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Rocco Balboa
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So fucked up. Why would anyone invest further in BC until the FN confusion is managed?? I am heavily invested and worried.
Cheering for the likes of @NVanCaroline to displace @Dave_Eby and his cohorts. nationalpost.com/opinion/adam-p…
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When asked if there was any potential for "over cautiousness" as regards hantavirus, B.C.'s Provincial Health Officer Bonnie Henry responds, "I don't think we can be over cautious given the trauma we've all been through."
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PM Carney seems ready to suspend environmental regulation in Canada under the illusion that he can buy political peace with Danielle Smith (ie the oil industry).
The benefits will be real: for a handful of companies with already-bloated profits.
The costs will be real too: a rising tide of economic and ecological disaster that sinks all boats.
thestar.com/politics/polit…
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British Columbians are seeing women’s rights under attack in the US and they are worried about Trump’s copycats here at home.
So let me be clear: our government is expanding the scope of practice for midwives — including the ability to prescribe mifegymiso, the abortion pill.
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@Dallas_Brodie People like Craig and his ilk don’t understand that they are actually perpetuating racism. Might behoove them to stop.
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"Pronunciation guides are available."
How about no?
Doug Craig@dougcraig3
@Dallas_Brodie This is CRINGINGLY racist, even for you Dallas. Completely unacceptable behavior from an MLA. Pronunciation guides are available. Might behoove you to understand where in the world you live. You seem to be completely clueless
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@FadeAwayMedia Wrestling skill wise Bret Hart is #1. Ummatched, except maybe by Dynamite Kid in their Stampede Wrestling Days. Still the best matches of all time.
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@AdamZivo I usually agree with you Adam, but not here. OneBC offers a principled and necessary discipline to a Canadian conservatism that has been too ready to discard key principles in order to get elected.
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Allowing OneBC to hold the CPBC hostage is a terrible idea, and this proposed deal is myopic at best.
Yuri Fulmer@yuri_fulmer
British Columbians are done with David Eby. But a divided right will hand the keys to the Premier's Office right back to the NDP next election. My deal with @Dallas_Brodie to stop the vote split will ensure a conservative victory. Find out more: teamyurifulmer.ca/unitetheright
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@kinsellawarren Complete the fragment - … Derangement Syndrome
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Vancouver cops are calling border enforcement more than ever. VPD immigration status checks have spiked 80%.
At particular risk are migrants who are unhoused, those who can’t afford transit fare, sex workers, drivers apprehended during traffic stops.
defactomedia.ca/vpd-immigratio…
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@nationalpost Nothing would undermine the court’s legitimacy - and therefore the rule of law - more than to rewrite the plain text of the Constitution. This case will be litmus test for whether the court is comprised of judges or activists.
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The 1981 constitutional compromise that gave Canada the Charter is now at risk of judicial revision in a English Montreal School Board case, writes Cody Mallette
nationalpost.com/opinion/cody-m…
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@RoccoBalboa10 @BarbaraRKay My region? , ya, don't think so.
Having been in the room on my aunt's last day, witnessing as a nurse comes in a mere hour before administering MAID and reaffirming she wants to go thru with it, and asking her husband as well, I can safely say it's well regulated
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There have to be penalties for this unsolicited, intrusive and upsetting behaviour. What don't staff understand about the simple rule that if patients don't ask about MAiD, they should not start "selling" it?
Sachin Jose@Sachinettiyil
A 79-year-old Catholic priest, Fr. Larry Holland, who is recovering from a hip fracture at Vancouver General Hospital in Canada, said he was offered Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) twice by hospital staff, even though he made clear he is a Catholic priest and morally opposed to euthanasia. Image: BC Catholic
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@mincanada @BarbaraRKay I was there dude. Sorry the facts are getting in the way of your religion.
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@RoccoBalboa10 @BarbaraRKay More lies.
In fact, they ask the recipient right down to the last hour to confirm it is what they still want.
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@KarlDHarrison @stephenharper Harper’s judicial appointments were the biggest failure of his tenure. Bet he would admit that himself.
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CJ Wagner is the personification of why high level court appointments matter.
He was appointed to the Court, ill advisedly by @stephenharper .
It looks likely now that he will steer the court to quash the decisions of the Fed Court and FCoA in relation to the Emergencies Act.
Tokyo Rosie@RosieRocks28
He has investigated himself and found nothing wrong. When he overturns the rulings of 2 lower courts, it will be totally legit. 🙄
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More to the point, if equivalent comments were made by a conservative judge about a left wing group, that judge would be forced to recuse himself, and I am willing to bet the Chief would have no problem supporting a forced recusal. But you see, all this only works in one direction. Progressives are always right.
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A judge would disqualify someone from jury duty if they had made these kinds of comments on a case.
Western Standard@WSOnlineNews
🚨 Chief Justice Wagner rejects recusal request in Emergencies Act appeal Link in thread 🧵
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@SeanCarleton Sean Carleton is a residential school propagandist. The rot goes deep in his soul. If you believe in the truth, he will hate you. He is poison.
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Aaron Gunn is a residential school denialist, and the rot goes deep in the conservative movement - supported by christian nationalist and far-right media. The politicizing of the truth that must come before reconciliation poisons our collective future. canadiandimension.com/articles/view/…
Aaron Gunn@AaronGunn
I have to say, it’s objectively surreal: one year after the media, Liberals, NDP, and left-wing advocacy groups tried to destroy my political candidacy over a four-year-old tweet saying Canada isn’t a genocide state, BC Conservative leadership candidates are now tripping over themselves to say the exact same thing - and no one bats an eye. It goes to show just how quickly things can change in culture and politics. History tells us there is never a wrong time to tell the truth. The truth always prevails and it is up to all of us in public life to have the political courage to speak that truth at the exact moments when it is most difficult to do so.
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Today's Supreme Court decision is a direct assault on the promise of the Voting Rights Act. It risks disenfranchising millions of Americans along racial lines and weakening the very foundation of our democracy.
Democracy is not self-sustaining. We must build, preserve, and defend it together.
Here in New York City, we will always lead a government of, by, and for the people — all of the people.
The Associated Press@AP
BREAKING: The Supreme Court struck down a majority Black congressional district in Louisiana, weakening a landmark voting rights law’s protections against discrimination in redistricting. apnews.com/article/suprem…
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All any candidate had to do at this moment to OWN the entire debate was to interject and say “Excuse me, we are on the land of ALL British Columbians.”
Game, set, match. You’d have your next Premier.
Billboard Chris 🌎@BillboardChris
How it started.
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Agreed! Are you sitting down Bryan because I have some very exciting news for you on that very topic: youtu.be/HrP7PU3WL3c?si…
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Bryan Johnson@bryan_johnson
Conquering death would be humanity’s greatest achievement.
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$88 billion in major project investments.
Tens of thousands of jobs for British Columbians.
That’s the Look West strategy in action — growing our economy and building stronger communities across BC.
#StrongerBC
🔗 news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2026P…
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