NEW: Thompson-Nicola Regional District has applied for Disaster Financial Assistance from the provincial government following Sunday's flash flood in Savona, West of
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. Residents are advised to take pictures, document damage, and register their address at 250-377-7188.
Something incredibly powerful just occurred here as a carload of Canadian Forces troops, including a public affairs officer from CFB Comox sent to help the Snowbirds out happened across the drum circle and community members at the airport fence.
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BREAKING: Health Minister Adrian Dix has ordered BC Pharmacists to refill prescriptions without an additional prescription from doctors. This will clear up a lot of unnecessary visits to GP's.
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#Coronavirus
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Calling the Trudeau video his “mean girls moment” is profoundly stupid. This was a window into the reality the US finds itself in with a president who has no credibility on the world stage. The story here is not Trudeau.
Hey
@Twitter
- I reported a tweet by someone suggesting a noose as a good solution to a journalist they disagree with. You said it didn’t violate TOS. One time you banned me for a day for a joke about duvet covers. Do better. Waaaay better.
It’s time for a court injunction to create bubble zones around hospitals. Nobody should be able to harass, intimidate, assault or impede healthcare workers or those seeking treatment. This was an embarrassment.
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Folks - if you don’t like the Prime Minister that’s perfectly OK. It’s a view shared by a good number of Canadians. But targeting ppl with a different opinion with threats of violence or murder is slightly offside. Can we agree with that?
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#yellowvestcanada
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Having the Prime Minister come to town and seeing just what gross, terrible human beings are out among us with their delusional conspiracy theories, racism, disrespect and total inability to engage in good faith conversation makes me want to get off this planet ASAP.
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In Kelowna and Kamloops today anti-vax/anti-mask ppl protested Remembrance Day ceremonies. They even grabbed mic’s and delivered insane diatribes. When you are scum, there is no such thing as too low or a bottom to find.
Counter-protesters outnumbered anti-SOGI folk nearly 3 to 1 I’d estimate. Still - some stuck around after the others left. Including this fella who I began filming after he told everyone he hopes they die of cancer.
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Basically - every interior or Central Okanagan City has a fire near them, are on alert or order, or at least one highway they cannot go down if they had to evacuate. Can we safely say this is getting into unprecedented territory here? Like worse than 2003 even?
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My favourite story of the day is courtesy of the Sikh community in Clearwater area. They recently sold their Gurdwara and property it sat upon and then donated all the proceeds - every bit of it - to a range of community organizations. This needs attn ppl!
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I cannot stress enough how accurate I think Frum’s read on the events of the last few weeks are here. If you don’t fully grasp what we’ve been seeing - read this. If you think you do - read this anyways because you might be wrong.
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One of the
@CFSnowbirds
just crashed into the Brocklehurst neighbourhood of
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. Pilot ejected safely - no word on casualties on the ground. I’m en route.
@RexChapman
This is actually in British Columbia, Canada. It's where the murky waters of the Fraser River meet the Straight of Georgia. This was a ferry from Tsawwassen to Nanaimo. The video has been circulating for several years - always claims to be either the southern tip of SA or Africa.
@Jetberry1
@AOC
She’s not. She’s belittling the inaction of those who have the power to do something but don’t and instead feign concern by tweeting “thoughts and prayers”.
Are we not in a provincial state of emergency due to wildfires because it's not smokey in the Lower Mainland? Serious question. Easy to ignore if you're not choking when you breathe.
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So - I don’t imagine it’s going to take a vey big team of experts to find out what the London, Ont. attackers social media diet was like. It’ll be the same websites, from the same grifters in Canada and internationally as always. The ones that continue to operate with impunity.
OMG! WE FOUND OUR MILLIE on Dunrobin Drive in Aberdeen. It was thanks to about half a dozen strangers who came out to help us!
So, so, SO grateful. This dog is our world. Now to invest in a GPS tracker. Thank you
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As the BC Coroner’s Service continues to update the tally from the heat dome - now at 808 for 1 week - compared to 198 during the same period for the previous 5yrs - it’s coming into sharper focus that this was a public health failure likely without precedent in the province.
Just got the latest Danielle Smith fundraising email with the heading "Say no to the WEF and the Trudeau agenda." So like...is that the platform? What about the province of Alberta? How about something about the province you want to lead instead of conspiracy nonsense? Christ.
Holy Christ Jason Kenney is bad. He obfuscates, feigns outrage at questions posed by Adler, and pulls the whole "Some of my best friends are (insert minority)" garbage with his "the UCP are the most diverse team ever assembled" line. Good luck w. that Alberta.
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@nicksonsec
I just hope people remember it was Republicans who actually went to court to fight against public health orders, and those orders were allowed to be breached by 4 partisan hacks on the bench. The death that results is entirely on them now. Good luck Wisconsin.
We made over 151,000 calls to senior citizens in Texas tonight. One of our vols talked to a man stranded at home w/out power in Killeen, hadn’t eaten in 2 days, got him a ride to a warming center and a hot meal. Help us reach more people, join us tomorrow:
If you'd like to know why COVID is still a problem, why vaccine mandates are coming in and why there are limits on gatherings - drive by RIH in
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right now. We'll still be in this place this time next year at this rate.
I'm okay folks. My phone took the worst of it. No damage. Otterbox y'all! Some of his spittle from a lispy efff did get on my face and in my mouth. But it wasn't intentional...he was just REALLY into the moment with his "...AND FFFFU*CK YOU TOO!"
After calling feed and tack shops around
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this morning - we can confidently report that yes - people are trying to buy veterinary Ivermectin as a COVID treatment and prevention measure. One local retailer has had to remove it from their website. Stories coming.
I’ve run out of patience with the anti-vax, anti-mask crowd. Something about the numerous ridiculous emails, workplace harassment, and threats just doesn’t make me feel like I need to be nice to them.
Hey folks who hate what we do here at NL - ordering hundreds of dollars of pizza to our shop to be paid upon delivery doesn’t hurt us - it hurts the small business owner you placed the order with.
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Along with gratuitous use of mute and block features, my Twitter experience began improving greatly when I started almost exclusively liking posts that are pictures of dogs. Give me all the doggo content! Here’s my doggo:
@jana_thorn
@AirCanada
…and you know his personal views how? A cabin announcement? I can think of a couple different interpretations to what he said that don’t involve some anti-mask view. You do your job and let him do his. Don’t attribute malice where there could easily be none.
BREAKING: BC Premier David Eby says Holocaust education will be made a mandatory part of the BC education curriculum. He made the announcement a short time ago at a Vancouver Jewish community centre.
So as far as we can tell - BC gov’t didn’t tell any local media in
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or
#Merritt
that Minister Farnworth was touring flood damage in Merritt. They told 1 reporter they “wanted to keep it low key” - so they brought Global? So what was the real audience for this visit?
@GoBlueFlorida1
@brianschatz
And even with Mitch - it’s starting to look like his scolding of the fringes was just a trial balloon. It went over like a lead balloon so now he’s back to defending the indefensible.
When travelling each Snowbird CT-114 has a pilot and flight engineer/mechanic aboard (not sure the lingo they use). From video we obtained at the scene you see both eject but doesn’t appear chutes fully deployed. One occupant goes out of frame. Hearing 1 survivor but unconfirmed.
BREAKING: Cpl Jennifer Cooper, Prince George RCMP tells NL News a charter bus carrying approximately 30 pipeline workers has crashed Northwest of P.G on a remote forest service road. 7 ambulances on scene. Hospital on Code Orange.
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Local elections are also full of people who have no idea that half of their agenda isn't even within their legal authority or jurisdiction. See also: folks who don't understand the three levels of government.
BREAKING: The once powerful US gun lobby, the National Rifle Association has filed for bankruptcy - and will be moving their headquarters from New York to Texas.
Here it is - internal memo/summary of meeting between BCWFS and forest ind. executives dated July 12th makes it clear BCWFS didn’t have sufficient resources. A prov. SoE wouldn’t be declared until July 20th.
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An Indian Hindu nationalist followed by Modi is openly threatening the life of Jagmeet Singh. Modi bro's across Twitter echoing calls for his assassination. These people are not committed to democratic values.
BREAKING:
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Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson has been stripped of his ability to speak on behalf of the city with partners and government agencies. More fallout from Municipal Advisor Henry Braun’s report.
The people of
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would never have known about the spending scandal at the TNRD if not for the work of KTW. If KTW hadn't of been there, there wouldn't even have been a scandal. People would have simply never known.
BREAKING: I’m at McKay and Valleyview Drive where last nights fire has flared up. Some residents are not waiting for an evac order. They’re going now - others are packing. Air assets hitting the fire.
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@AliVelshi
@KikkiPlanet
If I were an American right now - I'd take my chances in another country where there's actual healthcare, and national leaders who are competent.
I’ve seen some things over the years covering stories - touching things, sad things, traumatic things - but the moment this afternoon with the drummers turning to face the CF public affairs officer in song, and her facial expressions - it was all the the things.
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Interior Health is getting absolutely ripped by a couple of city councilors during the regular meeting today for their poor communications performance. They're demanding CEO Susan Brown appear before council for explanations and some type of a plan. I wish them luck.
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@IvankaTrump
@USAID
You know - it might be easier to tout the accomplishments of the administration if the man in charge wasn't attempting to set fire to everyone and everything on his way out the door.
NEW: City of
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confirms rather than a fireworks show this Canada Day - there will instead be a drone light show. Earlier today Kamloops Fire & Rescue said they would not be issuing any permits for the sale or use of consumer fireworks due to concerns about dry conditions.
Whether it’s journalists illegally being barred from protest zones and arrested, or simply being stonewalled, delayed and ghosted across government comms depts federal and provincial - Canada has REAL problems w transparency and accountability. We are not a serious democracy.
Student walkout underway at NorKam Secondary in
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over student sent home yesterday for her outfit. Karis Wilson and her father both there - as is our
@ColtonDavies_
Just a reminder - you have no inherent right to be inside a private business. If they say you have to go, you have to go. If not, you are trespassing.
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The scene at the
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airport right now. People here to pay their respects. Also note the large Canadian Forces Polaris aircraft that has arrived as well - just visible behind the C-130 Hercules.
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Caller just called me a dipshit. I wouldn't disagree...except...he was upset because I said a carbon tax, and free contraceptives are not communism. So...that's how sane we are now.
Y’all should know that since this all went down I’ve been contacted by the first individual who broughtlk my wife into this. He apologized. He was genuinely embarrassed by his conduct and regretful. We had a good chat...
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When someone is caught on video screaming racial slurs, and then assaulting and spitting on someone...you don’t convince anyone you’re not racist by using the comments in said video to talk about how “it just shows how fed up people are with Trudeau.”
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@Protect_BC
@BhinderSajan
I think more ppl might be inclined to believe Dix regarding transparency if this government didn’t do things like they did today with FOI processes.