Pat Bulmer

Married to my favourite wife. Most tweets on sports, politics, environment, unions, media. Reporter/editor on some days, retired on others.

[Pat Bulmer @PatBulmer1]

A win would have set Canada up nicely in the World Cup, but a draw against the Bosnians and the Herzegovinians doesn’t hurt. So today was an OK opening game.

[Pat Bulmer @PatBulmer1]

Wrap-up to the Vancouver Bandits' CEBL pro game played in Kelowna on the weekend.

[Pat Bulmer @PatBulmer1]

When the Weather Network sees a social media photo they like, they ask for permission to use it, that's not new, but now they also need to confirm it's not AI.

[The Weather Network @weathernetwork]

@janelleg014 Hello Janelle! Can you confirm that you took this photo yourself and did not use AI in its production? If so, may we have permission to share this content on The Weather Network, our Pelmorex Corp. properties and partners, with onscreen credit to you?

[Pat Bulmer @PatBulmer1]

I forgot about this one. I wrote it a month ago. Man, in hindsight, what a well-reported story.
https://t.co/A2Xz2Yfe9j

[Pat Bulmer @PatBulmer1]

A Big Bank likes us, says Canna Cabana owner High Tide. (The byline is wrong. My favourite reporter wrote that, but who wouldn’t want credit for such a finely crafted story.)
https://t.co/m0fpeKWbO2

[Pat Bulmer @PatBulmer1]

Herbal Dispatch’s thing was being a cannabis e-tailer, but now they’re trying to do much more, reports my favourite reporter for his favourite cannabis website.
https://t.co/vmyd5tkerj

[Pat Bulmer @PatBulmer1]

Launch a second production site and your costs will go up, but, it is hoped, so will revenues, reports my favourite reporter about Rubicon Organics for his favourite cannabis website.
https://t.co/0mp1IBgjYw

[Pat Bulmer @PatBulmer1]

When regulations threaten innovation, innovation finds a way to push through, reports my favourite reporter for his favourite cannabis website
https://t.co/A2Xz2Yfe9j

[The Victoria Cannabis Company @VicCannabisCo]

Currently reading - BC Craft Cannabis Meets the World at FIFA 2026 https://t.co/vIxp0zuxmC

[Pat Bulmer @PatBulmer1]

Once again, a perfectly reasonable challenge by #VGK on the near goal. Then they get penalized and scored on. A penalty should not be the punishment for losing a perfectly sensible and very close challenge. #StanleyCupFinal

[Pat Bulmer @PatBulmer1]

I thought Eby's comment was pretty funny.

[Steve Kooner MLA @SteveKooner]

David Eby’s pathetic smear calling Kerry-Lynne Findlay a “MAGA regional manager” is the pathetic and desperate distraction of a failed Premier who has nothing left but cheap attacks.

Kerry-Lynne has spent her career delivering real results: serving in federal cabinet through tough economic times, helping return the country to surplus, slashing red tape, and fighting all the way to the Supreme Court of Canada to defend property rights. She’s thoughtful, disciplined, and brings the executive experience British Columbia desperately needs after years of NDP economic destruction, exploding debt, and collapsing services.

While Eby wastes time throwing tired American political insults, our focus is clear: replacing this incompetent NDP government with competent, accountable leadership that puts working families, small businesses, and resource communities first.

British Columbians have had enough of the failures and excuses. We’re ready to build something better.

https://t.co/IblrvHQ1Zm

[Lana Payne 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦 @Lanampayne]

This is rich from the US.

Can Canada do more to stop forced labour goods entering our country? Yes.

But consider the US’s record on labour rights. It’s bad.

- right to work states
- forced prison labour
- core ILO conventions still unratified

To name a few.

[Pat Bulmer @PatBulmer1]

"For my part, new management has instructed me to inject falsehoods and bias into a politically sensitive story. I’ve been told to include assertions that are unverified."

[Dylan Byers @DylanByers]

New statement from Scott Pelley:

There has never been anything in America like 60 Minutes.

The Sunday tradition is the most successful program of any kind in history. For more than a decade, its innovative growth on every major online platform has extended its reach to countless millions around the world. This spring, at the end of our 58thseason, 60 Minutes grew rapidly with an unheard-of 9% jump in viewers on CBS.

“60” has been the number-one program in America for decades because our beloved audience finds integrity, quality, and humanity in our stories. When stewardship of the program passed to my colleagues and me, our responsibility was to expand energetically into a new age of media technology while preserving the values our audience expects. Now, the new owner of our network is casting this legend aside, apparently to curry a moment of favor with the Trump administration.

The waste is heartbreaking.

Last month, 60 Minutes lost its DNA when our entire senior leadership and two of our best on-air correspondents were cruelly fired without cause. Good people were silenced because they stood up for our audience. They stood for fairness against the forces of political bias; they stood for professionalism against chaos.

For my part, new management has instructed me to inject falsehoods and bias into a politically sensitive story. I’ve been told to include assertions that are unverified. To date, in every case, I have managed to ignore these instructions or refuse them. Recently, politicians have been invited to choose correspondents for interviews on the broadcast. Giving politicians control over 60 Minutes interviews is not how this is done. Finally, incompetence and unprofessionalism in the new management have wreaked havoc. In a case involving one of my stories, the entire program came within 19 minutes of not getting on the air at all.

At 60 Minutes, we have fought harder than anyone knows to save the program that became an American icon. We owed that to our millions of viewers. I am deeply moved by the thousands of wishes we have received to “keep up the good fight.” Most of the men and women of CBS News are still in that fight. But now the collapse of values at the top has become untenable. The leadership of 60 Minutes is no longer recognizable. The principles I hold dear are gone, and so I must leave as well.

I depart after 37 years at CBS with one emotion—a heart brimming with gratitude for the men and women of CBS News who encouraged and enriched my work, very often at the risk of their own lives. I pray for a day when those people and their ideals are honored again—a day when sanity, competence, and courage return.

Scott Pelley

[Pat Bulmer @PatBulmer1]

Not much Okanagan news on the Global Okanagan news.

[Larry Fisher @LarryFisherTPHG]

The Kitchener Rangers left little doubt in repeating their result over the Everett Silvertips to hoist the Memorial Cup as Canadian Hockey League champions tonight.

Here is my story on the final to wrap up this tournament:

https://t.co/h1ooECH8a8

[Pat Bulmer @PatBulmer1]

Where do moderate righties in BC go now? #bcpoli

[Pat Bulmer @PatBulmer1]

KLF sounds like Danielle Smith’s ally. #bcpoli

[Pat Bulmer @PatBulmer1]

KLF just came out against the constitution. #bcpoli

[Pat Bulmer @PatBulmer1]

Kerry-Lynne Findlay wins BC Conservative leadership. That's who the NDP was hoping would win.

[Pat Bulmer @PatBulmer1]

When taking a penalty kick in soccer, the first priority should be to get your shot on the net. #Arsenal #PSG #UEFAChampionsLeague