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MORE on the Bald Range Wildfire. Please check on your friends, family, neighbours, community ..
Full evacuation order of Summerland, B.C., issued due to out-of-control wildfire | CBC News
The Bald Range fire grew to 50 square kilometres in three hours after it was first detected at 5:30 p.m. PT on Friday evening, said Erick Thompson with the Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen's ...
cbc.ca
Wildfire situation not looking good for Summerland in the Okanagan. Damn. Global BC's live reporter is leaving the area.
Oh come on, we're not pushing against anything. Pure capitulation. And we think this will stop further tariffs and the general bullying?
Canada prepared to halt booze bans, meet other U.S. demands in exchange for tariff relief: sources | CBC News
The Canadian government is preparing to meet some U.S. demands — including ending bans on American alcohol sales — in exchange for tariff relief as trade talks heat up ahead of the latest tariff deadl...
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Wut.
404 Media@404media.co · yesterdayA teacher in Kansas was arrested for clapping for speakers who spoke up against a data center. Now, the city of Emporia is moving to virtual only meetings, citing "public safety." In their own words, Lux Claridge, tells us what happened. @mjgault.bsky.social story: www.404media.co/city-that-ar...
There will be much discussion about this. The Britannia ice rink is heavily used by the community in East Vancouver, and the whole Britannia complex is in dire need of redevelopment.
The Province@theprovince.com · yesterdayCanucks fan view: A Britannia practice facility could be great, but here's how theprovince.com/sports/hocke...
Fascinating. This also how I frequently name files: without vowels. mgmt_rprt, anyone?
Linguistic Discovery@linguisticdiscovery.com · 2d agoDid you know that the alphabet actually started as an *abjad*, a writing system which doesn’t write vowels? Ths sn’t tht hrd t rd, s t? Learn more about the history of the alphabet in this issue of the Dead Language Society newsletter:
Huh, the North Shore mountains almost succeeding at the disappearing act today. #Haze
Waking up to an air quality alert in East Vancouver. Air quality looks fine in Victoria.
Because the damage we've done to our planet isn't enough, let's start throwing garbage on the moon.
The Guardian@theguardian.com · 4d agoSpaceX rocket hours away from crashing into the moon in unintentional collision
Lloyd Robertson has died. Born in 1934 in Stratford, he was one of Canada's most celebrated journalists. He was the anchor of CTV's national nightly news from 1984 to 2011. He was also one of the longest-serving news anchors on English-language North American television. 📸 CTV
Someone mentioned this today and I've just started seeing it too: Bluesky posts are now showing who from the people you follow liked them. How is this useful. Edit button!
'You'll choke too' - an aerial embroidery landscape inspired by all the wildfires happening right now... I'm upset every time I smell smoke outside and somehow we have people starting them maliciously too! But we all breathe the same air so they'll choke too (1/2 - see thread for close-ups)
The chart keeps rising: airline profits on one axis, human suffering on the other. @jensorensen.bsky.social illustrates the truth about modern-day air travel: for the executives flying private, everything is working exactly as intended. inthesetimes.com/article/airl...
Check this CBC page for live updates on the wildfire situation in BC.
Estimated 230 homes destroyed by fire near Vernon, Okanagan Indian Band chief says | CBC
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Wildfire smoke is expected to hang over southern Vancouver Island on Tuesday and Wednesday, though Environment Canada has health risks estimated at “low” on its Air Quality Health Index…
Wildfire smoke expected to linger over southern Vancouver Island, but health risks low
Wildfire smoke is expected to hang over southern Vancouver Island on Tuesday and Wednesday, though Environment Canada has health risks estimated at “low” on its Air Quality Health Index (AQHI).
cheknews.ca
the you in your mind vs the you in your front facing camera
I wish the media didn't serve the "but they had underlying conditions" line again. They also did this with COVID. It doesn't matter an iota whether they had conditions or not. They're dead due to the outbreak aren't they. End of.
US cyclosporiasis outbreak kills two people in Michigan, officials say
US sees first fatalities due to intestinal illness, though both had significant underlying health conditions
theguardian.com
Albertans with disabilities betrayed by Smith government. At a time when people are already struggling to get by, disability benefits are being cut, by Cam Tait edmontonsun.com/opinion/colu... via @edmontonsun.com
Makes the odd sock disappear, spies on you and at some point will take over all your appliances. Bwahaha.
Marsha (Sunshine)🔐@marsha.bsky.social · 5d agoMy new dryer has AI dry what the fuck even is thst
Cautionary tale from south of the border about how the disappearance or unavailability of third spaces is affecting social relations and health.
America is running out of places to hang out as movie theaters, bars, diners and bowling alleys drop to all-time low | Fortune
Chronic isolation has the same health impact as smoking 15 cigarettes a day.
fortune.com
Also, why the hell is EmergencyInfoBC still on the fascist platform. Oh right, they probably want to be where "conversations" are.
BC Wildfire Weekly - Wildfires + More@bcwildfirewkly.bsky.social · 6d agoDue to #BCWildfires, power outages are impacting many #BC communities, including #Cranbrook, #GoldenBC, #Invermere, #RadiumHotSprings, #Spallumcheen, #VernonBC, #WestKelowna, Westbank. More: x.com/emergencyinf... - EmergencyInfoBC Power outages: www.bchydro.com/power-outage...
So this company with alleged ties to forced labour is freely operating in a country imposing more tariffs on Canada for not banning imports made with forced labour. Make it make sense.
The Diarrhea Lettuce Company Has Been Linked to Forced Labor
The lettuce-producing Taylor Farms was linked to the widespread use of prison labor before its involvement in a cyclospora outbreak.
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