Richard Cannings
@dickcannings.bsky.social
Biologist, author, birder, mediocre fiddle player, slow cyclist and grandfather. Canadian Member of Parliament for South Okanagan-West Kootenay 2015-2025.
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The BC NDP convention was fantastic! I loved meeting so many incredible progressive folks!
Want to hear my favourite moment from the convention? 🧡🧡🧡
Want to hear my favourite moment from the convention? 🧡🧡🧡
November 16, 2025 at 7:41 PM
The BC NDP convention was fantastic! I loved meeting so many incredible progressive folks!
Want to hear my favourite moment from the convention? 🧡🧡🧡
Want to hear my favourite moment from the convention? 🧡🧡🧡
4 weeks ago I had a tumour removed from my thymus—all went well and no further treatment is needed. I want to thank the nurses and thoracic surgeons at KGH — and everyone who supports universal health care in Canada!
November 17, 2025 at 11:15 PM
4 weeks ago I had a tumour removed from my thymus—all went well and no further treatment is needed. I want to thank the nurses and thoracic surgeons at KGH — and everyone who supports universal health care in Canada!
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I'll Be Here in the Morning
Lee Munn
2023
Lee Munn
2023
November 11, 2025 at 11:11 PM
I'll Be Here in the Morning
Lee Munn
2023
Lee Munn
2023
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Richard is not only a good friend, but a respected environmentalist and biologist, and was a committed Member of Parliament.
Richard’s support means a lot in this race, and will be invaluable as we work together to build a stronger, more sustainable future.
Richard’s support means a lot in this race, and will be invaluable as we work together to build a stronger, more sustainable future.
November 12, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Richard is not only a good friend, but a respected environmentalist and biologist, and was a committed Member of Parliament.
Richard’s support means a lot in this race, and will be invaluable as we work together to build a stronger, more sustainable future.
Richard’s support means a lot in this race, and will be invaluable as we work together to build a stronger, more sustainable future.
Alberta’s new tax on high value wine puts the lower limit so low that « As one Calgary wine shop put it, in cheese terms, that’s like defining high-value as “anything that exceeds the price of Cheez Whiz.” » This is once again killing BC wine sales in Alberta. apple.news/ANt5ggM15TNO...
The Wine Wars Are Back — and Alberta’s Playing Dirty — The Walrus
BC has vino. Alberta wants vino. Why is Danielle Smith making it so hard for them to do business?
apple.news
November 9, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Alberta’s new tax on high value wine puts the lower limit so low that « As one Calgary wine shop put it, in cheese terms, that’s like defining high-value as “anything that exceeds the price of Cheez Whiz.” » This is once again killing BC wine sales in Alberta. apple.news/ANt5ggM15TNO...
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There are a lot of questions about what we can and can’t support.
Here’s an answer to one question I’ve been getting a lot.
Here’s an answer to one question I’ve been getting a lot.
November 4, 2025 at 12:25 AM
There are a lot of questions about what we can and can’t support.
Here’s an answer to one question I’ve been getting a lot.
Here’s an answer to one question I’ve been getting a lot.
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I had a rich conversation with Andrew Nichols on CBC News Channel today about tomorrow's federal budget: www.cbc.ca/player/play/.... With Canada confronting a historic threat to our sovereignty and prosperity, this budget needs to meet a higher test than normal deficit metrics. #cdnecon
CBC's Andrew Nichols speaks with economist Jim Stanford about Mark Carney’s first budget
Get the latest on CBCNews.ca, the CBC News App, and CBC News Network for breaking news and analysis.
www.cbc.ca
November 4, 2025 at 12:34 AM
I had a rich conversation with Andrew Nichols on CBC News Channel today about tomorrow's federal budget: www.cbc.ca/player/play/.... With Canada confronting a historic threat to our sovereignty and prosperity, this budget needs to meet a higher test than normal deficit metrics. #cdnecon
This continues and amplifies a very worrying trend started by the Conservatives in the last Parliament —meddling in basic science and universities in their misguided anti »woke » crusade.
How much are MPs entitled to know about research grants? Not as much as they think. A parliamentary committee is asking for researchers' personal information in what seems like an anti-DEI crusade, by @picardonhealth.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... via @theglobeandmail.com
Opinion: How much are MPs entitled to know about research grants? Not as much as they think
A parliamentary committee is asking for academics’ private information on a strange anti-DEI crusade
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 4, 2025 at 5:46 PM
This continues and amplifies a very worrying trend started by the Conservatives in the last Parliament —meddling in basic science and universities in their misguided anti »woke » crusade.
Just checked out Comet Lemmon in the western sky by following the arc of the handle of the Big Dipper down towards Arcturus. Helps to have binoculars or a scope and a dark sky! Map by Anthony Wood.
October 18, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Just checked out Comet Lemmon in the western sky by following the arc of the handle of the Big Dipper down towards Arcturus. Helps to have binoculars or a scope and a dark sky! Map by Anthony Wood.
The 2025 Vaseux Lake Bird Observatory season ended with 1539 birds of 55 species banded and an impressive 185 species detected. A record hot September kept birds at higher elevations so a lot of birds passed us by. Thanks to David and Aiva and all the volunteers!
October 16, 2025 at 5:03 PM
The 2025 Vaseux Lake Bird Observatory season ended with 1539 birds of 55 species banded and an impressive 185 species detected. A record hot September kept birds at higher elevations so a lot of birds passed us by. Thanks to David and Aiva and all the volunteers!
Only a few days left in the banding season at Vaseux Lake Bird Observatory. A lot of big birds going south on the north wind this morning —vultures, ospreys, harriers, rough-legged hawks and more. Last day is Wednesday!
October 12, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Only a few days left in the banding season at Vaseux Lake Bird Observatory. A lot of big birds going south on the north wind this morning —vultures, ospreys, harriers, rough-legged hawks and more. Last day is Wednesday!
The fall season is winding down at the Vaseux Lake Bird Observatory with the shift to late migrants like Pacific Wren and Ruby-crowned Kinglet. Last day of operation is October 15.
October 9, 2025 at 12:16 AM
The fall season is winding down at the Vaseux Lake Bird Observatory with the shift to late migrants like Pacific Wren and Ruby-crowned Kinglet. Last day of operation is October 15.
Saddened to hear that Jane Goodall has died. She was a groundbreaking scientist and a tireless advocate for conservation. www.cbc.ca/news/world/j...
Jane Goodall, conservationist and chimpanzee researcher, dead at 91 | CBC News
Jane Goodall, the British conservationist and researcher renowned for her work with chimpanzees, has died at age 91.
www.cbc.ca
October 1, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Saddened to hear that Jane Goodall has died. She was a groundbreaking scientist and a tireless advocate for conservation. www.cbc.ca/news/world/j...
Two of the five lutescens Orange-crowned Warblers netted today at Vaseux Lake Bird Observatory. VLBO is open to the public every morning until October 15, located 1 km north of the lake (4 km south of OK Falls).
September 20, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Two of the five lutescens Orange-crowned Warblers netted today at Vaseux Lake Bird Observatory. VLBO is open to the public every morning until October 15, located 1 km north of the lake (4 km south of OK Falls).
Dropped into Salt Spring Books and met Adina Hildebrandt who has owned this fine independent bookstore for 25 years. Support your local bookseller!
September 12, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Dropped into Salt Spring Books and met Adina Hildebrandt who has owned this fine independent bookstore for 25 years. Support your local bookseller!
Nice to bump into friends and colleagues Jan O’Brien and Geoff Meggs and talk about families as well as the federal and provincial political scene.
September 12, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Nice to bump into friends and colleagues Jan O’Brien and Geoff Meggs and talk about families as well as the federal and provincial political scene.
It’s migration season and of birds are heading south. Unfortunately millions don’t survive travel through our cities Their deaths are preventable www.thestar.com/news/gta/mil...
Millions of birds collide with windows annually in Canada. This volunteer tries to save them
FLAP volunteers patrol areas in the Greater Toronto Area during fall and spring migration periods, rescuing birds that have collided with glass.
www.thestar.com
September 9, 2025 at 6:40 PM
It’s migration season and of birds are heading south. Unfortunately millions don’t survive travel through our cities Their deaths are preventable www.thestar.com/news/gta/mil...
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Sorry. Not sorry.
You elect a convicted felon who allows people to be kidnapped off the streets
and tells Canada he will break our nation.
No we won't drink your bourbon and make nice.
We are a nation that believes in the rule of law.
Consider this a renaissance moment for CDN whisky.
You elect a convicted felon who allows people to be kidnapped off the streets
and tells Canada he will break our nation.
No we won't drink your bourbon and make nice.
We are a nation that believes in the rule of law.
Consider this a renaissance moment for CDN whisky.
September 7, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Sorry. Not sorry.
You elect a convicted felon who allows people to be kidnapped off the streets
and tells Canada he will break our nation.
No we won't drink your bourbon and make nice.
We are a nation that believes in the rule of law.
Consider this a renaissance moment for CDN whisky.
You elect a convicted felon who allows people to be kidnapped off the streets
and tells Canada he will break our nation.
No we won't drink your bourbon and make nice.
We are a nation that believes in the rule of law.
Consider this a renaissance moment for CDN whisky.
We were all saddened to learn today that Ken Dryden had passed away. I had the privilege of meeting him in 2022 at the celebration for the 50th anniversary of the 1972 Canada-Russia hockey series--he was a great Canadian on and off the ice.
September 6, 2025 at 2:47 PM
We were all saddened to learn today that Ken Dryden had passed away. I had the privilege of meeting him in 2022 at the celebration for the 50th anniversary of the 1972 Canada-Russia hockey series--he was a great Canadian on and off the ice.
Great news from Penticton and so proud that it is the legacy of my friend Colleen. www.pentictonherald.ca/life/health/...
Clinic may revolutionize healthcare in B.C.
The Colleen Schneider Medical Centre in Penticton officially opened its doors this summer—and it’s already being hailed as a model that could reshape how primary healthcare is delivered across British
www.pentictonherald.ca
August 30, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Great news from Penticton and so proud that it is the legacy of my friend Colleen. www.pentictonherald.ca/life/health/...
Highly recommended. 👇
🔥Canada is burning - 700+ wildfires are raging across the country — threatening homes, health, and our future.
Join Seniors For Climate for a special webinar with John Vaillant author of Fire Weather.
Registration: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
#LaterIsTooLate #SeniorsForClimate #DrawTheLine
Join Seniors For Climate for a special webinar with John Vaillant author of Fire Weather.
Registration: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
#LaterIsTooLate #SeniorsForClimate #DrawTheLine
August 29, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Highly recommended. 👇
Yes I did miss this! Thanks to the Globe and Mail for a little shout out.
ICYMI, being retired and all, you were quoted in @theglobeandmail.com
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
Canada doesn’t have a national firefighting agency. This fall is decision time on whether to build one
As climate change makes fire seasons more destructive, Ottawa must choose whether the current mix of services is enough to stop them
www.theglobeandmail.com
August 26, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Yes I did miss this! Thanks to the Globe and Mail for a little shout out.
We need a national wildfire fighting force.
Canada has been at National Preparedness Level (NPL)5 for over 77% of the days in the 2025 fire season. NPL5 (highest level - see chart below). Problem - US is at NPL4 & record-breaking season in Europe so where are the extra resources - southern hemisphere.
Clearly, we do not have enough resources.
Clearly, we do not have enough resources.
August 25, 2025 at 6:42 PM
We need a national wildfire fighting force.
I remember talking to the VP of Scotiabank over ten years ago. When asked the “what keeps you awake at night” question he said it was the gap between the top 1% and the rest of us. “This will not end well” he added.
The gap between Canada’s haves and have-nots has never been bigger.
How Rich Canadians Got Even Richer | The Tyee
Canada’s income gap reached a record high this year. How did we get here?
thetyee.ca
August 25, 2025 at 3:09 PM
I remember talking to the VP of Scotiabank over ten years ago. When asked the “what keeps you awake at night” question he said it was the gap between the top 1% and the rest of us. “This will not end well” he added.