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Journos: Has anyone filed a FOIA for this rationale for upzoning the province? (Bill44)
"The government estimates 130,000 new units over 10 yrs, and drop in home prices by up to 14% by 2029 — though it has refused to release the economic modelling that backs those estimates."
The summer I interned at @AHNnewspaper and Dawson Creek Mirror was one of my favourites of all time. I learned so much in those dusty offices, driving my little red car all over the North Peace to find the story. I'm so very sad these papers are about to publish their last.
Do you ever get interrupted and then have NO idea what you were doing before the interruption? I swear I was absorbed in something, but ... poof!
Oof. Net loss of journalists is a new, awful way to measure the impact of dysfunctional leadership. It's why I left, and I wasn't even one of the layoffs.
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here is my very important and very calm story on the union of bc municipalities convention trade show
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Mayor @GladysAtrill discusses the impact of decriminalization on communities.
youtu.be/ozt8a9KZ4MM
#overheard my neighbour having a technical discussion about building a zucchini car. they've got rollerblade wheels and copper tubing and I need to hear how this race goes.
The solution isn’t complicated. Leaders, from politicians to local managers, need to pro-actively empower their expert staff to answer questions from the media directly. theglobeandmail.com/opinion/…
Even now that I work in comms, I fully agree with @jwsthomson's opinion. Democracy thrives on open information, which is inherently messy. Our job should be to help deal with it, not sanitize it.
"The answers they give may not always support the government’s agenda, but they will add to Canadians’ understanding of what governments deal with every day, and how they make trade-offs between the values that we all know are behind their decisions."
What's $1.1 million on $16 billion? Endlessly disappointed in everything about this project. #sitec thenarwhal.ca/site-c-peace-r…
Anyone who lives near severe cut blocks can confirm: clearcutting exasperates floods. BC forestry should know better, do better. vancouversun.com/news/local-…
all you Victorians bemoaning traffic on the Malahat have never tried to drive through Chilliwack on a long weekend have you
When Fire Burns a Path for Flood. Flame-hardened soil like a "waterslide" for flood waters. via @TheTyee thetyee.ca/News/2023/06/19/W…
