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The 2021 Heat Dome was one of the deadliest disasters in Canadian history. We can’t let it happen again. Join CAPE & @sierraclubbc.bsky.social in calling on BC to keep its promises: act on extreme heat, grow green spaces, & build climate-safe, healthy communities where everyone can thrive.
Heat Dome Anniversary Letter: preventing mass casualties from future heat domes.
(The deadline to add your signature is midnight on Monday June 23, 2025.)
In observance of the fourth anniversary of the 2021 Heat Dome—one of the deadliest environmental disasters and mass casualty ...
docs.google.com
June 12, 2025 at 2:49 PM
The 2021 Heat Dome was one of the deadliest disasters in Canadian history. We can’t let it happen again. Join CAPE & @sierraclubbc.bsky.social in calling on BC to keep its promises: act on extreme heat, grow green spaces, & build climate-safe, healthy communities where everyone can thrive.
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COVID-19 outbreaks declared at two B.C. hospitals and one care home
COVID-19 outbreaks declared at two B.C. hospitals and one care home
As of June 17, two hospitals and a long-term care facility are experiencing COVID-19 outbreaks. Another hospital is having an influenza outbreak.
dlvr.it
June 17, 2025 at 6:34 PM
COVID-19 outbreaks declared at two B.C. hospitals and one care home
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Judge Hannah Dugan, Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, Rep. LaMonica McIver, Sen. Alex Padilla, and now Brad Lander.
The Trump administration keeps detaining and prosecuting elected officials who get in its way.
This is the timeline of authoritarianism.
The Trump administration keeps detaining and prosecuting elected officials who get in its way.
This is the timeline of authoritarianism.
The Trump admin keeps detaining and prosecuting elected officials who get in his way
A timeline of authoritarianism.
www.motherjones.com
June 17, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Judge Hannah Dugan, Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, Rep. LaMonica McIver, Sen. Alex Padilla, and now Brad Lander.
The Trump administration keeps detaining and prosecuting elected officials who get in its way.
This is the timeline of authoritarianism.
The Trump administration keeps detaining and prosecuting elected officials who get in its way.
This is the timeline of authoritarianism.
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“They want you to feel powerless and surrender and let them trample everything and you are not going to let them. You are not giving up, and neither am I. The fact that we cannot save everything does not mean we cannot save anything and everything we can save is worth saving.”
• REBECCA SOLNIT
• REBECCA SOLNIT
11pm, November 5, 2024
They want you to feel powerless and to surrender and to let them trample everything and you are not going to let them. You are not giving up, and neither am I.
They want you to feel powerless and to surrender and to let them trample everything and you are not going to let them. You are not giving up, and neither am I.
May 18, 2025 at 2:03 PM
“They want you to feel powerless and surrender and let them trample everything and you are not going to let them. You are not giving up, and neither am I. The fact that we cannot save everything does not mean we cannot save anything and everything we can save is worth saving.”
• REBECCA SOLNIT
• REBECCA SOLNIT
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Cory Booker, winding down: "We need a greater love in this country a greater fight in this country a greater determination." And re: Strom Thurmond: "I'm not here because of his speech. I'm here despite his speech. The people are more powerful."
April 1, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Cory Booker, winding down: "We need a greater love in this country a greater fight in this country a greater determination." And re: Strom Thurmond: "I'm not here because of his speech. I'm here despite his speech. The people are more powerful."
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We will not normalize…
March 5, 2025 at 4:07 AM
We will not normalize…
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The boycott is strong.
Canadians will not break.
We thank our allies and friends from across the world who are supporting our fight.
Boycott the felon administration.
Spend your travel dollars elsewhere.
Don't spend a dime in the USA.
Here is my latest interview.
ottawa.citynews.ca/video/2025/0...
Canadians will not break.
We thank our allies and friends from across the world who are supporting our fight.
Boycott the felon administration.
Spend your travel dollars elsewhere.
Don't spend a dime in the USA.
Here is my latest interview.
ottawa.citynews.ca/video/2025/0...
'People should not travel to the United States': Ontario MP urges Canadians to reconsider upcoming trips
As the U.S. implements punishing tariffs on Canadian exports, Ontario MP, Charlie Angus is encouraging people to shop local. Alan Carter speaks with Angus about why this is important and measures bein...
ottawa.citynews.ca
March 5, 2025 at 12:24 AM
The boycott is strong.
Canadians will not break.
We thank our allies and friends from across the world who are supporting our fight.
Boycott the felon administration.
Spend your travel dollars elsewhere.
Don't spend a dime in the USA.
Here is my latest interview.
ottawa.citynews.ca/video/2025/0...
Canadians will not break.
We thank our allies and friends from across the world who are supporting our fight.
Boycott the felon administration.
Spend your travel dollars elsewhere.
Don't spend a dime in the USA.
Here is my latest interview.
ottawa.citynews.ca/video/2025/0...
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While the #BCbudget 2025 aims to protect jobs and public services amid new US #tariffs, it misses the mark on key investments like housing, child care and social supports.
For immediate release: Budget cuts avoided, but stronger public investment needed amid Trump trade war
BC budget 2025 aims to protect jobs and public services that people rely on while preparing BC's economy to withstand the unpredictable impacts of US tariffs imposed today.
bcpolicy.ca
March 5, 2025 at 12:44 AM
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BC Energy Regulator officials have frequently given companies the benefit of the doubt after inspectors identified potential infractions, according to an investigation by The Narwhal’s @writermjs.bsky.social & The IJF’s @kateschneider.bsky.social
BC Energy Regulator left over 1,000 potential oil and gas infractions unchecked | The Narwhal
Hidden records reveal pattern of lax enforcement of laws and regulations intended to protect the environment and communities
thenarwhal.ca
March 4, 2025 at 1:19 PM
BC Energy Regulator officials have frequently given companies the benefit of the doubt after inspectors identified potential infractions, according to an investigation by The Narwhal’s @writermjs.bsky.social & The IJF’s @kateschneider.bsky.social
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The new administrator of the E.P.A. is likely to reverse the long-standing federal position that carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases endanger the public—a “truly and deeply disgraceful” form of basic science denial, Bill McKibben writes.
Trump’s E.P.A. Seeks to Deny Science That Americans Discovered
It’s in this country that scientists, funded by or working for the government, came to understand the role of carbon in our atmosphere.
www.newyorker.com
February 28, 2025 at 1:48 AM
The new administrator of the E.P.A. is likely to reverse the long-standing federal position that carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases endanger the public—a “truly and deeply disgraceful” form of basic science denial, Bill McKibben writes.
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If you searched “transgender” on the Center for Disease Control and Prevention website the day before Trump took office—you’d find helpful information.
If you make the same web query on the CDC.gov now, those webpages bring you an error message: “The page you’re looking for was not found.”
If you make the same web query on the CDC.gov now, those webpages bring you an error message: “The page you’re looking for was not found.”
Trump's war on gender is accelerating
Agencies ordered government workers to remove pronouns from email signatures, and the CDC scrubbed youth and LGBTQ+ resources from its site.
www.motherjones.com
February 1, 2025 at 6:30 PM
If you searched “transgender” on the Center for Disease Control and Prevention website the day before Trump took office—you’d find helpful information.
If you make the same web query on the CDC.gov now, those webpages bring you an error message: “The page you’re looking for was not found.”
If you make the same web query on the CDC.gov now, those webpages bring you an error message: “The page you’re looking for was not found.”
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Choose Democracy was the first organization I saw take a strong stand on the illicit OMB power grab/Constitutional crisis that erupted Monday night. They do good work and write good updates.
If you want to learn about resisting undemocratic power grabs, get on our email list! choosedemocracy.us/get-updates/
Get Updates - Choose Democracy
We won’t overflow your inbox. We’ll send thoughtful reflections and tools for the resistance.
choosedemocracy.us
January 30, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Choose Democracy was the first organization I saw take a strong stand on the illicit OMB power grab/Constitutional crisis that erupted Monday night. They do good work and write good updates.
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“One of the first signs of authoritarianism is that people start to comply with things before they are actually enforced. We can prepare for different scenarios, but we are not going to stop doing what we do."
Planning for the worst in Trump's next term: Prepare, don't panic, and don't comply in advance
She championed abortion rights in Texas, and Amy Hagstrom Miller is ready for the next fight.
www.motherjones.com
January 30, 2025 at 5:49 PM
“One of the first signs of authoritarianism is that people start to comply with things before they are actually enforced. We can prepare for different scenarios, but we are not going to stop doing what we do."