Arzeena Hamir
@arzeena.bsky.social
Farmer, mother, climate and food security activist, former CVRD Director & BC Green Party Candidate 🇨🇦. Born at 325ppm
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Arzeena Hamir
@arzeena.bsky.social
· Feb 7
Almost 70 members of the Comox Valley Starter pack. Share with friends and let me know if anyone is missing.
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I got to tangle with Moe Sihota on CBC's Early Edition this morning. Tell me what you think about the government (via Moe) pushing for even more expensive infrastructure in flood plains.
#bcpoli #bcgreens
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#bcpoli #bcgreens
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The Early Edition with Stephen Quinn | Live Radio | CBC Listen
The Early Edition is Vancouver's connection to the latest breaking local news, interviews that cut through the spin, and community stories and personalities that surprise and delight.
www.cbc.ca
February 9, 2026 at 7:52 PM
I got to tangle with Moe Sihota on CBC's Early Edition this morning. Tell me what you think about the government (via Moe) pushing for even more expensive infrastructure in flood plains.
#bcpoli #bcgreens
www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
#bcpoli #bcgreens
www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
Did any of you hear that 150,000 people demonstrated in Toronto? No. Mainstream Media have very much ignored the Iranian diaspora. Do better CBC.
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How Canada’s Largest Broadcaster CBC Failed Iranian Canadians by Amplifying Propaganda
YouTube video by Dissident Diaries
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February 8, 2026 at 5:21 PM
Did any of you hear that 150,000 people demonstrated in Toronto? No. Mainstream Media have very much ignored the Iranian diaspora. Do better CBC.
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Carney is destroying our public institutions and cutting public sector jobs at twice the rate Harper did and libs are still out here jabbering about Poilievre's "security clearance".
I'm begging you all to start paying attention to what our actual government is doing.
#cdnpoli
I'm begging you all to start paying attention to what our actual government is doing.
#cdnpoli
February 8, 2026 at 1:59 AM
Carney is destroying our public institutions and cutting public sector jobs at twice the rate Harper did and libs are still out here jabbering about Poilievre's "security clearance".
I'm begging you all to start paying attention to what our actual government is doing.
#cdnpoli
I'm begging you all to start paying attention to what our actual government is doing.
#cdnpoli
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Families feel it at checkout. Grocery prices keep climbing while big chains post record profits. That’s not inflation, it’s profiteering. I told the Finance Minister that photo-op meetings with CEOs won’t lower prices. We need action, including an excess-profits tax. Put people first.
MP Johns: The Liberal groceries benefit is a start, but it isn't enough
YouTube video by Gord Johns
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February 7, 2026 at 4:17 PM
Families feel it at checkout. Grocery prices keep climbing while big chains post record profits. That’s not inflation, it’s profiteering. I told the Finance Minister that photo-op meetings with CEOs won’t lower prices. We need action, including an excess-profits tax. Put people first.
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LNG Canada’s facility in Kitimat, B.C., burned more than 1.7 million cubic metres of gas on a single day in September.
While that day was an outlier, documents obtained through a freedom of information request reveal the facility consistently burned 15 times more gas per day than expected.
While that day was an outlier, documents obtained through a freedom of information request reveal the facility consistently burned 15 times more gas per day than expected.
February 6, 2026 at 3:34 PM
LNG Canada’s facility in Kitimat, B.C., burned more than 1.7 million cubic metres of gas on a single day in September.
While that day was an outlier, documents obtained through a freedom of information request reveal the facility consistently burned 15 times more gas per day than expected.
While that day was an outlier, documents obtained through a freedom of information request reveal the facility consistently burned 15 times more gas per day than expected.
We need to make racists afraid again
An August conference call on X’s Spaces heard two leaders of Canadian groups banter about deporting 10 million people.
In the conversation, former OneBC staffer Othman Mekhloufi shared insights from what he claimed were Conservative Party of Canada contacts. @jenstden.bsky.social reports. #canpoli
In the conversation, former OneBC staffer Othman Mekhloufi shared insights from what he claimed were Conservative Party of Canada contacts. @jenstden.bsky.social reports. #canpoli
Inside the Far-Right Push to Influence Canadian Political Parties | The Tyee
A conference call shows a political operative with past Conservative connections advising several white nationalist groups.
thetyee.ca
February 6, 2026 at 5:46 PM
We need to make racists afraid again
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Clean-Up Kits for residents affected by flooding can be picked up at the Merville Firehall (7350 Island Highway) during the following times:
Thursday, February 5 | 1 – 6pm
Friday, February 6 | 1-6 pm
Saturday, February 7 | 9 – 2 pm
Sunday, February 8 | 9- 2 pm
www.comoxvalleyrd.ca/eoc
Thursday, February 5 | 1 – 6pm
Friday, February 6 | 1-6 pm
Saturday, February 7 | 9 – 2 pm
Sunday, February 8 | 9- 2 pm
www.comoxvalleyrd.ca/eoc
February 5, 2026 at 5:34 PM
Clean-Up Kits for residents affected by flooding can be picked up at the Merville Firehall (7350 Island Highway) during the following times:
Thursday, February 5 | 1 – 6pm
Friday, February 6 | 1-6 pm
Saturday, February 7 | 9 – 2 pm
Sunday, February 8 | 9- 2 pm
www.comoxvalleyrd.ca/eoc
Thursday, February 5 | 1 – 6pm
Friday, February 6 | 1-6 pm
Saturday, February 7 | 9 – 2 pm
Sunday, February 8 | 9- 2 pm
www.comoxvalleyrd.ca/eoc
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Vancouver staff told council that if it rezoned land so a developer could build a big tower, the developer would spend $6 million on making the surrounding area nice.
The city’s auditor general found that didn’t happen, and that staff basically shrugged their shoulders about it.
The city’s auditor general found that didn’t happen, and that staff basically shrugged their shoulders about it.
Vancouver's auditor general criticizes city over lack of paper trail for lost developer amenities | CBC News
Vancouver’s auditor general said the city engaged in “serious wrongdoing” when they failed to track whether $6 million in promised community amenities for a much-publicized downtown tower ever happene...
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February 6, 2026 at 5:06 PM
Vancouver staff told council that if it rezoned land so a developer could build a big tower, the developer would spend $6 million on making the surrounding area nice.
The city’s auditor general found that didn’t happen, and that staff basically shrugged their shoulders about it.
The city’s auditor general found that didn’t happen, and that staff basically shrugged their shoulders about it.
My not-so-favourite "food expert" gets a good thrashing. Love that he chose raw milk to be the hill. Hope he gets rightfully censured.
Here is my latest. Sylvain Charlebois, Canada's beloved commentator on the food industry, thinks that not giving us access to raw milk is communism.
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Canada's Food Professor wants you to buy raw milk
Sylvain Charlebois drops his mask on far-right podcast
noraloreto.substack.com
February 5, 2026 at 7:55 PM
My not-so-favourite "food expert" gets a good thrashing. Love that he chose raw milk to be the hill. Hope he gets rightfully censured.
Yes! Canadian Media needs this type of spotlight on who they choose as "experts".
You’re doing great Canadian media commentary. There should be a series (not saying you should do it, of course!) on the academics and industry spokespeople that are always doing news commentaries – who they are, what’s their background, and what agendas they’re pushing.
February 5, 2026 at 7:48 PM
Yes! Canadian Media needs this type of spotlight on who they choose as "experts".
Love that Michelle Good is coming to the #ComoxValley to discuss the "Myth of Canadian History".
Wonder if we can force our MP & MLA to attend?
www.sidwilliamstheatre.com/events/getti...
Wonder if we can force our MP & MLA to attend?
www.sidwilliamstheatre.com/events/getti...
Getting Under the Myth of Canadian History with Michelle Good
Getting Under the Myth of Canadian History with Michelle Good at Sid Williams Theatre
www.sidwilliamstheatre.com
February 5, 2026 at 5:52 PM
Love that Michelle Good is coming to the #ComoxValley to discuss the "Myth of Canadian History".
Wonder if we can force our MP & MLA to attend?
www.sidwilliamstheatre.com/events/getti...
Wonder if we can force our MP & MLA to attend?
www.sidwilliamstheatre.com/events/getti...
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The BC Conservatives continue to be the party of racists, bigots and crackpots.
Here’s leadership candidate and BCC MLA Steve Kooner engaging with #MAGA linked crackpot Billboard Chris, who actually crashes events wearing a billboard harassing gay and trans kids.
These people are the worst.
Here’s leadership candidate and BCC MLA Steve Kooner engaging with #MAGA linked crackpot Billboard Chris, who actually crashes events wearing a billboard harassing gay and trans kids.
These people are the worst.
February 5, 2026 at 3:47 AM
The BC Conservatives continue to be the party of racists, bigots and crackpots.
Here’s leadership candidate and BCC MLA Steve Kooner engaging with #MAGA linked crackpot Billboard Chris, who actually crashes events wearing a billboard harassing gay and trans kids.
These people are the worst.
Here’s leadership candidate and BCC MLA Steve Kooner engaging with #MAGA linked crackpot Billboard Chris, who actually crashes events wearing a billboard harassing gay and trans kids.
These people are the worst.
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Mike and Heather Trask’s Comox Valley-based fossil discovery in 1988 inspired a flood of amateur paleontologists. It also inspired the first paleontological society in B.C. and led to the creation of a policy to protect fossils.
Read the story:
thediscourse.ca/comox-valley...
Read the story:
thediscourse.ca/comox-valley...
How a Comox Valley fossil discovery forever changed paleontology in B.C.
The untold story behind Mike and Heather Trask’s fossil discovery and ‘the incredible importance of curiosity.’
thediscourse.ca
February 5, 2026 at 12:30 AM
Mike and Heather Trask’s Comox Valley-based fossil discovery in 1988 inspired a flood of amateur paleontologists. It also inspired the first paleontological society in B.C. and led to the creation of a policy to protect fossils.
Read the story:
thediscourse.ca/comox-valley...
Read the story:
thediscourse.ca/comox-valley...
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This guy is (hopefully) about 2 pounds of chicken wings away from a major cardiac event
February 3, 2026 at 6:00 PM
This guy is (hopefully) about 2 pounds of chicken wings away from a major cardiac event
Premier Eby has been chomping at the bit to open the #ALR. Here's another crisis that he's going to take the opportunity to enable food factories to be built on farmland.
This should be a hard no. Factories don't belong on farmland.
#bcpoli #foodsecurity
www.biv.com/news/comment...
This should be a hard no. Factories don't belong on farmland.
#bcpoli #foodsecurity
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Rob Shaw: B.C. risks losing food security race as Ontario, Alberta pull ahead
Ottawa’s new food security funding is exposing how provincial rules and slow reform are pushing agri-food investment to other provinces.
www.biv.com
February 2, 2026 at 10:52 PM
Premier Eby has been chomping at the bit to open the #ALR. Here's another crisis that he's going to take the opportunity to enable food factories to be built on farmland.
This should be a hard no. Factories don't belong on farmland.
#bcpoli #foodsecurity
www.biv.com/news/comment...
This should be a hard no. Factories don't belong on farmland.
#bcpoli #foodsecurity
www.biv.com/news/comment...
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Mill closures, drought, climate change, tariffs, and wildfires have shaken workers and families, and devastated towns and ecosystems. BC’s forestry industry cannot continue to function the way it has, and we cannot risk another short-term fix.
#bcpoli
#bcpoli
BC Greens back Provincial Forestry Advisory Council’s call for major reform in BC forest management
#bcpoli
#bcpoli
BC Greens back PFAC’s call for major reform in BC forest management - BC Green Caucus
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE BC Greens back PFAC’s call for major reform in BC forest managementFebruary 2, 2026 VICTORIA, B.C. – The BC Greens thank the Provincial Forestry Advisory Council (PFAC) for its r...
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February 2, 2026 at 8:12 PM
Mill closures, drought, climate change, tariffs, and wildfires have shaken workers and families, and devastated towns and ecosystems. BC’s forestry industry cannot continue to function the way it has, and we cannot risk another short-term fix.
#bcpoli
#bcpoli
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Please tell him from me that his traitor comment was on point, but he’s pretty much screwed up everything else.
Ie, we’ve had 4 mills close on VI recently due to a “fibre shortage”, but I just watched a ship take 4 days loading up raw logs to take to China. Maybe end raw logs exports already?
Ie, we’ve had 4 mills close on VI recently due to a “fibre shortage”, but I just watched a ship take 4 days loading up raw logs to take to China. Maybe end raw logs exports already?
February 2, 2026 at 2:37 PM
Please tell him from me that his traitor comment was on point, but he’s pretty much screwed up everything else.
Ie, we’ve had 4 mills close on VI recently due to a “fibre shortage”, but I just watched a ship take 4 days loading up raw logs to take to China. Maybe end raw logs exports already?
Ie, we’ve had 4 mills close on VI recently due to a “fibre shortage”, but I just watched a ship take 4 days loading up raw logs to take to China. Maybe end raw logs exports already?
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Hi everyone!
The Coldest Night of the Year walk is coming up soon. Join the CRC BC Greens on February 28, 2026, and support local organizations working to help people in need. We invite you to join us as we walk the talk of BC Green Party values like social justice.
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The Coldest Night of the Year walk is coming up soon. Join the CRC BC Greens on February 28, 2026, and support local organizations working to help people in need. We invite you to join us as we walk the talk of BC Green Party values like social justice.
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CNOY 2026 Fundhub Canada
The Coldest Night of the Year is a winterrific family-friendly fundraising walk in support of local charities. Let’s change the tune for people experiencing hurt, hunger, and homelessness... because i...
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February 1, 2026 at 4:46 PM
Hi everyone!
The Coldest Night of the Year walk is coming up soon. Join the CRC BC Greens on February 28, 2026, and support local organizations working to help people in need. We invite you to join us as we walk the talk of BC Green Party values like social justice.
secure.e2rm.com/registrant/T...
The Coldest Night of the Year walk is coming up soon. Join the CRC BC Greens on February 28, 2026, and support local organizations working to help people in need. We invite you to join us as we walk the talk of BC Green Party values like social justice.
secure.e2rm.com/registrant/T...
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Talk about ‘gaslit’ 😳…
“Provincial data shows the facility burned an average of 205,000 cubic metres per day between July 1 and Nov. 30, 2025. It was expected to only need to burn around 11,000 cubic metres per day.”
“Provincial data shows the facility burned an average of 205,000 cubic metres per day between July 1 and Nov. 30, 2025. It was expected to only need to burn around 11,000 cubic metres per day.”
January 30, 2026 at 3:31 PM
Talk about ‘gaslit’ 😳…
“Provincial data shows the facility burned an average of 205,000 cubic metres per day between July 1 and Nov. 30, 2025. It was expected to only need to burn around 11,000 cubic metres per day.”
“Provincial data shows the facility burned an average of 205,000 cubic metres per day between July 1 and Nov. 30, 2025. It was expected to only need to burn around 11,000 cubic metres per day.”
“I can’t take a shit in my bathroom without my Apple Watch telling me I need hearing protection, he said. That’s a problem.”
How LNG Canada literally gaslit Kitimat
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How LNG Canada literally gaslit Kitimat
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Kitimat residents seek resolution to months of LNG Canada flaring | The Narwhal
For some residents of Kitimat, B.C., confirmation that LNG Canada burned more gas than planned brings relief — and renewed frustration
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January 30, 2026 at 3:11 PM
“I can’t take a shit in my bathroom without my Apple Watch telling me I need hearing protection, he said. That’s a problem.”
How LNG Canada literally gaslit Kitimat
thenarwhal.ca/lng-canada-f...
How LNG Canada literally gaslit Kitimat
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"When campaigns of hate against First Nations are not actively and publicly opposed by our public servants at the highest level, racism becomes further entrenched in the minds of Canadians and in our institutions"
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FNLC Condemns Recreational Fishing Lobby’s Racist Campaign Against First Nations and their Fishing Rights | British Columbia Assembly of First Nations
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January 29, 2026 at 4:17 PM
"When campaigns of hate against First Nations are not actively and publicly opposed by our public servants at the highest level, racism becomes further entrenched in the minds of Canadians and in our institutions"
www.bcafn.ca/news/fnlc-co...
www.bcafn.ca/news/fnlc-co...
Big surprise that the US funding separatism in Canada.
Exclusive: The Trump administration has held covert meetings with fringe separatists from the oil-rich Canadian province as a rift deepens between Washington and Ottawa. ft.trib.al/zYlleOJ
January 29, 2026 at 4:16 PM
Big surprise that the US funding separatism in Canada.
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Canada still claims to be a “world leader” on ghost gear, but the Liberals let funding lapse in 2024. As I told the National Observer, “It was one of the most effective ocean protection programs Canada’s ever created.” Ghost gear isn’t niche, it’s about safety, food security & real action.
January 29, 2026 at 2:43 PM
Canada still claims to be a “world leader” on ghost gear, but the Liberals let funding lapse in 2024. As I told the National Observer, “It was one of the most effective ocean protection programs Canada’s ever created.” Ghost gear isn’t niche, it’s about safety, food security & real action.
Certain Conservative MPs & MLAs have been fomenting fear in my community amongst recreational fisher folk. Thanks for debunking the lies @gordjohns.bsky.social
#comoxvalley #foodsecurity #reconcilliation
#comoxvalley #foodsecurity #reconcilliation
Misinformation is swirling about the Salmon Allocation Policy review. Let’s be clear: no one is losing the right to fish, recreational fishing isn’t ending, and the Constitution isn’t changing. This is about following the law, respecting Indigenous rights, and rebuilding salmon for everyone.
January 28, 2026 at 5:23 PM
Certain Conservative MPs & MLAs have been fomenting fear in my community amongst recreational fisher folk. Thanks for debunking the lies @gordjohns.bsky.social
#comoxvalley #foodsecurity #reconcilliation
#comoxvalley #foodsecurity #reconcilliation
A really brilliant ad by the UK Greens on the hamster wheel we're currently running on. substack.com/@theminority...
The Minority Report (@theminorityreport1)
CLASS WARFARE IS BACK.
and it’s f******* brillant.
This is what happens when you stop pretending class warfare isn't real.
The UK Green Party of England and Wales just dropped the most dangerous...
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January 27, 2026 at 9:22 PM
A really brilliant ad by the UK Greens on the hamster wheel we're currently running on. substack.com/@theminority...