BC History Boy
@bchistoryboy.bsky.social
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British Columbia history aficionado qathet bchistoryboy.ca
www.bchistoryboy.ca/p/the-big-mo...
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The big money behind Powell River’s controversial name change
how American investors and Alberta oil interests are fueling division in small-town British Columbia
https://www.bchistoryboy.ca/p/the-big-money-behind-powell-rivers
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My story about the history of Dwight Hall got published in the local paper! Finally made the big times 🗞️
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The Battle for Dwight Hall
and the socialists who fought to make housing a human right
https://www.bchistoryboy.ca/p/the-battle-for-dwight-hall
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BC History Boy
The Tyee
about 1 month ago
No humiliation is more traumatic for B.C.’s corporate elite than being mocked in international business circles, yet it happened twice in December, both times because of the hot-burning crisis over Indigenous rights in this province and their impact on private property. Geoff Meggs writes.
#bcpoli
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BC Business Leaders Fall Silent on Relations with First Nations | The Tyee
Unwarranted panic over court decisions mean Premier David Eby faces lose-lose options in the legislature.
https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2026/01/16/BC-Leaders-Fall-Silent-First-Nations-Relations/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial
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This is my favourite essay I've written. About a group of realtors and yachters on the Sunshine Coast who are suing the Province to overturn the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (DRIPA).
www.bchistoryboy.ca/p/the-sunshi...
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The Sunshine Coast Dock War
Meet the waterfront millionaires trying to cancel the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act
https://www.bchistoryboy.ca/p/the-sunshine-coast-dock-war
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Highly recommend this podcast by
@notquitecorn.bsky.social
and
@arshy.bsky.social
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reposted by
BC History Boy
The Tyee
about 1 month ago
Since 2020, “rule of law” became politicians’ mantra, urging police to shut down
#Wetsuweten
solidarity blockades. Fast-forward six years, the line has been abandoned in favour of something suggesting law is not so much a rule but something to be manipulated.
@amandafollett.bsky.social
writes. 🪧💬
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What Happened to the ‘Rule of Law’? | The Tyee
It was a common refrain during the Wet’suwet’en pipeline conflict. But when courts side with First Nations, politicians are more equivocal.
https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2026/01/12/What-Happened-Rule-Law/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial
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The Crofton Mill Closure
China’s fibre grab and a century of capital flight
https://open.substack.com/pub/bchistoryboy/p/the-crofton-mill-closure?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=pdxu8
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