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Honestly, I'm surprised that right-wing media still cares about not being seen as sympathetic to neo-nazis. Sadly, one of the more hopeful things I've seen in a while

Juno News scraps plan to run residential school denial film after investigation by CNO The decision comes after Canada's National Observer determined a producer listed on the film's trailer credits — Simon Hergott — has published several videos and comments on his public YouTube channel...

Latest in the Juno News, Frances widdowson, Atlas Network saga: www.nationalobserver.com/2026/02/23/n...

The big money behind Powell River’s controversial name change how American investors and Alberta oil interests are fueling division in small-town British Columbia

www.bchistoryboy.ca/p/the-big-mo...

My story about the history of Dwight Hall got published in the local paper! Finally made the big times 🗞️

The Battle for Dwight Hall and the socialists who fought to make housing a human right

www.bchistoryboy.ca/p/the-battle...

BC Business Leaders Fall Silent on Relations with First Nations | The Tyee Unwarranted panic over court decisions mean Premier David Eby faces lose-lose options in the legislature.

No humiliation is more traumatic for B.C.’s corporate elite than being mocked in international business circles, yet it happened twice in December, both times because of the hot-burning crisis over Indigenous rights in this province and their impact on private property.

Geoff Meggs writes. #bcpoli

The Sunshine Coast Dock War Meet the waterfront millionaires trying to cancel the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act

This is my favourite essay I've written. About a group of realtors and yachters on the Sunshine Coast who are suing the Province to overturn the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (DRIPA).
www.bchistoryboy.ca/p/the-sunshi...

The Canadian Octopus | Brookfield Revisiting the first episode in our multi-part series exploring one of the world's financial giants

Whoops, still learning how to use this app haha. They did an awesome three part deep dive into Brookfield

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Highly recommend this podcast by @notquitecorn.bsky.social and @arshy.bsky.social

Thank you kindly!

What Happened to the ‘Rule of Law’? | The Tyee It was a common refrain during the Wet’suwet’en pipeline conflict. But when courts side with First Nations, politicians are more equivocal.

Since 2020, “rule of law” became politicians’ mantra, urging police to shut down #Wetsuweten solidarity blockades.

Fast-forward six years, the line has been abandoned in favour of something suggesting law is not so much a rule but something to be manipulated.

@amandafollett.bsky.social writes. 🪧💬