Tonight's #CSaan Council meeting should be "interesting" - they'll vote on the #CivicRedevelopment scheme after the March09 fiery & contentious PublicHearing. 🎇🔥🎆 Community consensus seems to indicate Council's plan is deeply unpopular, but they're forging ahead anyway. #MuniPoli #yyjpoli

So very sorry to hear of the #AirCanada tragedy. My condolences to the families and colleagues, and to all those affected. May the pilots rest in peace.🫂💔

Happy #Spring! From travels around #Saanich #CSaan #yyj. 🙂

Happy #Spring! From travels around #Saanich #CSaan #yyj. 🙂

Did someone say #EddiesAdorableCreatures? 😉😁 @cheknews.ca @paulhaysom.bsky.social

Vehicular crash - Blanchard at Saanich. Southbound traffic was gridlocked between Ravine and Saanich, severely impeding #SaanichFire #IAFFLocal967 emergency response. 😬🫣 #yyjtraffic #Saanich

The Comox Valley RCMP is asking the public for information about a family that may have lived in the community nearly 40 years ago.

I love the idea of @cheknews.ca's #WeatherSchool with Tess van Straaten - it's not learning only for school children, but for viewers as well! #yyjwx #CHEKWeatherSchool

Deliberately turned down his radio to ignore a distress call.🤯 "...the captain argued that coast guard vessels must be formally tasked before responding to distress calls." Akin to FFs ignoring a fire in front of them, or police driving past a crime because they weren't "tasked"/dispatched to it.

@katiederosa.bsky.social Your situational awareness while in the moving scrum with the US Ambassador today was admirable! 👏👍

An at-times raucous Council meeting/ #PublicHearing in #CSaan last night, made for an interesting evening. One speaker questioned if the high number of redacted documents over the Municipality's civic redevelopment scheme was "our own Epstein files". 😲 #yyjpoli #MuniPoli

Calling a spade a spade is accurate.🤷🏼‍♀️ "If the shoe fits..." #Saanich #yyjpoli #MuniPoli

Moon over Middleton Plaza tonight. A few hours to go before the total lunar eclipse! #skywatcher #Saanich

Judging by the various sirens in different directions, sounds like a busy night for emergency services in the #Saanich core. #StaySafe

@andrewmueller.bsky.social For what it's worth, I support more puns on the Friday show. Far from groaning, I laughed out loud a few times. Bravo. 👏

I don't understand citizens leaving #Canada, without first registering travel abroad. Always registered prior to travel; and when hit by a horrific incident, 1 call to the in-country Canadian embassy got us care, advice, & refuge.❤️🤍🇨🇦 #gratitude Now system has crashed due to panic after the fact.🤦🏼‍♀️😬

Heads up! Via @alertable.bsky.social: A #BCStorm #windstorm is incoming to Greater #yyj. #yyjwx 🌬️

Given the excitement in the voices of the play-by-play announcers for the #IceHockey game, I thought #Canada had scored that last goal. 🤨🤔👀 🇨🇦 #CAN

"Even back then, there was a one-sailing wait." ~ Ed Bain, on maritime migration to BC by Blacks from San Francisco. #BlackHistoryMonth @cheknews.ca

Listened to Dr Wade Deisman interview with @rebeccazandbergen.bsky.social today - impressed with his on-point analysis of public safety issues around Tumbler Ridge vs public's demand for every detail, immediately. Investigations. Don't. Work. That. Way. Thank goodness for the adults in the room.

Well if I wasn't crying before, watching Chief Rudy Paquette from #Saulteau First Nations, or LG Wendy Cocchia's personal promise to Tumbler Ridge residents, I was overcome at Premier @davidebybc.bsky.social storytelling. 😢😭 Thanks #GlobalBC for carrying it live. #TumblerRidgeVigil

Like so many across our province, we are heartbroken at the events in Tumbler Ridge today. We hold the students, families, community, and the first responders in our hearts and thoughts. We at BCWLE stand with all of you.

More media kudos, this time to @cheknews.ca. Interrupting regular programming to broadcast the presser by Premier @davidebybc.bsky.social and SolGen @ninakrieger.bsky.social was absolutely the right decision, to keep us informed on Tumbler Ridge. Thank you.🩷🤲🙏

Kudos to #BCRCMP for providing presser so soon after incident. Also to Supt Ken Floyd for his direct manner and answers. And for his strong message to #community. #TumblerRidge #RCMP

Oh #TumblerRidge. 😢🫂

Police say they're at the scene of what they describe as a "confirmed active shooter incident" at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School in east-central British Columbia.

"Tonight belongs to the Seahawks and the 12s." Heck ya!!!! 💙💚🎉🏈🏆 #Seahawks #SeahawksNation #WestCoastRules

Hmmmm... 🤔 Wonder who these musicians are? They performed on "America The Beautiful", yet no acknowledgement or names. Julian and Brandi got announced, but not these women. The 2026 #SuperBowl. The NFL, in 2026. 🙄🤦🏼‍♀️

In addition to the usual talking heads, the @NFL #SuperBowl Pregame featured USA high school teams.👏 Happy to see New Mexico School for the Deaf #NMSD Roadrunners whose team communicates completely in #ASL.👍❤️ Loved seeing my cousin's alma mater, Juneau Douglas: Yadaa.at Kalé High School! #JDHS🩷

I like the suggested name for a new #bird segment on @cheknews.ca: #ScreechingNews.🐦🦅🦆🦉🦚 That it rhymes with #BreachingNews is brilliant! 🐳🦈🦭🦦 👍

Jeff Rath, pot - kettle. The belligerent behaviour was solely his today. He also displayed stereotypical behaviour that people think of when they think of Albertans. Likening Alberta to an "abused spouse punched in the face" is quite abhorrent. DV is not a punchline. #cdnpoli

The sound of the #yyj #foghorn is quite audible here in the Borderlands. #yyjwx #Saanich

Keeping some friends and colleagues in my thoughts right now. Sometimes true #leadership means making incredibly difficult decisions. That will likely cause criticism. But when you know the backstory, the only course of action is to stand by your values and ethics. 💙🫂

Woot🎉 Another episode of @vancolour.bsky.social is starting! Tune in to @cheknews.ca right now!

That's a wrap on emergency planning exercise #ERTEX (slightly delayed from 2025). Can confirm our province has good people in place, as far as #EmergencyComms is concerned.👍 #EMBC #EMCR @kellyrichmondbc.bsky.social Apparently twas a nice day, but we couldn't see daylight in the bunker!😉

Tried canoeing back to shore with water coming in, then swam for hours to reach shore, then ran 2kms to get help. 13 years old. Seems to me he qualifies as a junior triathlete. Can #IRONMAN swap out biking for canoeing, and give him an Honorary Award? 🏆🏅

*Traffic alert* Semi truck and small car collision. Northbound slow lane Pat Bay Hwy, south of Sayward. All appear okay. 👍 #yyjtraffic #Saanich

Yes, I will watch some, but I'll be watching far more #Paralympics! 😁👍 📣Go Team #Canada!👏 @cheknews.ca

I'd suggest that today is not the day to mess with #Canada. Many in our nation are mourning the loss of one of our best. Catherine O'Hara had talent and heart, and blazed a trail from the start.💔

No, not Catherine O'Hara. 😢

Another brilliant political deep-dive tonight on #ThisIsVanColour. @vancolour.bsky.social asks really good questions, and #BradWestPoCo has great insight. Love the combined analysis of the state of our province and #BCpoli. #PortCoquitlam

Good to see you tonight, @philbug.bsky.social! So true, that there will never be enough lanes.

Nice to meet you in person tonight, @bettertransityyj.ca! #Saanich

🚨 CRITICAL ALERT just broadcast by #AlertableCanada: Emergency Management #Cowichan has issued #Evacuation Order for area of ChemainusRd, SwallowfieldRd,& CroftonRd due to risk of imminent flooding from Chemainus River. Leave the designated area immediately. #Westholme #Crofton #Chemainus

Stand-out reporting on the Swiss bar fire by journo @tamara-alteresco.bsky.social, from @iciradiocanada.bsky.social #CBC. Clearly compassionate, but maintains composure and professionalism.

Happy Saturday, this 3rd day of Xmas! 😁🎄

A Xmas "gift" like no other: notification from BC's Victim Safety Unit, that the random guy who assaulted me was located and his outstanding warrant executed. One less violent guy on the street - even temporarily - gives me relief. Thanks to all who made it happen.🤲🙏

Brutal (yet apparently accurate) eulogy on OneBC, delivered by @robshaw.bsky.social on All Points West this afternoon. #bcpoli 😳😲🔥

Nope. The gusts are as strong/stronger than have been through the night, and the sustained winds are a decent roar. It's still storming good here! #Saanich #yyjwx #BCStorm

For those who have #Tillicum Rd on their commute, there's been a watermain break.😬🌊 Good luck to the crews in this already-wet weather. #Esquimalt #yyj #Saanich #yyjtraffic