Tim Conrad, APR
@timsbits.bsky.social
Crisis comms + P2 engagement + public education + speaker + PR | Proud dad, hubby | Boarder, paddler, cyclist, photog ❤️ #Canada #BritishColumbia #ElbowsUp
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1/ NEW: We identified 20 people who attended a white nationalist conference and, despite their efforts to keep it secret, caught another 30 people on film to identify in the future. Several MMA/combat sports instructors were discovered and their gyms have cut ties.
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Everybody Attending White Nationalist Conference Caught on Film
Advertised near-exclusively in white nationalist online spaces, promotional social media posts for the event include symbolism popular with neo-Nazis, including the kolovrat sun wheel and a table with...
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November 10, 2025 at 12:46 PM
1/ NEW: We identified 20 people who attended a white nationalist conference and, despite their efforts to keep it secret, caught another 30 people on film to identify in the future. Several MMA/combat sports instructors were discovered and their gyms have cut ties.
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The TNRD is providing notice of a public meeting being held on Nov. 10 to provide an update on the CPKC train derailment and subsequent cleanup.
Updates will be provided by CPKC, Ministry of Environment, Environment Canada, and Interior Health.
More information: www.tnrd.ca/notice-publi...
Updates will be provided by CPKC, Ministry of Environment, Environment Canada, and Interior Health.
More information: www.tnrd.ca/notice-publi...
November 9, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Disagree.
I have served two terms on a post-secondary Board of Governors and in-camera sessions should be extremely limited. We sometimes would go months with none.
This lowers trust, when trust in institutions is already historically low.
I have served two terms on a post-secondary Board of Governors and in-camera sessions should be extremely limited. We sometimes would go months with none.
This lowers trust, when trust in institutions is already historically low.
TRU senate motion proposes regular in-camera session at each meeting #Kamloops
TRU senate motion proposes regular in-camera session at each meeting - Kamloops News
While senate already has a process to discuss topics deemed private or confidential in-camera, the motion would set aside time for such discussions at every meeting.
www.castanet.net
November 8, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Disagree.
I have served two terms on a post-secondary Board of Governors and in-camera sessions should be extremely limited. We sometimes would go months with none.
This lowers trust, when trust in institutions is already historically low.
I have served two terms on a post-secondary Board of Governors and in-camera sessions should be extremely limited. We sometimes would go months with none.
This lowers trust, when trust in institutions is already historically low.
Reposted by Tim Conrad, APR
80,000 litres of fuel spilled #Kamloops
80,000 litres of fuel spilled - BC News
An estimate of the amount of aviation fuel spilled in a train derailment on the shores of Kamloops Lake in British Columbia has increased six-fold, bringing the total to more than 80,000 litres.
www.castanet.net
November 6, 2025 at 9:54 PM
80,000 litres of fuel spilled #Kamloops
I will not vote for any British Columbia party at a municipal level. Parties remove power from my vote, and I will pass.
New municipal Conservative party set to begin seeking candidates, will headhunt incumbents as 2026 civic elections loom #Kamloops
New municipal Conservative party set to begin seeking candidates, will headhunt incumbents as 2026 civic elections loom - BC News
www.castanet.net
November 2, 2025 at 7:54 PM
I will not vote for any British Columbia party at a municipal level. Parties remove power from my vote, and I will pass.
A reminder gasoline is cheaper than bottled water.
“At $2.25 per million litres, B.C.’s industrial water rate is the lowest in Canada, far below the $54 to $179 charged by other provinces”
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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As water dries up in northeast B.C., some want industry paying more to pump the precious resource | CBC News
Environmental groups are calling on the B.C. government to raise industrial water rates as drought deepens and demand for freshwater rises in some areas of the province.
www.cbc.ca
November 2, 2025 at 6:46 PM
A reminder gasoline is cheaper than bottled water.
Many don't realize that towns along borders sometimes follow a nearby province's main time zone. Golden and Dawson Creek are places that bounce between time zones.
Today marks the end of Daylight Saving Time as many parts of Canada turned the clocks back one hour.
Did you know the first place in the world to enact DST was Port Arthur, ON (Thunder Bay), or that Newfoundland once tried "double daylight saving"?
This is the story.
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Did you know the first place in the world to enact DST was Port Arthur, ON (Thunder Bay), or that Newfoundland once tried "double daylight saving"?
This is the story.
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November 2, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Many don't realize that towns along borders sometimes follow a nearby province's main time zone. Golden and Dawson Creek are places that bounce between time zones.
@westjetcliamline.bsky.social As a gold member, I am flying through YYC and had hoped to use my lounge access. Nope, only for outgoing flights. I spent $1,000 on flights, my airport barely had WJ staff certainly no lounge. Change that dumb rule! This is exactly why people start flying with others.
a man wearing glasses and a white shirt is giving a high five to another man .
ALT: a man wearing glasses and a white shirt is giving a high five to another man .
media.tenor.com
October 20, 2025 at 3:08 PM
@westjetcliamline.bsky.social As a gold member, I am flying through YYC and had hoped to use my lounge access. Nope, only for outgoing flights. I spent $1,000 on flights, my airport barely had WJ staff certainly no lounge. Change that dumb rule! This is exactly why people start flying with others.
The irony is HP had five apps running on my PC and yet their printer couldn't print a page.
a woman is holding a gun in a hallway while a police officer looks on .
ALT: a woman is holding a gun in a hallway while a police officer looks on .
media.tenor.com
October 17, 2025 at 10:46 PM
The irony is HP had five apps running on my PC and yet their printer couldn't print a page.
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Influencers — not news outlets or politicians — 'dominated' election online: report #Ottawa
Influencers — not news outlets or politicians — 'dominated' election online: report - Canada News
Influencers had the "loudest voices" online in this spring's federal election, overtaking news outlets and politicians, says a new report.
www.castanetkamloops.net
October 9, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Influencers — not news outlets or politicians — 'dominated' election online: report #Ottawa
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Kamloops Chamber head Acacia Pangilinan elected president of Chamber of Commerce Executives of Canada #Kamloops
Kamloops Chamber head Acacia Pangilinan elected president of Chamber of Commerce Executives of Canada - Kamloops News
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October 8, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Kamloops Chamber head Acacia Pangilinan elected president of Chamber of Commerce Executives of Canada #Kamloops
Along the Kamloops Schubert trail, it is a mix of old farm seed, poison ivy, discarded plants and bird seed, which grow tall and bushy,getting mowed 2 or 3x a year.
Entrances from the highway have beautiful gardens and grass, which I love. Yet when you look inside...
Hoping for a makeover soon
Entrances from the highway have beautiful gardens and grass, which I love. Yet when you look inside...
Hoping for a makeover soon
October 8, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Along the Kamloops Schubert trail, it is a mix of old farm seed, poison ivy, discarded plants and bird seed, which grow tall and bushy,getting mowed 2 or 3x a year.
Entrances from the highway have beautiful gardens and grass, which I love. Yet when you look inside...
Hoping for a makeover soon
Entrances from the highway have beautiful gardens and grass, which I love. Yet when you look inside...
Hoping for a makeover soon
Reposted by Tim Conrad, APR
B.C. must spend more to prevent rising wildfire costs, watershed damage, report finds (BC)
B.C. must spend more to prevent rising wildfire costs, watershed damage, report finds - BC News
Decades of industrial logging and fire suppression are pushing British Columbia's forests past a tipping point, increasing the risk of catastrophic wildfires and undermining the recovery of wild salmon, a new report has found.
www.castanet.net
October 8, 2025 at 12:48 AM
B.C. must spend more to prevent rising wildfire costs, watershed damage, report finds (BC)
The five Premiers need to protect the Charter and stop using the notwithstanding clause like a rewards card.
Premiers had no issues for decades before you.
Premiers had no issues for decades before you.
Five premiers urge Carney to withdraw court submission on notwithstanding clause (Canada)
Five premiers urge Carney to withdraw court submission on notwithstanding clause - Canada News
Five premiers say Ottawa's recent call for limits on the notwithstanding clause amounts to a "complete disavowal" of the bargain that spawned the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
www.castanetkamloops.net
October 7, 2025 at 9:47 PM
The five Premiers need to protect the Charter and stop using the notwithstanding clause like a rewards card.
Premiers had no issues for decades before you.
Premiers had no issues for decades before you.
Long ago, I got to become friends with Nova Scotia's finance minister, who was required to take a course with mostly high school students due to his speeding habits. I still remind him to slow down.
We had a controversy like this in BC once, Kamloops MLA and Minister of Transportation Todd Stone got a speeding ticket on the highway, but unlike in Ontario, his government did not then try to eliminate speeding tickets
NEW: A vehicle assigned to a Ford cabinet minister has been recorded at stunt driving speeds 12 times.
The premier's office suggested it was the same driver each time, and implied they still work for the government. #OnPoli
globalnews.ca/news/1146702...
The premier's office suggested it was the same driver each time, and implied they still work for the government. #OnPoli
globalnews.ca/news/1146702...
October 7, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Long ago, I got to become friends with Nova Scotia's finance minister, who was required to take a course with mostly high school students due to his speeding habits. I still remind him to slow down.
Very concerning to see this warning pop up today on FIRMS.
The importance of satellite data during wildfires is critical to response.
This will have a significant impact for responders. The damage from decisions like this will be felt by many over the years to come.
The importance of satellite data during wildfires is critical to response.
This will have a significant impact for responders. The damage from decisions like this will be felt by many over the years to come.
October 1, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Very concerning to see this warning pop up today on FIRMS.
The importance of satellite data during wildfires is critical to response.
This will have a significant impact for responders. The damage from decisions like this will be felt by many over the years to come.
The importance of satellite data during wildfires is critical to response.
This will have a significant impact for responders. The damage from decisions like this will be felt by many over the years to come.
Let's say that in Canada, Donnie. Double dog dare ya.
Trump returns to '51st state' rhetoric in speech to U.S. military officials (Washington)
Trump returns to '51st state' rhetoric in speech to U.S. military officials - Canada News
U.S. President Donald Trump returned to his talk of annexing Canada during an unprecedented speech to top military leaders on Tuesday.
www.castanetkamloops.net
September 30, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Let's say that in Canada, Donnie. Double dog dare ya.
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Kamloops: Here’s how you can commemorate National Day of Truth and Reconciliation in Tkʼemlúps, from The Wren thewrennews.ca/commemorate-...
Here’s how you can commemorate National Day of Truth and Reconciliation in Tkʼemlúps – The Wren
From film screenings to motorcycle rides, here are a few events in Kamloops to gather and learn Sept. 30.
thewrennews.ca
September 28, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Kamloops: Here’s how you can commemorate National Day of Truth and Reconciliation in Tkʼemlúps, from The Wren thewrennews.ca/commemorate-...
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New study finds $18 million economic impact in Kamloops region's mountain biking industry #Kamloops
New study finds $18 million economic impact in Kamloops region's mountain biking industry - Kamloops News
A new study produced by Tourism Kamloops shows the Tournament Capital’s mountain biking trails are a vital part of the city’s economy.
www.castanet.net
September 28, 2025 at 4:00 PM
New study finds $18 million economic impact in Kamloops region's mountain biking industry #Kamloops
These kinds of statements need a law to match, so they are punished. We can not be debating with people who wish to continue perpetuating hate towards Indigenous Peoples. Our Charter is clear who has more rights - the person over the views.
BC Conservative staffer Lindsay Shepherd has now deleted her X post complaining about a Truth and Reconciliation flag being flown at the legislature, but of course I screenshot it.
This is what she posted.
Some background on Lindsay here: thetyee.ca/News/2024/09...
This is what she posted.
Some background on Lindsay here: thetyee.ca/News/2024/09...
September 26, 2025 at 11:40 PM
These kinds of statements need a law to match, so they are punished. We can not be debating with people who wish to continue perpetuating hate towards Indigenous Peoples. Our Charter is clear who has more rights - the person over the views.
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I understand that we're always competing with the private market and we want a job well done but looking at some of these salaries one can only surmise that they were paid so much to be terrible people because the books looked good. Little public benefit. infonews.ca/news/7362129...
IN NUMBERS: Comparing Kamloops, Okanagan Bureaucrat Salaries | INFOnews.ca
If they want the best candidates, governments and schools have to compete and the going rate isn't cheap.
infonews.ca
September 26, 2025 at 8:37 PM
I understand that we're always competing with the private market and we want a job well done but looking at some of these salaries one can only surmise that they were paid so much to be terrible people because the books looked good. Little public benefit. infonews.ca/news/7362129...
Excuse me, I believe the word we used was stoopid 🤣
U.S. ambassador lashes out at suggestion that Trump is uninformed (Canada)
U.S. ambassador lashes out at suggestion that Trump is uninformed - Canada News
The U.S. ambassador to Canada says he takes offence to suggestions that President Donald Trump is uninformed about what his country's northern neighbour has to offer.
www.castanetkamloops.net
September 25, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Excuse me, I believe the word we used was stoopid 🤣
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Postal union launches strike as Ottawa moves to curb door-to-door mail (Canada)
Postal union launches strike as Ottawa moves to curb door-to-door mail - Canada News
UPDATE 3:10 p.m. The Canadian Union of Postal Workers is declaring a nationwide strike, hours after Procurement Minister Joël Lightbound announced door-to-door mail delivery will end for almost all Canadian households within the next decade.
www.castanetkamloops.net
September 25, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Postal union launches strike as Ottawa moves to curb door-to-door mail (Canada)
Wild case of a young man destroying lives through intimate partner violence.
Hopefully these women and children will feel safe while he is locked up, and that he works to rid himself of the hate he clearly has.
Hopefully these women and children will feel safe while he is locked up, and that he works to rid himself of the hate he clearly has.
Two years in prison for Kamloops man who terrorized two exes #Kamloops
Two years in prison for Kamloops man who terrorized two exes - Kamloops News
www.castanet.net
September 22, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Wild case of a young man destroying lives through intimate partner violence.
Hopefully these women and children will feel safe while he is locked up, and that he works to rid himself of the hate he clearly has.
Hopefully these women and children will feel safe while he is locked up, and that he works to rid himself of the hate he clearly has.