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Alex Goatcher @alexgoatcher.bsky.social · 11h

35% of people polled are drooling morons. 20% have potential.

Polling Canada @canadianpolling.bsky.social · 19h

"Do you think there is a connection between childhood vaccines for measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) and autism?"

No: 45%
Yes: 35%

Unsure: 20%

Research Co. / Sept 12, 2025 / n=1003 / Online

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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 19h

As drought in B.C.’s Peace River region leads to massive wildfires and the City of Dawson Creek scrambles to find a new water source, a report released today concludes that water use by the region’s fracking industry shot up a record 50% last year.

Ben Parfitt reports. #bcpoli

Fracking’s Water Demand Soared in Drought-Plagued Northeast BC | The Tyee

A report today from Stand.earth shows the industry’s water use increased 50 per cent in 2024.

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Alex Goatcher @alexgoatcher.bsky.social · 11h

It's great to see a northern BC city councilor speak truths. #cdnpoli

Jerimy Earl @jerimyadamearl.bsky.social · 19h

Without immigration, Dawson Creek would be a community in decline. I appreciate governments across the country are desperate to change the channel regarding their failure to build housing and increase capacity for public services over the last 50 years, but scapegoating immigrants ain't it.

Conservatives want to end birthright citizenship for children of temporary residents

The Conservatives want to restrict birthright citizenship in Canada, a measure they say would mirror the rules in peer countries.

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Alex Goatcher @alexgoatcher.bsky.social · 11h

NO other municipality in BC has an elected Parks Board. Blows my mind that Vancouver has one.

Shannon Waters @sobittersosweet.bsky.social · 18h

Housing Minister Christine Boyle just introduced a bill that will give Vancouver City Council the power to dissolve the Vancouver Park Board - something Ken Sim has been pushing for over a year #bcpoli

Alex Goatcher @alexgoatcher.bsky.social · 11h

So it's war between Unions and the UCP.... #ableg

Dave Cournoyer 🇨🇦 @daveberta.bsky.social · 16h

👀 Breaking the ATA and making membership in the union optional for teachers are actual official UCP policies that were enthusiastically passed by delegates at the party’s convention last year in Red Deer.

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Teachers on strike in Alberta!

More than 51,000 teachers launched the largest strike the history of their profession in Alberta

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Alex Goatcher @alexgoatcher.bsky.social · 11h

A wake-up call yet?

Castanet Kamloops @castanetkamloops.net · 14h

Worsening drought conditions 'unprecedented' for this time of year, says water board (Southern Interior)

Worsening drought conditions 'unprecedented' for this time of year, says water board - BC News

Drought conditions have worsened the B.C. Southern Interior.

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Alex Goatcher @alexgoatcher.bsky.social · 11h

Sad.

Rocky Mountain Outlook @rockymtnoutlook.bsky.social · 12h

NEWS: Grizzly bear killed on highway in Banff National Park

Grizzly bear killed on highway in Banff National Park

Three other grizzly bears killed by trains in Banff this year, including two female grizzlies.

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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 1d

Alberta launched its border patrol last year to help stop the flow of illegal drugs and migrants across what Premier Smith called the “leaky” U.S. border.

But the Interdiction Patrol Team has so far made only a handful of arrests, according to data released through an access to information request.

Alberta’s Border Patrol Has Made Only a Handful of Arrests | The Tyee

Ten months in, critics are concerned about the $29-million cost and few results from the initiative.

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Alex Goatcher @alexgoatcher.bsky.social · 21h

This is the USA..

Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 2d

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

Alex Goatcher @alexgoatcher.bsky.social · 21h

Bullshit and racist.

Castanet Kamloops @castanetkamloops.net · 1d

Conservatives want to end birthright citizenship for children of temporary residents (Canada)

Conservatives want to end birthright citizenship for children of temporary residents - Canada News

The Conservatives want to restrict birthright citizenship in Canada, a measure they say would mirror the rules in peer countries.

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Alex Goatcher @alexgoatcher.bsky.social · 21h

Threatening to jail democratically elected representatives. This is the end of the 1st US republic. The USA will never be the same after this.

Global News @globalnews.ca · 1d

Trump said earlier that Governor JB Pritzker and the Mayor of Chicago should be "in jail."

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‘I will not back down’: Gov. Pritzker reacts to Trump’s imprisonment threat - National | Globalnews.ca

The White House has said that the presence of the National Guard is necessary to prevent attacks on ICE agents and other law enforcement.

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Alex Goatcher @alexgoatcher.bsky.social · 21h

Once again, we have the coal mines in the #ElkValley violating environmental laws. Sunrise, sunset. #bcpoli

Castanet Kamloops @castanetkamloops.net · 1d

B.C. coal giant penalized millions for treatment delays, 171 pollution breaches (Elk Valley)

B.C. coal giant penalized millions for treatment delays, 171 pollution breaches - BC News

B.C.'s largest coal mine operator has been penalized more than $3.6 million for delaying construction of three water treatment facilities and breaching water quality limits 171 times.

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Alex Goatcher @alexgoatcher.bsky.social · 21h

Alberta's Education minister worried that if private schools disappear he won't know who has bought and paid for him anymore. #ableg

Rocky Mountain Outlook @rockymtnoutlook.bsky.social · 1d

BEYOND LOCAL: Alberta education minister concerned about private school funding petition

Alberta education minister concerned about private school funding petition

Alberta's education minister says cutting government funding to private schools would only escalate the pressure faced by the province's strained public school system.

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CPAWS Southern Alberta @cpawssab.bsky.social · 1d

After removing the bridge that damaged Critical Habitat for bull trout in the Upper Highwood, DFO has approved the construction of another bridge... in the same location.

If only this was satire.

The full story: cpaws-southernalberta.org/dfo-issuing-...

DFO Issuing Permit for Highwood Bridge   - CPAWS Southern Alberta

DFO has issued a permit under the Species at Risk Act allowing the destruction of critical habitat to facilitate 14 river and stream crossings, including the reconstruction of the previously illegally...

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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 1d

The fall out of Carney's latest visit with Trump:
After bragging about Canada joining the US, Trump made it clear he is determined to destroy our autoworkers and steelworkers.
But Danielle Smith and the planet burners are over the moon.
They say this is "love language."

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Alex Goatcher @alexgoatcher.bsky.social · 22h

Never liked Harry Potter, but what happened to the idea of "hate the artist, love the art"? Guess we cannot separate the art from the artist. The art has no transphobic undertones but whatever...our comfy lives declare this an issue.

Rebecca Bollwitt @miss604.com · 1d

“A motion calling on the Vancouver Park Board to officially apologize for hosting an upcoming Harry Potter attraction passed Tuesday in a unanimous vote.”

‘This will not happen again’: Vancouver Park Board apologizes for hosting Harry Potter event

A motion calling on the Vancouver Park Board to officially apologize for hosting an upcoming Harry Potter attraction passed Tuesday in a unanimous vote.

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The Narwhal @thenarwhal.ca · 23h

Plans to expand the Port of Montreal threaten an endangered fish found only in Quebec. Advocates for the copper redhorse fear the project — now on Mark Carney's major projects list — will deal a critical blow to a species already on life support. thenarwhal.ca/copper-redho...

Endangered Quebec fish at risk from Port of Montreal expansion | The Narwhal

A planned expansion of the Port of Montreal in Contrecoeur, one of Mark Carney’s priority projects, threatens the endangered copper redhorse

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Alex Goatcher @alexgoatcher.bsky.social · 1d

This is like "Sopranos" style stuff here.

Castanet Kamloops @castanetkamloops.net · 1d

ATM theft in Peachland leaves hole in side of bank #Peachland

ATM theft in Peachland leaves hole in side of bank - Peachland News

There was a heavy police presence in Peachland Wednesday morning as officers worked around what appears to have been a stolen ATM machine.

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Alex Goatcher @alexgoatcher.bsky.social · 1d

Public funds for public services. Period. #ableg

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Alberta teacher prompts petition on province's private school funding | CBC News

If high school chemistry teacher Alicia Taylor gets her wish, Albertans will vote in a referendum on whether to end public funding for independent schools.

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Rob Ashton for NDP Leader @rob-for-ndp-leader.bsky.social · 2d

Today is a great day for workers. With Bill C-247, the NDP is standing up for the right to strike and bargain freely - rights generations of workers fought for.

It’s time Ottawa remembered who keeps this country running. It’s time for workers to have a voice in Ottawa.

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Castanet Kamloops @castanetkamloops.net · 2d

Manitoba legislature approves $18,000 fine for former premier Heather Stefanson #Manitoba

Manitoba legislature approves $18,000 fine for former premier Heather Stefanson - Canada News

Former Manitoba premier Heather Stefanson has been fined $18,000 for violating the province's conflict of interest law.

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 2d

I fear if things don’t change right now, this image is going to come back to haunt us

Laura Rodriguez, on Twitter:

A federal agent points a weapon at a woman who was recording them.

Jess, a U.S. citizen and member of a neighborhood patrol team that documents and shares ICE activity across the city, was filming when the incident occurred earlier today in the Berwyn area.

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Alex Goatcher @alexgoatcher.bsky.social · 2d

So many truckers are practically slaves who are worked to exhaustion by their bosses. Good on the Bloc! #cdnpoli #bchwy1

Castanet Kamloops @castanetkamloops.net · 2d

MPs launch probe of trucking sector after Bloc calls out labour standards (Canada)

MPs launch probe of trucking sector after Bloc calls out labour standards - Canada News

A House of Commons committee is set to launch a study of labour standards in the trucking sector today after the Bloc Québécois called on the government to end what it calls exploitative practices.

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Robson Fletcher @robsonfletcher.com · 2d

Police in Airdrie, Alberta (just north of Calgary) say this driver hit a 17-year-old girl in a marked crosswalk, got out of the vehicle, and appeared to get upset at the teenager before driving away.

They released this video and are now trying to identify the driver.

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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 2d

Declining literacy rates aren’t a new issue for B.C. — or Canada.

Standardized test results have been on a downward swing countrywide for over 20 years. What’s the fix?

Second in a series. By @kehyslop.bsky.social. #bced #bcpoli #canpoli

Math and Reading Scores Are Declining in BC. Why? | The Tyee

And what’s the fix? Second in a series.

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