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loriokanagan.bsky.social @loriokanagan.bsky.social · 3h

Do you love apples and value climate education? You can get BOTH! Fresh, unsprayed Macs or Spartans fund BUSES. Go to the form, etransfer $25, pick a location, and contribute to an important climate education program for Gr 2 students.

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... #climateeducation @ftfokanagan

loriokanagan.bsky.social @loriokanagan.bsky.social · 1d

Please protect us, Carney! Fossil Fuels will Kill your Children.

T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 1d

Listen to the former Keystone XL executive here. Straight up climate change denial, fine with trampling on Indigenous rights, wants existing environmental policy undone.

www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

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loriokanagan.bsky.social @loriokanagan.bsky.social · 1d

BEWARE: Who was Who in Weimar Germany (video) Who were these people who were trying to stop Hitler from coming to power? The main anti-fascist force was the Social Democrats who believed in the Constitution, the rule of law, elections, freedom of expression. open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...

When Anti-antifa means Pro-Nazi (video)

Notes from a Presidential "Roundtable"

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loriokanagan.bsky.social @loriokanagan.bsky.social · Sep 10

With genocide happening before our eyes, we need to come together for peace. Please join us in Penticton and find other groups to sing for peace.

South Okanagan Council of Canadians @sokcofc.bsky.social · Sep 10

International Peace Day, SUNDAY, Sept 21 Join Musaic choir, friends, and everyone at Gyro Park in Penticton to sing songs of peace. 2-2:30PM.
Raise your Voice for World Peace! #peace #singforpeace
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#Penticton

loriokanagan.bsky.social @loriokanagan.bsky.social · Aug 29

Register for this amazing doc about BC forests. tinyurl.com/y3ewv3nn

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South Okanagan Council of Canadians @sokcofc.bsky.social · Aug 25

It’s time for a People’s Power Grid. Publicly-owned clean energy infrastructure that will bring clean, affordable, reliable energy to everyone. Sign the petition now: act.350.org/sign/ppg

Build a People’s Power Grid

We're calling on the Carney government to deliver a People’s Power Grid, an East-West Grid that provides affordable, reliable, renewable electricity to people from coast to coast to coast.

act.350.org

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First Things First Okanagan @ftfokanagan.bsky.social · Aug 25

Calgary is Standing UP!! "The Calgary Climate Hub launched a protest “No Public Dollars For Pipelines.” “Our tax dollars are for our people, not for their profits.” Fund Renewable Energy not O&G. @seniorsforclimate.bsky.social @forourkidscanada.bsky.social calgary.citynews.ca/2025/08/20/n...

Calgarians protest against government funding of fossil fuels

The Calgary Climate Hub launched a protest at the Harry Hayes building on Wednesday, saying there should be “No Public Dollars For Pipelines.” A notice released by the group asks if the Alberta govern...

calgary.citynews.ca

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loriokanagan.bsky.social @loriokanagan.bsky.social · Aug 23

A small Yukon community cuts diesel use by more than half with solar power www.nationalobserver.com/2025/08/20/n...

A small Yukon community cuts diesel use by more than half with solar power

Beaver Creek’s White River First Nation leads the way with a solar breakthrough, slashing diesel use by over half and reclaiming energy independence through Indigenous-owned clean power.

www.nationalobserver.com

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loriokanagan.bsky.social @loriokanagan.bsky.social · Aug 19

"Trouble in the Headwaters" powerful film exploring the root causes behind the devastating floods in Grand Forks, BC Sept 8 6:30-8:30 PM Oasis United Church Penticton *by donation
Filmmaker, UBC prof, and ecologist Don Gayton will lead a panel discussion after. #oldgrowth #flood #savethetrees

Clearcut mountain risking landslides and floods in BC. doc screening Sept 8

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First Things First Okanagan @ftfokanagan.bsky.social · Aug 2

Incandescence Doc 2021 White Rock Lake and 2023 McDougall Creek Fires showcasing impact of wildfires. Penticton Sept 15 6:30PM OK College FREE donations for needy students Hosted by Seniors for Climate and South Okanagan Council of Canadians tinyurl.com/5969muvj

Incandescence -Documentary screening Penticton, BC Sept 15, 2025

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loriokanagan.bsky.social @loriokanagan.bsky.social · Jul 26

YCC BC provides training and good pay for under 30 years old in green jobs. Please share. Kelowna positions available.

Youth Climate Corps BC @yccbc.bsky.social · Jul 9

Find these opportunities available to youth in British Columbia at the 'Youth Opportunities' link below.

www.youthclimatecorps.com/youthopportu...

#YouthClimateAction #ClimateLeaders #ClimatePolicy #CommunityImpact #ClimateSolutions #FutureLeaders #YouthEmpowerment #YouthClimateCorpsBC

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loriokanagan.bsky.social @loriokanagan.bsky.social · Jul 26

That is not true. There is wide-spread discrimination and threats towards Arab-Israelis within Israel.

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loriokanagan.bsky.social @loriokanagan.bsky.social · Jul 26

Starving people on purpose is genocide. The Gaza Rivera open.substack.com/pub/chrished...

The Gaza Rivera

Israeli society cheers on the Gaza slaughterhouse and sees in genocide not a crime, but a utopian fantasy.

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Climate Emergency Unit @climateunit.bsky.social · Feb 19

NEW: We just launched a podcast! 🎙️

Break In Case of Emergency is a Canadian podcast about audacious climate solutions rooted in justice and workers’ rights.

Listen now: www.climateemergencyunit.ca/podcast

(or on Apple and Spotify - more directories coming soon!)

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janelle 𓆝𓆞 @janellelapointe.bsky.social · Jul 21

A swathe of new legislation across Canada threatens to weaken Indigenous rights and environmental protections.

Are we going to accept this fast-tracked future where reconciliation and climate justice slip further out of reach?

Read my full article at: breachmedia.ca/canadas-new-...

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loriokanagan.bsky.social @loriokanagan.bsky.social · Jul 14

LNG is not a solution to the climate crisis.

The Breach @breachmedia.ca · Jul 11

Canada’s first LNG export is historic—for all the wrong reasons.

As activist @janellelapointe.bsky.social explains, Canada’s LNG push will wreck the planet, sideline Indigenous peoples, and enrich Big Oil.

youtu.be/dgEyGEb_8T4

Canada’s first LNG export is historic—for all the wrong reasons

YouTube video by The Breach

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loriokanagan.bsky.social @loriokanagan.bsky.social · Jun 24

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loriokanagan.bsky.social @loriokanagan.bsky.social · Jun 24

@ftfokanagan.bsky.social Julia Beatty, Shuswap Climate Action Society, talks about fire and the connection of fossil fuels to global warming and climate change. "We need to talk about the fossil fuel elephant in the room." www.firstthingsfirstokanagan.com/post/we-need...

We need to talk about the fossil fuel elephant in the room

saobserver.netJulia Beatty Jun 18, 2025 ~4 minutesCurrently, parts of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia are being ravaged by early and extreme wildfires.It is difficult to ...

www.firstthingsfirstokanagan.com

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loriokanagan.bsky.social @loriokanagan.bsky.social · Jun 21

Charlie Angus speaks clearly on where Canada is, how we got here, and who to trust. Naming the Arsonists open.substack.com/pub/charliea...

Naming the Arsonists

Big Oil's war on the planet

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loriokanagan.bsky.social @loriokanagan.bsky.social · Jun 19

Misogyny has become a political strategy — here’s how the pandemic helped make it happen
theconversation.com/misogyny-has...

Misogyny has become a political strategy — here’s how the pandemic helped make it happen

Online misogyny isn’t just fringe — it’s baked into the architecture of the internet itself and, increasingly, serves as a powerful political tool.

theconversation.com

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Jane Kilthei @janekilthei.bsky.social · Jun 19

Indigenous leaders’ press conference expressing the profound disappointment with Prime Minister Carney & steps backward from the previous government on reconciliation & rights of Indigenous peoples in Canada. They say “Bill C-5 'will not apply in our territories".

Alex Himelfarb and Craig Scott: A bad bill, and a goodbye

With support from the opposition Conservatives, the Liberal government is steamrolling Bill C-5, a bill of enormous consequence that will not get the serious scrutiny it deserves.

engagementcanadapledge.substack.com

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loriokanagan.bsky.social @loriokanagan.bsky.social · Jun 18

Tell Premier David Eby: don’t sell us out to MAGA billionaires! #bcpoli www.dogwoodbc.ca/petitions/eb...

Premier Eby, don’t sell us out to MAGA billionaires

Tell Premier David Eby: don’t sell us out to MAGA billionaires! #bcpoli

www.dogwoodbc.ca

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · Jun 12

⚠️NEW THING⚠️

In partnership with the LOVELY ppl at Klimakultur, here’s a lil vid about my wild journey into ENERGYTOWN: the climate delay kids game produced by Norway’s state-owned fossil fuel company

Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGk8...

Blog version here: www.klimakultur.no/nyheter/e-is...

Greenwashing expert plays Equinor-funded computer game aimed at UK schoolchildren

YouTube video by Klimakultur

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loriokanagan.bsky.social @loriokanagan.bsky.social · Jun 17

Bill C-5 in Canada's Parliament is not good for the environment and Indigenous rights. Heather McPherson, MP Edmonton Strathcona, AB. It will slow projects down from court challenges, puts the environment at risk, and tramples Indigenous rights. openparliament.ca/debates/2025...

Heather McPherson, "One Canadian Economy Act" on June 16th, 2025 | openparliament.ca

openparliament.ca

loriokanagan.bsky.social @loriokanagan.bsky.social · May 31

Charlie Angus - Trump threatened our nation again. But this time, it was in the form of a “protection” offer. The kind of offer you can’t refuse. We CANNOT join the 'Golden Dome'. It's 'golden handcuffs' for Canada youtu.be/qB0krNjEDbY?...

CHARLIE ANGUS - TRUMP'S GOLDEN DOME PROTECTION RACKET

YouTube video by Charlie Angus

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