Alex Goatcher

35% of people polled are drooling morons. 20% have potential.

Fracking’s Water Demand Soared in Drought-Plagued Northeast BC | The Tyee A report today from Stand.earth shows the industry’s water use increased 50 per cent in 2024.

As drought in B.C.’s Peace River region leads to massive wildfires and the City of Dawson Creek scrambles to find a new water source, a report released today concludes that water use by the region’s fracking industry shot up a record 50% last year.

Ben Parfitt reports. #bcpoli

It's great to see a northern BC city councilor speak truths. #cdnpoli

NO other municipality in BC has an elected Parks Board. Blows my mind that Vancouver has one.

So it's war between Unions and the UCP.... #ableg

A wake-up call yet?

Sad.

Alberta’s Border Patrol Has Made Only a Handful of Arrests | The Tyee Ten months in, critics are concerned about the $29-million cost and few results from the initiative.

Alberta launched its border patrol last year to help stop the flow of illegal drugs and migrants across what Premier Smith called the “leaky” U.S. border.

But the Interdiction Patrol Team has so far made only a handful of arrests, according to data released through an access to information request.

This is the USA..

Bullshit and racist.

Threatening to jail democratically elected representatives. This is the end of the 1st US republic. The USA will never be the same after this.

Once again, we have the coal mines in the #ElkValley violating environmental laws. Sunrise, sunset. #bcpoli

Alberta's Education minister worried that if private schools disappear he won't know who has bought and paid for him anymore. #ableg

DFO Issuing Permit for Highwood Bridge 
  - CPAWS Southern Alberta DFO has issued a permit under the Species at Risk Act allowing the destruction of critical habitat to facilitate 14 river and stream crossings, including the reconstruction of the previously illegally...

After removing the bridge that damaged Critical Habitat for bull trout in the Upper Highwood, DFO has approved the construction of another bridge... in the same location.

If only this was satire.

The full story: cpaws-southernalberta.org/dfo-issuing-...

The fall out of Carney's latest visit with Trump:
After bragging about Canada joining the US, Trump made it clear he is determined to destroy our autoworkers and steelworkers.
But Danielle Smith and the planet burners are over the moon.
They say this is "love language."

Never liked Harry Potter, but what happened to the idea of "hate the artist, love the art"? Guess we cannot separate the art from the artist. The art has no transphobic undertones but whatever...our comfy lives declare this an issue.

Endangered Quebec fish at risk from Port of Montreal expansion | The Narwhal A planned expansion of the Port of Montreal in Contrecoeur, one of Mark Carney’s priority projects, threatens the endangered copper redhorse

Plans to expand the Port of Montreal threaten an endangered fish found only in Quebec. Advocates for the copper redhorse fear the project — now on Mark Carney's major projects list — will deal a critical blow to a species already on life support. thenarwhal.ca/copper-redho...

This is like "Sopranos" style stuff here.

Alberta teacher prompts petition on province's private school funding | CBC News If high school chemistry teacher Alicia Taylor gets her wish, Albertans will vote in a referendum on whether to end public funding for independent schools.

Public funds for public services. Period. #ableg

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Today is a great day for workers. With Bill C-247, the NDP is standing up for the right to strike and bargain freely - rights generations of workers fought for.

It’s time Ottawa remembered who keeps this country running. It’s time for workers to have a voice in Ottawa.

Manitoba legislature approves $18,000 fine for former premier Heather Stefanson - Canada News Former Manitoba premier Heather Stefanson has been fined $18,000 for violating the province's conflict of interest law.

Manitoba legislature approves $18,000 fine for former premier Heather Stefanson #Manitoba

Laura Rodriguez, on Twitter: A federal agent points a weapon at a woman who was recording them. Jess, a U.S. citizen and member of a neighborhood patrol team that documents and shares ICE activity across the city, was filming when the incident occurred earlier today in the Berwyn area.

I fear if things don’t change right now, this image is going to come back to haunt us

So many truckers are practically slaves who are worked to exhaustion by their bosses. Good on the Bloc! #cdnpoli #bchwy1

Police in Airdrie, Alberta (just north of Calgary) say this driver hit a 17-year-old girl in a marked crosswalk, got out of the vehicle, and appeared to get upset at the teenager before driving away.

They released this video and are now trying to identify the driver.

Math and Reading Scores Are Declining in BC. Why? | The Tyee And what’s the fix? Second in a series.

Declining literacy rates aren’t a new issue for B.C. — or Canada.

Standardized test results have been on a downward swing countrywide for over 20 years. What’s the fix?

Second in a series. By @kehyslop.bsky.social. #bced #bcpoli #canpoli

I do this all the time now, too. It's a reflex where I don't need to even think about doing it.

Motion carried 48-3 with the support of the NDP and Green caucuses plus Independent MLA Elenore Sturko, opposed by the OneBC caucus (Brodie and Armstrong) and Independent MLA Jordan Kealy #bcpoli

The interior of BC's legislative chamber for a standing vote on Motion 38, Views and Policies of Association for Reformed Political Action The chairs on the opposition side of the house, where the Conservative caucus would sit, are mostly empty

Here's what the chamber looked like during the Yay vote (in support of Arora's motion to condemn ARPA's views

Conservative side was empty (the head you can see in the foreground on the right is Green house leader Rob Botterell)

Yes