The BC NDP convention was fantastic! I loved meeting so many incredible progressive folks!
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@dickcannings.bsky.social
Biologist, author, birder, mediocre fiddle player, slow cyclist and grandfather. Canadian Member of Parliament for South Okanagan-West Kootenay 2015-2025.
The BC NDP convention was fantastic! I loved meeting so many incredible progressive folks!
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4 weeks ago I had a tumour removed from my thymusโall went well and no further treatment is needed. I want to thank the nurses and thoracic surgeons at KGH โ and everyone who supports universal health care in Canada!
17.11.2025 23:15 โ ๐ 68 ๐ 6 ๐ฌ 3 ๐ 1I'll Be Here in the Morning
Lee Munn
2023
Richard is not only a good friend, but a respected environmentalist and biologist, and was a committed Member of Parliament.
Richardโs support means a lot in this race, and will be invaluable as we work together to build a stronger, more sustainable future.
Albertaโs new tax on high valueย wine puts the lower limit so low that ยซย As one Calgary wine shop put it, in cheese terms, thatโs like defining high-value as โanything that exceeds the price of Cheez Whiz.โย ยป This is once again killing BC wine sales in Alberta. apple.news/ANt5ggM15TNO...
09.11.2025 16:40 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0There are a lot of questions about what we can and canโt support.
Hereโs an answer to one question Iโve been getting a lot.
I had a rich conversation with Andrew Nichols on CBC News Channel today about tomorrow's federal budget: www.cbc.ca/player/play/.... With Canada confronting a historic threat to our sovereignty and prosperity, this budget needs to meet a higher test than normal deficit metrics. #cdnecon
04.11.2025 00:34 โ ๐ 41 ๐ 9 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0This continues and amplifies a very worrying trend started by the Conservatives in the last Parliament โmeddling in basic science and universities in their misguided antiย ยปwokeย ยป crusade.
04.11.2025 17:46 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Just checked out Comet Lemmon in the western sky by following the arc of the handle of the Big Dipper down towards Arcturus. Helps to have binoculars or a scope and a dark sky! Map by Anthony Wood.
18.10.2025 03:06 โ ๐ 5 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0The 2025 Vaseux Lake Bird Observatory season ended with 1539 birds of 55 species banded and an impressive 185 species detected. A record hot September kept birds at higher elevations so a lot of birds passed us by. Thanks to David and Aiva and all the volunteers!
16.10.2025 17:03 โ ๐ 6 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Only a few days left in the banding season at Vaseux Lake Bird Observatory. A lot of big birds going south on the north wind this morning โvultures, ospreys, harriers, rough-legged hawks and more. Last day is Wednesday!
12.10.2025 22:15 โ ๐ 9 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Indeed I am. But I miss the people.
09.10.2025 00:23 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0The fall season is winding down at the Vaseux Lake Bird Observatory with the shift to late migrants like Pacific Wren and Ruby-crowned Kinglet. Last day of operation is October 15.
09.10.2025 00:16 โ ๐ 23 ๐ 3 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 0Congratulations ! Wish I was in Barbados at the CPA meeting with you and everyone else. Miss that group.
08.10.2025 22:49 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Once when I was reading a book by Jane Goodall to my young son he casually told me ยซย I know her.ยป. Turns out she had visited his grade one class in Vancouver twice because Janeโs best friend had a daughter in that class.
01.10.2025 19:20 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Saddened to hear that Jane Goodall has died. She was a groundbreaking scientist and a tireless advocate for conservation. www.cbc.ca/news/world/j...
01.10.2025 19:17 โ ๐ 26 ๐ 3 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Two of the five lutescens Orange-crowned Warblers netted today at Vaseux Lake Bird Observatory. VLBO is open to the public every morning until October 15, located 1 km north of the lake (4 km south of OK Falls).
20.09.2025 01:23 โ ๐ 12 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Dropped into Salt Spring Books and met Adina Hildebrandt who has owned this fine independent bookstore for 25 years. Support your local bookseller!
12.09.2025 21:39 โ ๐ 8 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Nice to bump into friends and colleagues Jan OโBrien and Geoff Meggs and talk about families as well as the federal and provincial political scene.
12.09.2025 19:15 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Itโs migration season and of birds are heading south. Unfortunately millions donโt survive travel through our cities Their deaths are preventable www.thestar.com/news/gta/mil...
09.09.2025 18:40 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Sorry. Not sorry.
You elect a convicted felon who allows people to be kidnapped off the streets
and tells Canada he will break our nation.
No we won't drink your bourbon and make nice.
We are a nation that believes in the rule of law.
Consider this a renaissance moment for CDN whisky.
We were all saddened to learn today that Ken Dryden had passed away. I had the privilege of meeting him in 2022 at the celebration for the 50th anniversary of the 1972 Canada-Russia hockey series--he was a great Canadian on and off the ice.
06.09.2025 14:47 โ ๐ 5 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Great news from Penticton and so proud that it is the legacy of my friend Colleen. www.pentictonherald.ca/life/health/...
30.08.2025 21:03 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Highly recommended. ๐
29.08.2025 21:04 โ ๐ 7 ๐ 5 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Yes I did miss this! Thanks to the Globe and Mail for a little shout out.
26.08.2025 00:50 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0We need a national wildfire fighting force.
25.08.2025 18:42 โ ๐ 7 ๐ 3 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0I remember talking to the VP of Scotiabank over ten years ago. When asked the โwhat keeps you awake at nightโ question he said it was the gap between the top 1% and the rest of us. โThis will not end wellโ he added.
25.08.2025 15:09 โ ๐ 6 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 0๐ Oil ๐ -34% in the past decade
24.08.2025 20:33 โ ๐ 20 ๐ 6 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 0You donโt have to be official to visit!
24.08.2025 19:51 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0