midnightsunny_skies
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I would feel safer about Canada’s natural future if we had First Nations deeply involved with all resource management.
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The City of Victoria is asking residents and businesses to weigh in on how the city should handle noise, as it begins an update of its Noise Bylaw for the first time in more than two decades.
Sound off: Victoria seeks public feedback as it prepares to update 2003 noise bylaw
The City of Victoria is asking residents and businesses to weigh in on how the city should handle noise, as it begins an update of its Noise Bylaw for the first time in more than two decades.
cheknews.ca
December 8, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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“There’s just a lot of gratitude for the BCGEU in terms of taking the stand that they did,” Gear said. “The general wage increase that the BCGEU was able to secure after their valiant job action benefits everybody.”
strength in solidarity ✊🏼
strength in solidarity ✊🏼
The deal B.C. government workers earned after a tense eight-week strike is having a ripple effect across public sector bargaining tables. @isaacphannay.bsky.social reports. #bcpoli #bclab
How the BCGEU Strike Raised the Bar for Nurses and Teachers | The Tyee
The tense eight-week job action heightened expectations for other public sector workers seeking deals.
thetyee.ca
December 8, 2025 at 10:07 PM
“There’s just a lot of gratitude for the BCGEU in terms of taking the stand that they did,” Gear said. “The general wage increase that the BCGEU was able to secure after their valiant job action benefits everybody.”
strength in solidarity ✊🏼
strength in solidarity ✊🏼
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif.
Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.
Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.
December 8, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif.
Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.
Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.
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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 6, 2025 at 5:52 AM
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The Amazon model is all about using technology and corporate power to beat down the pay and rights of workers, whether in warehousing, delivery, and even air freight. At what point will legislators finally move in to stop its assault on working people?
December 4, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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The Pathways Alliance project would inevitably be a massive boondoggle if it ever gets built. It’s only purpose is to greenwash the oil industry and deceive Canadians into thinking we can be a clean petrostate.
Carney's latest pipedream explained
Prime Minister Mark Carney wants to see the Pathways Alliance project built in exchange for a new oil pipeline to the BC coast — a risky bet on the country’s economic future.
www.nationalobserver.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:37 AM
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WATCH THE VIDEO WHERE I MAKE A FEW PENNIES: youtube.com/shorts/epKCC...
This is one of the most heartwarming things I've seen in Canadian politics in a very long time
YouTube video by Rachel Gilmore
youtube.com
December 1, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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Some non-mainstream sources of news in Canada if your regular sources are CBC, Global, or CTV:
@aptnnews.bsky.social
@ca.theconversation.com
@pressprogress.ca
@readthemaple.bsky.social
@thenarwhal.ca
@thetyee.ca
@thewalrus.ca
#BCPoli #CDNpoli #Canada #Environment #FirstNations #Wildfires
@aptnnews.bsky.social
@ca.theconversation.com
@pressprogress.ca
@readthemaple.bsky.social
@thenarwhal.ca
@thetyee.ca
@thewalrus.ca
#BCPoli #CDNpoli #Canada #Environment #FirstNations #Wildfires
a canadian flag with a maple leaf on it is flying in the wind
Alt: a canadian flag with a maple leaf on it is flying in the wind
media.tenor.com
December 1, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Three years into the generative-AI wave, demand for the technology seems surprisingly flimsy
Investors expect AI use to soar. That’s not happening
Recent surveys point to flatlining business adoption
econ.st
November 29, 2025 at 11:54 PM
"For over a century, the Province has acted as if Aboriginal title vanishes the moment the land is sold to a private owner.
What the Cowichan decision recognises is - private property doesn’t erase Aboriginal title... BC has been breaking the law for a long ass time."
What the Cowichan decision recognises is - private property doesn’t erase Aboriginal title... BC has been breaking the law for a long ass time."
A well researched, historically informed look at the Cowichan land decision. #bchistory
open.substack.com/pub/bchistor...
open.substack.com/pub/bchistor...
The Cowichan Decision
and the sanctity of the Registry
open.substack.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:38 PM
"For over a century, the Province has acted as if Aboriginal title vanishes the moment the land is sold to a private owner.
What the Cowichan decision recognises is - private property doesn’t erase Aboriginal title... BC has been breaking the law for a long ass time."
What the Cowichan decision recognises is - private property doesn’t erase Aboriginal title... BC has been breaking the law for a long ass time."
fuck these fucking fucks all the way to fuck 🤬
UPDATE: Carney, Smith sign pipeline deal, open door to changing B.C. tanker ban
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Carney, Smith sign pipeline deal, open door to changing B.C. tanker ban
An agreement between Ottawa and Alberta that could clear the path for a new oil pipeline to the Pacific will also require a 75 per cent cut in methane emissions over the next decade, a source tells Th...
cheknews.ca
November 27, 2025 at 5:24 PM
fuck these fucking fucks all the way to fuck 🤬
feel like this says something about our current moment: in an office lunchroom with a dedicated, filtered, insta-hot water tap, today there are no less than 4 kettles people have brought in to boil their own water.
what is even happening?
what is even happening?
November 27, 2025 at 4:24 PM
feel like this says something about our current moment: in an office lunchroom with a dedicated, filtered, insta-hot water tap, today there are no less than 4 kettles people have brought in to boil their own water.
what is even happening?
what is even happening?
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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
“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...
in a nutshell:
"Imagine you stole all of the intellectual property in the world. And you're using it to help people write middling emails and make revenge porn about women, and also children. And you're powering this plagiarism and non-consensual porn machine by eating up what's left of humanity's carbon budget."
How to explain AI to your family this holiday season | CNN Business
Politics, football and movies are among the many topics that tend to come up around Thanksgiving. In 2025, a new question may arise at the table: Why the heck is everyone talking about AI, and what sh...
www.cnn.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:49 AM
in a nutshell:
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There is no political, economic or environmental case for even pretending to consider Northern Gateway pipeline.
Mark Carney has given a huge with to Danielle Smith while reviving the environmental conflicts of Stephen Harper.
This is a huge mistake.
My latest.
substack.com/home/post/p-...
Mark Carney has given a huge with to Danielle Smith while reviving the environmental conflicts of Stephen Harper.
This is a huge mistake.
My latest.
substack.com/home/post/p-...
Pipeline to Nowhere
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s success in his first year has been to successfully convey an image of being the “smartest guy in the room.”
substack.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:49 AM
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It’s incredibly frustrating the way the boomers systematically broke every institution in our society and yet still hold on desperately to all the levers of power even as they drive off the cliff.
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/26/o...
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/26/o...
We’re not ready for an aging population — and it's going to cost us
Canada's government budgets keep getting squeezed by our aging population. When are we going to do something about it?
www.nationalobserver.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:01 PM
It’s incredibly frustrating the way the boomers systematically broke every institution in our society and yet still hold on desperately to all the levers of power even as they drive off the cliff.
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/26/o...
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/26/o...
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Resource extraction at gunpoint, it’s the Canadian way
Four arrested as police enforce injunction at Upper Walbran blockade #Vancouver
November 26, 2025 at 6:26 AM
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"AI’s Impact on Canadians: A Briefing for the Canadian Senate" - A preview of our co-director @gruzd.ca's opening statement to the Standing Senate Committee on Transport and Communications.
Tune in tomorrow for the live Q&A. socialmedialab.ca/2025/11/25/a...
Tune in tomorrow for the live Q&A. socialmedialab.ca/2025/11/25/a...
AI’s Impact on Canadians: A Briefing for the Canadian Senate - Social Media Lab
Anatoliy Gruzd, co-director of the Social Media Lab, is scheduled to address the Standing Senate Committee on Transport and Communications tomorrow (November 25, 2025) as part of its review of the opp...
socialmedialab.ca
November 25, 2025 at 5:06 AM
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Denialism is a scourge and cannot be allowed to stand. Not that I expect much from the @nationalpost.bsky.social , but them printing this op-ed is abhorrent.
November 24, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Denialism is a scourge and cannot be allowed to stand. Not that I expect much from the @nationalpost.bsky.social , but them printing this op-ed is abhorrent.
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It's a bit much to listen to Jason Kenney talk about how running tankers along the BC coast is "worth the risk" when all of the benefits flow to Alberta and Big Oil, and all of the risk lands in BC. Except for the CERTAINTY of increased global warming, which affects all of us.
November 24, 2025 at 7:19 AM
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If the fossil fuel industry does not want to be mentioned in the COP texts then they shouldn’t be allowed to attend the event either. My 2 cents.
November 23, 2025 at 10:51 PM
If the fossil fuel industry does not want to be mentioned in the COP texts then they shouldn’t be allowed to attend the event either. My 2 cents.
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November 23, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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