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Public well-being must include sustainability: #environment + social inclusion. It's foundational for civil society, income equality, and good governance.

#climatechange #sustainablecities #sustainablefood #architecture
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Wed Sept 3, 2025

Climate & weather conditions in Vancouver, BC due to #BCwildfires and neighbouring wildfires:

🌡️ Temperature -- high of 25C near coast, 30C inland
😓 Humidex -- 33C near coast, 37C inland
🌬️ Air Quality Index -- Red-labeled @ AQI 182 (unhealthy, #1 ranked worldwide)

#ClimateChange
Environment Canada climate & weather conditions for Vancouver, British Columbia on Wed Sept 3, 2025: * widespread smoke * high temperatures of 25 degrees Celsius, except 30 degrees Celsius inland * humidex of 33 degrees Celsius, except 37 degrees Celsius inland Air Quality Index for Vancouver, B.C. on Wed Sept 3, 2025: AQI 182 (Unhealthy) 25 degrees Celsius Live World Air Quality Ranking of top five most polluted major cities on Wed Sept 3, 2025: 1) Vancouver, Canada = AQI 182 2) Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo = AQI 163 3) Lahore, Pakistan = AQI 148 4) Kampala, Uganda = AQI 147 5) Baghdad, Iraq = AQI 133 AQI legend, colour-coded levels of unhealthy air quality: * Green = 0-50 = Good * Yellow = 51-100 = Moderate * Orange = 101-150 = Unhealthy for sensitive groups * Red = 151-200 = Unhealthy * Purple = 201-300 = Very Unhealthy * Eggplant = 301+ = Hazardous
September 3, 2025 at 9:17 PM
thegreenpagesbc.bsky.social
"took it all in, from his office..."

Ya, ‪Theo Moudakis‬ ‪@theomoudakis.bsky.social‬ captured that...
Poilievre sitting on his armchair, sighing to himself while eating Doritos, watching King Charles III on TV delivering Canada's 2025 Throne Speech on May 27. Yellow tagline in black font: "Fomo n. Fear of missing out" Pierre Poilievre lost his seat as an MP of Carleton, Ontario during the 2025 Federal election #45. He currently, therefore, is not the leader of the official Opposition in Canada's Parliament.
May 29, 2025 at 12:52 AM
thegreenpagesbc.bsky.social
🍁 Leaders PM Mark Carney, BC Premier David Evy and MLA Mabel Elmore among hundreds paying their respects at vigil held Sunday April 27, 2025. 11 people killed and dozens injured at the #LapuLapu Day festival

Appreciate #MarkCarney being in #Vancouver, evening before #Elxn45
(image from CBC clip)
Image clip from CBC video of BC Premier David Eby (his wife to the right of him) and, to his left Prime Minister Mark Carney and MLA Mabel Elmore among hundreds of others at vigil held Sunday April 27, 2025. 11 people killed and dozens injured at the #LapuLapu Day festival (Saturday April 26, 2026) Mourners standing in front of lit candles and flowers. Dusk.
April 30, 2025 at 11:37 PM
thegreenpagesbc.bsky.social
Congratulations to @donvdavies.bsky.social in #Elxn45 Vancouver Kingsway riding!

A valuable MP who introduced a private members bill, establishing Pharmacare.

Always looking out for all Canadians 🇨🇦.
Always #TeamCanada 🍁

#Election2025 #ElectionCanada2025
Don Davies, incumbent NDP MP for Vancouver Kingsway riding secures seat in Canada's 2025 Federal Election #45 (as of April 29, 2025): * NDP, Don Davies = 18,747 votes, 37.2% share * Liberals, Amy Gill - 18,437 votes, 36.6% share * Conservatives, Ravinder Bhatia = 12,352 votes, 24.5% share * Green Party, Imtiaz Popat = 499 votes, 1% share * PPC, Fiona Want = 322 votes = 0.6% share
April 29, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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Ben Perrin, former legal advisor to PMO under Harper, post 👀...
#Elxn45
Ben Perrin, former legal advisor to PMO under Harper, post (April 14, 2025): "Ten years ago, during the 2015 federal election, I publicly announced that I could no longer support the Conservative Party of Canada since it had lost its moral authority to govern. I had let my party membership lapse after being a life-long conservative, having campaigned, interned, worked in campaign “war rooms”, and served in senior positions, including in-house legal counsel and lead policy advisor on justice and public safety to Prime Minister Stephen Harper." Ben Perrin, former legal advisor to PMO under Harper, post (April 14, 2025): "Under Pierre Poilievre, the Conservatives have embraced conspiracy theories, regressive proposals, and MAGA-style policies. I am gravely concerned about the harm to Canadians that a Poilievre government would bring." Ben Perrin, former legal advisor to PMO under Harper, post (April 14, 2025): "In Prime Minister Mark Carney, I see a leader of substance, with the skills and experience to navigate the storms of Trump’s unpredictability and threats, and a dramatically shifting global order. A vision for a strong Canada where no one is left behind. His policies will build a better country we can all be proud of. That’s why I’m endorsing Prime Minister Mark Carney and the Liberal Party of Canada to build Canada strong together."
April 15, 2025 at 3:16 AM
thegreenpagesbc.bsky.social
By Christopher Weyant, editorial cartoonist for The Boston Globe
@christopherweyant1.bsky.social

Free falling #tariffs
Christophy Weyant's interpretation of the state of Trump's tariffs. Two guys skydiving in tandem. Student skydiver with jersey emblazoned with '401K', asks: "When did he say to open the parachute!?!" Overweight master(?) skydiver with 'TARIFFS' on his jersey, connected behind his student, thinks: "What parachute?" Meanwhile, a plane in the background with 'Trump' logo flies away high in the sky
April 7, 2025 at 11:29 PM
thegreenpagesbc.bsky.social
📢 Progressives win #Vancouver 2025 by-election for two vacant seats!

Congrats @lucymaloney.bsky.social
@seanorr.bsky.social

By-election was considered a litmus test of Mayor Sim & majority ABC Party. The 1-2 hour waits were worth it.

#VanPoli

Unofficial results, so far:
Bar graph showing unofficial results of the Vancouver 2025 by-election (April 5, 2025) with Progressive parties winning two vacant seats: Sean Orr (COPE party) - 34,448 Lucy Maloney (OneCity Vancouver party) - 33,732 Colleen Hardwick (TEAM) - 17,352 Annette Reilly (Green Party of Vancouver) - 15,045 Theodore Abbott (TEAM) - 11581 Jaime Stein (ABC Vancouver) - 9.267 Ralph Kaisers (ABC Vancouver) - 8,915 Jeanifer Decena - 652 Guy Dube - 459 Karin Litzcke - 433 Rollergirl - 404 Charles Ling - 352 Gerry McGuire - 276
April 6, 2025 at 4:54 PM
thegreenpagesbc.bsky.social
Maybe too early to tell? 338Canada shows:
338Canada projection for Carlton, ON shows CPC likely (as of March 26, 20250... so far...
March 27, 2025 at 6:50 AM
thegreenpagesbc.bsky.social
Effect of no. 47's tariffs launched at Canada
#TeamCanada response #elbowsup
by Steve Nease (March 2025)
Editorial cartoon by Steve Nease (March 7, 2025) One pane cartoon with #47 screaming, "Hold still!", holding a musket pointed at a Canadian beaver standing in defiance. The legs of Uncle Sam, shot, lying on the floor. Smoke billowing out from the musket.
March 23, 2025 at 3:35 AM
thegreenpagesbc.bsky.social
Came across this.
#TeamCanada 🇨🇦 #GoCanadaGo #4Nations 🏒
Child holding up sign during Canada vs. USA in 4 Nations hockey face-off finals: "Win or Lose: Proud to be Canadian"
February 21, 2025 at 2:58 AM
thegreenpagesbc.bsky.social
The 3-word nasty slogans are likely to drive divisiveness, perhaps to mask misinformation & disinformation. PP is not working for Canadians' best interests.

Oh, here's @gudjeon meme of the 3-word sloganeering from that other place. There seems to be a recurring story...
Meme with 4x4 grid from @gudjeon, replying to @CultMTL, re Canada's CPC party leader's sloganeering to promote divisiveness: "Verb the noun, fix the facts, purch my merch, and hoax the folks" "Sing the songs, ping the pongs, king the kongs, and ding the dongs" "Embellish with relish, distort the report, parade the charade, and hoax the folks" "Bird is the word, eat to the beat, tutti the frutti, and hoax the folks" "Tame the dames, subvert the skirts, corral the gals, and hoax the folks" "Nix the chicks, deprive the wives, overcome the moms, and hoax the folks" "Pen the hens, defraud the broads, damn les femmes, and hoax the folks" "Threaten our veterans, zero our heroes, poop on our troops, and hoax the folks" "Hear my fear, smell my hell, taste my paste, and hoax the folks" "Hype the tripe, grow the faux, hail the tale, and hoax the folks" "Beat the meat, wank the shank, rub the chub, and hoax the folks" "Rap the crap, enable the fable, knit the shit, and hoax the folks" "Pull the wool, rock the crock, huck the muck, and hoax the folks" "Screw what's true, appeal to feels, fake the ache, and hoax the folks" "Choke the broke, smoke the woke, poke the moke, and stoke the joke" "Buy my lie, pay my way, purch my merch, and hoax my folks"
February 6, 2025 at 11:40 PM
thegreenpagesbc.bsky.social
Vital considerations for 🇨🇦 economy, democracy & values by Christopher Holcroft:

thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025...
Clip from important opinion piece re defending against foreign attack on economy and Canada's democracy and values. By Christopher Holcroft in The Tyee: "But while Trump can damage our economy, he cannot diminish our values. He cannot change how we view and treat one another, nor challenge our commitment to truth and civility. He cannot chip away at our rights and our freedoms, nor cheat our most vulnerable out of their share of the Canadian dream. Poilievre, on the other hand, very much could. "
February 3, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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Hey @alwaysvote.bsky.social thanks for calling B.C.'s opposition leader on xitter. Divisiveness at the provincial level is growing and aligned at the federal level with PP. Not the type of "leadership" Canadians with integrity want.
Screenshot from Twitter. Jan 25, 2025: Leader of B.C. Conservatives, John Rustad, celebrating the deportation of a temporary Canadian resident and climate activist being deported, posting, "Woohoo! Don't let the door hit you on the way out! #bcpoli" Reply from @always_vote to Rustad, "His "crime" was protecting B.C.s old growth trees and you're 'woo hoo'-ing this foreign student is being deported? Are you drunk, John Rustad?? THIS is what you focus on a Saturday night? Realy? And yet you've "no idea" what Trump is doing, you said earlier this week? #bcpoli" (reference to tRump deporting mass deportations in U.S.)
January 27, 2025 at 5:12 AM
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Hey @bsky.app experience could deteriorate fast. I'm getting added to "moderation" lists for trolling to be added to legitimate block lists.

@skywatch.blue @labeller.iftas.org

👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼
January 20, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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A tiny, Kemp's Ridley sea turtle was found on the shores Quebec’s Magdalen Islands.

More may swim north due to #ClimateChange, but may die from hypothermic shock in the north. They are one of the world’s smallest, most endangered turtle species.

www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/quebec/tiny-...
Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle at New Englad Aquarium, Quincy, MA. Kemp's Ridleys are one of the world’s smallest and most endangered turtle species. Photo by AP-Steven Senne.
December 19, 2024 at 5:11 AM
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Victoria, BC city staff reported: "Pedestrians have a 90% chance of surviving collisions when struck at 30 km/h or less, compared to < 20% survival rate at 50 km/hr"

"new speed limits... expected to be fully in place by spring 2027... projected to cost under $100k"

2/2
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
The City of Victoria, BC map of the proposed speed limit changes to arterial and collector streets in Victoria, which shows that only Douglas and Blanshard streets between Caledonia and Tolmie avenues will have a 50 km/h speed limit by 2027. Proposed speed limits: * green = 30 Km/hr * blue= 40 Km/hr (most arterial and collector roads) * orange = 50 Km/r (Douglas and Blanshard streets, between Caledonia and Tolmie avenues, six-lane streets that connect to provincial highways)
December 8, 2024 at 7:51 PM
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"Food prices overall are estimated to increase by 3-5% in 2025 compared to 2024 — higher than the Bank of Canada's inflation target"

Factors:
* weaker CAD$ = w/ many food products imported, imports become more expensive
* extreme weather & #ClimateChange

#Cdnpoli

www.cbc.ca/news/busines...
Bar graph by CBC/Canadian Broadcasting Corporation shows 'Forecasted Ranges in Canadian Food Price Increases in 2025. Total percentage increase, on average (in red) = 3-5% Fruit and seafood each increases = 1-3% Dairy, bakery and "other" each increases = 2-4% Vegetables and restaurant food each increases = 3-5% Meat increases = 4-6%
December 6, 2024 at 1:52 AM
thegreenpagesbc.bsky.social
British Columbia #BCelxn2024 recently had a provincial election (Oct 19, 2024). Two parties involved in the ad spend against carbon "tax"

1/3
Spenders on carbon "tax"-related ads on Meta's platforms (Facebook and Instagram) from Nov 1, 2023 to Oct 31, 2024. Top three ad spenders by no. of ads and estimated spend (CAD): 1) Pierre Poilievre, Conservative Party leader = 561 ads @ $379,539 2) Ontario PC/Progressive Conservative Party = 40 ads @ $240,560 3) Conservative Party of Canada = 275 ads @ $201,825 Notable post-British Columbia election 2024: * Conservative Party of BC = 36 ads @ $59,964 * BC United = 32 ads @ $47,968 * BC United Caucus = 9 ads $9,091 (recent provincial election in British Columbia: October 19, 2024)
November 29, 2024 at 4:26 AM
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Hey @simonscat.bsky.social , it looks like someone is using your logo:

bsky.app/profile/cats...
Catsland @catsland.bsky.social using well-known animator's, Simon's Cat, logo
November 20, 2024 at 5:05 PM
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"Never offers anything deeper, a slogan boy's disguise..." not far from short stunts in Canadian House of Commons proceedings via CPAC.

Meme of slogans with related and common theme (n'est ce pas?) from @gudjeon on the other place in reply to @cultmtl.bsky.social
A meme by @gudjeon on the bird site, replying to @cultmtl posting on Nov 5, 2024. 4x4 grid with various slogans mocking CPC Leader's "Axe the Tax" and similar slogans, reframing Canadian issues disingenuously. 1) "Verb the noun, fix the facts, purch my merch, and hoax the folks"; 2) "Sing the songs, ping the pongs, king the kongs, and ding the dongs"; 3) "Embellish with relish, distort the report, parade the charade, and hoax the folks"; 4) "Bird is the word, eat to the beat, tutti the frutti, and hoax the folks"; 5) "Tame the dames, subvert the skirts, corral the gals, and hoax the folks"; 6) "Nix the chicks, deprive the wives, overcome the moms, and hoax the folks"; 7) "Pen the hens, defraud the broads, damn les femmes, and hoax the folks"; 8) "Threaten our veterans, zero our heroes, poop on our troops, and hoax the folks"; 9) "Hear my fear, smell my hell, taste my paste, and hoax the folks"; 10) "Hype the tripe, grow the faux, hail the tale, and hoax the folks"; 11) "Beat the meat, wank the shank, rub the chub, and hoax the folks"; 12) "Rap the crap, enable the fable, knit the shit, and hoax the folks"; 13) "Pull the wool, rock the crock, huck the muck, and hoax the folks"; 14) "Screw what's true, appeal to feels, fake the ache, and hoax the folks"; 15) "Choke the broke, smoke the woke, poke the moke, and stoke the joke"; 16) "Buy my lie, pay my way, purch my merch, and hoax the folks".
November 15, 2024 at 6:06 AM
thegreenpagesbc.bsky.social
The nasties are projecting and taking their anger out on others. Particular powers-that-be are tapping into that and manipulating. Don't let them bring you down.
Clip from scene in the movie trilogy, Lord of the Rings. Samwise Gamgee says to Mr. Frodo when the odds seem stacked against them: "There's some good in this world, Mr. Frodo, and it's worth fighting for."
November 14, 2024 at 4:36 AM