@rurulovesmetoo.bsky.social
Canadian, west coaster. Interests - science, education, politics, public health, microbiology, orchids, birding, running, always seeking to understand.
Just put up our artificial tree today. Purchased on Boxing Day, 22 years ago, and it’s still in excellent shape.
Owners of the Island's largest tree farm say they're seeing more people show up wanting the real deal over a fake tree each year.
Real or artificial tree? Gogo’s farm says 6k sales is proof
Owners of the Island's largest tree farm say they're seeing more people show up wanting the real deal over a fake tree each year.
cheknews.ca
November 30, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Just put up our artificial tree today. Purchased on Boxing Day, 22 years ago, and it’s still in excellent shape.
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Infections in Canada this week are expected to result in 4,200 hospitalizations, 725 deaths (people who die at least 1 year earlier than they would without COVID) and 23,000 new long COVID cases serious enough to limit daily life activities.
November 25, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Infections in Canada this week are expected to result in 4,200 hospitalizations, 725 deaths (people who die at least 1 year earlier than they would without COVID) and 23,000 new long COVID cases serious enough to limit daily life activities.
I’m curious as to whether any jurisdiction has implemented programs for pet waste? It’s organic but I believe currently just goes into regular garbage/landfill?
Ten months after the Mandatory Waste Source Separation (MWSS) program rolled out for multi-family dwellings and commercial spaces, the regional district says industrial, commercial and institutional (ICI) businesses are slow on the uptake.
RDN program to separate waste in businesses, multi-family buildings sees slow adoption in 10 months
Ten months after the Mandatory Waste Source Separation (MWSS) program rolled out for multi-family dwellings and commercial spaces, the regional district says industrial, commercial and institutional (ICI) businesses are slow on the uptake.
cheknews.ca
November 23, 2025 at 4:08 PM
I’m curious as to whether any jurisdiction has implemented programs for pet waste? It’s organic but I believe currently just goes into regular garbage/landfill?
Disturbing how quickly the 🍊 and his administration moved to tear it all apart.
November 23, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Disturbing how quickly the 🍊 and his administration moved to tear it all apart.
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What I find so deeply frustrating about these columns about our supposed inability to build things is the complaints about "bureaucracy" frequently turn out to be "Waah, they won't let us poison this river with selenium!" or "Waah, I don't want to have to share revenue with the local First Nation!"
Matt Gurney: Major Confession Office
The MPO is an admission of dysfunction. It only exists because the rest of the government’s regulatory apparatus is unfit for purpose.
www.readtheline.ca
November 22, 2025 at 1:30 AM
What I find so deeply frustrating about these columns about our supposed inability to build things is the complaints about "bureaucracy" frequently turn out to be "Waah, they won't let us poison this river with selenium!" or "Waah, I don't want to have to share revenue with the local First Nation!"
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Just in case you haven't seen this yet...
Here is the project which consumed MONTHS of my life and involved HUNDREDS of local #Nanaimo residents, each sworn to secrecy.
✅ If you're an American healthcare worker considering Canada, WATCH THIS. ❤️
www.youtube.com/watc...
Here is the project which consumed MONTHS of my life and involved HUNDREDS of local #Nanaimo residents, each sworn to secrecy.
✅ If you're an American healthcare worker considering Canada, WATCH THIS. ❤️
www.youtube.com/watc...
I Am the Very Model of a Modern-Day Canadian
WATCH NEXT: The Making of This Video! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivBBQ5625lw Correction: The Degrassi co-creator's name is Linda Schuyler, not Lydia Sch...
www.youtube.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Just in case you haven't seen this yet...
Here is the project which consumed MONTHS of my life and involved HUNDREDS of local #Nanaimo residents, each sworn to secrecy.
✅ If you're an American healthcare worker considering Canada, WATCH THIS. ❤️
www.youtube.com/watc...
Here is the project which consumed MONTHS of my life and involved HUNDREDS of local #Nanaimo residents, each sworn to secrecy.
✅ If you're an American healthcare worker considering Canada, WATCH THIS. ❤️
www.youtube.com/watc...
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From clothing and toys to raw materials and medical products, thousands of goods will soon move more freely across Canada thanks to a new agreement that removes interprovincial trade barriers. Canada is at its best when we work together.
Learn more: gov.bc.ca/DomesticTrade
Learn more: gov.bc.ca/DomesticTrade
November 19, 2025 at 11:56 PM
From clothing and toys to raw materials and medical products, thousands of goods will soon move more freely across Canada thanks to a new agreement that removes interprovincial trade barriers. Canada is at its best when we work together.
Learn more: gov.bc.ca/DomesticTrade
Learn more: gov.bc.ca/DomesticTrade
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For the morning crowd, my @xtramagazine.com column: Provinces' cavalier use of the Notwithstanding Clause a dangerous sign #canqueer #cdnpoli
Provinces’ cavalier use of Notwithstanding Clause a dangerous sign | Xtra Magazine
There should be a political cost for using the clause; unfortunately, there isn’t
xtramagazine.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:01 PM
For the morning crowd, my @xtramagazine.com column: Provinces' cavalier use of the Notwithstanding Clause a dangerous sign #canqueer #cdnpoli
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🚨 HEADS UP
Washington State has reported a suspected human H5N1 case with no cattle exposure likely bird-linked (or from contaminated milk).
The patient is severely ill in hospital.
Clade pending (D1 vs B3). CDC confirmation awaited.
If confirmed, it will be Washington’s first H5N1 case of 2025.
Washington State has reported a suspected human H5N1 case with no cattle exposure likely bird-linked (or from contaminated milk).
The patient is severely ill in hospital.
Clade pending (D1 vs B3). CDC confirmation awaited.
If confirmed, it will be Washington’s first H5N1 case of 2025.
November 14, 2025 at 3:23 AM
🚨 HEADS UP
Washington State has reported a suspected human H5N1 case with no cattle exposure likely bird-linked (or from contaminated milk).
The patient is severely ill in hospital.
Clade pending (D1 vs B3). CDC confirmation awaited.
If confirmed, it will be Washington’s first H5N1 case of 2025.
Washington State has reported a suspected human H5N1 case with no cattle exposure likely bird-linked (or from contaminated milk).
The patient is severely ill in hospital.
Clade pending (D1 vs B3). CDC confirmation awaited.
If confirmed, it will be Washington’s first H5N1 case of 2025.
We’ve known since the 90s there weren’t going to be enough doctors. Decades of provincial governments ignored the emerging crisis. Any one of them could have addressed it by funding more seats in universities, medical residencies, etc,. They chose not to prioritize our healthcare. It was a choice.
Hospitals across Canada are closing their ERs because there aren't enough doctors to run them. Millions don’t have a doctor. Millions more can’t get an appointment.
It didn’t used to be this way. Turns out it wasn’t an accident.
It didn’t used to be this way. Turns out it wasn’t an accident.
The doctor shortage isn’t an accident. It was policy. canadahealthwatch.ca/2025/11/10/c... @codeblackamerica.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 7:54 PM
We’ve known since the 90s there weren’t going to be enough doctors. Decades of provincial governments ignored the emerging crisis. Any one of them could have addressed it by funding more seats in universities, medical residencies, etc,. They chose not to prioritize our healthcare. It was a choice.
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THIS!
“I don't expect Zohran Mamdani to be perfect. None of us should. Perfection isn't the point
of politics. Conviction is.
What matters is that he believes the government should serve the people.”
- Frederick Joseph
“I don't expect Zohran Mamdani to be perfect. None of us should. Perfection isn't the point
of politics. Conviction is.
What matters is that he believes the government should serve the people.”
- Frederick Joseph
November 5, 2025 at 11:46 PM
THIS!
“I don't expect Zohran Mamdani to be perfect. None of us should. Perfection isn't the point
of politics. Conviction is.
What matters is that he believes the government should serve the people.”
- Frederick Joseph
“I don't expect Zohran Mamdani to be perfect. None of us should. Perfection isn't the point
of politics. Conviction is.
What matters is that he believes the government should serve the people.”
- Frederick Joseph
We had to say goodbye to my 15 yo ❤️ dog the day before Halloween. The vet just called to say they’ve got her remains back. 💔😭💔 The pain is gutting. #Grief She was the bestest friend I’ve ever had. She was family.
November 4, 2025 at 12:09 AM
We had to say goodbye to my 15 yo ❤️ dog the day before Halloween. The vet just called to say they’ve got her remains back. 💔😭💔 The pain is gutting. #Grief She was the bestest friend I’ve ever had. She was family.
“There are plenty more vaccine doses to go around.”
Except there isn’t. While my partner and I got COVID/flu shots, our child couldn’t get a COVID shot. The BC Health Ministry ordered 1.94 million doses of the flu vaccine vs 1.4 million COVID vaccines. #BCPoli #COVID
www.nsnews.com/highlights/n...
Except there isn’t. While my partner and I got COVID/flu shots, our child couldn’t get a COVID shot. The BC Health Ministry ordered 1.94 million doses of the flu vaccine vs 1.4 million COVID vaccines. #BCPoli #COVID
www.nsnews.com/highlights/n...
No COVID shot appointments available? Check again later
Vaccinations are up this year over last year, but there are enough doses to go around, B.C.'s health ministry says.
www.nsnews.com
November 3, 2025 at 3:23 AM
“There are plenty more vaccine doses to go around.”
Except there isn’t. While my partner and I got COVID/flu shots, our child couldn’t get a COVID shot. The BC Health Ministry ordered 1.94 million doses of the flu vaccine vs 1.4 million COVID vaccines. #BCPoli #COVID
www.nsnews.com/highlights/n...
Except there isn’t. While my partner and I got COVID/flu shots, our child couldn’t get a COVID shot. The BC Health Ministry ordered 1.94 million doses of the flu vaccine vs 1.4 million COVID vaccines. #BCPoli #COVID
www.nsnews.com/highlights/n...
We don’t hear about this in schools. We need to.
The B.C. government has started construction of a new memorial park honouring the tens of thousands of Japanese Canadians who were forcibly displaced or moved into internment camps in the province during the Second World War.
B.C. to build memorial park for Japanese Canadians interned during Second World War in Victoria
The B.C. government has started construction of a new memorial park honouring the tens of thousands of Japanese Canadians who were forcibly displaced or moved into internment camps in the province during the Second World War.
cheknews.ca
October 28, 2025 at 8:47 PM
We don’t hear about this in schools. We need to.
What type of person thinks this would be funny? Even though the victims decided not to pursue charges, I hope these family members are required to atone for their actions.
"Actions like these could have had deadly consequences," said local authorities about the prank.
globalnews.ca/news/1149868...
globalnews.ca/news/1149868...
Creepy Halloween prank perpetrators unmasked: It was family, police say - National | Globalnews.ca
'While this case may not result in prosecution, it represents a serious moral failure,' said the local police chief.
globalnews.ca
October 28, 2025 at 8:15 PM
What type of person thinks this would be funny? Even though the victims decided not to pursue charges, I hope these family members are required to atone for their actions.
when another labour dispute in British Columbia is solved
(illustration by Indiana Joel)
(illustration by Indiana Joel)
October 26, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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Dutch perspective
October 21, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Dutch perspective
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Calgary petting zoo temporarily closed after avian flu cases reported https://globalnews.ca/news/11484832/alberta-butterfield-acres-farm-closed-avian-flu-cases/
𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter
𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter
October 20, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Calgary petting zoo temporarily closed after avian flu cases reported https://globalnews.ca/news/11484832/alberta-butterfield-acres-farm-closed-avian-flu-cases/
𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter
𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter
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For the late/west coast crowd, my Loonie Politics column on Poilievre doubling-down on the MAGA-Lite™ schtick in order to drum up support for his leadership review #cdnpoli
Poilievre’s call for lawfare is more Dollarama Trumpism - Loonie Politics
Poilievre’s caucus should standup against this and force him to recant his words, before it can become normalized.
looniepolitics.com
October 20, 2025 at 3:41 AM
For the late/west coast crowd, my Loonie Politics column on Poilievre doubling-down on the MAGA-Lite™ schtick in order to drum up support for his leadership review #cdnpoli
Seeing some friends with “bad head colds” that produce positive COVID tests.
October 18, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Seeing some friends with “bad head colds” that produce positive COVID tests.
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Our investigative folks at the Fifth Estate having been trying for months to get the province to talk about a leak of thousands of Interior Health employees’ personal information, and who was responsible.
The response from Health Minister Josie Osborne is not exactly inspirational.
The response from Health Minister Josie Osborne is not exactly inspirational.
October 16, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Our investigative folks at the Fifth Estate having been trying for months to get the province to talk about a leak of thousands of Interior Health employees’ personal information, and who was responsible.
The response from Health Minister Josie Osborne is not exactly inspirational.
The response from Health Minister Josie Osborne is not exactly inspirational.
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Make provincial governments accountable again.
David Cochrane just raised the point that provinces are underfunding their justice systems, and that federal changes to the Criminal Code doesn't change that.
That's almost unheard of! #PnPCBC
That's almost unheard of! #PnPCBC
October 16, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Make provincial governments accountable again.