spiralbody
@spiralbody.bsky.social
dancer, bicycle rider, summit seeker, sustainable transportation delivery agent
I would prefer to live in a place where private land ownership is not a thing at all. What right do ANY of us have to complete ownership of a piece of this glorious planet?
I like living in a place where renting is common and normalized and homeownership culture is not as strong.
Specifically, I dislike the common idea that you’re a “failure” if you rent (or you’re being “exploited”). And the culture that glorifies rising house prices.
Specifically, I dislike the common idea that you’re a “failure” if you rent (or you’re being “exploited”). And the culture that glorifies rising house prices.
December 7, 2025 at 2:19 AM
I would prefer to live in a place where private land ownership is not a thing at all. What right do ANY of us have to complete ownership of a piece of this glorious planet?
I guess one way to push resource projects through is to decimate the capacity of the teams that evaluate the environmental impacts and risks. Pretty sure the climate is still flaming and flooding us too
NEW: Hundreds of public servants are being let go at federal agencies that monitor climate risks, @natashabulowski.bsky.social reports
Cuts at Natural Resources Canada ‘decimate’ wildfire and flood tracking capacity, unions warn
Carney's cuts have hit Natural Resources Canada, causing uproar from public sector unions warning the layoffs will hurt Canada's ability to respond to cliamte change and protect Canadians from wildfir...
www.nationalobserver.com
December 6, 2025 at 5:55 AM
I guess one way to push resource projects through is to decimate the capacity of the teams that evaluate the environmental impacts and risks. Pretty sure the climate is still flaming and flooding us too
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Maybe I'm an outlier, but as a driver I have a strong preference for not injuring or killing anyone. I love bike lanes, and I love the ones with barriers even more.
December 6, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Maybe I'm an outlier, but as a driver I have a strong preference for not injuring or killing anyone. I love bike lanes, and I love the ones with barriers even more.
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You love to see it: police enforcing the new bus lanes!
Although it would be even more effective if the buses just had cameras that could semi-automatically ticket people.
Although it would be even more effective if the buses just had cameras that could semi-automatically ticket people.
December 5, 2025 at 3:01 PM
You love to see it: police enforcing the new bus lanes!
Although it would be even more effective if the buses just had cameras that could semi-automatically ticket people.
Although it would be even more effective if the buses just had cameras that could semi-automatically ticket people.
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A thread on the MOU.
MOST IMPORTANT: Carney's move signals to the rest of Canada, and the world, that it's OK to keep building more fossil fuel projects.
Other countries will use this to justify doing the same.
Our children are watching, to see if we care about their futures. Do we? 1/22
MOST IMPORTANT: Carney's move signals to the rest of Canada, and the world, that it's OK to keep building more fossil fuel projects.
Other countries will use this to justify doing the same.
Our children are watching, to see if we care about their futures. Do we? 1/22
This is not a good take. Carney's move signals to the rest of Canada, and the world, that it's OK to keep building more fossil fuel projects.
Other countries will use this to justify doing the same.
Our children are watching, to see if we care about their futures. Do we?
Other countries will use this to justify doing the same.
Our children are watching, to see if we care about their futures. Do we?
November 29, 2025 at 8:37 AM
A thread on the MOU.
MOST IMPORTANT: Carney's move signals to the rest of Canada, and the world, that it's OK to keep building more fossil fuel projects.
Other countries will use this to justify doing the same.
Our children are watching, to see if we care about their futures. Do we? 1/22
MOST IMPORTANT: Carney's move signals to the rest of Canada, and the world, that it's OK to keep building more fossil fuel projects.
Other countries will use this to justify doing the same.
Our children are watching, to see if we care about their futures. Do we? 1/22
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Unlike ON & QC, overdose antidote Naloxone is only free in injectable form in BC
Frontline healthcare workers are urging BC to make the easy-to-use inhalable form (which lasts 2x longer) free NOW
TIL: Govt doesn't track how many doses are thrown out as expired(!)
www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
Frontline healthcare workers are urging BC to make the easy-to-use inhalable form (which lasts 2x longer) free NOW
TIL: Govt doesn't track how many doses are thrown out as expired(!)
www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
Playing catch up: Health-care workers urge B.C. to provide free nasal naloxone
British Columbia was the first province to grapple with the lethality of toxic drugs, but is now lagging behind Ontario and Quebec in providing a free, easy-to-use antidote.
www.ctvnews.ca
December 2, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Unlike ON & QC, overdose antidote Naloxone is only free in injectable form in BC
Frontline healthcare workers are urging BC to make the easy-to-use inhalable form (which lasts 2x longer) free NOW
TIL: Govt doesn't track how many doses are thrown out as expired(!)
www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
Frontline healthcare workers are urging BC to make the easy-to-use inhalable form (which lasts 2x longer) free NOW
TIL: Govt doesn't track how many doses are thrown out as expired(!)
www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
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"Ryan Herriot, a family physician and addiction medicine specialist based in Victoria, said the change represents an 'egregious interference by non-experts into the practice of medicine.'"
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
#bcpoli #harmreduction
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
#bcpoli #harmreduction
B.C. to require safer supply medications to be taken under supervision
Change follows considerable scrutiny and political pushback on the program
www.theglobeandmail.com
December 2, 2025 at 12:11 AM
"Ryan Herriot, a family physician and addiction medicine specialist based in Victoria, said the change represents an 'egregious interference by non-experts into the practice of medicine.'"
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
#bcpoli #harmreduction
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
#bcpoli #harmreduction
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Ex-official explained this in a way that will stick with me forever: Within fire departments, the EMTs are overworked and underpaid and don’t have time to advocate for policy. The fire chiefs, on the other hand, have a lot more time on their hands. So fire response, not medical, dictates policy.
November 30, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Ex-official explained this in a way that will stick with me forever: Within fire departments, the EMTs are overworked and underpaid and don’t have time to advocate for policy. The fire chiefs, on the other hand, have a lot more time on their hands. So fire response, not medical, dictates policy.
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Pulled together some of my thoughts on AB - CAN agreement here. Simply put, this agreement is likely to deepen divides in the country, not heal them.
open.substack.com/pub/stewartp...
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MOU Problems
While intended to heal the rift in Canadian unity, the agreement between federal and Alberta provincial governments risks leaving the country even more divided
open.substack.com
November 29, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Pulled together some of my thoughts on AB - CAN agreement here. Simply put, this agreement is likely to deepen divides in the country, not heal them.
open.substack.com/pub/stewartp...
open.substack.com/pub/stewartp...
This interview feels nostalgic...could have been done in the 90s. What a joke of a position. What about the future of the children who have never known a time without perpetual wildfires, floods, and storms?
People who care about climate change are “dreaming nostalgically about the past.” - Minister Hodgson
Gotcha. That explains a lot.
Gotcha. That explains a lot.
November 28, 2025 at 3:41 PM
This interview feels nostalgic...could have been done in the 90s. What a joke of a position. What about the future of the children who have never known a time without perpetual wildfires, floods, and storms?
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Notice how the difference between now and the Northern Gateway a decade ago is the weaponization of Indigenous co-ownership? Economic reconciliation is the tactic of our oppressors, and comes at the cost of our traditional economies. Solidarity with the Coastal First Nations resisting.
November 27, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Notice how the difference between now and the Northern Gateway a decade ago is the weaponization of Indigenous co-ownership? Economic reconciliation is the tactic of our oppressors, and comes at the cost of our traditional economies. Solidarity with the Coastal First Nations resisting.
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I think it’s bad, actually, to play political chess with Indigenous rights.
November 27, 2025 at 11:34 PM
I think it’s bad, actually, to play political chess with Indigenous rights.
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1/ Mark Carney has betrayed all of us by making a pipeline pact with Danielle Smith. A real nation-building project would expand the renewable energy of the future while creating thousands of jobs - powerlines not pipelines.
November 27, 2025 at 5:17 PM
1/ Mark Carney has betrayed all of us by making a pipeline pact with Danielle Smith. A real nation-building project would expand the renewable energy of the future while creating thousands of jobs - powerlines not pipelines.
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The Ottawa-Alberta MOU is nothing more than a pipedream - Coastal First Nations
"We have zero interest in co-ownership or economic benefits of a project that has the potential to destroy our way of life and everything we have built on the coast," says Heiltsuk Nation elected Chief Marilyn Slett
"We have zero interest in co-ownership or economic benefits of a project that has the potential to destroy our way of life and everything we have built on the coast," says Heiltsuk Nation elected Chief Marilyn Slett
November 27, 2025 at 6:46 PM
The Ottawa-Alberta MOU is nothing more than a pipedream - Coastal First Nations
"We have zero interest in co-ownership or economic benefits of a project that has the potential to destroy our way of life and everything we have built on the coast," says Heiltsuk Nation elected Chief Marilyn Slett
"We have zero interest in co-ownership or economic benefits of a project that has the potential to destroy our way of life and everything we have built on the coast," says Heiltsuk Nation elected Chief Marilyn Slett
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When a Canadian says “It’s a bit of a gong show down there," what are they talking aboot? defector.com/how-a-campy-...
How A Campy 1970s Game Show Became Part Of Canada's National Lexicon | Defector
On tiny Hornby Island northwest of Vancouver, after the Women’s World Cup in the summer of 2015, our bed-and-breakfast host was telling us about the town. The pizza place in the park is terrific, he…
defector.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:01 PM
When a Canadian says “It’s a bit of a gong show down there," what are they talking aboot? defector.com/how-a-campy-...
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As we await the pipeline MOU, a reminder that Alberta has 12% of Canada’s population and
• 38% of national GHG emissions
• 75% of oil and gas-related GHGs
• 51% of electricity-related GHGS
Source: 2025 National Inventory Report 1990-2023: GHG Sources and Sinks in Canada (ECCC)
• 38% of national GHG emissions
• 75% of oil and gas-related GHGs
• 51% of electricity-related GHGS
Source: 2025 National Inventory Report 1990-2023: GHG Sources and Sinks in Canada (ECCC)
November 27, 2025 at 1:45 PM
As we await the pipeline MOU, a reminder that Alberta has 12% of Canada’s population and
• 38% of national GHG emissions
• 75% of oil and gas-related GHGs
• 51% of electricity-related GHGS
Source: 2025 National Inventory Report 1990-2023: GHG Sources and Sinks in Canada (ECCC)
• 38% of national GHG emissions
• 75% of oil and gas-related GHGs
• 51% of electricity-related GHGS
Source: 2025 National Inventory Report 1990-2023: GHG Sources and Sinks in Canada (ECCC)
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I’ve got an article out in the Star today about the Thomas King issue:
Thomas King’s admission he isn’t Indigenous is just the first step. This is what has to happen next
#Opinion from Robert Jago
#Opinion from Robert Jago
Thomas King’s admission he isn’t Indigenous is just the first step. This is what has to happen next
Though not a shock to some, it's time to reckon with the harm done.
www.thestar.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:56 AM
I’ve got an article out in the Star today about the Thomas King issue:
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Adjusting the property tax increase for inflation, we can see that the zero-percent budget represents a 2% tax cut in real terms, the largest in the last 16 years.
November 26, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Adjusting the property tax increase for inflation, we can see that the zero-percent budget represents a 2% tax cut in real terms, the largest in the last 16 years.
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People in BC who are hospitalized against their will won't be able to sue clinicians "providing involuntary mental-health care." news.gov.bc.ca/releases/202...
Province taking action to strengthen involuntary care, better support patients
The Province is introducing proposed amendments to the Mental Health Act to strengthen and protect mental-health care in B.C. and improve supports for people who suffer from severe, overlapping mental-health and substance-use challenges.
news.gov.bc.ca
November 25, 2025 at 1:04 AM
People in BC who are hospitalized against their will won't be able to sue clinicians "providing involuntary mental-health care." news.gov.bc.ca/releases/202...
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Canada’s drug laws are facing a constitutional challenge from the founders of a Vancouver compassion club.
In trying to beat back a wave of toxic street drugs, "You feel lost and powerless, because you are," Jeremy Kalicum testified.
pressprogress.ca/drug-laws-fa...
In trying to beat back a wave of toxic street drugs, "You feel lost and powerless, because you are," Jeremy Kalicum testified.
pressprogress.ca/drug-laws-fa...
Canada’s Drug Laws Face Challenge from Founders of Vancouver Compassion Club
'You feel lost and powerless, because you are,' Drug User Liberation Front co-founder testifies on day one of weeks-long hearing
pressprogress.ca
November 25, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Canada’s drug laws are facing a constitutional challenge from the founders of a Vancouver compassion club.
In trying to beat back a wave of toxic street drugs, "You feel lost and powerless, because you are," Jeremy Kalicum testified.
pressprogress.ca/drug-laws-fa...
In trying to beat back a wave of toxic street drugs, "You feel lost and powerless, because you are," Jeremy Kalicum testified.
pressprogress.ca/drug-laws-fa...
I still have flashbacks when cycling in certain conditions of a bike crash when a bus side clipped me 18 years ago. The nervous system never forgets those moments of survival #VisionZero @visionzerovancouver.ca
Even though it’s been quite a while since the last time (thankfully), every so often, something triggers a reminder of 1 of the 4 times I’ve been hit by a driver while biking or walking and the feeling never really goes away, you know?
November 20, 2025 at 9:25 PM
I still have flashbacks when cycling in certain conditions of a bike crash when a bus side clipped me 18 years ago. The nervous system never forgets those moments of survival #VisionZero @visionzerovancouver.ca
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Coastal First Nations say the federal government hasn't been talking to them about Alberta's pipeline proposal, despite multiple requests for nation-to-nation meetings
"We are tired of learning about these discussions regarding our traditional territories in the press," reads a press release
"We are tired of learning about these discussions regarding our traditional territories in the press," reads a press release
November 19, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Coastal First Nations say the federal government hasn't been talking to them about Alberta's pipeline proposal, despite multiple requests for nation-to-nation meetings
"We are tired of learning about these discussions regarding our traditional territories in the press," reads a press release
"We are tired of learning about these discussions regarding our traditional territories in the press," reads a press release
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At COP30 Canada just got awarded the fossil of the day — first time since 2014 (the harper years). Clear sign of how Carney’s pro fossil fuel agenda and backsliding on climate policy is being noticed internationally.
November 18, 2025 at 10:37 PM
At COP30 Canada just got awarded the fossil of the day — first time since 2014 (the harper years). Clear sign of how Carney’s pro fossil fuel agenda and backsliding on climate policy is being noticed internationally.
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If CBSA refuses to explain why it thought a *95 YEAR OLD* retired Princeton law professor and UN special rapporteur might be a threat to national security, Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree should
Prominent legal scholar detained at Canadian border while on his way to a conference on Palestine | CBC News
A well-known academic and former UN special rapporteur says he was detained by customs agents in Toronto while on his way to speak at a conference on human rights violations against Palestinians.
www.cbc.ca
November 16, 2025 at 3:21 AM
If CBSA refuses to explain why it thought a *95 YEAR OLD* retired Princeton law professor and UN special rapporteur might be a threat to national security, Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree should