Big crowd out on the legislature lawn today for a rally in support of striking workers The public sector strike escalated today with the addition of government licensed professionals, members of the Professional Employees Association, per the PEA executive #bcpoli

UBCM Study Session: Climate Hazards and Housing: Risk, Resilience & Local Action 🛡️ Hazards may be inevitable — but disasters are not. Key highlights: • 2024 became the costliest year ever for insured natural disasters in Canada — over $8 billion in losses. #ubcm2025 #climateresilientcommunities

Bells just rang to signal the start of the morning sitting, the first time BC's MLAs have been in the chamber since May The government says it plans to put forward 18 bills this session, including another second bill to make sure the North Coast transmission line gets built Meanwhile... #bcpoli

In April, Conservative MLA Heather Maahs hosted ARPA at the legislature Sturko called out the event, which Conservative Leader John Rustad and several other MLAs attended #bcpoli

MLAs considering a motion condemning the Association for Reformed Political Action's views, tabled by NDP MLA Rohini Arora MLAs Elenore Sturko (Ind), Rob Botterell (Green), Susie Chant and Steve Morisette (NDP) spoke in favour Conservative MLA Larry Neufeld and Ind Jordan Kealy spoke against

Transwomen are being specifically targeted and the result of his conquest will be that they will be assaulted, sa'd, raped or worse in custody and jail.

I don't want to hear about this guy being out in public without him being confronted on why he is targeting trans women. This guy is hand in hand with Alberta on trying to normalize fascist, nazi shit in our BC city and he should be made extremely uncomfortable every time he is out of his house.

Sorry Kamloops citizens and city staff, if you're silent while our MP is trying to sneak in extremely harmful anti-trans shit into our gov, you are complicit. This is how it starts. This is how the US gov normalized Nazi rhetoric. Women are going to be raped because of what he's trying to do.

Speak Up Self Advocacy Society is coming to council tomorrow as a delegation. Somehow, they don't have a liaison on council, like, let's say, the homebuilders association. #zing #Kamloops #kampaign2026

The UN has adopted a landmark resolution to create an independent mechanism to investigate past and ongoing rights abuses in Afghanistan. This is a significant step to break the cycle of impunity in the country. Learn more ⤵️

Progressive Calgarians consistently push against privatization in health care and education, but they're seldom concerned abut the city's offloading of responsibilities to non-profit organizations — why? In my latest ✍️, i write about how privatization produces and reproduces inequality in Calgary.

On CBC Kamloops Daybreak this morning at 820 am to talk about the one year anniversary of The Kamloops Chronicle and big plans for year 2.

Save the Date: 2:00 pm November 11 for the Cantabile Singers of Kamloops annual Remembrance Day concert, including the premiere of selections of my recently composed 𝑚𝑖𝑠𝑠𝑎 𝑏𝑟𝑒𝑣𝑖𝑠 𝑝𝑟𝑜 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑢𝑖𝑠. Tickets from app.ticketowl.io/aMMPbR3qectC...

Frank Caputo is a disgusting transphobe. openparliament.ca/debates/2025... #Kamloops #Thompson #Nicola

The fact they jumped straight to AI actors modeled after women when, if I’m not mistaken, male actors are a higher labor cost kind of says it all doesn’t it,

Cllr Bepple posted an awesome photo of 3 awesome guys who care about their neighbours, kids, &this community. &sadly, perhaps by habit, added that bike valet freed up parking for cars. Who cares? Who cares. Why are we still making this argument? &for whose benefit? I💙Nancy. She works so hard for us.

Today the mayor of Vancouver called me an antisemitic terrorist supporter. Here is my speech: This isn’t controversial Being against what the UN calls a genocide is not controversial Being against apartheid is not controversial

Fall Go By Bike has ended, but the FREE bike valet is here ‘til the end of the outdoor season, Oct 25. Cycle to market & enjoy fall. Public transit, walking if near DT, & driving are options too! Sat mkt 8:30-12:30, 200 blk St Paul St Come Downtown Kamloops & explore local with us.

Find your neighbourhood in this kamloops.civicweb.net/document/205... Active Transportation Plan Update #Kamloops

A simple and effective way to fight street disorder and crime? That makes money too? Cities must be all over this…

Imposing austerity on post-secondary institutions is not going to build a stronger, more resilient BC and Canada Investing in education is a nation-building project www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

I guess there's no Alberta oil or Saskatchewan potash, either www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Terry Lake ran under the banner of two parties that had no intention of fixing our electoral system. Sit down! www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #Kamloops "I think the message here today from many of us, to any potential candidates out there, is let's not split the vote," said Lake.

3.4: Millimetres of rain fell in Kamloops in September and the usual amount is 24 mm. infonews.ca/news/7372428...

Let's hope that we don't have to split the vote. I absolutely hate the fact that people will be pressured to accommodate other people's political ambitions. infonews.ca/news/7373245... #Kamloops #kampaign2026

Cllr Mike O’Reilly had 7yrs to show us he cares about active transportation. His voting record speaks for itself. His decisions at budget time, including supplemental budget items, show that it is not a priority. Count anti CCAP stance in there too. #Kamloops #kampaign2026 www.electmikeoreilly.ca 🚩

On a positive note, CBC's Ombudsman found a segment on a 2023 anti-LGBTQ+ rally did not violate CBC's journalistic standards The review concluded that yes, you can interview trans people about the impact of discrimination against their community without giving equal airtime to "the other side"

Given how much AI slop is already all over Meta and TikTok…. this is bad

Municipal election countdown. I love this photo. Transition Kamloops will be looking at all the candidates again. Let's hope we're as fortunate as we have been in previous years and get good engagement 🎉 transitionkamloops.net/municipal-el...

From Gisela: transitionkamloops.net/electoral-re... An interesting idea floated recently by a member of the Special Committee, Kamloops-North Thompson MLA Ward Stamer, was to permit municipalities to use alternative voting systems.

A small sliver of light in the darkness? Books. Ideas, strategy, politics, organizing, history, leaning. It is like the antidote to authoritarianism.

Says a lot about Ken Christian. Mike O’Reilly to run for Mayor of Kamloops in 2026 | Radio NL - Kamloops News share.google/70APPkIycZ8Z...

Israel has intentionally destroyed most of Gaza's education system, killing tens of thousands of students, teachers, professors & other educational workers. Calling on UVic prof. & MP @wgreaves.bsky.social to intervene & support university students in Gaza. Education is a human right.

Hey @daniellesmithab.bsky.social, let’s find out first if we're part of the same country, before you come knocking w/ bitumen schemes💸 Laughable “national interest” pitch from a province trying to break up the country. Last thing our climate & coffers can afford is another TMX boondoggle #bcpoli

UK privatises water, lets financiers turn it into an asset class, extract billions, pollute our rivers and now Labour government may let them pollute for another 15 (!!!) years instead of nationalising Thames Water? incredible.

"Once in motion, Lemkin knew, each genocide proceeded with its own unique fury. It burned libraries of memory. It devoured communities of bakers and poets. It extinguished traditions. It emptied cities and obliterated orchards. It expanded a kind of unholy darkness. It ate souls."

The University of Manitoba holds over 13,000 shares in General Dynamics—the maker of bombs that have levelled refugee camps in Gaza. As those shares rose by $2.14M and paid $206K in dividends, the university chose profit over principle, making itself complicit. Divestment is the only credible path.

Pumpkin pies are in the oven. Tarts are next then if it isn’t raining I’ll be outside to pick more tomatoes 🍅

My mother in law made me a pan of eggplant parmigiana and my mom made us pierogi. The best of both worlds. omg 💕🙏🏼

I will watch. I saw the list of "stakeholders". Chambers of Commerce etc. www.youtube.com/live/aQ5U3rk...

Japanese beetles (Popillia japonica) have been detected in Kamloops. These beetles pose a risk to lawns, parks, green spaces, and crops. Since they can't fly far on their own, spread happens mainly through human activities.

You can help prevent their spread: 🌱 Keep plants, soil, and root balls on site whenever possible. 👢 Clean soil from tools, boots, and equipment before leaving a site. 🍂 Mulch or compost plant debris on site. 🔍 Inspect plants and materials carefully. Shake it before you take it!

ebikes and rebates go together mobilizingjustice.ca/reports/

Just $6.67 per day is what the Liberals say people with disabilities can live off of. When was the last time Mark Carney spent less than $6.67 on a single meal? As it stands, the CDB is insultingly insufficient for eliminating poverty among people with disabilities.

“Please, order in the hall.” This is what order looks like. I suppose it’s an alien concept to those enabling genocide.

Alberta's crude oil production hit an all-time high in July 2025, reaching 4.32 million barrels per day, but the province still has one of the highest unemployment rates in Canada at 8.4%. Pumping more oil with less workers helps the corporation shareholders but doesn’t help working Albertans.

✍️ Literature assessment: How do we maintain human deliberative consensus when AI-generated 'shadow assessments' could contest IPCC findings using the same literature? 6/13

Three functions, multiple challenges: 📚 Literature identification: Can AI agents comprehensively scan tens of thousands of papers whilst preserving inclusion of grey literature and Indigenous Knowledge? 5/13