Mick Sweetman

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The Tsunami Watch is in effect for #BC Tsunami Notification Zones A, B, C, & D. More info:
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A M5.1 earthquake has occurred near #Sechelt. #BC officials are monitoring. Standby for more information. #BCEarthquake

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@JonathanLittle Was working with push/fold ranges a bit today. Won a couple of small tournaments so feel good about that.

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In an effort to draw attention to the lack of action on the number of people dying due to toxic drugs, a group of doctors has set up an unsanctioned overdose prevention site at the Comox Valley Hospital.
https://t.co/Py3u9irqr0

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Psst, we collected some of the best campsites near Nanaimo to help our readers get ready for this summer. Check them out here and get your reservations ready. https://t.co/mKYFKFEvzQ

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Waiting this morning for camping reservations in the national parks system to open at 8 a.m. I also wrote this guide to some of the best local camping spots near Nanaimo. Hope everyone can get the spot that they want today!
https://t.co/2eNefzOu4Q

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@Ferdinandodeme2 @JonathanLittle Replacing JTs with J9s drops the equity in a four-way pot from 27% to 21%

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@Ferdinandodeme2 @JonathanLittle J ♣️ 9 would have 13.11% equity to win and 2.57% to tie in a five-way pot pre flop.

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The @VIUSU has also issued a statement in support of the @VIUniversity women's basketball players who refused to travel to @ColumbiaBibleCo for away games this weekend citing concerns about the safety of trans athlete Harriette Mackenzie.

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2SLGBTQIA+ organization Advocacy Canada is calling on @pacwestbc to move the provincial women's basketball championship from @ColumbiaBibleCo to another venue after the @VIUniversity team refused to play there citing the safety of a trans athlete.

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The @VIUniversity women's basketball team's games this weekend against Columbia Bible College have been "postponed" by PACWEST after VIU players unanimously refused to play in support of trans athlete Harriette Mackenzie. https://t.co/0XVJCQn7YP

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Atticus Mercredi, vocalist for Prophecy Club, released their five-song EP called Mushum (Cree for grandfather). The EP grew out of a previous visual arts project about his mother exhibited at VIU's View Gallery. Read the @thediscourse article: https://t.co/flOCKBTLJp

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Where are your favourite places to camp near Nanaimo / central Vancouver Island?

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A new year-round drop-in centre in downtown Nanaimo is slated to open in January for people who are unhoused. Reporter @MickSweetman took a look behind the political curtain to ask why it took so long and what's needed for it to be sustainable. https://t.co/QgPAOI2Cq4 #bcpoli

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Nanaimo reporter @MickSweetman spoke with local @cupw postal workers about why they are striking. https://t.co/paFXg0msfl #canlab

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Check out what's happening in Nanaimo this week with The Hub, @thediscourse Nanaimo's arts and culture newsletter. https://t.co/oEpDvxxzOP

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Check out this Q&A with VIU English Professor Neil Surkan – Nanaimo's Poet Laureate! @thediscourse. https://t.co/Ejt1eQGuQb

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I spoke with the @cityofnanaimo's new poet laureate @NeilSurkan about how he uses poetry to find his place in the community and what his plans are in the role.
https://t.co/pvTD9W8w8W

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"The deaths are on us. The system has failed, and we are all complicit if we continue to ignore it. This is a crisis, not a punishment. If we don’t change, more people will die. In hospital bathrooms. Alone. And we will have only ourselves to blame." https://t.co/m1rG8x90ex

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Help us tackle food insecurity at VIU!

Non-perishable food donations collected at our November 22/23 volleyball games versus Douglas College and November 29/30 basketball games versus Langara College at the VIU Gym will be used to help VIU students on food support programs. 💙