations
Now One BC is billing it as "the first feature-length documentary in Canadian history produced by elected legislators"
Now One BC is billing it as "the first feature-length documentary in Canadian history produced by elected legislators"
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Algoma Steel to lay off 1,000 workers over ‘unprecedented tariffs’ globalnews.ca/news/1155435...
Algoma Steel to lay off 1,000 workers over ‘unprecedented tariffs’ | Globalnews.ca
Algoma Steel said Monday that it plans to lay off about 1,000 workers due to impacts from tariffs imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump's tariff policies.
globalnews.ca
December 1, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Algoma Steel to lay off 1,000 workers over ‘unprecedented tariffs’ globalnews.ca/news/1155435...
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USW was prompted to endorse Ashton after Avi Lewis made comments at the Montreal French-language #NDPLdr25 debate that were perceived to be anti-worker -- and specifically anti-pipeline and anti-resource worker. Here's a New Democrat reacting to Lewis' remarks. www.facebook.com/592720272/po...
Leigh Phillips
It was pretty damn cold up here in the Toodoggone today and so of course the heater in the core shack decided it was a great day to pack up and die. The maintenance guys worked for hours on it, but...
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December 1, 2025 at 9:07 PM
USW was prompted to endorse Ashton after Avi Lewis made comments at the Montreal French-language #NDPLdr25 debate that were perceived to be anti-worker -- and specifically anti-pipeline and anti-resource worker. Here's a New Democrat reacting to Lewis' remarks. www.facebook.com/592720272/po...
HAHAHAAA! Parks Canada is back under the Environment Minister's realm....wow.
Prime Minister Mark Carney has named former Liberal cabinet member Marc Miller the new minister of Canadian identity and culture.
globalnews.ca/news/1155169...
globalnews.ca/news/1155169...
Carney shuffles cabinet, names new ministers to replace Guilbeault - National | Globalnews.ca
Carney has named Marc Miller the new minister of Canadian identity and culture, replacing Steven Guilbeault after he resigned from cabinet last week.
globalnews.ca
December 1, 2025 at 11:01 PM
HAHAHAAA! Parks Canada is back under the Environment Minister's realm....wow.
Check!!! #ableg
BREAKING:
Alberta's Elections Commissioner has determined that the Alberta Forerver Petition was successful and officially met its signature threshold.
www.elections.ab.ca/citizen-init...
Alberta's Elections Commissioner has determined that the Alberta Forerver Petition was successful and officially met its signature threshold.
www.elections.ab.ca/citizen-init...
Citizen Initiative Petition Verification Completed, Results Announced - Elections Alberta
EDMONTON – Elections Alberta has completed verification for the “Alberta Forever Canada” citizen initiative petition. Alberta’s Chief Electoral Officer, Gordon McClure, has determined under section 10...
www.elections.ab.ca
December 1, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Check!!! #ableg
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BEYOND LOCAL: Forever Canada petition verified by Elections Alberta
Forever Canada petition verified by Elections Alberta
The Alberta Forever Canada petition has been verified by Elections Alberta, and could be allowed to proceed to a referendum if permitted by the Legislature.
dlvr.it
December 1, 2025 at 10:26 PM
BEYOND LOCAL: Forever Canada petition verified by Elections Alberta
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Charity celebrates milestone as Vancouver Island marmots rebound to 427 in wild #VancouverIsland
Charity celebrates milestone as Vancouver Island marmots rebound to 427 in wild - BC News
A foundation trying to save a critically endangered species is celebrating a marmot milestone.
www.castanetkamloops.net
December 1, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Charity celebrates milestone as Vancouver Island marmots rebound to 427 in wild #VancouverIsland
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Incredible!! Just got confirmation from Tanille Johnston that it looks like their teamwork paid off:
Tony McQuail hit his fundraising goal after — along with Tanille and volunteers — they raised thousands in today’s telethon fundraiser.
Pretty astonishing, heartwarming stuff.
Tony McQuail hit his fundraising goal after — along with Tanille and volunteers — they raised thousands in today’s telethon fundraiser.
Pretty astonishing, heartwarming stuff.
Cute that since Tanille Johnston raised enough to make it through to the next stage of NDP leadership, she’s teaming up to try to get Tony McQuail across the finish line.
Deadline is tonight. I gotta say the camaraderie on display from these two is pretty endearing
www.youtube.com/live/yOaaPW6...
Deadline is tonight. I gotta say the camaraderie on display from these two is pretty endearing
www.youtube.com/live/yOaaPW6...
Tony & Tanille's 15h Telethon Fundraiser
YouTube video by Tanille Johnston
www.youtube.com
December 1, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Incredible!! Just got confirmation from Tanille Johnston that it looks like their teamwork paid off:
Tony McQuail hit his fundraising goal after — along with Tanille and volunteers — they raised thousands in today’s telethon fundraiser.
Pretty astonishing, heartwarming stuff.
Tony McQuail hit his fundraising goal after — along with Tanille and volunteers — they raised thousands in today’s telethon fundraiser.
Pretty astonishing, heartwarming stuff.
Great article by @wildsight.bsky.social on old growth forests, that are Caribou habitats, are being destroyed in the #Revelstoke area.
#bcpoli
wildsight.ca/2025/11/19/w...
#bcpoli
wildsight.ca/2025/11/19/w...
Why old forests are still being logged in one of BC’s most endangered ecosystems
Three months ago I walked through a magical cathedral forest where thousand-year-old cedar trees wrapped with green ‘car straps’, towered above six-foot-high devil’s club. I was among the last people ...
wildsight.ca
November 30, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Great article by @wildsight.bsky.social on old growth forests, that are Caribou habitats, are being destroyed in the #Revelstoke area.
#bcpoli
wildsight.ca/2025/11/19/w...
#bcpoli
wildsight.ca/2025/11/19/w...
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Yes, that is Wayne Gretzky golfing with Trump
November 30, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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Last week’s barge emergency near Bella Bella shows why Canada needs real container-spill preparedness. Heiltsuk Nation responders prevented disaster — but luck isn’t a plan. It’s time to pass my Bill C-215 and create a national strategy to protect coastal communities and our oceans.
November 30, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Last week’s barge emergency near Bella Bella shows why Canada needs real container-spill preparedness. Heiltsuk Nation responders prevented disaster — but luck isn’t a plan. It’s time to pass my Bill C-215 and create a national strategy to protect coastal communities and our oceans.
This is an emergency that no one seems to care about. #bcpoli
Zero Interior Fraser steelhead salmon found in fall migration study, BC Wildlife Federation warns #Kamloops
Zero Interior Fraser steelhead salmon found in fall migration study, BC Wildlife Federation warns - Kamloops News
www.castanetkamloops.net
November 30, 2025 at 8:37 PM
This is an emergency that no one seems to care about. #bcpoli
When you telk city folk "we have too many trees in the forests", they get all confused. #bcpoli #GoldenBC #ColumbiaValley
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Cultural burning is ‘a better way’: Secwépemc firekeeper | The Narwhal
As B.C. wildfires worsen, leading Secwépemc firekeeper Joe Gilchrist says cultural burning ‘needs to be multiplied hundreds of times’
thenarwhal.ca
November 30, 2025 at 4:09 PM
When you telk city folk "we have too many trees in the forests", they get all confused. #bcpoli #GoldenBC #ColumbiaValley
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thenarwhal.ca/cultural-bur...
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@gordjohns.bsky.social and I, circa 2012. We could just scratch out Harper and scribble in Carney..
November 30, 2025 at 5:42 AM
@gordjohns.bsky.social and I, circa 2012. We could just scratch out Harper and scribble in Carney..
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Why do you appreciate unions?
I’ll start:
Weekends off
Paid vacations
Work breaks
Sick leave
Paid holidays
No child labor
Safer working conditions
Health care and retirement benefits
I’ll start:
Weekends off
Paid vacations
Work breaks
Sick leave
Paid holidays
No child labor
Safer working conditions
Health care and retirement benefits
November 30, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Why do you appreciate unions?
I’ll start:
Weekends off
Paid vacations
Work breaks
Sick leave
Paid holidays
No child labor
Safer working conditions
Health care and retirement benefits
I’ll start:
Weekends off
Paid vacations
Work breaks
Sick leave
Paid holidays
No child labor
Safer working conditions
Health care and retirement benefits
It's sad that an ER being closed for 3 years at night has been the turning point to change a community's focus to prevention when it comes to healthcare. #bcpoli
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This rural ER has been closed overnight for nearly 3 years, and locals say it's time for change | CBC News
Island Health has closed the ER at the Port Hardy Hospital overnight starting in January 2023, citing a staffing shortage. Patients requiring emergency care are transported to Port McNeill — a 45-kilo...
www.cbc.ca
November 30, 2025 at 3:40 PM
It's sad that an ER being closed for 3 years at night has been the turning point to change a community's focus to prevention when it comes to healthcare. #bcpoli
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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A landmark ruling out of Sudbury: Psychological injuries are finally being recognized for what they are – real workplace hazards. Unions have said it for years, now the law is catching up. Together, we’re building safer workplaces for everyone.
psacunion.ca/psychologica...
psacunion.ca/psychologica...
Psychological injuries on the job are workplace hazards, and employers must treat them that way
<p>A landmark decision out of Sudbury has reaffirmed what workers, PSAC and other unions have been saying for years: occupational mental injuries are as real, and as deadly, as any physical hazard on…
psacunion.ca
November 30, 2025 at 3:00 PM
A landmark ruling out of Sudbury: Psychological injuries are finally being recognized for what they are – real workplace hazards. Unions have said it for years, now the law is catching up. Together, we’re building safer workplaces for everyone.
psacunion.ca/psychologica...
psacunion.ca/psychologica...
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I attended the parliamentary press gallery event and met former Conservative PM Joe Clark, former Environment Minister Stephen Guilbeault and MP Bruce Fanjoy who defeated Pierre Poilievre.
In these dark times, we need to work together across party lines to build a better Canada.
In these dark times, we need to work together across party lines to build a better Canada.
November 30, 2025 at 2:27 AM
I attended the parliamentary press gallery event and met former Conservative PM Joe Clark, former Environment Minister Stephen Guilbeault and MP Bruce Fanjoy who defeated Pierre Poilievre.
In these dark times, we need to work together across party lines to build a better Canada.
In these dark times, we need to work together across party lines to build a better Canada.
November 30, 2025 at 1:01 AM
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PSAC members and former members are, once again, getting unfairly burned by Phoenix. The federal government is resorting to threats and intimidation tactics against workers who didn't even know they were overpaid – nearly a decade ago. It’s not only unacceptable, but also against the law.
November 29, 2025 at 5:02 PM
PSAC members and former members are, once again, getting unfairly burned by Phoenix. The federal government is resorting to threats and intimidation tactics against workers who didn't even know they were overpaid – nearly a decade ago. It’s not only unacceptable, but also against the law.