You don't have to go 40k km to find the Canadian anti-vaxxers who lowered the drawbridge to let measles back in. This whole story is about finding foreigners to blame for the results of Canadians refusing to get vaccinated. It's a breathtakingly xenophobic angle to take on a domestic health issue.

🇦🇺 AUSTRALIAN DOCS IN GAZA: “70-80% of our patients are kids and pregnant women… It’s a nightmare… bombing after bombing… We’re making this video because we could die at any moment… Can someone please stop this terror and horror?” Full: www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMRReCVY/

Statement from MP Jenny Kwan, said that none of NDP’s MPs participated in the standing ovation. Kwan denounces political violence, but “anyone with a platform should always be mindful that political rhetoric that is incendiary, racist and dehumanizing is unacceptable.” thetyee.ca/News/2025/09...

Free speech only for fascists and white nationalists apparently

David Letterman is right: you can't appease a tyrant.

A conference on refugee healthcare lost sponsors, and a talk for employees at Canada's public health agency was cancelled, after Palestine advocates were labelled "antisemitic." A look at the campaigns targeting doctors who want to discuss the health crisis in Gaza: pressprogress.ca/campaigns-ta...

On Sep 17 we met with provincial, school district & local government officials to discuss an immediate action plan to prevent childcare closures, including recruitment/retention incentives Unfortunately, no immediate commitments were made Families are frustrated & will continue advocating #bcpoli

The YMCA closures of its infant and toddler care programs at the West Sechelt and Gibsons locations cut 16 spots from a region already strapped for child care. Some parents say the closure has upended their lives and at least a dozen won’t be able to head back to work. #bclab #bcpoli

Starmer’s one historic role is to stave off the hard right. He is not only failing, he is paving the way for Farage and his crew. The supposed “centrists” are ushering fringe politics into the mainstream and normalising the abhorrent. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Privatisation of UK industries driving cost of living crisis & inequality. People ripped off by water, energy, rail, mail companies. Profiteering at care homes, dentists, GP surgeries, cataract clinics. Social housing destroyed. Privatisation is a scam. Delivered low investment, poor service.

Government warns of disruptions as nationwide strikes set to shutdown schools, pharmacies and transport.

More US-style vaccine bullshit coming to Canada. Quebec to stop offering free COVID-19 vaccines to the general population www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

"Speaking in Edmonton, Smith said she found more common ground with the prime minister when she met with him this week than she has in any meeting with a prime minister." www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

One takeaway for Canadians watching what’s happening in the United States right now is that we need to put more pressure on governments / parties to strengthen democratic institutions and the fourth estate You can also defend democracy by supporting the work of journalists and civil society groups

The union representing the musicians from Jimmy Kimmel’s band releases a statement calling the FCC’s pressure on Disney “state censorship.”

We can’t even have some late night laughs about how fucked things are

How bad is this iOS update

WGA Statement on ABC’s Decision to Pull Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Israel has committed genocide in Gaza, says UN commission of inquiry Report cites scale of killings and aid blockages, and calls on member countries to punish those responsible

After all, the reason Carney is sitting in the Prime Minister’s Office is because progressive swing voters made a strategic choice to lend him their votes — they didn’t lend Carney their vote to appease Trump, impose austerity or roll back workers’ rights. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

Like, we are absolutely cooked as a country if we're applauding this douche in our House of Commons. This is insane. He did nothing of value to Canada. Nothing. What the fuck are we doing? Every one of the idiots who clapped for this should lose their seats, but they won't, because we are cooked.

I just did a radio interview where I highlighted how many truly ambitious "nation-building" ideas there are out there. The one thing they have in common, though, is that they require public money and expertise. Which makes them non-starters for a government focused on tax cuts and austerity.

Charlie had only terrible things to say about Canada. Not that anyone seems to care.

BC measles still going up. Sep 15: 282 cases @tjradcliffe.bsky.social

Parents push for action as child care crisis deepens on the Sunshine Coast

The last stop on our Trouble in the Headwaters screening tour (for now) is Wed. Sept 17th on the Sunshine Coast at the Roberts Creek Hall. The event is being sponsored by the Sunshine Coast Conservation Association. Myself and Dr. Younes Alila will be attending. www.coastreporter.net/local-news/d...

The standing ovation in Parliament today to honour Charlie Kirk was one of the most embarrassing things I’ve ever seen from that building, and I gotta tell you, that list is long

“So far, many Americans have not yet felt the shock waves of Kennedy’s changes to public health, Shah said. For most people, “you don’t actually see the consequences of it until there’s an emergency”, Shah said. “And it’s way too late at that point.”

The BC Nurses Union says unaffordable housing and a lack of access to daycare and family physicians are key concerns for local nurses and those considering a move to Kamloops. @ubcm.bsky.social @castanetkamloops.net www.castanetkamloops.net/news/Kamloop...

NEW: BC has announced approval for the Ksi Lisims LNG facility. It comes a week after medical professionals called on the province to halt LNG expansion until it has completed a comprehensive health review. My reporting, with @zoeyunker.bsky.social, from last week: thetyee.ca/News/2025/09...

For those in BC looking for a reality-check on the province's finances, I highly recommend this webinar next week with the wonderful @iglikaivanova.bsky.social of @bcpolicy.bsky.social 👇

BC’s nonprofit sector is in crisis. From running food banks to health care and housing programs—groups provide a safety net that is fraying as public systems fall short. Over 200 nonprofit leaders have signed an open letter explaining that many groups may not survive. bcpolicy.ca/funding-...

Says the man who had last weekend spent arresting pensioners and veterans protesting the genocide of the people of Gaza Seriously, Starmer. Pipe down 🙄

Childcare is necessary. Let’s get this sorted.

Exactly! *This is how it’s done: abcnews.go.com/GMA/Family/n...

It's unfortunate that the Carney government thinks that only resource extraction and male-dominated sectors are worthy of "nation-building projects" Quality, affordable child care based on a fairly paid workforce is a nation-building project @sharongregson.bsky.social #ChildCareNow

This is the pinned post at @scpartners.bsky.social who today announced the creation of the Canadian Tax Observatory, with the whip-smart @hscoffield.bsky.social at the helm. Today Canada's Parliamentary Budget Officer published estimates on the evolution of our richest families to late 2024. 🧵

Our community faces a loss of 20 precious infant/toddler spaces We already have challenges keeping the hospital staffed: health care workers are among the parents who may be forced to leave the workforce And so goes the growth of parasitic agency staff in BC when women can’t work

If BC and Canadian govts believe in “elbows up”, high quality affordable child care should be a priority to build the economy. When parents can’t work, labour participation suffers. The direct employment from the care economy is also key to a strong & free Canada!

Parent Donna Lynden was interviewed by @globalnews.ca about the devastating impact that the closure of two infant/toddler programs will have on Sunshine Coast families and the local economy #SaveOurChildCare globalnews.ca/video/114027... @davidebybc.bsky.social @lisabeare.bsky.social

Sunshine Coast parents feel ‘absolutely abandoned’ by sudden child care program closures globalnews.ca/news/1140303...

Sorry, vulnerable children, we’ve got 7 soccer games in Vancouver to pay for!

Sorry, public libraries, we’ve got 7 soccer games in Vancouver to pay for! www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Absolutely. Study after study over decades prove that every $ INVESTED in childcare RETURNS between $3 and $6 in economic activity. Where else do you get that kind of return?? centreforfuturework.ca/wp-content/u...

Our Sunshine Coast community is losing 20 infant/toddler spaces due to YMCA closure Families are scrambling, affecting nurses, doctors, firefighters. The economy will suffer as parents must stay home We are calling for govt to keep these spaces open @lisabeare.bsky.social @davidebybc.bsky.social

The US government is now straight up posting nazi propaganda.

The genocide ramps up

Canadians are aghast at the anti-vax CDC, yet our own chief medical officers of health are not generally advising parents to vaccinate their children annually against Covid.

Two of BC’s public sector unions just went on strike as public servants push back against rising costs of living Wages that don’t keep pace with inflation and outsourcing contract work are at the centre of two public sector strikes in British Columbia