Laura Palmer 'Island Crime'🔎💀

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that ChatGPT conversations from the Tumbler Ridge teenager who carried out a horrific school shooting were flagged by employees at OpenAI.

They raised their concerns but the company ultimately did nothing, according to the reporting. archive.is/GUweE#select...

Mood in minneapolis right now

Exclusive: US gets first $500 million Venezuelan oil deal, holding some proceeds in Qatar The details shared with Semafor mark an initial milestone in the administration’s plan following the ouster of Nicolás Maduro.

The main bank account holding revenue from the Venezuelan oil sales is located in Qatar.

“There is no basis in law for a president to set up an offshore account that he controls so that he can sell assets seized by the American military,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren.

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I find it a little unfair, honestly, that I didn’t get to call Trump a pedo protector to his face. That should’ve been me.

Home | Homeland Security U.S. Department of Homeland Security: With honor and integrity, we will safeguard the American people, our homeland, and our values.

Someone bought the domain Nazis.us and pointed it to the DHS website. #GoodTrouble

It begins. Time to step up.

Thank you for listening and taking a moment to share the update to Ian's story here. 🙏

“No man is a failure who has friends.” It’s a Wonderful Life was Rob Reiner’s favourite movie.
Watching it tonight (Wed, 9 pm ET) instead of the Trump speech. You should too!

Canadians travellers are resisting the U.S. Can ski vacations entice them back? | CBC News American ski towns bracing for a steep decline in Canadian tourism are still hoping they can coax their northern neighbours back this holiday season. Ultimately, the decision to travel south might hin...

This CBC article reads like a tourism brochure for the US travel industry. Not one mention of the boycott.
The article says that if you travel to Montana you can buy one beer and get one free.
Frick...I value our sovereignty to a higher value than a free bottle of Coors.
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The colours in your home are so lovely. And of course, your cat is a peach.

Feverishly working on this

Saanich Police seek missing man last seen nearly 2 weeks ago Saanich Police are asking the public’s help in locating a missing man who was last seen nearly two weeks ago.

Saanich Police are asking for the public’s help in locating a missing man who was last seen nearly two weeks ago.

For over 130 years, Canadians either loved or hated Cherry Blossoms.
Considered a staple of the Christmas season, these candies were often found in stockings.
In January 2025, it was announced Cherry Blossoms were being discontinued.
This is their history.

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Today, we remember women hurt or killed by cowardly violence and stand with survivors and their loved ones.

As the 16 Days of Activism begins, we recommit to preventing violence, strengthening supports, and doing the work so every woman in our province feels safe.

The lost child: A sex assault, a secret and a family’s fight for justice for residential school abuse Terry Chase and his biological father, Dorman Joseph, have filed a lawsuit saying Chase was conceived when Joseph was sexually assaulted as a teen by a female supervisor at residential school on Vancouver Island.

Terry Chase and his biological father, Dorman Joseph, have filed a lawsuit saying Chase was conceived when Joseph was sexually assaulted as a teen by a female supervisor at residential school on Vancouver Island.

Golly. 'Island Crime has been named to a year-end “Best Of” list! Huge thanks to Apple Podcasts for including the show among the best podcast series of 2025. 🙏

After years away from Washington, Saudi crown prince gets warm embrace from Trump, US business President Donald Trump is welcoming Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to the White House. The de facto ruler of Saudi Arabia arrived Tuesday morning for his first White House visit since the 2018 killi...

Mohammed bin Salman should be in a courthouse facing justice for ordering the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

Instead, he's at the White House.

‘The whole front of the building is Sherry’: Candlelight vigil held as search continues for missing Nanaimo woman Neighbours gathered for a candlelight vigil and potluck Saturday night to honour Sherry Shelley, the 65-year-old Nanaimo woman whose disappearance police are treating as highly suspicious.

Neighbours gathered for a candlelight vigil and potluck Saturday night to honour Sherry Shelley, the 65-year-old Nanaimo woman whose disappearance police are treating as highly suspicious.

Bree's story is featured at the top of the Apple Podcast app this week. It still boggles my mind that a podcast created under my stairs in Port Alberni rubs shoulders with the New Yorker & the CBC. 🙏

Listen here:

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Fellow podcasters, I am currently up for four awards at the Canadian Podcast Awards!
Voting ends on Nov. 22
Very much appreciate a vote in these categories :)👇
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Dick Patrick: An Indigenous veteran’s fight for inclusion | CMHR Patrick was awarded the Military Medal for bravery in the Second World War, but back in British Columbia he was refused restaurant service because he was Indigenous. That didn't stop him.

🙏Prime Minister, also. Read about Dick Patrick's story. The guy got a medal from the King for his bravery, but couldn't order a sandwich in a diner when he came home. He kept going back. And was jailed 11 times. I love his spirit. Thought you might too. humanrights.ca/story/dick-p...

New details on Beacon Hill Park homicide revealed on Island Crime podcast A Vancouver Island crime podcaster’s latest season shares new information about Bree Gamble, the woman whose body was found in Beacon Hill Park in 2021 and remains an unsolved homicide case with littl...

Thanks to @cheknews.ca for sharing Bree's story with their audience. New details on Beacon Hill Park homicide revealed on Island Crime podcast cheknews.ca/island-crime...

Grateful to be included in this new collection of Indie Canadian podcasts 🙏

The trailer for my new season of Island Crime just dropped. It's about the life & death of Bree Gamble.
Bree was murdered in Victoria on March 3, 2021. Her case remains unsolved. 🙏 to Bree's family and wide circle of friends who spoke to me.

👂 here: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/s...

Canada transfers nearly 200 acres of land to Snuneymuxw First Nation near Nanaimo The federal government has transferred nearly 200 acres of former Department of National Defence land to the Snuneymuxw First Nation near Nanaimo.

The federal government has transferred nearly 200 acres of former Department of National Defence land to the Snuneymuxw First Nation near Nanaimo.

I produced a late-night CBC TV show. We'd invited the kids of politicians to join us. Ben Mulroney, Justin Trudeau & Catherine Clarke were all in. Until we invited Stockwell Day's son. Then they cancelled. Catherine accidentally cc'd me on an email with an icky thread between them. Smug indeed.

'Buy us some time': Crews not relying on rain as Mount Underwood wildfire continues to burn over 3.4K hectares Firefighting crews are expecting rain to fall over the Mount Underwood wildfire on Thursday, which will bring some relief but will not move the dial as far as efforts go.

UPDATE: The Mount Underwood wildfire has grown to 3,406 hectares as of Thursday morning.
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Everyone who has been angered by horrific images of starvation in Gaza needs to recognize that they wouldn’t see those images, and wouldn’t know about the atrocities their governments bankroll, without journalists risking their lives.

That is exactly why Israel is targeting and killing them.

I couldn't love this post any more. Thank you. Needed to see this today.