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school can be one of the most isolating places for trans kids and the rhetoric of the past week has put those kids in an even more vulnerable position. as a former trans kid i am incredibly grateful for these statements from the BC education minister and the BC teachers federation. thank you!
As Canadians we know it's unacceptable to use the horrible actions of one person to attack an entire group. We're committed to keeping schools safe and welcoming environments for all students.
Thank you to BC Teachers for this important statement. 2/3
Thank you to BC Teachers for this important statement. 2/3
February 15, 2026 at 6:39 PM
school can be one of the most isolating places for trans kids and the rhetoric of the past week has put those kids in an even more vulnerable position. as a former trans kid i am incredibly grateful for these statements from the BC education minister and the BC teachers federation. thank you!
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As Canadians we know it's unacceptable to use the horrible actions of one person to attack an entire group. We're committed to keeping schools safe and welcoming environments for all students.
Thank you to BC Teachers for this important statement. 2/3
Thank you to BC Teachers for this important statement. 2/3
February 13, 2026 at 3:13 AM
As Canadians we know it's unacceptable to use the horrible actions of one person to attack an entire group. We're committed to keeping schools safe and welcoming environments for all students.
Thank you to BC Teachers for this important statement. 2/3
Thank you to BC Teachers for this important statement. 2/3
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This week we witnessed a truly horrific school shooting in Tumbler Ridge. And at a time when British Columbians are uniting in support of the community, some people have been exploiting this tragedy to push a political agenda against trans kids.
That's shameful and wrong. 🧵
That's shameful and wrong. 🧵
February 13, 2026 at 3:13 AM
This week we witnessed a truly horrific school shooting in Tumbler Ridge. And at a time when British Columbians are uniting in support of the community, some people have been exploiting this tragedy to push a political agenda against trans kids.
That's shameful and wrong. 🧵
That's shameful and wrong. 🧵
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NDP leadership candidate Avi Lewis says socialism, defined by bold public solutions, not managerial caution, can rebuild the party after historic losses.
He’s betting it can unite a majority across divided regions and broaden the party’s coalition.
He’s betting it can unite a majority across divided regions and broaden the party’s coalition.
Reclaiming Socialism in Canada’s NDP Leadership Race
NDP leadership candidate Avi Lewis says socialism, defined by bold public solutions, not managerial caution, can rebuild the party after historic losses. He’s betting it can unite a majority across divided regions and broaden the party’s coalition.
jacobin.com
February 13, 2026 at 7:32 PM
NDP leadership candidate Avi Lewis says socialism, defined by bold public solutions, not managerial caution, can rebuild the party after historic losses.
He’s betting it can unite a majority across divided regions and broaden the party’s coalition.
He’s betting it can unite a majority across divided regions and broaden the party’s coalition.
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The far right was in overdrive yesterday to make the mass shooting at Tumbler Ridge about trans people.
It helped obscure the fact that it's actually Canada's first mass shooting targeting children. Canada's Dunblane.
My latest - noraloreto.substack.com/p/naming-it-...
It helped obscure the fact that it's actually Canada's first mass shooting targeting children. Canada's Dunblane.
My latest - noraloreto.substack.com/p/naming-it-...
Naming it: Canada's Dunblane
Canada's first mass shooting against children is overshadowed by what terfascists are saying
noraloreto.substack.com
February 12, 2026 at 5:10 PM
The far right was in overdrive yesterday to make the mass shooting at Tumbler Ridge about trans people.
It helped obscure the fact that it's actually Canada's first mass shooting targeting children. Canada's Dunblane.
My latest - noraloreto.substack.com/p/naming-it-...
It helped obscure the fact that it's actually Canada's first mass shooting targeting children. Canada's Dunblane.
My latest - noraloreto.substack.com/p/naming-it-...
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if you’re not depressed you’re not paying attention
February 10, 2026 at 9:25 PM
if you’re not depressed you’re not paying attention
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"An entire community is mourning a horrific loss in Tumbler Ridge this week ... And the dangerous links being made to trans people at large will have resounding and dangerous impacts in the months and weeks to come," writes @melwoods.me
The Tumbler Ridge shooting is already fuelling anti-trans hate in Canada | Xtra Magazine
Bad actors on the right are leaping to connect the shooter’s trans identity to the violence
xtramagazine.com
February 11, 2026 at 9:38 PM
"An entire community is mourning a horrific loss in Tumbler Ridge this week ... And the dangerous links being made to trans people at large will have resounding and dangerous impacts in the months and weeks to come," writes @melwoods.me
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Tumbler Ridge shooting victim, 12, 'loved being at school' before he was 'murdered in cold blood,' father says
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Tumbler Ridge shooting victim, 12, 'loved being at school' before he was 'murdered in cold blood,' father says
In an emotional Facebook post, Abel Mwansa said his son was 'murdered in cold blood' in the mass shooting at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School.
edmontonjournal.com
February 12, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Tumbler Ridge shooting victim, 12, 'loved being at school' before he was 'murdered in cold blood,' father says
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‘Our baby needs a miracle’: 12-year-old Tumbler Ridge shooting victim in critical condition
‘Our baby needs a miracle’: 12-year-old Tumbler Ridge shooting victim in critical condition
One of the children injured in Tuesday’s mass shooting at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School is being identified online by her mother as 12-year-old Maya Edmonds.
bit.ly
February 12, 2026 at 2:30 AM
‘Our baby needs a miracle’: 12-year-old Tumbler Ridge shooting victim in critical condition
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“For those who are just learning about Tumbler Ridge for the first time, know that it is so much more than the events of this week. The town is a portrait of resiliency. It has survived against the odds and emerged stronger.”
@thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2026/02...
@thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2026/02...
A Love Letter to Tumbler Ridge | The Tyee
The northern community faces some of its darkest days ahead, but is famously resilient.
thetyee.ca
February 12, 2026 at 2:52 AM
“For those who are just learning about Tumbler Ridge for the first time, know that it is so much more than the events of this week. The town is a portrait of resiliency. It has survived against the odds and emerged stronger.”
@thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2026/02...
@thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2026/02...
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Family grieving child lost in B.C. school shooting wants people to focus on the victims, not the perpetrator
www.cp24.com/news/canada/...
www.cp24.com/news/canada/...
Family grieving child lost in B.C. school shooting wants people to focus on the victims, not the perpetrator
Twelve-year-old Kylie Smith, who was the “light of her family,” is being identified by her grieving father as one of the students killed in a shooting at a Tumbler Ridge, B.C., high school Wednesday.
www.cp24.com
February 12, 2026 at 1:45 AM
Family grieving child lost in B.C. school shooting wants people to focus on the victims, not the perpetrator
www.cp24.com/news/canada/...
www.cp24.com/news/canada/...
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Verified Tumbler Ridge GoFundMe
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February 11, 2026 at 5:22 PM
Verified Tumbler Ridge GoFundMe
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Yesterday afternoon, an active shooter opened fire at Tumbler Ridge Secondary school.
The incident left nine dead, including students as young as 12.
As details emerge, there's still a lot we don't know.
But one thing is certain: we must not allow hate to grow from the roots of tragedy:
The incident left nine dead, including students as young as 12.
As details emerge, there's still a lot we don't know.
But one thing is certain: we must not allow hate to grow from the roots of tragedy:
February 11, 2026 at 9:50 PM
Yesterday afternoon, an active shooter opened fire at Tumbler Ridge Secondary school.
The incident left nine dead, including students as young as 12.
As details emerge, there's still a lot we don't know.
But one thing is certain: we must not allow hate to grow from the roots of tragedy:
The incident left nine dead, including students as young as 12.
As details emerge, there's still a lot we don't know.
But one thing is certain: we must not allow hate to grow from the roots of tragedy:
the far right wants every trans person to kill themselves and when we do they turn us into memes and dance on our graves. they have never needed a justification for this and now that they feel like they have one it's going to get so much worse.
February 12, 2026 at 12:09 AM
the far right wants every trans person to kill themselves and when we do they turn us into memes and dance on our graves. they have never needed a justification for this and now that they feel like they have one it's going to get so much worse.
if you’re not depressed you’re not paying attention
February 10, 2026 at 9:25 PM
if you’re not depressed you’re not paying attention
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B.C. cancelled its drug decriminalization pilot, saying it hadn’t “delivered the results” they wanted.
Its results: fewer drug users arrested and traumatized by cops.
@desmondcole.bsky.social explains that when governments cave to moral panic, we lose good policies. breachmedia.ca/decriminaliz...
Its results: fewer drug users arrested and traumatized by cops.
@desmondcole.bsky.social explains that when governments cave to moral panic, we lose good policies. breachmedia.ca/decriminaliz...
Decriminalization worked. B.C. killed it anyway ⋆ The Breach
The province’s drug decriminalization experiment lowered arrests and reduced harm—but it failed a different political test
breachmedia.ca
February 9, 2026 at 5:38 PM
B.C. cancelled its drug decriminalization pilot, saying it hadn’t “delivered the results” they wanted.
Its results: fewer drug users arrested and traumatized by cops.
@desmondcole.bsky.social explains that when governments cave to moral panic, we lose good policies. breachmedia.ca/decriminaliz...
Its results: fewer drug users arrested and traumatized by cops.
@desmondcole.bsky.social explains that when governments cave to moral panic, we lose good policies. breachmedia.ca/decriminaliz...
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Doly Begum’s shock defection highlights the NDP’s challenges, but Avi Lewis is emerging as the candidate with the progressive vision to steer the party into the future. His leadership could unify the party, reassert its social democratic identity, and offer an alternative to neoliberal politics.
Doly Begum’s defection strengthens the case for Avi Lewis
Doly Begum’s shocking defection to the federal Liberals rattled the Ontario NDP, highlighting the party’s broader struggles. Yet, amid the party’s leadership uncertainty, Avi Lewis is rising as a cand...
canadiandimension.com
February 9, 2026 at 6:24 PM
Doly Begum’s shock defection highlights the NDP’s challenges, but Avi Lewis is emerging as the candidate with the progressive vision to steer the party into the future. His leadership could unify the party, reassert its social democratic identity, and offer an alternative to neoliberal politics.
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Trump is fuelling a humanitarian crisis in Cuba, with an oil blockade that is leading to devastating power outages and rationing. This administration is determined to dominate the hemisphere with brute force and naked impunity.
February 9, 2026 at 8:50 PM
Trump is fuelling a humanitarian crisis in Cuba, with an oil blockade that is leading to devastating power outages and rationing. This administration is determined to dominate the hemisphere with brute force and naked impunity.
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BC legislators passed the law UNANIMOUSLY in 2019, when EVERY MLA from EVERY party voted for it as a route to reconciliation. Eby's plan to rewrite DRIPA and have the Supreme Court put limits on it is a shameful betrayal of First Nations and an unacceptable return to the colonial status quo.
![Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act
The Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (Declaration Act) establishes the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples [151KB PDF] (UN Declaration) as the Province’s framework for reconciliation, as called for by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s Calls to Action.
Passed unanimously in the B.C. legislature on November 26, 2019, the Declaration Act came into force on November 29, 2019. B.C. is the first jurisdiction in Canada to formally adopt the internationally recognized standards of the UN Declaration.
screen cap from https://declaration.gov.bc.ca/
The Declaration Act mandates government to bring provincial laws into alignment with the UN Declaration and to develop and implement an action plan to achieve the objectives of the UN Declaration in consultation and co-operation with Indigenous Peoples.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:m37osdt5t2a4fqxgr2c7uuxl/bafkreihleon4du3rz5mhskpfdauqvgbrpv66m4albilxavmtf5wuz6re3m@jpeg)
February 6, 2026 at 9:46 PM
BC legislators passed the law UNANIMOUSLY in 2019, when EVERY MLA from EVERY party voted for it as a route to reconciliation. Eby's plan to rewrite DRIPA and have the Supreme Court put limits on it is a shameful betrayal of First Nations and an unacceptable return to the colonial status quo.
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A former OneBC staffer previously participated in a Spaces call with the leaders of white nationalist/"Canadian nationalist" organizations.
They talked about deporting 10 million people and joked about throwing "millions of Punjabis" into the sea. 1/3 thetyee.ca/News/2026/02...
They talked about deporting 10 million people and joked about throwing "millions of Punjabis" into the sea. 1/3 thetyee.ca/News/2026/02...
Inside the Far-Right Push to Influence Canadian Political Parties | The Tyee
A conference call shows a political operative with past Conservative connections advising several white nationalist groups.
thetyee.ca
February 6, 2026 at 4:07 PM
A former OneBC staffer previously participated in a Spaces call with the leaders of white nationalist/"Canadian nationalist" organizations.
They talked about deporting 10 million people and joked about throwing "millions of Punjabis" into the sea. 1/3 thetyee.ca/News/2026/02...
They talked about deporting 10 million people and joked about throwing "millions of Punjabis" into the sea. 1/3 thetyee.ca/News/2026/02...
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Should a depressed young man with diabetes have been granted an assisted suicide? His mom says no. #Opinion
Andrew Phillips: Should a depressed young man with diabetes have been granted an assisted suicide? His mom says no.
Enabling death through a state-funded medical system implicates us all in that decision. And surely the biggest decision of all — literally life or death — should be taken with
www.thestar.com
February 6, 2026 at 10:38 PM
Should a depressed young man with diabetes have been granted an assisted suicide? His mom says no. #Opinion
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Politicians love to say youth are our future, but that doesn’t seem to stop their austerity measures from threatening higher education. Solomon Yi-Kieran writes. #bced #bcpoli #canpoli
As BC’s Universities Struggle, Students Are Ready to Fight | The Tyee
A deep drop in international students has led to a funding crisis. Cuts can’t be the answer.
thetyee.ca
February 4, 2026 at 4:25 PM
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telling my adorable daughter i'm not putting the drawing she made on the fridge because it's toddlerslop
January 30, 2026 at 11:02 PM
telling my adorable daughter i'm not putting the drawing she made on the fridge because it's toddlerslop
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Canadian banks closed 561 branches & 900 ATMs in 4 years, while population grew 7%.
Those same banks made $70 billion profit last year alone.
We need postal banking & credit unions freed to provide all banking services.
Public options for banking now!
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Those same banks made $70 billion profit last year alone.
We need postal banking & credit unions freed to provide all banking services.
Public options for banking now!
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Crowsnest Pass town latest Alberta community to lose bank branch — a trend seen across Canada | CBC News
The loss of retail banking service locations is not unique to one bank or to Alberta or to small towns. The Canadian Bankers Association says the number of bank branches is down nationwide: about six ...
www.cbc.ca
February 2, 2026 at 5:26 AM
Canadian banks closed 561 branches & 900 ATMs in 4 years, while population grew 7%.
Those same banks made $70 billion profit last year alone.
We need postal banking & credit unions freed to provide all banking services.
Public options for banking now!
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Those same banks made $70 billion profit last year alone.
We need postal banking & credit unions freed to provide all banking services.
Public options for banking now!
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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“A majority of delegates from Manitoba, Quebec, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island and the territories” opposed the social conservative motion to repeal the ban on conversion therapy, causing it to be defeated.
The federal Conservatives are overhauling their policy playbook. Here's what's changing | CBC News
Delegates at the Conservative Party's national convention in Calgary voted overwhelmingly Saturday to enact a "stand your ground"-style law to allow someone to protect themselves with lethal force aga...
www.cbc.ca
February 1, 2026 at 7:58 PM
“A majority of delegates from Manitoba, Quebec, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island and the territories” opposed the social conservative motion to repeal the ban on conversion therapy, causing it to be defeated.