Just released today: #AlzheimersDisease is now the third-leading cause of death 👀 in Canada. More than ever, we need to promote brain health, improve diagnosis, invest in research, enhance the quality of care, and ensure ppl affected by #dementia are supported. www.cbc.ca/news/health/...

A loooooong way out to the water - looking out over the tidal mud flats at Iona Regional Park, with stunning blue skies in the background and sand and driftwood in the foreground. #BlueSkyMonday

Fun times on a Friday night: my hairdryer broke, so we took it apart, figured out what melted (literally), cut the wires down, stripped a new section, popped on a new marrette, then managed to put it back together again. And! It works! (And no one was electrocuted). #RightToRepair

I don't understand. This could ⬇️ capacity in #LongTermCare when ppl are already waiting over 9 mo to be admitted AND when ~half of alternate level of care days are due to ppl living w #dementia being stuck in hospital bc there's nowhere to discharge them to. vancouver.citynews.ca/2025/09/24/l...

Spent the morning with the Byrne Creek Streamkeepers and Green Teams of Canada today pulling out metres and metres of English ivy at Byrne Creek. Very satisfying! We filled over two large bins' worth of invasives.

Good convo today at the @bccareproviders.bsky.social Care to Chat with the BC Minister of Health. I appreciated the recognition of the importance of community-based care. If we're going to provide best-in-class #HealthCare for older adults, we have to move away from an acute care-dominated model.

🇨🇦 #Canadasky please share 📌 Parliament is going to return soon and one of the first bills it is going to pass is Bill C2, which will give the police unprecedented powers over the lives of Canadians, including massive surveillance, and the ability to share our data with 🇺🇸.

Good for them. We were in Tofino recently and you wouldn't believe the garbage we pulled off the beach - all likely brought in on the tide. Rope, fishing gear, bottles, styrofoam, bits of unidentifiable hard plastic - it was both satisfying to clear and saddening that it was there.

Whelp, the home team didn't take the Mann Cup home last night, but Queen's Park in #NewWest was a rockin' place and it was a spirited game. Congrats to the Six Nations Chiefs, and kudos to the Salmonbellies for playing the season out to the very end. Next year!

Atmosphere is electric here at Queen's Park in New West. Go Bellies!

Um...if you want tickets to game 7 for the Salmonbellies vs. Six Nations Chiefs, you better get them now. Game 6 just ended and the tickets are selling like hotcakes. Go Bellies! #MannCup

I was living abroad on 9-11. I remember being told "you must see the news". I felt sick and horrified as I took it in. In the aftermath, I struggled with the fear and divisiveness that seized the community. Hate is an ugly seed that yields poisonous fruit. It's never the way. Love and compassion is.

Great discussion today on the Early Edition with the fantastic Rick Hansen on how our understanding of accessibility has evolved. For ppl living with invisible disabilities like #dementia, expanding how we approach universal design is key to more inclusive communities. @cbcstephenquinn.bsky.social

The brutal irony of a state established in response to genocide being responsible for genocide. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

Yep - welcome to the new normal. Now can we get serious about #ClimateChange ?

Spent some time in a wild place, oscillating between being bundled under seven layers (no exaggeration) and being in shorts and a tank top. Worth it.

Fantastic thread on the Canadian history of Labour Day. (And if you like weekends, workplace safety, and 40-hr work weeks/OT pay - among many other things - then thank a union 😊).

The AB Minister of the Environment was full of disinformation on Power & Politics. Pretty rich that she dialed in from Fort Mac, which was devastated by wildfires. Want to talk about taxpayer waste - what about the billions of $ spent on wildfires bc we haven't acted fast enough on #ClimateChange?

One more time for the ppl in the back: A lack of investment in #LongTermCare and #HomeCare = more seniors stuck in hospital beds, which = ER backlogs because no one can be admitted. We frequently hear stories like this at my work and my family experienced it, too. vancouversun.com/news/victori...

Ever heard that EVs have higher life cycle CO2 emissions than gas/diesel cars? Turns out, EVs have CO2 emissions that are 71% LOWER over their life cycle vs. a gas/diesel car (in BC where most of our electricity renewable, this is prob even higher). www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

"Dirty air is now the second biggest killer globally, overtaking tobacco use, and second only to high blood pressure..." article is a year old, but seems esp relevant as we deal with #wildfires and gov'ts that prioritize pipelines and easy political wins over the health and safety of the people.

Our white, male, Canadian-citizen friend was just detained at the border for over an hour for travelling into the US for a work trip. He works in a boring, white collar job. If you think your privilege protects you, consider your complacency and how you can be an ally for those with less privilege.

Trees bent over in a ravine create an unexpected symmetry of straight lines in a place that is otherwise characterized by the curving line of rushing water.

Slightly diminish a band: Arcade Smoke

There's a heat warning for much of BC, so it's imp't to be aware of heat illness in ppl living w #dementia. Stay hydrated, seek shade, hang out somewhere cool, and check in on folks. Disorientation, nausea, fatigue, and muscle cramps are all warning signs that require immediate action. Stay cool!

Did some exploring down the Reinecker FSR to capture this beauty. Blooming woolly mullein in the foreground, with forest and a moody sky in the background. #NatureSky

Did we mention free?

Good morning! Is the sky really bluer here? Let's find out!

Highly recommend this piece by @bsaxifrage.bsky.social. 👇🧵 Canadians like to think of themselves as global leaders. But on climate policy – and on EV adoption in particular – we are worse than laggards; we are surrender monkeys running backwards... www.nationalobserver.com/2025/08/04/a...

In @thelancet.com: Plastics responsible for ~$1.5 trillion annually in health-related economic losses. Moreover, plastics production has ⬆️ from 2M tons in 1950 to 475M tons in 2022. It's in our air, water, and food - and it's poisoning us. Get that plastics treaty done. www.yahoo.com/news/article...

“It’s always been easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of Goliaths. That’s because these are stories that have been hammered into us over the space of 5,000 years,” [Kemp] says. And yet - it doesn't have to be, he argues. Worth the read 👇.

New report out today from the BC Office of the Seniors Advocate and it's a humdinger. A thread:

So...about that answer, NY Times. Could you, perhaps, not use a slur grounded in ageism in your crossword? #ageism

#Stunday living at its finest. View of Edge and a section of Golden Ears from the eastern side, with Gold Creek in the foreground.

A California farmworker died on Friday from injuries sustained a day earlier when US immigration agents raided a cannabis operation and arrested hundreds of workers, according to a farmworker advocacy group. @leahjdouglas.bsky.social www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

We were at Monck a couple weeks ago and the algae bloom was in full swing. Despite the water looking like green paint and smelling like sewage, people and dogs were still going in. I remember Nicola Lake from years ago - never seen it this bad. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Write your MP 🇨🇦. This can't be allowed to happen. Automakers are arguing that the EV mandate can't be met due to current market forces, when in truth, they've been caught failing to innovate and now want to legislate their way back into competitiveness. #ClimateChange www.cbc.ca/news/science...

Happy #CanadaDay to my fellow Canucks. Grateful to call this place home - imperfect as it may be, there's no other place I'd rather be.

Got to MC the West Coast Conference on Aging last wk, and one of the catch phrases was, "we're all seniors-in-training". A day later, someone close to me narrowly avoided what could've been fatal. It got me thinking about how aging isn't a burden - it's a gift. One we are lucky to experience.

Hands down, one of my favourite ways to get to work is riding my bike. I may look a little goofy (I've perfected the bike wear-to-business casual dressing strategy), but it makes me feel good and keeps me mentally sharp. Bonus: it helps me do my part to reduce pollution AND health care system use.

Today on National Indigenous Peoples Day, we celebrate the cultures and languages of First Nations, Inuit and Métis Peoples. Take time to learn whose land you’re on and listen to Indigenous voices - not just today, but every day.

It's June, folks. We used to joke about June-uary here (because it was often wet and cold). Now we talk about heatwaves, low snow pack, and forest fires in June. #ClimateChange

Great day today in #Kelowna for the IG Wealth Management Walk for #Alzheimers. Walk honourees Michele and Chuck Liebrock led the way. Great turnout and great job by the volunteer organizers!

Hey #bluesky 👋- I'm walking in the IG Wealth Management Walk for #Alzheimers in less than a week and I need your help. I (foolishly?) set a $1K fundraising goal. Anything you can spare goes to a good cause (and there's a $ for $ match up to $50K). Link to donate: support.alzheimer.ca/site/TR/WFA/...

You don't get to do that every day. Took advantage of the break in the weather to walk across the Patullo Bridge in #NewWest while the bridge is closed to vehicle traffic.

Even in the rain, #yvr is a beautiful place. A shot taken in Yaletown of a square with colorful pink and red umbrellas suspended in the air. Trees frame one side, while a heritage brick building is in the background. A solitary pedestrian walks with an umbrella underneath the canopy.

This story broke my heart. #Measles is not benign - it can live in your brain for years after the initial infection, only to reactivate and kill you later. Get 👏 your 👏 kids 👏 vaccinated. No parent - or child - should ever have to experience this. ca.yahoo.com/style/measle...

Today is Red Dress Day - a day to remember and honour Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls & Two-Spirit people. The red dress is a symbol of those taken and a call to all for urgent action for justice and change. Today, and every day we remember. #RedDressDay #MMIWG2S

Upon pink petals, in my solitude, I tread. Vibrant. Fleeting. Gone.