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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This is BAD.
Thank you @breachmedia.ca and @desmondcole.bsky.social for shinning a light on this.
Toronto Police corruption is only part of the problem. Our data privacy and its connection to surveillance capitalism and authoritarianism is very troubling.
#cdnpoli #privacy #surveillance #infosec
Thank you @breachmedia.ca and @desmondcole.bsky.social for shinning a light on this.
Toronto Police corruption is only part of the problem. Our data privacy and its connection to surveillance capitalism and authoritarianism is very troubling.
#cdnpoli #privacy #surveillance #infosec
A police corruption scandal in Toronto once again raises the concern of cops’ access to our personal information.
From street checks to stalking, @desmondcole.bsky.social Cole looks back on how personal data in police hands is ripe for abuse. youtu.be/gJ2gbh3IUkE
From street checks to stalking, @desmondcole.bsky.social Cole looks back on how personal data in police hands is ripe for abuse. youtu.be/gJ2gbh3IUkE
Toronto Police scandal reveals: Your personal info is not safe with the cops
YouTube video by The Breach
youtu.be
February 15, 2026 at 3:23 PM
This is BAD.
Thank you @breachmedia.ca and @desmondcole.bsky.social for shinning a light on this.
Toronto Police corruption is only part of the problem. Our data privacy and its connection to surveillance capitalism and authoritarianism is very troubling.
#cdnpoli #privacy #surveillance #infosec
Thank you @breachmedia.ca and @desmondcole.bsky.social for shinning a light on this.
Toronto Police corruption is only part of the problem. Our data privacy and its connection to surveillance capitalism and authoritarianism is very troubling.
#cdnpoli #privacy #surveillance #infosec
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Non existent south island, hopefully the freezing elevation drops some this week with the forecasted rain this week. The Chemainus & Cowichan watersheds desperately need some at the headwaters or summer will be difficult.
February 15, 2026 at 3:34 PM
Non existent south island, hopefully the freezing elevation drops some this week with the forecasted rain this week. The Chemainus & Cowichan watersheds desperately need some at the headwaters or summer will be difficult.
Vancouver Island is in a similar situation with less than 40% snowpack
Our own North Shore mountains are alarmingly unsnowy this winter: www.wired.com/story/record...
Record Low Snow in the West Will Mean Less Water, More Fire, and Political Chaos
Snowpack levels across a wide swath of western US states are among the lowest seen in decades, even as regulators struggle to negotiate water rights in the region.
www.wired.com
February 15, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Vancouver Island is in a similar situation with less than 40% snowpack
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Moved by his ancestors, Ken Johnston walked 265 kilometres through southern Ontario, following the Underground Railroad path of early Black settlers.
@balkissoon.bsky.social tells the story behind the story in our latest newsletter:
thenarwhal.ca/newsletter-o...
@balkissoon.bsky.social tells the story behind the story in our latest newsletter:
thenarwhal.ca/newsletter-o...
In the footsteps of Ontario’s early Black settlers
Ken Johnston walked from Niagara Falls to Owen Sound, tracing the Underground Railroad forged by Harriet Tubman and Black freedom seekers
thenarwhal.ca
February 13, 2026 at 11:40 PM
Moved by his ancestors, Ken Johnston walked 265 kilometres through southern Ontario, following the Underground Railroad path of early Black settlers.
@balkissoon.bsky.social tells the story behind the story in our latest newsletter:
thenarwhal.ca/newsletter-o...
@balkissoon.bsky.social tells the story behind the story in our latest newsletter:
thenarwhal.ca/newsletter-o...
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Our work parties at qax mot are happening weekly through February and likely into March as well. The work is going very well, and we are so grateful for our many passionate volunteers! If you'd like to volunteer, please see more info on our website: cvlandtrust.ca/events/
Events Archive - Comox Valley Land Trust
Events Archive - Comox Valley Land Trust
cvlandtrust.ca
February 12, 2026 at 6:24 PM
Our work parties at qax mot are happening weekly through February and likely into March as well. The work is going very well, and we are so grateful for our many passionate volunteers! If you'd like to volunteer, please see more info on our website: cvlandtrust.ca/events/
What an absolute numbskull.
'First Nations Would Not Exist Without Canada,' Rustad Tells Crowd via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2026/02...
‘First Nations Would Not Exist Without Canada,’ Rustad Tells Crowd | The Tyee
Conservative MLAs held a town hall to criticize DRIPA. Community members and Indigenous leaders pushed back.
thetyee.ca
February 10, 2026 at 4:41 PM
What an absolute numbskull.
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BRAD ZUBYK: Green leader Emily Lowan recognizes the simple truth that there is no future for a #GreenParty whose only role is to perpetually prop up the #NDP
acuriouslookatpoliticsinbc.blogspot.com/2026/02/brad... #bcpoli
acuriouslookatpoliticsinbc.blogspot.com/2026/02/brad... #bcpoli
BRAD ZUBYK: Green leader Emily Lowan recognizes the simple truth that there is no future for a Green Party whose only role is to perpetually prop up the NDP
Impact of BC & Canadian Politics on Social, Economic, Health, Education, Environment, Employment issues by Liberals, Green Party, NDP, & Conservatives
acuriouslookatpoliticsinbc.blogspot.com
February 10, 2026 at 4:25 PM
BRAD ZUBYK: Green leader Emily Lowan recognizes the simple truth that there is no future for a #GreenParty whose only role is to perpetually prop up the #NDP
acuriouslookatpoliticsinbc.blogspot.com/2026/02/brad... #bcpoli
acuriouslookatpoliticsinbc.blogspot.com/2026/02/brad... #bcpoli
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-...
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.
youtu.be/1Wtiuy1BIl0?...
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How Canada’s Largest Broadcaster CBC Failed Iranian Canadians by Amplifying Propaganda
YouTube video by Dissident Diaries
youtu.be
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.
youtu.be/1Wtiuy1BIl0?...
youtu.be/1Wtiuy1BIl0?...
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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
youtu.be
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...
www.cbc.ca
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.
noraloreto.substack.com/p/canadas-fo...
noraloreto.substack.com/p/canadas-fo...
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
www.biv.com/news/comment...
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...
bcgreencaucus.ca
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?