Kai, a very old GenX 🇨🇦
@kaicable.bsky.social
The civic commons has devolved due to capture by a powerful few leading to over heated rhetoric (don't push my buttons).
Trying to learn from and share informative posts.
Renovating my very old house in Hampton, NB.
Books. Music. Art.
Trying to learn from and share informative posts.
Renovating my very old house in Hampton, NB.
Books. Music. Art.
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Beautiful British Columbia | @KaiCable | Flipboard
Content about Greater #Vancouver and #BritishColumbia focusing on creativity, current social issues and livability.
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I curate two Flipboards with content about both provinces as well as focusing on creativity, current social issues and livability.
Beautiful BC: flipboard.com/@kaicable/be...
Beautiful NB: flipboard.com/@kaicable/be...
Beautiful BC: flipboard.com/@kaicable/be...
Beautiful NB: flipboard.com/@kaicable/be...
This headline was dusted off from a decade ago.
Remember when housing corruption in BC's wild west really started heating up under the corrupt trio of Christy Clark, Rich Coleman and Mike de Jong?
Gregor Robertson was mayor of Vancouver then too...
#bcpoli #canada #realestate
shorturl.at/0u3Ob
Remember when housing corruption in BC's wild west really started heating up under the corrupt trio of Christy Clark, Rich Coleman and Mike de Jong?
Gregor Robertson was mayor of Vancouver then too...
#bcpoli #canada #realestate
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Most non-homeowners in Vancouver think they'll never be able to afford a home
Despite a slowdown in the Vancouver housing market, a majority of non-homers say they will never be able to own a home or residence.
shorturl.at
November 11, 2025 at 10:13 AM
This headline was dusted off from a decade ago.
Remember when housing corruption in BC's wild west really started heating up under the corrupt trio of Christy Clark, Rich Coleman and Mike de Jong?
Gregor Robertson was mayor of Vancouver then too...
#bcpoli #canada #realestate
shorturl.at/0u3Ob
Remember when housing corruption in BC's wild west really started heating up under the corrupt trio of Christy Clark, Rich Coleman and Mike de Jong?
Gregor Robertson was mayor of Vancouver then too...
#bcpoli #canada #realestate
shorturl.at/0u3Ob
What is taking Air Canada so long to pay back customers?!
They should be charged a 10% late fee as well as compounded interest on all monies not returned.
If only we had a government that worked on behalf of Canadians...
#cdnpoli #canada #greed #corruption
edmonton.citynews.ca/2025/11/10/t...
They should be charged a 10% late fee as well as compounded interest on all monies not returned.
If only we had a government that worked on behalf of Canadians...
#cdnpoli #canada #greed #corruption
edmonton.citynews.ca/2025/11/10/t...
Thousands of customers still wait for refunds months after Air Canada strike
Despite promises that passengers impacted by the August Air Canada strike would be reimbursed, many are still waiting.
edmonton.citynews.ca
November 11, 2025 at 10:01 AM
What is taking Air Canada so long to pay back customers?!
They should be charged a 10% late fee as well as compounded interest on all monies not returned.
If only we had a government that worked on behalf of Canadians...
#cdnpoli #canada #greed #corruption
edmonton.citynews.ca/2025/11/10/t...
They should be charged a 10% late fee as well as compounded interest on all monies not returned.
If only we had a government that worked on behalf of Canadians...
#cdnpoli #canada #greed #corruption
edmonton.citynews.ca/2025/11/10/t...
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"More than 5,000 fossil fuel lobbyists were given access to the UN climate summits over the past four years, a period marked by a rise in catastrophic extreme weather, inadequate climate action and record oil and gas expansion"
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
How thousands of fossil fuel lobbyists got access to UN climate talks – and then kept drilling
Exclusive: Research shows oil, gas and coal firms’ unprecedented access to Cop26-29, blocking urgent climate action
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:41 PM
"More than 5,000 fossil fuel lobbyists were given access to the UN climate summits over the past four years, a period marked by a rise in catastrophic extreme weather, inadequate climate action and record oil and gas expansion"
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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This is why, after forming government in 2017. the BC NDP passed a law banning donations to political parties from businesses & unions Only individual citizens can donate to political parties in BC & it makes a difference.
This ban needs to be enacted across Canada.
Ban paid lobbyists, too.
This ban needs to be enacted across Canada.
Ban paid lobbyists, too.
November 10, 2025 at 6:15 PM
?!
Subscribe to the Ottawa Citizen and read the latest scoop by @davidpugliese.bsky.social:
Canadian military will rely on an army of public servants to boost its ranks by 300,000
Federal public servants would be trained to shoot guns, drive trucks and fly drones, according to a defence department directive.
ottawacitizen.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:45 PM
?!
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The doctor shortage isn’t an accident. It was policy. canadahealthwatch.ca/2025/11/10/c... @codeblackamerica.bsky.social
Canada’s doctor shortage is no accident
It was policy.
canadahealthwatch.ca
November 10, 2025 at 6:54 PM
The doctor shortage isn’t an accident. It was policy. canadahealthwatch.ca/2025/11/10/c... @codeblackamerica.bsky.social
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Hospitals across Canada are closing their ERs because there aren't enough doctors to run them. Millions don’t have a doctor. Millions more can’t get an appointment.
It didn’t used to be this way. Turns out it wasn’t an accident.
It didn’t used to be this way. Turns out it wasn’t an accident.
The doctor shortage isn’t an accident. It was policy. canadahealthwatch.ca/2025/11/10/c... @codeblackamerica.bsky.social
Canada’s doctor shortage is no accident
It was policy.
canadahealthwatch.ca
November 10, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Hospitals across Canada are closing their ERs because there aren't enough doctors to run them. Millions don’t have a doctor. Millions more can’t get an appointment.
It didn’t used to be this way. Turns out it wasn’t an accident.
It didn’t used to be this way. Turns out it wasn’t an accident.
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November 10, 2025 at 12:56 AM
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"David Fleming says 267 square foot units like this tend to be built with investors, not tenants, in mind.
'No one is able to pull that off nowadays, which really makes me curious who are these condos for?'"
They're for investors. Story coming in post 2 👇👇
ici.radio-canada.ca/rci/en/news/...
'No one is able to pull that off nowadays, which really makes me curious who are these condos for?'"
They're for investors. Story coming in post 2 👇👇
ici.radio-canada.ca/rci/en/news/...
November 10, 2025 at 5:03 PM
"David Fleming says 267 square foot units like this tend to be built with investors, not tenants, in mind.
'No one is able to pull that off nowadays, which really makes me curious who are these condos for?'"
They're for investors. Story coming in post 2 👇👇
ici.radio-canada.ca/rci/en/news/...
'No one is able to pull that off nowadays, which really makes me curious who are these condos for?'"
They're for investors. Story coming in post 2 👇👇
ici.radio-canada.ca/rci/en/news/...
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I really would lime to have a timeline that is exclusively Canadian 🇨🇦 these days. No matter how many filters I employ, US news just forces its way into my life. Even Canadian TV news is full of American shit. Just NO.
November 10, 2025 at 4:26 PM
I really would lime to have a timeline that is exclusively Canadian 🇨🇦 these days. No matter how many filters I employ, US news just forces its way into my life. Even Canadian TV news is full of American shit. Just NO.
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The Canadian government under PM @mark-carney.bsky.social may have lost enthusiasm for combating the climate crisis. But have you? www.theguardian.com/environment/... #COP30 #cdnpoli
Rich countries have lost enthusiasm for tackling climate crisis, says Cop30 chief
Brazil’s André Corrêa do Lago says countries should follow China’s lead on clean energy as conference begins
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:59 PM
The Canadian government under PM @mark-carney.bsky.social may have lost enthusiasm for combating the climate crisis. But have you? www.theguardian.com/environment/... #COP30 #cdnpoli
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Solar’s price drop is astonishing: panels are now 98% cheaper than when I first analyzed them in 2004.
Today, building a fence with solar can be cheaper than using wood.
Today, building a fence with solar can be cheaper than using wood.
November 10, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Solar’s price drop is astonishing: panels are now 98% cheaper than when I first analyzed them in 2004.
Today, building a fence with solar can be cheaper than using wood.
Today, building a fence with solar can be cheaper than using wood.
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Carney claims we need to produce more fossil fuels so we can electrify. Trudeau told us TMX would pay for electrification. Notice a pattern?
TMX didn't even pay for itself. How stupid do they think Canadians are?
TMX didn't even pay for itself. How stupid do they think Canadians are?
This is what a generational investment in the future looks like @mark-carney.bsky.social. You're doing it wrong. electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity
Australia's extensive solar power penetration makes so much energy that the government wants to offer free electricity at peak hours.
electrek.co
November 10, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Carney claims we need to produce more fossil fuels so we can electrify. Trudeau told us TMX would pay for electrification. Notice a pattern?
TMX didn't even pay for itself. How stupid do they think Canadians are?
TMX didn't even pay for itself. How stupid do they think Canadians are?
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50 years ago today, Nov. 10, 1975, the Edmund Fitzgerald sank beneath the waves of Lake Superior during a massive storm.
The sinking took the lives of all 29 men on the ship, and became immortalized in Gordon Lightfoot's song.
This is the story of this terrible tragedy.
🧵1/20
The sinking took the lives of all 29 men on the ship, and became immortalized in Gordon Lightfoot's song.
This is the story of this terrible tragedy.
🧵1/20
November 10, 2025 at 2:03 PM
50 years ago today, Nov. 10, 1975, the Edmund Fitzgerald sank beneath the waves of Lake Superior during a massive storm.
The sinking took the lives of all 29 men on the ship, and became immortalized in Gordon Lightfoot's song.
This is the story of this terrible tragedy.
🧵1/20
The sinking took the lives of all 29 men on the ship, and became immortalized in Gordon Lightfoot's song.
This is the story of this terrible tragedy.
🧵1/20
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Pulling all ads from Meta, removing all official government accounts from the site formerly known as Twitter would be an easy place to start
Canadian PM Mark Carney: "Large American online platforms have become seas of racism, misogyny, antisemitism, islamophobia and hate in all its forms... My government will act."
#cdnpoli
#cdnpoli
November 10, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Pulling all ads from Meta, removing all official government accounts from the site formerly known as Twitter would be an easy place to start
Some of the country’s most prominent white supremacist groups gathered in Vancouver this summer for a secretive neo-Nazi conference that also included martial arts gym owners, coaches and trainers.
#cdnpoli #canada #maga #maplemaga
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
#cdnpoli #canada #maga #maplemaga
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
MMA gym owners, coaches ID’d at secretive neo-Nazi event in B.C. | CBC News
This summer in Vancouver, dozens of people gathered to attend a conference organized and attended by some of Canada’s most prominent white supremacist organizations. CBC’s visual investigations team l...
www.cbc.ca
November 10, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Some of the country’s most prominent white supremacist groups gathered in Vancouver this summer for a secretive neo-Nazi conference that also included martial arts gym owners, coaches and trainers.
#cdnpoli #canada #maga #maplemaga
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
#cdnpoli #canada #maga #maplemaga
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
BC's newly approved Ksi Lisims LNG project, is 100% U.S. owned and will control our resource.
It will create 150ish jobs.
More negative impacts including depleting water aquifers, destroying agricultural land, killing salmon, raising the cost of energy at home.
The U.S. profits.
#cdnpoli #canada
It will create 150ish jobs.
More negative impacts including depleting water aquifers, destroying agricultural land, killing salmon, raising the cost of energy at home.
The U.S. profits.
#cdnpoli #canada
So here's the favour I want to ask: if this post crosses your feed, please take this chance to support the Gitxsan and Gitanyow by watching our latest HGA and passing it on.
Help us put Ksi Lisims and PRGT on the map 🙏
Help us put Ksi Lisims and PRGT on the map 🙏
Honest Government Ad | Watch out, Canada
YouTube video by thejuicemedia
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November 10, 2025 at 10:20 AM
"Far from a peak, China's gasoline demand is estimated to have fallen 9% in October on the year to 12.5 million tons, with average daily use roughly flat with September..."
China's oil demand is entering structural decline.
China's oil demand is entering structural decline.
EVs put an end to China's usual holiday surge in gasoline use
Tianyu Jiang took a 2,000-km (1,200-mile) road trip this month during China's national holiday week, driving in his electric vehicle from the southwestern Sichuan basin to Beijing for the first time.
www.reuters.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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My latest for @canadiandimension.bsky.social on how scapegoating immigrants for Canada's problems prevents us from finding real solutions to them. #cdnpoli #canada
canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...
canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...
The myth of the immigrant threat
Anti-immigrant sentiment is surging in Canada, with politicians and far-right pundits blaming newcomers for crises in housing, health care, and unemployment. But these problems stem from policy failur...
canadiandimension.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:08 AM
My latest for @canadiandimension.bsky.social on how scapegoating immigrants for Canada's problems prevents us from finding real solutions to them. #cdnpoli #canada
canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...
canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...
Canadian PM Mark Carney: "Large American online platforms have become seas of racism, misogyny, antisemitism, islamophobia and hate in all its forms... My government will act."
#cdnpoli
#cdnpoli
November 10, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Primer for those interested in the Irving family and it's choke hold on NB and other maritime industry.
#cdnpoli #nbpoli #nspoli #canada #oligarchy #monopoly
www.nationalobserver.com/special-repo...
#cdnpoli #nbpoli #nspoli #canada #oligarchy #monopoly
www.nationalobserver.com/special-repo...
House of Irving
A series by investigative reporter Bruce Livesey examines the powerful role the Irving family plays in the business, politics and media of New Brunswick and beyond. To fund more investigative reporti...
www.nationalobserver.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Primer for those interested in the Irving family and it's choke hold on NB and other maritime industry.
#cdnpoli #nbpoli #nspoli #canada #oligarchy #monopoly
www.nationalobserver.com/special-repo...
#cdnpoli #nbpoli #nspoli #canada #oligarchy #monopoly
www.nationalobserver.com/special-repo...
Animal sanctuary staff in Summerland, B.C., ‘devastated’ by avian flu case
Is the animal sanctuary case of avian flu a result of the irresponsible and selfish actions of the owners of the Universal Ostrich farm near Edgewood, B.C.?
In a word. Yes.
#cdnpoli #canada #maplemaga
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Is the animal sanctuary case of avian flu a result of the irresponsible and selfish actions of the owners of the Universal Ostrich farm near Edgewood, B.C.?
In a word. Yes.
#cdnpoli #canada #maplemaga
shorturl.at/lTIrq
Animal sanctuary staff in Summerland, B.C., 'devastated' by avian flu case
An animal sanctuary in B.C.'s interior says it is facing a "heart-breaking" experience after discovering a positive case of H5N1, also known as avian flu.
shorturl.at
November 10, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Animal sanctuary staff in Summerland, B.C., ‘devastated’ by avian flu case
Is the animal sanctuary case of avian flu a result of the irresponsible and selfish actions of the owners of the Universal Ostrich farm near Edgewood, B.C.?
In a word. Yes.
#cdnpoli #canada #maplemaga
shorturl.at/lTIrq
Is the animal sanctuary case of avian flu a result of the irresponsible and selfish actions of the owners of the Universal Ostrich farm near Edgewood, B.C.?
In a word. Yes.
#cdnpoli #canada #maplemaga
shorturl.at/lTIrq
In 2025, the backwards Premier of Alberta doesn't know how an education system works.
Was she born and educated in a barn?
In this day and age, do such things still occur?
#cdnpoli #abpoli #bcpoli #canada #maplemaga
www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti...
Was she born and educated in a barn?
In this day and age, do such things still occur?
#cdnpoli #abpoli #bcpoli #canada #maplemaga
www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti...
‘We need to take a holistic approach’: Alberta premier explains committee that will analyze classroom complexity
Alberta premier Danielle Smith said Saturday that complex, overcrowded classrooms need a new committee to find a practical solution to issues that have dominated negotiations between the province and ...
www.ctvnews.ca
November 10, 2025 at 8:26 AM
In 2025, the backwards Premier of Alberta doesn't know how an education system works.
Was she born and educated in a barn?
In this day and age, do such things still occur?
#cdnpoli #abpoli #bcpoli #canada #maplemaga
www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti...
Was she born and educated in a barn?
In this day and age, do such things still occur?
#cdnpoli #abpoli #bcpoli #canada #maplemaga
www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti...
Jason Kelce says he didn't mean to insult Canada with comments about Blue Jays, World Series
These are the self absorbed, exceptionalism thinking neanderthals that make up the U.S. population.
Fake apology from an American POS.
#boycottusa #maga
#BlueJays #WorldSeries
shorturl.at/Eeplz
These are the self absorbed, exceptionalism thinking neanderthals that make up the U.S. population.
Fake apology from an American POS.
#boycottusa #maga
#BlueJays #WorldSeries
shorturl.at/Eeplz
Jason Kelce says he didn't mean to insult Canada with comments about Blue Jays, World Series | CBC Sports
Former Philadelphia Eagles centre Jason Kelce says he didn't mean to insult Canada when he questioned why he was supposed to care about the World Series in a podcast episode earlier this week.
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November 10, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Jason Kelce says he didn't mean to insult Canada with comments about Blue Jays, World Series
These are the self absorbed, exceptionalism thinking neanderthals that make up the U.S. population.
Fake apology from an American POS.
#boycottusa #maga
#BlueJays #WorldSeries
shorturl.at/Eeplz
These are the self absorbed, exceptionalism thinking neanderthals that make up the U.S. population.
Fake apology from an American POS.
#boycottusa #maga
#BlueJays #WorldSeries
shorturl.at/Eeplz
Trumps attempt at a direct bribe to the public.
It will probably work, and the fools who support him will be disappointed when in comes in the form of 'no tip taxes'...
#boycottusa #fascistusa #racistusa #maga
shorturl.at/NotSf
It will probably work, and the fools who support him will be disappointed when in comes in the form of 'no tip taxes'...
#boycottusa #fascistusa #racistusa #maga
shorturl.at/NotSf
November 10, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Trumps attempt at a direct bribe to the public.
It will probably work, and the fools who support him will be disappointed when in comes in the form of 'no tip taxes'...
#boycottusa #fascistusa #racistusa #maga
shorturl.at/NotSf
It will probably work, and the fools who support him will be disappointed when in comes in the form of 'no tip taxes'...
#boycottusa #fascistusa #racistusa #maga
shorturl.at/NotSf