Samantha Agtarap
@sam4pomo.bsky.social
#PortMoody Cllr, engineer, parent, small biz owner. Opinions my own. Retweets/likes not endorsements. She/her
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Samantha Agtarap
@sam4pomo.bsky.social
· Nov 20
A #casino in #PortMoody? Wait, what?
If you didn’t watch the entire discussion on Finance Agenda Item 4.6 last night — including two Zoom crashes — you might assume that I, and Mayor Lahti, who understood the point I was making, want Port Moody to get a casino. That’s not the whole story.
If you didn’t watch the entire discussion on Finance Agenda Item 4.6 last night — including two Zoom crashes — you might assume that I, and Mayor Lahti, who understood the point I was making, want Port Moody to get a casino. That’s not the whole story.
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Stable housing is Healthcare (and community safety, development and so on)
Toronto hospital starts $1M fund to help patients with rent share.google/vwhiwf4TYcya...
Toronto hospital starts $1M fund to help patients with rent share.google/vwhiwf4TYcya...
‘This is preventative medicine.’ Toronto hospital starts $1-million fund to help patients with rent
‘This is preventative medicine,’ says Dr. Andrew Boozary with the University Health Network, as research shows a link between evictions and worse health outcomes. The fund will help patients on a case...
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December 23, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Stable housing is Healthcare (and community safety, development and so on)
Toronto hospital starts $1M fund to help patients with rent share.google/vwhiwf4TYcya...
Toronto hospital starts $1M fund to help patients with rent share.google/vwhiwf4TYcya...
“In 2021, extreme weather cost B.C.’s economy $17 billion,…
Why are B.C. families and taxpayers paying the climate bill instead of the companies most responsible for driving the damages?”
Great opinion piece: vancouversun.com/opinion/op-e...
Why are B.C. families and taxpayers paying the climate bill instead of the companies most responsible for driving the damages?”
Great opinion piece: vancouversun.com/opinion/op-e...
Opinion: We’re sending B.C.’s extreme weather bills to the wrong people
Costs for floods and fires are shifted onto residents and taxpayers while companies most responsible for driving disasters pocket profits
vancouversun.com
December 19, 2025 at 6:15 AM
“In 2021, extreme weather cost B.C.’s economy $17 billion,…
Why are B.C. families and taxpayers paying the climate bill instead of the companies most responsible for driving the damages?”
Great opinion piece: vancouversun.com/opinion/op-e...
Why are B.C. families and taxpayers paying the climate bill instead of the companies most responsible for driving the damages?”
Great opinion piece: vancouversun.com/opinion/op-e...
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The orange menace decided that today is the day for tree climbing.
December 18, 2025 at 4:20 PM
The orange menace decided that today is the day for tree climbing.
This is fantastic news!
December 18, 2025 at 2:28 AM
This is fantastic news!
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Storms are once again placing significant strain on BC communities and compounding the long-term impacts of past flood events. As local govs respond, we're calling for sustained funding and support to recover & invest in long-term flood risk mitigation. www.ubcm.ca/about-ubcm/l...
Recurring flood risk requires sustained response
Storms in southwestern British Columbia are once again placing significant strain on communities and compounding the long-term impacts of past flood events. As local governments and other service…
www.ubcm.ca
December 17, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Storms are once again placing significant strain on BC communities and compounding the long-term impacts of past flood events. As local govs respond, we're calling for sustained funding and support to recover & invest in long-term flood risk mitigation. www.ubcm.ca/about-ubcm/l...
Widespread power outages are affecting schools too. Check the SD43 website (or your local school district) for the latest info. www.sd43.bc.ca/Pages/defaul...
December 17, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Widespread power outages are affecting schools too. Check the SD43 website (or your local school district) for the latest info. www.sd43.bc.ca/Pages/defaul...
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BC Hydro: ~120,000 customers without power after rainstorm knocked down trees and debris onto electrical infrastructure.
Hardest hit areas:
• Surrey: 18,400 without power
• Vancouver: 11,200
• Port Coquitlam: 12,500
• Burnaby: 11,700
• Maple Ridge: 11,200
• North Vancouver: 10,000
Hardest hit areas:
• Surrey: 18,400 without power
• Vancouver: 11,200
• Port Coquitlam: 12,500
• Burnaby: 11,700
• Maple Ridge: 11,200
• North Vancouver: 10,000
December 17, 2025 at 2:43 PM
BC Hydro: ~120,000 customers without power after rainstorm knocked down trees and debris onto electrical infrastructure.
Hardest hit areas:
• Surrey: 18,400 without power
• Vancouver: 11,200
• Port Coquitlam: 12,500
• Burnaby: 11,700
• Maple Ridge: 11,200
• North Vancouver: 10,000
Hardest hit areas:
• Surrey: 18,400 without power
• Vancouver: 11,200
• Port Coquitlam: 12,500
• Burnaby: 11,700
• Maple Ridge: 11,200
• North Vancouver: 10,000
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Here’s where you can pick up the first Freshet newspaper in Port Moody and the villages, starting Dec. 18:
Port Moody Recreation Complex
Port Moody City Hall
Port Moody Public Library
PoMoArts
Save On Food
Waves
Starbucks
Anmore Village Hall
Belcarra Village Hall
#Portmoody #anmore #belcarra
Port Moody Recreation Complex
Port Moody City Hall
Port Moody Public Library
PoMoArts
Save On Food
Waves
Starbucks
Anmore Village Hall
Belcarra Village Hall
#Portmoody #anmore #belcarra
December 17, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Here’s where you can pick up the first Freshet newspaper in Port Moody and the villages, starting Dec. 18:
Port Moody Recreation Complex
Port Moody City Hall
Port Moody Public Library
PoMoArts
Save On Food
Waves
Starbucks
Anmore Village Hall
Belcarra Village Hall
#Portmoody #anmore #belcarra
Port Moody Recreation Complex
Port Moody City Hall
Port Moody Public Library
PoMoArts
Save On Food
Waves
Starbucks
Anmore Village Hall
Belcarra Village Hall
#Portmoody #anmore #belcarra
This is a good analogy.
My position on taking action. And on the important space between everything and nothing.
December 14, 2025 at 5:00 PM
This is a good analogy.
In the years since the 2021 flood, Abbotsford and neighbouring municipalities identified an array of new infrastructure necessary to prevent a repeat scenario. Mr. Siemens said funding requests for those projects were largely ignored by higher levels of government.”
“Abbotsford mayor rebukes Ottawa and B.C. over flood response” www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... - @theglobeandmail.com
#Abbotsford #BCFlood #BCPoli #CDNPoli
#Abbotsford #BCFlood #BCPoli #CDNPoli
Abbotsford mayor rebukes Ottawa and B.C. over flood response
Both governments have failed to heed lessons of catastrophic 2021 flood, Siemens says
www.theglobeandmail.com
December 13, 2025 at 12:30 AM
In the years since the 2021 flood, Abbotsford and neighbouring municipalities identified an array of new infrastructure necessary to prevent a repeat scenario. Mr. Siemens said funding requests for those projects were largely ignored by higher levels of government.”
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1/ 🚨 Flooding update for the Fraser Valley + Interior
Several major routes that were closed are now open, including the Coquihalla, Highway 1 through the Fraser Canyon, Highway 7 west of Hope, Highway 99, and Highway 1 at Bridal Falls (single lane).
Several major routes that were closed are now open, including the Coquihalla, Highway 1 through the Fraser Canyon, Highway 7 west of Hope, Highway 99, and Highway 1 at Bridal Falls (single lane).
December 12, 2025 at 6:08 PM
1/ 🚨 Flooding update for the Fraser Valley + Interior
Several major routes that were closed are now open, including the Coquihalla, Highway 1 through the Fraser Canyon, Highway 7 west of Hope, Highway 99, and Highway 1 at Bridal Falls (single lane).
Several major routes that were closed are now open, including the Coquihalla, Highway 1 through the Fraser Canyon, Highway 7 west of Hope, Highway 99, and Highway 1 at Bridal Falls (single lane).
Reposted by Samantha Agtarap
Fossil Fuels Fall Below 1% of Canadian Employment While Global Clean Energy Jobs Surge www.theenergymix.com/fossil-fuels...
Fossil Fuels Fall Below 1% of Canadian Employment While Global Clean Energy Jobs Surge
Fossil fuel employment has fallen to less than 1% of the Canadian work force, while growth in global energy jobs outpaced the wider economy for the third year in a row, according to two reports releas...
www.theenergymix.com
December 11, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Fossil Fuels Fall Below 1% of Canadian Employment While Global Clean Energy Jobs Surge www.theenergymix.com/fossil-fuels...
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Flood Warning for Fraser Valley East. Rivers have exceeded riverbanks or will exceed them soon in Abbotsford, Chilliwack, Hope and east to Manning Park. Stay clear of riverbanks. Updates: EmergencyInfoBC.gov.bc.ca
December 10, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Flood Warning for Fraser Valley East. Rivers have exceeded riverbanks or will exceed them soon in Abbotsford, Chilliwack, Hope and east to Manning Park. Stay clear of riverbanks. Updates: EmergencyInfoBC.gov.bc.ca
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These subtropical air masses that reach the PNW keep getting warmer and wetter as the climate warms as a whole.
Yakima, WA has reached 70 degrees today, the only other 70+ in Dec was 72 on 12/1/2021.
The atmospheric water vapor content is near record highs for Dec, increasing rainfall amounts.
Yakima, WA has reached 70 degrees today, the only other 70+ in Dec was 72 on 12/1/2021.
The atmospheric water vapor content is near record highs for Dec, increasing rainfall amounts.
December 10, 2025 at 8:30 PM
These subtropical air masses that reach the PNW keep getting warmer and wetter as the climate warms as a whole.
Yakima, WA has reached 70 degrees today, the only other 70+ in Dec was 72 on 12/1/2021.
The atmospheric water vapor content is near record highs for Dec, increasing rainfall amounts.
Yakima, WA has reached 70 degrees today, the only other 70+ in Dec was 72 on 12/1/2021.
The atmospheric water vapor content is near record highs for Dec, increasing rainfall amounts.
At recent Council budget decisions, there’s been discussion on a capital project (heat pump) that would help us meet our climate goals. I wrote more on Facebook (sorry - it was much too long for here).
www.facebook.com/share/14MrxT...
www.facebook.com/share/14MrxT...
Redirecting...
www.facebook.com
December 9, 2025 at 4:46 PM
At recent Council budget decisions, there’s been discussion on a capital project (heat pump) that would help us meet our climate goals. I wrote more on Facebook (sorry - it was much too long for here).
www.facebook.com/share/14MrxT...
www.facebook.com/share/14MrxT...
November's newsletter is out! It was a busy month — from Cheer at the Pier to Council’s budget deliberations, along with conferences like Housing Central, the Pembina Institute Summit, & BERM 2.0.
Beyond the usual recap, I’ve included some thoughts on the ongoing inequity in gaming revenue sharing.
Beyond the usual recap, I’ve included some thoughts on the ongoing inequity in gaming revenue sharing.
Monthly Update - November 2025
November updates
sam4pomo.beehiiv.com
December 8, 2025 at 4:31 PM
November's newsletter is out! It was a busy month — from Cheer at the Pier to Council’s budget deliberations, along with conferences like Housing Central, the Pembina Institute Summit, & BERM 2.0.
Beyond the usual recap, I’ve included some thoughts on the ongoing inequity in gaming revenue sharing.
Beyond the usual recap, I’ve included some thoughts on the ongoing inequity in gaming revenue sharing.
Today, I remember the 14 women murdered on December 6, 1989, at École Polytechnique in Montréal. They were targeted because of their gender. I remember their names, their families, and the futures stolen from them by gender-based violence. #remembertheirnames #16Days
December 6, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Today, I remember the 14 women murdered on December 6, 1989, at École Polytechnique in Montréal. They were targeted because of their gender. I remember their names, their families, and the futures stolen from them by gender-based violence. #remembertheirnames #16Days
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The fed reaction to PBO's housing report makes clear what I said at a conference last week: The gov't has no long-term plan, no targets, no KPIs, no accountability metrics. 5 years from now we won't know if BCH worked, because there's no benchmarks.
www.cbc.ca/news/poli...
www.cbc.ca/news/poli...
December 2, 2025 at 8:13 PM
The fed reaction to PBO's housing report makes clear what I said at a conference last week: The gov't has no long-term plan, no targets, no KPIs, no accountability metrics. 5 years from now we won't know if BCH worked, because there's no benchmarks.
www.cbc.ca/news/poli...
www.cbc.ca/news/poli...
Who needs an alarm clock when you have cats? Woke to one puking and the other running across the bed to show us the mouse she caught (note - the mouse killer is confined to a catio on an upper floor of a building and still managed to hunt mice)
December 2, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Who needs an alarm clock when you have cats? Woke to one puking and the other running across the bed to show us the mouse she caught (note - the mouse killer is confined to a catio on an upper floor of a building and still managed to hunt mice)
Sunday night reading.
December 1, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Sunday night reading.
Foggy mornings make for great photos.
November 30, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Foggy mornings make for great photos.
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Biodiversity is crucial to children's wellbeing.
To everyone, everywhere.
In Finland, kindergartens are exposing children to more mud, wild plants and moss - and finding it improves their health.
Radical exp: to bring a forest into a preschool for children’s health.
bit.ly/3Kwzezw
To everyone, everywhere.
In Finland, kindergartens are exposing children to more mud, wild plants and moss - and finding it improves their health.
Radical exp: to bring a forest into a preschool for children’s health.
bit.ly/3Kwzezw
November 29, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Biodiversity is crucial to children's wellbeing.
To everyone, everywhere.
In Finland, kindergartens are exposing children to more mud, wild plants and moss - and finding it improves their health.
Radical exp: to bring a forest into a preschool for children’s health.
bit.ly/3Kwzezw
To everyone, everywhere.
In Finland, kindergartens are exposing children to more mud, wild plants and moss - and finding it improves their health.
Radical exp: to bring a forest into a preschool for children’s health.
bit.ly/3Kwzezw
Reposted by Samantha Agtarap
"Conservative groups, funded by fossil fuel magnates, spend $1B/yr interfering with public understanding of what is happening to our world. Few investments rival the return they've gotten from evangelicals."
An oldie but goodie makes the link between fossil fuels, climate denial, and U.S. religion.
An oldie but goodie makes the link between fossil fuels, climate denial, and U.S. religion.
How Fossil Fuel Money Made Climate Change Denial the Word of God
Splinter is your home for news and opinions that challenge power in our political and economic system that's becoming more unhinged each and every day.
www.splinter.com
November 28, 2025 at 12:59 AM
"Conservative groups, funded by fossil fuel magnates, spend $1B/yr interfering with public understanding of what is happening to our world. Few investments rival the return they've gotten from evangelicals."
An oldie but goodie makes the link between fossil fuels, climate denial, and U.S. religion.
An oldie but goodie makes the link between fossil fuels, climate denial, and U.S. religion.
Reposted by Samantha Agtarap
This afternoon, I informed the Prime Minister of my decision to resign as Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture, Minister responsible for Official Languages, Minister of Nature and Parks Canada, as well as his Lieutenant in Quebec.
You can find my full statement below.
You can find my full statement below.
November 27, 2025 at 10:32 PM
This afternoon, I informed the Prime Minister of my decision to resign as Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture, Minister responsible for Official Languages, Minister of Nature and Parks Canada, as well as his Lieutenant in Quebec.
You can find my full statement below.
You can find my full statement below.