Very sad news for the community as we have lost a much loved and followed radio voice and hockey play by play man Evan Hammond in #portalberni. He has been on the local radio for 22 years since before it switched from CJAV AM to 93.3 FM. He was only 45yrs old […] [Original post on socialbc.ca]

It's Property Assessment Day in BC! In #PortAlberni, and a few other places on Vancouver Island, the peak in price rises appears to have been 2022. Our home went up 58% in 2022 and has been essentially flat since then. I wonder how many people have gone […] [Original post on socialbc.ca]

happy new year from #portalberni !!

*knocks at your front door* Hi! Would you like to try Windows Copilot? *pops out of your trunk* Did you know the new Microsoft 360 includes Copilot? *Breaks through your window at work* Copilot can help organize your weekend plans! *Emerges from your nightmares in the form of a white […]

Oh look... LNG doesn't make Earthquake disaster response easier either! page 82: “Energy” The initial earthquake and ongoing aftershocks cause extensive damage to power plants, transmission lines and substations, leading to prolonged power outages across the region. Damage is also likely to […]

Hey @vsb_copilot and @EvanY! I/We would love to know more about your efforts to stop the use of MS Co-Pilot in the Vancouver School Board! Maybe us on #socialbc and the #fediverse can help spread the word and we’re honoured that you've chosen us to help be your big-social-free alternative! […]

Just because you post something doesn’t mean your followers will see it. @Techcrunch tells us how creators are navigating social networks that have become increasingly reliant on algorithmic feeds: https://flip.it/RH1N.T #tech #socialmedia #technology #algorithm

A West Coast treat. Prawns!🍤 Courtesy of the neighbours who have relatives in Ahousaht and appeared at my parents door with a bowl full of squirmy fresh prawns from Clayoquot Sound. ❤️ Yum! #ahousaht

@Mathew Hey!! New Provincial region server!? #mastodon #canada #fediverse #regional #community

@Mathew Hey!! New Provincial region server!? #mastodon #canada #fediverse #regional #community

Chasing sunset.

Here are my 2026 social web predictions: 1. ActivityPub API spreads. 2. E2EE flourishes. 3. First draft of ActivityPub 1.1. 4. More investment by governments. 5. One big company joins the Fediverse. 6. LOLA becomes mandatory.

The #purging of #American products and services continues at my home. #Microsoft, #Apple, #Meta ( #Facebook, #Instagram, #whatsapp, etc) products and apps are no longer used here. #Google services purging continues. Waiting for #Gander social. #Linux #foss #digitalsoveringnty #2025Highlights

At least a few people woke up to a white Christmas in #portalberni!! #merrychristmas #bcsnow #snow

White Christmas in #portalberni!!?? #christmas

"there is one thing they didn’t count on: a Canadian media that is incompetent enough to accidentally run the story anyway."🤣 https://www.thebeaverton.com/2025/12/american-medias-cowardice-no-match-for-canadian-medias-incompetence/

@mitch @hakona "Sometimes people who send messages like this aren’t doing it by choice, and are being forced or trafficked into it. If that’s what’s happening, you don’t have to tell me details but please know you can get help confidentially and for free. You can message @BeFree (233733) in the […]

Elon Musk and X are once again proving why institutions should never rely on corporate-owned, centrally-controlled social media platforms to reach their people. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0589g0dqq7o

Are there any Crowdfunding platforms on the Fediverse? I've offered to help fundraise for a friends wheelchair and would prefer not to fund GoFundMe in doing so...

#kamloops #train #Graffiti #Art

Please boost and welcome @shuylerjansen and help him find his people! He is a local #musician and newbie to the #fediverse and #mastodon on #socialbc! #folkmusic #countryrock #psychedelic #music #folk #localmusic #pleaseboost https://socialbc.ca/@shuylerjansen/115749183563056144

Hey #canadians: we support each other, we stand up for each other, and we show up for each other. Here is how we do that right now, today: https://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-7027 Even if you only read the petition, learning about what the Saskatchewan and […]

Wow. TIL: the beginnings of #undrip started right here on #tseshaht :Tseshaht: #hupacasath :Hupacasath: Nuuchanulth territory in October 1975 at the former Alberni IRS (it had been closed two years earlier.) "It’s been just over fifty years since the 1975 International Conference of Indigenous […]

Good News. From Huu-ay-aht :huuayaht: Chief Jack: ““We here at Huu-ay-aht understand that it is the children who have the right to a good life." Minister Wickens: “We have an incredibly colonial system that we have been operating in and to move that and change that takes an incredible amount […]

Any football (soccer) nerds know what they would be testing at our local fields for teams? There is an effort to attract a team or two during #fifa2026 to #portalberni for practice before the start of the tournament! For a small town, we have a good reputation for hosting sporting events […]

Big oil fracks up Hope #golf course AGAIN. "We just spent four years rebuilding from the 2021 floods." Maybe time to #SueBigOil? aldergrovestar.com/2025/12/16/f... #bcstorm #climatecrisis #bcflood

#Mastodon #Statistics 2025-12-16 06:00 CET Number of active instances: 10 548 Number of users: 10 107 979 Number of statuses: 1 133 139 771 Number of users last 4h: -218 Number of statuses last 4h: 53 491 Help me keep stats and server running! 💻📊 Even a small […] [Original post on libera.site]

We still have some jars of grape juice from the first few years we picked and canned the Concorde grapes. This one is from 2019. It’s cloudy, but still fresh and very tasty. That year was a little more tart than this one for sure. #grapes #homemade #grapejuice #canning

Close to record-breaking temperatures for December 15 in #PortAlberni. If the Airport hits 14ºC and the Harbour 16ºC, we’d be there. 1976 was 13.3ºC and 15.6ºC at Valley and Harbour stations respectively. Note: In the entire history of the two earliest stations at Beaver Creek (1900-1958) a few […]

Canucks win their first game without Quinn Hughes. Stanley Cup here we come! #delusional #canucks #worsttrade #basement #firstrounddraftpick #hnom

Ancient Growth logging continues on southern Vancouver Island near Fairy Creek. This is a picture of people climbing an estimated* 600yr old cedar marked for removal this week. They had to sneak around police and logging company barriers to set up the tree sit […] [Original post on socialbc.ca]

good interview! #bcpoli #oldgrowth #green #gpbc #logging https://socialbc.ca/@mlabotterell/115709735196550117

If you feel like a listen - I joined Gregor Craigie last week to chat about how the NDP needs to take more action on old-growth protection: https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-48-on-the-island/clip/16186866-green-party-mla-says-ndp-needs-take-action

Official Weather Canada windchill here is -43 right now, if it goes below -45 they cancel the busses and I have to go pick up my kids from school, where they will probably have to wait outside until I get there... (Kind of a ridiculous rule, but ok whatever. These are pretty ridiculous conditions.)

Not good! #atmosphericriver #flooding #vancouver #abbotsford https://flipboard.com/@blackpressmedia/sooke-dkah0b8pz/-/a-eeXtyhm1SH60rJsxPBeaTg%3Aa%3A3177150469-%2F0

Ugh... I take it back... things are not getting better at WCGH. Now new admissions have been halted for those that do not have a family doctor that is resident in the hospital. It's almost as if we haven't been producing enough new nurses and doctors for the past 10-20 years? And also not […]

Good article in Hashilthsa about the ongoing closure of the ICU at West Coast General. 13 people have been redirected since the closure. About 30% of ICU patients were previously being redirected elsewhere for higher care. “Physicians who work in the ICU have already identified what they need […]

@chris It is so so well done!!! I tossed the Weather Channel app after one day of using WeatherCAN - the predictive mapping feature is especially good!

Feels like wishful thinking. @canpoli #cdnpoli #trade #usa https://journa.host/@winnipegfreepress/115701343340518510

More than half of Toronto drivers in a Universtiy of Toronto study didn't look for people walking or on bikes before turning right. Study used eye-tracking tech. Increasingly deadly vehicles, dumb laws, and irresponsible driving equal people being injured and killed. www.utoronto.ca/news/more-ha...

Good news story! A Royal Canadian Navy member fell from a rigid hull inflatable boat about one kilometre east of Bentinck Island off Metchosin, BC south of Victoria. He was located and retrieved from the water within a couple hours and he's home and safe! #bc #rcn #uscg #rccg #canada #navy […]

good news! #affordability https://flipboard.com/@blackpressmedia/cloverdale-bikprfjvz/-/a-JQv1dqweTZOnt1KG1Ok0dQ%3Aa%3A3177150469-%2F0

@chris I’m sure it’s not likely, but all kinds of significant and impactful movements happen driven by a powerful minority, and the Take Back Alberta crowd is currently firmly in control and whether there will be enough meaningful pushback is still an open question.

This looks like a positive snow forecast for BC mountains and the Interior next week! From the Arctic Oscillation and Polar Vortex blog. https://published.aer.com/aoblog/aoblog.html #cold #bcstorm #bcsnow

“In 2023, cars and their drivers killed 8,820 American pedestrians and bicyclists — 7,314 pedestrians and 1,166 cyclists. They injured another 136,281, an increase of over 5,300 injuries from 2022.” Put the responsibility where it belongs. Via @jalopnik.bsky.social

Happy 25th anniversary to this Daily Mail article from the year 2000, proclaiming that internet "may be just a passing fad as millions give up on it". #internet #theweb #otd #onthisday #history

Today I learned that a fan of #Idolmaster set up a #mastodon#idolmasterserver to relay info about the game/series, and it's called, what else, imastodon.net

““I’m literally spending my morning looking at old-growth management areas that don’t have old-growth in them, and looking at the adjacent old-growth that does exist that’s not protected,” she said. “We have a failed system here.”” […]

Well that didn't last long. John Rustad has professionally incapacitated himself, by resigning as BC Conservative leader. "Rustad told reporters Thursday he had talked to his wife and others close to him, who encouraged him to stay on, but he felt to do so would become a civil war in his party […]