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Alan Rycroft 🇨🇦 also on Mastodon

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Alan Rycroft 🇨🇦 also on Mastodon (@alanrycroft) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Canada, British Columbia and First Nations Leadership Council agree to invest up to $1-billion on conservation #paywalled theglobeandmail.com/canada/article… #NatureAgreement #bcpoli #cdnpoli #conservation #30x30

Carolina Ibarra (@lacaroibarra) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I got some good news this morning. The Pacifica Housing team found #housing for another person living in a park. Another senior. They were also able to place them temporarily indoors elsewhere until the unit is ready in a couple days. There are so many people out there…

Brishti Basu (@brish_ti) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I wrote about this issue at the Royal Jubilee Hospital in depth in 2022. Patients, a staff member, a neighbour, advocates were interviewed, and highlighted this exact phenomenon + systemic racism/discrimination. For more context, info read below: #yyj capitaldaily.ca/news/royal-jub…

Mike Hudema (@mikehudema) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The Earth passed 2°C of warming on hottest day ever recorded: buff.ly/49PTHYa We're in a climate emergency. No time to wait. #ActOnClimate #climate #energy #renewables #go100re

The Earth passed 2°C of warming on hottest day ever recorded: buff.ly/49PTHYa 

We're in a climate emergency. No time to wait. #ActOnClimate

#climate #energy #renewables #go100re
PreparedBC (@preparedbc) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Following a disaster like an earthquake, you may need to stay at home with your emergency kit. An emergency kit should have everything you’ll need to be comfortable & safe at home for at least 2 weeks. Think of it like ‘camping at home’ 😉 Learn more: PreparedBC.ca/EmergencyKit

Katie DeRosa (@katiederosayyj) 's Twitter Profile Photo

NEW - BC has set a grim new record w the highest number of overdose deaths since the public health emergency was declared in 2016. Last year, 2,511 people died of drug toxicity, far eclipsing the previous record of 2,310 deaths in 2021. #bcpoli

West Coast Environmental Law (@wcelaw) 's Twitter Profile Photo

People around the world are pushing for #ClimateAction through the courts! 2024 promises to be an eventful year for #ClimateLitigation. #EnvironmentalLaw #SueBigOil theguardian.com/us-news/2024/j…

Mike Hudema (@mikehudema) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Powered by wind and water: This Canary Island is proving it is possible to run on renewables: buff.ly/48ekBHi 28 days straight, 100% renewable. It Can Be Done. #ActOnClimate #climate #energy #renewables #go100re

Powered by wind and water: This Canary Island is proving it is possible to run on renewables: buff.ly/48ekBHi 

28 days straight, 100% renewable. It Can Be Done. #ActOnClimate

#climate #energy #renewables #go100re
The Tyee (@thetyee) 's Twitter Profile Photo

#ICYMI: Bell Media’s decision to sell dozens of local radio stations, lay off thousands of media workers and shut down news programs is catastrophic, appalling and reprehensible, B.C. Premier David Eby said this morning. #CdnMedia #BCPoli thetyee.ca/News/2024/02/0…

Mike Hudema (@mikehudema) 's Twitter Profile Photo

2 photos of the arctic both taken in the summer more than 70 years apart show the dramatic change in the continent ice cover. There is no time to waste. No planet B. #ActOnClimate #ClimateEmergency #climate #phaseoutfossilfuels #renewables #GreenNewDeal pic via Christian Aslund

2 photos of the arctic both taken in the summer more than 70 years apart show the dramatic change in the continent ice cover.

There is no time to waste. No planet B. #ActOnClimate

#ClimateEmergency #climate #phaseoutfossilfuels #renewables #GreenNewDeal pic via <a href="/ChristianAslund/">Christian Aslund</a>
Gregor Craigie (@gregorcraigie) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Canada's tent encampments are a "a physical manifestation of exactly how broken our housing and homelessness system is from coast to coast to coast in Canada," says Federal Housing Advocate Marie-Josee Houle. #HousingCrisis #cdnpoli cbc.ca/news/canada/ne…

Office of the Federal Housing Advocate (@housinglogement) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Today, the Advocate calls for the creation of a National Encampments Response Plan by August 31. Governments must act now to: • provide basic necessities & save lives • halt evictions • uphold #HumanRights • offer permanent housing Read more➡️ bit.ly/49hfUgT

Today, the Advocate calls for the creation of a National Encampments Response Plan by August 31.

Governments must act now to:
• provide basic necessities &amp; save lives
• halt evictions
• uphold #HumanRights
• offer permanent housing

Read more➡️ bit.ly/49hfUgT
PSAC-AFPC (@psac_afpc) 's Twitter Profile Photo

PSAC joins Canadian unions representing more than 2 million workers calling on the federal government to reinstate funding to the UNRWA and ensure urgent humanitarian aid continues to flow into Gaza. psacunion.ca/unions-demand-…

Katie DeRosa (@katiederosayyj) 's Twitter Profile Photo

NEW - Premier David Eby announces the long-awaited BC Builds plan. The govt will provide $2 billion in low-cost financing to speed up the construction of 4,000 rental units. 20 parcels of public or non-profit land have been identified for rental projects, Eby said more will come