Believe it or not, there is at least one thing all three of B.C.'s political parties — the Greens, the NDP and the Conservatives — seem to agree on. And it's that we need way more transit options than are currently on offer www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...#bcpoli
CBC's mandate hasn't been updated since 1991 — before widespread use of cellphones, home internet and social media. That first new update is expected on a matter of weeks https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/cbc-mandate-review-1.7341700
This is one of those things that is tough to explain how big of a deal it is to anyone who doesn't already know about our giant faux-wood lumberjack This is one of those things that is tough to explain how big of a deal it is to anyone who doesn't already know about our giant faux-wood lumberjack
I’d much rather live next to the sort of person who would paint a house this color than the sort of person who would publicly complain about it.
Humoring conspiracy theorists is a dangerous political strategy but Conservatives love to play with fire: Danielle Smith wants to believe, by @jeremyappel.bsky.social#conspiracytheory#chemtrails#DanielleSmith#playingwithfire#PierrePoilievre#Albertaopen.substack.com/pub/theorcha...
Alberta's premier says she hasn't seen any evidence of chemtrails, but she's keeping an open mind.
"It’s one thing to rile up a conspiracy-addled base for the purposes of achieving power. But as former Alberta premier Jason Kenney learned the hard way, once you’re in power, these same people expect results."
NEW: What Danielle Smith's icy reception at a UCP town hall for suggesting that she's seen no evidence of chemtrails tells us about a conservative movement that is increasingly detached from reality. www.readtheorchard.org/p/danielle-s...
Alberta's premier says she hasn't seen any evidence of chemtrails, but she's keeping an open mind.
There are a few remote First Nations who use it for pharmaceutical deliveries innovation.ubc.ca/innovation-s...www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
keeping that perspective when consuming news, rather than falling into the belief that the news, writ large, is going to be an accurate summation of all things that are happening at all times. There's a difference
Actually as I think about it more, I think the original post *is* wrong because they are under the mistaken impression media coverage is supposed to reflect reality as a whole. Which is a common mistake! But it actually reflects a narrow subset of new events (hence, "news"). Key is knowing that and