@loriokanagan.bsky.social
Social and climate activist in the Okanagan Valley, BC, Canada
I just wrote a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social letter: Canada’s government MUST enforce the Canada Health Act!. Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/cana...
Canada’s government MUST enforce the Canada Health Act!
Prime Minister Carney: Medicare is a nation-building project! Canada’s public health care is a nation-building project more important than any other. We have been told that “Canada has what the worl...
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Climate Chaos is Expensive as well as Traumatic. Later is too Late to act on stopping fossil fuel expansion. The Tough Road to Rebuilding a Business After a Fire via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2026/08...
The Tough Road to Rebuilding a Business After a Fire | The Tyee
Expect snags getting funding and years-long delays, say business owners affected by previous wildfires.
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Webinar Sep 17 Thur at 7PM PT on Circular Economy. Stop Waste. Save $$. Save Earth. Dr. Lozelle Reed, Okanagan College Economics Prof. tells how to end waste by designing it out and regenerating natural systems. Register to get the zoom link www.firstthingsfirstokanagan.com/discussion-s...
I just wrote a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social letter: No genocide promoter at CEO summit. Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/no-g...
No genocide promoter at CEO summit
Recently David Suzuki, Yann Martel, Roger Waters, Ellen Gabriel and 1000 other authors, artists, academics and activists signed a public letter calling to "Confront Carney's CEO Summit." On September ...
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Wildfire season tracking to be fourth worst on record; fire risk remains elevated www.nationalobserver.com/2026/08/18/n...
Wildfire season tracking to be fourth worst on record; fire risk remains elevated
So far this year, wildfires have burned more than 40,000 square kilometres — an area almost the size of Nova Scotia. Federal forecasters said Tuesday that September's fire risk stands to be well above...
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Join 350 Canada and people from across the country for a POWER HOUR to take concrete action Aug 18 4PM PT ONLINE Register for the zoom link act.350.org/s/3161535.XI...
Power Hour Call: Demand a Budget for People + Planet
Join 350 Canada and people from across the country for a POWER HOUR to take concrete action together. We say NO to pipelines while Canada burns. Not on our dime, not on our watch.
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Premier Eby: the message is undeniable. While BC burns, your government is being asked to lead. Our open letter signed by former BC NDP MLAs, MPs, Indigenous leaders, and experts demands a recommitment to climate action. Read our press release & the open letter bcclimateemergency.ca/press-releas...
Far too absent from public debate is a basic truth: until we actually mobilize to dramatically expedite the transition off fossil fuels, we will never get ahead of the curve. No amount of fire preparation will save us from an escalation in these horrors. sethdklein.substack.com/p/we-mobiliz...
We mobilize to put fires out, but not yet to prevent them
While many leaders are comparing the wildfire crisis to the Second World War, most fail to adopt the real lessons of pre-emptive wartime action.
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'We will lose a lot of our annual crops': BC farmers brace for losses due to wildfires DUE TO FOSSIL FUEL companies continuing to cause global heating and climate chaos. www.nationalobserver.com/2026/08/13/n...
'We will lose a lot of our annual crops': BC farmers brace for losses due to wildfires
Ella Braden, the owner of Braden Hill Orchard & Farm, says she was on vacation when wildfires roared through Summerland, BC.
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A True Wake-Up Call for Seniors' Supporters. 'They Lost Granny' via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
‘They Lost Granny’ | The Tyee
My grandmother was evacuated from Summerland. We spent days trying to find her.
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Private companies know there’s no business case for more pipelines when renewables have never been cheaper, cleaner, and faster to deploy. So the government is investing OUR money instead. Most Canadians agree: NO taxpayer-funded pipelines >> act.gp/3RlAuJq
Even the oil companies don't want to pay for new pipelines!
Our government shouldn’t gamble our money and our future on pipelines.
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As Forests Burn Again, BC Is Changing Tactics 'On the Fly' via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2026/08...
As Forests Burn Again, BC Is Changing Tactics ‘On the Fly’ | The Tyee
Battle plans are shifting as previously burned areas fail to slow BC infernos.
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I feel so betrayed by my government! Smoke and threat of fire nearby - over 20000 people evacuated. They Did NOTHING. Everyday They DO NOTHING. And they KNOW fossil fuels are destroying lives and communities. I am FURIOUS. and SCARED
2000 people evacuated from Summerland, 17 KM from my home city. We are surrounded by dense smoke. My Go Bags are ready. This Narwhal article is good and the directions for a DIY Air purifier are HERE bclung.ca/lung-health/... thenarwhal.ca/diy-air-puri...
This link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn
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Dear PM It's 2026. BC is burning and I'm locked in my home because of smoke pollution. Canada is burning. Climate change is real as you noted in your book Value(s). You have children. Think of their future. Fund renewable energy projects. Later is too Late! 350.org/canada/pipel...
This is from Alberta, but it is the same OR WORSE in BC. Canada's headwater forests are more than just trees. They're the natural infrastructure that captures, filters, and stores the water that millions of Candians depend on. Alberta is mobilizing. We must also.
Later is too late, Premier Eby! Think of your children!
BC Climate Emergency Campaign@bcclimateemergency.bsky.social · 4w agoPremier Eby: the message is undeniable. While BC burns, your government is being asked to lead. Our open letter signed by former BC NDP MLAs, MPs, Indigenous leaders, and experts demands a recommitment to climate action. Read our press release & the open letter bcclimateemergency.ca/press-releas...
Where is Carney’s promised Youth Climate Corps? www.nationalobserver.com/2026/07/28/o...
Where is Carney’s promised Youth Climate Corps?
The budget said it would commence with the 2026 fiscal year (which started April 1). We are now more than a quarter into that fiscal year with no YCC program launch and no details have been forthcomin...
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Canada-based #TheMetalsCompany is working with Trump to mine the deep sea, despite global opposition. Canada must double-down to #StopDeepSeaMining and oppose the Mining Code that would open oceans to looting. @greenpeaceca.bsky.social Take Action: act.gp/3ZXB5ll
Petition: Tell Canada to oppose the Mining Code and protect the deep sea from mining.
Sign the Greenpeace petition to tell Canada to oppose the Mining Code and protect the deep sea from mining.
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Peace Means We're Not Alone www.commondreams.org/opinion/peac...
Peace Means We're Not Alone | Common Dreams
Peace means embracing conflict, understanding it—through non-judgmental communication between everyone involved—and looking for ways to heal, rather than punish, any harm that has occurred.
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"You were warned. For years" We can't ignore the crises of heat, fires, droughts, floods, extreme storms, death, conflict - and all from fossil fuels. Wake Up! Later is Too Late!
Excellent weekender column here by @alexcoolfergus.bsky.social. Well worth a read… open.substack.com/pub/energymi...
Carney’s Grand Bargain Isn’t With Alberta: It’s With the Rest of Us.
The Prime Minister and his team push oil pipelines and carbon capture megaprojects while you can "taste the air and feel the heat". They think we'll forget by fall, and they may yet be correct.
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JOIN ME! I just wrote a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social letter: Tell Prime Minister Carney: We Demand a Youth Climate Corps | Dites au premier ministre Carney: Nous demandons un Corps jeunesse pour le climat. Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
Tell Prime Minister Carney: We Demand a Youth Climate Corps
Send a letter to Prime Minister Carney and his cabinet to let them know that you want to see a permanent, well-resourced Youth Climate Corps in the 2025 budget. Instead of abandoning young people to r...
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I just signed a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social petition: Don’t ram a pipeline through the BC coast. Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/sa...
Don’t ram a pipeline through the BC coast
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and the federal government have just outlined a deal that will pave the way for a dirty tar sands pipeline from Alberta to the BC coast — without Indigenous consent and ...
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Register to join this interactive game to learn more about how we got to a climate crisis and what we can do. Fun and respectful and MOBILIZING. @seniorsforclimate.bsky.social @ftfokanagan.bsky.social @sokcofc.bsky.social Register Limited to 10 July 23, Tues 9AM to 12PM
First Things First Okanagan@ftfokanagan.bsky.social · 2mo agoTues, July 23 9AM-12PM Penticton Climate Collage Workshop w/ Karen De Paoli, facilitator "Climate Fresk", a global system developed in the EU to advance climate literacy while having open discussions in an interactive game. It's really fun and illuminating. REGISTER 250-490-2426 or online Limit 10
📣 People’s MOU Day of Action! We need an MOU that prioritizes the safety of our communities and wildlife, and the future of our planet, over the profits of Big Oil billionaires. Join Us on Thurs, Jun 25 in Penticton 📍MP Helena Konanz 196 Wade Ave West ⏰ 12 PM 350.org/mou/?r=US&c=NA REGISTER
