I don’t understand why curable blindness is a thing. Why don’t governments step in and help? Even if you’re thinking purely from a financial standpoint it’s hard to see how they don’t roi on taxes from people being able to work again.
@cbcnewsbc Do you know what the Rural @rcmpgrcpolice are like?
I'd bet my mortgage its retaliation for murders, rapes or even bombings... which we all know about...
but that problem never gets fixed.
*remember kids, #canada investigates #ukraine war crimes... before #residentialschools
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Someone I know fell in BC city Sat eve, severe injury, unable to walk, move without +++ pain; lay on concrete waiting for amb 1 hr 45 min, none came; rolled into tarp by friends, carried to car for ER where 6+ hr wait for evaluation; BC healthcare beyond crisis level #BCHC2022
In today’s good news, four million sockeye salmon are projected to return to their natal streams in the Skeena River watershed this year, roughly twice the historic average and among the highest returns for more than a century.
https://t.co/ncE0VBXTYb
Construction of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion has started in the Coquihalla River in Hope, B.C., at the same time as the salmon migration — prompting calls to stop the work over concerns about the safety of the salmon population.
https://t.co/ljjAukbMsh
There's more criticism over how Vancouver police are handling investigations into the disappearances of young Indigenous women. It comes after an Indigenous woman last seen in the Downtown Eastside months ago was found dead in Richmond in May. Michelle Ghoussoub has the details.
“We are in the middle of a human rights crisis.
“It’s my opinion that the city, the Vancouver Police Department, and all levels of government have manufactured the conditions that drive housing precarity.”
https://t.co/ELH0EIk7Xb
There are concerns over the safety of the salmon population in Hope, B.C., as the construction of the Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion on the Coquihalla River takes place at the same time as the salmon migration. Joel Ballard has more
One UBC student has been looking for housing for over two months, has sent over 70 inquiries with no luck, and has had to raise her budget to $1,800 a month. https://t.co/JVbWvY54PV
@jjhorgan@RoyalBCMuseum Thank you. Now listen again. We don't want LNG pipelines. We don't want clear cutting old growth forest. Please go on listening and do the right thing.
@jjhorgan@RoyalBCMuseum First principle should be "Give It Back": with all else to follow. Cultural treasures appropriated through a policy of starvation; banning of cultural practices; destruction of traditional leadership; and alienation from unceded land are simply war booty and an embarassment.
At this very moment 78 years ago thousands of young men stormed the beaches of Normandy looking to take back continental Europe from a madman. Many didn't return home and remain there forever. Never forget their sacrifice. #DDay
An incredible video shows a new orca calf swimming in the Salish Sea, and it's the first time researchers were able to confirm its gender. https://t.co/RSQb3wvmP8