Pat Bulmer
@patbulmer1.bsky.social
Part-time retired journalist in Kelowna, B.C. Married to my favourite wife.
Scott Moe, Danielle Smith: If you don't agree with us, you're not part of "Team Canada."
November 25, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Scott Moe, Danielle Smith: If you don't agree with us, you're not part of "Team Canada."
Mark Carney: “Who cares?” in response to whether he’s had contact with Trump. Those kinds of flippant responses got him into trouble before start of campaign. Someone told him to cut it out. He needs that advice again.
November 24, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Mark Carney: “Who cares?” in response to whether he’s had contact with Trump. Those kinds of flippant responses got him into trouble before start of campaign. Someone told him to cut it out. He needs that advice again.
A good backgrounder. And corrects some wrong perceptions.
As the federal government works toward a deal with Alberta to ship crude from the oilsands through northern B.C., it will have to navigate a long-standing agreement to keep oil tankers away from B.C.’s north coast.
It’s a debate many in B.C. believed long settled.
It’s a debate many in B.C. believed long settled.
The Oil Tanker Ban That Dims Alberta’s Pipeline Hopes | The Tyee
The law is six years old. But federal promises to protect BC’s north coast from spills date back decades.
thetyee.ca
November 22, 2025 at 7:46 PM
A good backgrounder. And corrects some wrong perceptions.
Reposted by Pat Bulmer
Fact check: No, U.S. oil tankers do not pass through the Hecate Strait. Elizabeth May shows exactly why the tanker ban exists, and why protecting it matters.
November 21, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Fact check: No, U.S. oil tankers do not pass through the Hecate Strait. Elizabeth May shows exactly why the tanker ban exists, and why protecting it matters.
Ottawa and Alberta reportedly working on deal about a pipeline through BC without talking to BC. Needless to say, that’s not acceptable.
BC Cons in secret talks with Alberta. What province does John Rustad work for?
BC Cons in secret talks with Alberta. What province does John Rustad work for?
November 21, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Ottawa and Alberta reportedly working on deal about a pipeline through BC without talking to BC. Needless to say, that’s not acceptable.
BC Cons in secret talks with Alberta. What province does John Rustad work for?
BC Cons in secret talks with Alberta. What province does John Rustad work for?
Imagine how many Israel would have killed if there were no truces or ceasefires.
November 21, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Imagine how many Israel would have killed if there were no truces or ceasefires.
Reposted by Pat Bulmer
"Kitimat: It's Not For Everyone."
There's a new #1 in the ranking of B.C. small town slogans.
There's a new #1 in the ranking of B.C. small town slogans.
November 20, 2025 at 10:00 PM
"Kitimat: It's Not For Everyone."
There's a new #1 in the ranking of B.C. small town slogans.
There's a new #1 in the ranking of B.C. small town slogans.
Reposted by Pat Bulmer
BC moves from leader to follower on zero-emission vehicle mandates -- a follower in retreat. Sad to see:
vancouversun.com/news/bc-chan...
vancouversun.com/news/bc-chan...
B.C. to scrap requirement that all new vehicles be zero-emission by 2035
Energy Minister Adrian Dix plans to introduce legislation in the spring to revise the EV mandate and said any new rebates are up to Ottawa
vancouversun.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:57 PM
BC moves from leader to follower on zero-emission vehicle mandates -- a follower in retreat. Sad to see:
vancouversun.com/news/bc-chan...
vancouversun.com/news/bc-chan...
Loosening environmental standards again. Both levels of government doing too much of this lately in the name of tariff-fighting economic boosting. news.gov.bc.ca/releases/202...
B.C. brings in measures to support EV adoption, auto sector, while awaiting federal decision
The Province is updating its zero-emission vehicles (ZEV) framework to maintain electric vehicle (EV) momentum.
news.gov.bc.ca
November 20, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Loosening environmental standards again. Both levels of government doing too much of this lately in the name of tariff-fighting economic boosting. news.gov.bc.ca/releases/202...
Waiting for Sloan in Vernon
November 18, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Waiting for Sloan in Vernon
NDP has a smart point of view. Budget's not the best, but not worth a government falling over.
November 18, 2025 at 12:16 AM
NDP has a smart point of view. Budget's not the best, but not worth a government falling over.
Reposted by Pat Bulmer
And if you're looking for a great explainer on Ksi Lisims LNG, this breakdown from the political-comedy team at The Juice Media has it all (apologies for the swearing):
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lt6H...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lt6H...
Honest Government Ad | Watch out, Canada (Ksi Lisims LNG)
YouTube video by thejuicemedia
www.youtube.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:10 PM
And if you're looking for a great explainer on Ksi Lisims LNG, this breakdown from the political-comedy team at The Juice Media has it all (apologies for the swearing):
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lt6H...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lt6H...
Prerolls that come with their own matches! What will they think of next? That and many other items in this week’s edition of cannabis news for people with short attention spans.
theounce.ca/news/quick-h...
theounce.ca/news/quick-h...
Age Verification - the oz.
Unionizing in Regina; Illicit weed seized; Herbal Dispatch cuts products; AI good for cannabis retail; Pre-rolls come with matches;
theounce.ca
November 14, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Prerolls that come with their own matches! What will they think of next? That and many other items in this week’s edition of cannabis news for people with short attention spans.
theounce.ca/news/quick-h...
theounce.ca/news/quick-h...
Medical cannabis exports are boosting the bottom lines for Canadian companies, my favourite reporter reports in a roundup of financial news for his favourite cannabis website.
theounce.ca/news/red-and...
theounce.ca/news/red-and...
Age Verification - the oz.
Medical side key to Aurora; Ayurcann throws around big numbers; Cannabis better than liquor, says SNDL; Cannabis is booming in Israel
theounce.ca
November 14, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Medical cannabis exports are boosting the bottom lines for Canadian companies, my favourite reporter reports in a roundup of financial news for his favourite cannabis website.
theounce.ca/news/red-and...
theounce.ca/news/red-and...
PM who wants to grow our economy missed easy one in budget. Cannabis industry wants excise stamps required on every package for each province replaced with a national stamp. Gov't could do it by waving a wand, but Mark Carney didn't listen, reports my favourite reporter.
theounce.ca/features/can...
theounce.ca/features/can...
Age Verification - the oz.
Polls show Canadians support modernizing regulations to help the cannabis industry grow.
theounce.ca
November 14, 2025 at 4:37 PM
PM who wants to grow our economy missed easy one in budget. Cannabis industry wants excise stamps required on every package for each province replaced with a national stamp. Gov't could do it by waving a wand, but Mark Carney didn't listen, reports my favourite reporter.
theounce.ca/features/can...
theounce.ca/features/can...
That’s what I’ve been thinking about these nation-building projects. Is digging and drilling all we can come up with? We must have better imaginations than that. This statement says it better than I can.
www.wcel.org/media-releas...
www.wcel.org/media-releas...
New “national interest” project list undermines public safety, economic competitiveness, environmental lawyers say | West Coast Environmental Law
xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish) & səl̓ilwətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Territories / VANCOUVER
www.wcel.org
November 14, 2025 at 1:57 AM
That’s what I’ve been thinking about these nation-building projects. Is digging and drilling all we can come up with? We must have better imaginations than that. This statement says it better than I can.
www.wcel.org/media-releas...
www.wcel.org/media-releas...
“I am deeply disturbed that the social media company X is challenging a clear order from B.C.’s Civil Resolution Tribunal to remove a non-consensual intimate image from its platform."
Yeah, no kidding.
news.gov.bc.ca/releases/202...
Yeah, no kidding.
news.gov.bc.ca/releases/202...
Attorney general’s statement about social media company X challenging Civil Resolution Tribunal order
Niki Sharma, Attorney General, has released the following statement in response to social media company X applying for judicial review of a Civil Resolution Tribunal (CRT) order to remove a non-consensual intimate image from its platform:
news.gov.bc.ca
November 13, 2025 at 11:19 PM
“I am deeply disturbed that the social media company X is challenging a clear order from B.C.’s Civil Resolution Tribunal to remove a non-consensual intimate image from its platform."
Yeah, no kidding.
news.gov.bc.ca/releases/202...
Yeah, no kidding.
news.gov.bc.ca/releases/202...
This is a really good new regulation from our provincial gov’t
Under the new employment standards regulations, employers cannot ask for a sick note for a worker’s first two health-related, short-term absences of five consecutive days or fewer in a calendar year.
news.gov.bc.ca/releases/202...
news.gov.bc.ca/releases/202...
New rules on sick notes eliminate unnecessary paperwork
Effective immediately, new rules limit when employers can ask for sick notes and will allow more time for health-care providers to spend with patients.
news.gov.bc.ca
November 13, 2025 at 3:33 AM
This is a really good new regulation from our provincial gov’t
CPL final was classic Canadiana. Anytime an outdoor sport final is played a blizzard, it certainly is. It was actually tense, edge-of-your-seat soccer game and coined new Canadian phrase. Atletico Ottawa’s opening bicycle-kick goal (always spectacular under normal conditions) became the icicle kick.
November 12, 2025 at 5:23 PM
CPL final was classic Canadiana. Anytime an outdoor sport final is played a blizzard, it certainly is. It was actually tense, edge-of-your-seat soccer game and coined new Canadian phrase. Atletico Ottawa’s opening bicycle-kick goal (always spectacular under normal conditions) became the icicle kick.
“But The New York Times found that at critical points, as measles was gaining new footholds in Canada, provincial politicians stopped public health officials from speaking out about the value of getting vaccinated.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/w...
Canada Is About to Lose Its Status as Having Eliminated Measles
www.nytimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:18 PM
“But The New York Times found that at critical points, as measles was gaining new footholds in Canada, provincial politicians stopped public health officials from speaking out about the value of getting vaccinated.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/w...
A municipality has to first provide reasons for installing spycams, reports my favourite reporter
November 8, 2025 at 4:30 PM
A municipality has to first provide reasons for installing spycams, reports my favourite reporter
How much pain must we endure in one day?
Kelowna's Mickie's pub is closing its doors after 39 years in business #Kelowna
Kelowna's Mickie's pub is closing its doors after 39 years in business - Kelowna News
Well known Kelowna pub closing its doors after 39 years in business.
www.castanet.net
November 8, 2025 at 2:41 AM
How much pain must we endure in one day?
Ostrich cull is one of the saddest days “on a global scale,” says farm owner’s daughter. I think that’s overstating it.
November 7, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Ostrich cull is one of the saddest days “on a global scale,” says farm owner’s daughter. I think that’s overstating it.
I've written 40 briefs and stories since Friday for various publications. Hurray for me. Half of them were just briefs (200 words or less), and many of the stories not too long, but the numbers are entertaining me right now.
November 6, 2025 at 11:00 PM
I've written 40 briefs and stories since Friday for various publications. Hurray for me. Half of them were just briefs (200 words or less), and many of the stories not too long, but the numbers are entertaining me right now.
When a court strikes down a law, the answer shouldn't be to trample on people's rights by using the notwithstanding clause, the answer should be to rewrite the law so it passes constitutional muster.
November 6, 2025 at 10:39 PM
When a court strikes down a law, the answer shouldn't be to trample on people's rights by using the notwithstanding clause, the answer should be to rewrite the law so it passes constitutional muster.