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@loriokanagan.bsky.social

Social and climate activist in the Okanagan Valley, BC, Canada

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Support for Heart & Hearth program in Penticton Penticton is facing a housing crisis that affects us all. Encampments are growing, rents are rising, and more residents are being pushed to the margins. Provincial programs like Heart & Hearth are des...

Send a NOTE to City Council to support Heart & Hearth tiny house community in Penticton. actionnetwork.org/letters/supp... INVITE OTHERS to join. Let's speak up for a positive Penticton with housing for all!

14.11.2025 19:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Later is too Late!! @seniorsforclimate.bsky.social

14.11.2025 19:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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โ€œNow show it in the rain,โ€ is a comment that pops up in our feed occasionally, as if the country that cycles 18 billion kilometres while experiencing 217 days of precipitation each year grinds to a halt every single time the skies open.

There's no such thing as bad weather, only bad infrastructure.

14.11.2025 15:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 190    ๐Ÿ” 46    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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Don't Miss This Webinar! Coming SOON! Thur, Nov 13 at 7PM PST ONLINE Doughnut Economics with Ben Geselbracht, Nanaimo City Councillor and FTF Okanagan.
Discover how Doughnut Economics can shape sustainable and effective local governance. Register to receive the link. tinyurl.com/FTFODiscussion

10.11.2025 01:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Enact legislation to safeguard wellbeing for all generations Together weโ€™ve made a great deal of progress securing a more generationally fair Canada. Now, itโ€™s time to protect these advances by ensuring that Canadians are able to hold governments accountable fo...

Add your name to join us in calling for a law that creates and protects tools to cement a generational lens in Canadian governance. action.gensqueeze.ca/safeguard_we...

09.11.2025 17:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Cyclists may be right to run stop signs and red lights. Hereโ€™s why Should cyclists be allowed to treat stop signs as yield signs? This rule from Idaho is divisive, but the scientific data is surprising.

Cyclists may be right to run stop signs and red lights. Hereโ€™s why
theconversation.com/cyclists-may...

09.11.2025 17:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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This Ontario town is on a mission to end homelessness by 2027. Hereโ€™s how it's going | CBC Radio When Sara Pepper was living on the streets of St. Thomas, Ont., a few years back, she says there wasnโ€™t much in the way of support. These days, she says, things are looking brighter โ€” but there's sti...

www.cbc.ca/radio/asitha...

07.11.2025 03:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The Conservative floor crosser actually reveals a lot about the Liberal budget (and it's not pretty) This budget is a Red Tory's dream. Is this the new (old) face of the Liberal Party?

The Conservative floor crosser actually reveals a lot about the Liberal budget (and it's not pretty)
open.substack.com/pub/rachelgi...

07.11.2025 01:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Only TWO more days to BUY apples and FUND CLIMATE education. They are yummy apples and the kids get amazing connection to the outdoors. Pick up in Penticton or Summerland. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

30.10.2025 16:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

What a frightening person he is!

28.10.2025 17:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Terminator Trump Must Be Toppled Now | The Tyee Clearly unfit for office, he deserves to be impeached. Before itโ€™s too late.

"Terminator Trump Must Be Toppled Now via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...

28.10.2025 17:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Student launches reusable cup initiative at local coffee shops Abby Van Helvoirt thinks globally and acts locally. This 13-year-old, Grade 8 student from Brentwood Bay, British Columbia, builds networks, relationships and partnerships to reduce waste.

The POWER OF YOUTH. Student launches reusable cup initiative at local coffee shops www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/23/o...

28.10.2025 16:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Doughnut Economics?? How can a community consider sustainability, social supports, and economy to make a safer, more equitable space? FIND OUT on Nov 13 at 7PM PST ONLINE Pre-register link in bio

tinyurl.com/FTFODiscussion

28.10.2025 16:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
The Age of Fossil Fuels is Dead
YouTube video by Energi Media The Age of Fossil Fuels is Dead

Fossil fuels are fried.

20.10.2025 21:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 28    ๐Ÿ” 10    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Shut down the Metro Vancouver Incinerator The Burnaby incinerator, located in an urban environment and near neighbourhoods and farms, is a major source of pollution. Touted as waste to energy, it wastes more energy than it recovers.  Bur...

Incinerating waste is polluting. This cause is close to my heart - please sign: you.leadnow.ca/petitions/sh...

20.10.2025 22:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Leave a Cleaner Legacy We all want to do right by the people we love โ€” especially our kids, grandkids, nieces, nephews, and young friends. Thatโ€™s why weโ€™re focusing on a simple principle: If you make a mess, clean it up.

We all want to do right by the people we love. That means cleaning up our pollution messes, not leaving them for our kids. Join Gen Squeeze in reminding politicians that our kids are counting on us to leave them a safe and healthy legacy. action.gensqueeze.ca/leave_a_clea...

19.10.2025 20:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

War, ALL war, is cruel, stupid, and devastation and creates MONSTERS of the men and women who are involved.

19.10.2025 19:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Meet the Moment - CAPE Across party lines, most people want our political leaders to do more to reduce climate risks and costs which represent the single greatest health and economic risks we face today.

Parliament is back, and with the federal budget in October, Canada must act on climate. I joined 80+ organizations calling on PM Carney and leaders to meet the moment with strong climate action. Tell them to protect our health and future: cape.ca/action/meet-...

19.10.2025 19:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 20    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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How I Became a Populist My time at the Federal Trade Commissionโ€”before Donald Trump fired meโ€”totally changed the way I see our political divide.

How I Became a Populist newrepublic.com/article/2011... via @newrepublic.com

16.10.2025 19:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Penticton Museum & Archives 785 Main St #dinosaurs

15.10.2025 18:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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WOW! Dinosaurs in Penticton!! Starting October16, 2025, visit a Royal BC Museum display that will Knock Your Socks Off!! Tues - Sat 10AM to 5PM. Don't miss it.

15.10.2025 18:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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These 49 Canadians Have Served In Israelโ€™s Military Since Oct. 7 The Maple has identified 49 Canadians who have served in the Israeli military since Oct. 7, 2023.

NEW: The Maple has identified 49 Canadians who have served in the Israeli military since October 7, 2023.

www.readthemaple.com/these-49-can...

15.10.2025 18:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Do you love apples and value climate education? You can get BOTH! Fresh, unsprayed Macs or Spartans fund BUSES. Go to the form, etransfer $25, pick a location, and contribute to an important climate education program for Gr 2 students.

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... #climateeducation @ftfokanagan

11.10.2025 16:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Please protect us, Carney! Fossil Fuels will Kill your Children.

10.10.2025 18:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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When Anti-antifa means Pro-Nazi (video) Notes from a Presidential "Roundtable"

BEWARE: Who was Who in Weimar Germany (video) Who were these people who were trying to stop Hitler from coming to power? The main anti-fascist force was the Social Democrats who believed in the Constitution, the rule of law, elections, freedom of expression. open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...

10.10.2025 18:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

With genocide happening before our eyes, we need to come together for peace. Please join us in Penticton and find other groups to sing for peace.

10.09.2025 20:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Register for this amazing doc about BC forests. tinyurl.com/y3ewv3nn

29.08.2025 20:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Build a Peopleโ€™s Power Grid We're calling on the Carney government to deliver a Peopleโ€™s Power Grid, an East-West Grid that provides affordable, reliable, renewable electricity to people from coast to coast to coast.

Itโ€™s time for a Peopleโ€™s Power Grid. Publicly-owned clean energy infrastructure that will bring clean, affordable, reliable energy to everyone. Sign the petition now: act.350.org/sign/ppg

25.08.2025 19:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Calgarians protest against government funding of fossil fuels The Calgary Climate Hub launched a protest at the Harry Hayes building on Wednesday, saying there should be โ€œNo Public Dollars For Pipelines.โ€ A notice released by the group asks if the Alberta govern...

Calgary is Standing UP!! "The Calgary Climate Hub launched a protest โ€œNo Public Dollars For Pipelines.โ€ โ€œOur tax dollars are for our people, not for their profits.โ€ Fund Renewable Energy not O&G. @seniorsforclimate.bsky.social @forourkidscanada.bsky.social calgary.citynews.ca/2025/08/20/n...

25.08.2025 18:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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A small Yukon community cuts diesel use by more than half with solar power Beaver Creekโ€™s White River First Nation leads the way with a solar breakthrough, slashing diesel use by over half and reclaiming energy independence through Indigenous-owned clean power.

A small Yukon community cuts diesel use by more than half with solar power www.nationalobserver.com/2025/08/20/n...

23.08.2025 22:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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