Maggie Knight

West Coaster. Org dev nerd. Personal opinions and political live-tweets.

[Christine Boyle @christineeboyle]

NEWS: The City has informed VCH that it won't be renewing its lease on the Yaletown OPS.

This will put more lives at risk.

I'm calling on @KenSimCity & @Vote4ABC to renew the lease until an improved site is found.

More here: https://t.co/aPgDb1Terz 1/4

[Ecology Action Centre (EAC) @EcologyAction]

1/5 - As excess rain in recent weeks causes widespread flooding throughout the province, Nova Scotians are once again being called upon to pull together in the face of difficult times.

#ClimateCrisis #NSFlooding #NovaScotia #NSpoli #Flooding

[Sarah Plowman @SarahPlowmanCTV]

This is Highway 1 between Newport Corner and St. Croix. Firefighters are using zip lines to get people and supplies across the washed out road. #NSStorm

[Dukester @HFXDronePilot]

Thought I’d share this pic I came across. Railroad track just before you enter #Truro from #Halifax. #NSStorm @CNRailway @BruceFriskoCTV @battisctv @Tim_Bousquet

[Nick James Kaizer @kaizer_nick]

Isn’t it wild folks that a city that two months ago was so hot and dry it caught fire is now so wet that it is under water? #NSStorm

[Maggie Knight @msdknight]

@GordonRjag @timescolonist Numbers I looked at for the CRD 2018-2022 showed 6.5% increase in population vs 4.5% increase in passenger vehicles.

[Justin McElroy @j_mcelroy]

Here's your list of the 10 municipalities the province is setting housing targets for:

- Vancouver
- West Vancouver
- Port Moody
- North Vancouver District
- Delta
- Abbotsford
- Victoria
- Saanich
- Oak Bay
- Kamloops

[Justin McElroy @j_mcelroy]

keeps getting worse

[How-Sen @HowSenChong]

Facts about Toronto:

50% are renters

1 in 4 have no access to a car

500,000 have no air conditioning

13% of total land is parks

25% of total land is paved roads

1.1 million registered cars

2.1 million: Daily TTC ridership

54% of carbon emissions come from fossil gas

[Maggie Knight @msdknight]

@T_Krawchenko @lettuceplaydot1 @mattdellok Agreed. Us too. We bike our family around with occasional transit or car share use as needed. So much more enjoyable, way less expensive, and better for our health and the planet. Not possible for everyone, but not some super bizarre confusing lifestyle either...

[The Pulitzer Prizes @PulitzerPrizes]

Congratulations to @Gimletmedia and @connie_walker. #Pulitzer

[Angela Sterritt 📘 @AngelaSterritt]

My baby has arrived!! I’m forever grateful to everyone who has shared this journey with me, especially the family members who have lost their loved ones. My heart and soul is with you, as a survivor, as a journalist but mostly as an Indigenous woman fighting for the truth.

[Richard Zussman @richardzussman]

NEW - The BC Government has introduced legislation requiring employers to include wage or salary ranges on all publicly advertised jobs and will ban B.C. employers from asking prospective employees for pay history information. #bcpoli

[Capital Bike @CapitalBikeCa]

Is it time to make the Henderson & Cedar Hill X Rd bike lanes full time? We say YES & so does Cllr Carrie Smart. Send your letter in support of her motion to make these lanes work all the time to [email protected] by noon Monday! #yyjbike (photo credit @johnluton)

[Mark-Anthony Kaye @MarkThEwizz]

A message from #CANMNT 🍁

[Christine Sinclair @sincy12]

To be clear. We are being forced back to work for the short term. This is not over. We will continue to fight for everything we deserve and we will win. The She Believes is being played in protest.

[Justin McElroy @j_mcelroy]

Here's a new chart of just how expensive rent is Metro Vancouver, looking at the difference in price between occupied units and newly vacant ones, and wait why are you crying

[Taylor Maxwell @TaylorMaxw]

@weischoice In my neighborhood, all of the organizing (finding nannies, contractors, selling goods) happens through groups (all with 1k+ members already) & only open to "mommies." It's such a frustrating norm - particularly for my husband, who is committed to sharing the household load!