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NEW BABY ORCA!!! Only a few days to weeks old.

The orca is the great-grandbaby of *one* Orca named Wake who was one of 6 orcas captured by Sea World in 1976 to be put on display. But after a court battle, they were released, and this *one* Orca is now the matriarch of 6% of the *entire* remaining southern resident Orca population!

Watch the video of the new baby here!
#Orca #SalishSea #BC #BCPoli #Canada #Ecosystem #Protection
cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.669

Vancouver International Auto Show sets record after #Tesla ban

> Organizers of the #Vancouver International Auto Show say the event broke attendance records after it attracted international headlines for banning Tesla on safety grounds.

> Supporters of the electric car company and CEO #ElonMusk had called for a #boycott of the show, but organizers say it instead set a new five-day attendance record of more than 138,000. globalnews.ca/news/11095774/va #BCpoli #CDNpoli

Global News · Vancouver International Auto Show sets record after Tesla banBy The Canadian Press

Lots of traffic in Nanaimo, looks like March Break people are all doing staycations on the Island, friend says Tofino is packed

Also quite a few US plates, and not sure they are getting the welcome they expected - saw quite a few middle fingers to drivers with Wash plates - maybe not deserved, but our anger is real

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so, Island Health has apparently been trying to contact us for urgent tests, but Gmail is flagging emails from them as Spam and Suspicious - go figure that tech is against public health

Never heard of paravirus 'parainfluenza' - but that is what we have, and they want more from us.... and a good friend who is an infectious disease NP is like WTAF!!!

@hannu_ikonen

Wife is entering week 4, I'm in week 3 of an 'unknown' virus that truly feels like a combination of noro and Covid. Reduced lung function, no appetite, incredible fatigue

She was tested for everything at ER with no conclusion. Now friends reporting they have this and are cancelling Spring Break trips.

Stay masked, stay safe - public health is asleep

#Covid#Covid19#Flu
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Part 3 of this Bill provides for tolls, fees and charges in respect of the use of a provincial undertaking.

Part 4 of this Bill provides authority for regulations to modify enactments, authorizations and material adopted by reference. It also requires reports to be tabled in the Legislative Assembly respecting the exercise of powers under this Part.

leg.bc.ca/parliamentary-busine

www.leg.bc.caBill | Legislative Assembly of BC
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2/n The Explanatory Notes from the Act:

Part 1 of this Bill provides for the removal of barriers to the sale and use of goods and the supply of services in British Columbia in relation to goods and services from another province or territory of Canada.

leg.bc.ca/parliamentary-busine

www.leg.bc.caBill | Legislative Assembly of BC

The big guns are coming out! BC creating a law to impose restrictions on USA activity in BC.

"He has no regard for the chaos that he's causing," Eby said, referring to Trump. "We feel this is part of his strategy to hurt the Canadian economy and to force us into his vision of annexation into the United States of America, redrawing our borders and [getting] access to our water."

cbc.ca/news/canada/british-col

Here's the link to the legislation:

leg.bc.ca/parliamentary-busine
#BCPoli #TrumpTariffs #TradeWar

CBCB.C. government introduces legislation giving itself sweeping powers to deal with U.S. trade threats | CBC NewsThe attorney general says additional powers would expire in mid-2027.

While most media are heralding the 5th anniversary of the declaration of the global Covid pandemic as a win over the disease, the thousands who know better see this as the day Public Health died, and disinformation leading to actual fascism was given free thrift

We can, and must, still fight

The fact Bonnie Henry is still in office, looking to fail upwards, is the clearest indication

🚨🇨🇦BC launches full prohibition on all American alcohol.🇨🇦🚨

Reasons:
"One is to respond to the escalating threats that we're seeing from the United States. The other is to recognize the feeling that many British Columbians have now when we look at American products, we don't even want to see them on the shelf anymore. "

#TradeWar #TrumpTariffs #CanPoli #CdnPoli #BCPoli

cloverdalereporter.com/news/us

Cloverdale Reporter · U.S. prohibition: All American alcohol to be removed from B.C. Liquor StoresBy Lauren Collins