City of Vancouver creates separate Indigenous consultation for future decisions | Daily Hive | Urbanized The City of Vancouver is now the first municipal government in Canada to create a separate consultation process for Indigenous people.

The new Urban Indigenous Engagement Framework sets out clear guidelines for how City staff will consult with Indigenous residents, including First Nations, Inuit, and Metis people.

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The success of nonviolent civil resistance: Erica Chenoweth at TEDxBoulder YouTube video by TEDx Talks

This is such a hopeful message. Be part of the 3.5% required for #CivilResistance to effect change for the better. youtu.be/YJSehRlU34w

We could be on the brink of total internet collapse. And there may only be months to stop it — BBC Science Focus Magazine The latest batch of AI models are revealing a host of vulnerabilities across the worldwide web. Soon, they could be in the wrong hands April 17, 2026 A wave is beginning to break over the internet – o...

We could be on the brink of total internet collapse. And there may only be months to stop it
- BBC Science Focus Magazine

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Amnesty International concerned Canada 'rolling back' support for Indigenous rights | CBC News Amnesty International is concerned Canada is backsliding on Indigenous rights under Prime Minister Mark Carney. The organization warns in its annual global human rights report that new laws passed las...

"We are finding, particularly when it relates to Indigenous rights, that we are stepping back," said Ketty Nivyabandi, secretary general of Amnesty International Canada's English section.

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'Cracking' at site of historic landslide near Fort St. John triggers evacuation order | CBC News The Ministry of Transportation says it closed Old Fort Road, south of Fort St. John, Sunday night after "cracking" appeared at the site of two historic landslides.

The Peace River Regional District has issued an evacuation order for some residents in the small community of Old Fort, B.C., near Fort St. John, after "cracking" appeared along Old Fort Road.

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4 B.C. communities see record-high temperatures | CBC News Among those that broke the daily record for April 19 was the Interior community of Cache Creek, which hit a high of 27.1 degrees, breaking a record set more than four decades ago.

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No more daylight saving: Northwest Territories to end seasonal time change | CBC News N.W.T. Premier R.J. Simpson announced Monday that the territory will move to end seasonal time changes and will adopt a year-round time standard instead.

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Canada Post reports record loss of $1.57B in 2025 | CBC News Canada's national mail carrier has released its latest financial report, detailing a whopping $1.57 billion in losses last year before tax.

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In the midst of ‘cancel culture,’ universities create ways to encourage uncomfortable debate — The Globe and Mail Some academics and administrators worry that students are no longer able to freely express the broadest range of thought

In the midst of ‘cancel culture,’ universities create ways to encourage uncomfortable debate

- The Globe and Mail

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How the US Christian Right and Anti-Abortion Lobbyists are Reshaping NHS Policy A new investigation exposes a global network of anti-abortion groups and US Christian nationalists using UK courts to target bodily autonomy

Our investigation in Byline Times exposes a network of global ultra-conservative groups using courts to target trans healthcare.
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Text reads: Olympics / The International Olympic Committee’s recent decision to reintroduce ‘sex testing’ for athletes is more likely to exclude women identified as female at birth than trans women, experts have said, as opposition to the policy change grows. Athletes, governments and experts have been objecting to the genetic sex testing that the International Olympic Committee (IOC) plans to reintroduce – including the scientist who originally identified the SRY gene that the tests check for.

The French government opposes the ban, saying enforced genetic testing is an invasion of privacy

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Healing the Invisible Scars of Gen Z’s Over-Sanitized World — The Wall Street Journal A trip to the emergency room helped me realize my generation is in trouble—and that we can’t give in to defeatism about our chronic health issues

Healing the Invisible Scars of Gen Z’s Over-Sanitized World:
According to the CDC, since the late ’90s allergy rates in kids have increased 70 %. Chronic inflammation that used to be rare in young people is also on the rise.

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Hallway health care persists at Kelowna General Hospital as hospital floors sit empty — Global News Concerns about so-called 'hallway health care' have been expressed for years, but the issue was reignited Tuesday during question period in the legislature.

Hallway health care persists at Kelowna General Hospital as
“more than 50 beds’ worth of expansion space on the fifth & sixth floors sitting empty and unfinished behind lock & key”
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Hospitalizations for respiratory illnesses are rising across Canada: report — Global News Nearly 60,000 people were hospitalized in what the CIHI calls 'vaccine-preventable respiratory hospitalizations' across Canada in 2024.

Hospitalizations rates for COVID-19 & other respiratory infections are rising, still in the thousands, while vaccine rates drop.
- Global News

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Fluffy black and white Maine coon cat is guarding the bed…

post the best picture you have ever taken of your pet (if you feel like it):

Exactly one year ago today:

Pope Leo promotes peace, condemns 'tyrants' ravaging the world during Cameroon visit He delivered a peace message in Bamenda, Cameroon, amid a long-standing separatist conflict. Cameroonians celebrated his visit, hoping it will draw global attention to the violence affecting the regio...

"Blessed are the peacemakers!" Pope Leo XIV said. "But woe to those who manipulate religion and the very name of God for their own military, economic and political gain, dragging that which is sacred into darkness and filth." https://to.pbs.org/4cgeQOr

Vancouver mayor’s freeze on property tax hike sees 40 exempt staff lose jobs — Vancouver is Awesome At least 40 City of Vancouver exempt staff have lost their jobs since Mayor Ken Sim and his ABC Vancouver colleagues approved in November 2025 a zero per cent property tax increase for 2026. An additi...

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Opinion: Why Vancouver's hotel shortage is driving our housing crisis | Daily Hive | Urbanized Vancouver's hotel shortage and the resulting demand for short-term rentals is driving our housing crisis, especially in downtown areas.

I understand! I dug around and came up with more info …

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Geomagnetic storms could cause epic northern lights in Metro Vancouver this week — Vancouver is Awesome Want to see the sky illuminated with the stuff of dreams? There's nothing quite like witnessing the spellbinding marvel of Mother Nature that is the aurora borealis. But Metro Vancouver isn't exactly ...

Geomagnetic storms could cause epic northern lights in Metro Vancouver this week
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Canada Post announces first 136,000 addresses to lose door-to-door delivery — CBC News Canada Post has announced the first batch of addresses in 13 communities it plans to stop delivering directly to, part of the Crown corporation's larger plan to restructure and stay afloat after losin...

Canada Post announces first 136,000 addresses to lose door-to-door delivery
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When the Room Spins: Researchers Learn More About Vertigo—and How to Treat It — The Wall Street Journal While many ER visits for dizziness result in expensive CT scans and sedatives, researchers are finding there are more-effective options

When the Room Spins: Researchers Learn More About Vertigo—and How to Treat It
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A temporary fix for hotel accommodations during FIFA soccer tournament I hear…

Vancouver approves floating hotel in Coal Harbour | CBC News A Finnish hospitality company is celebrating a Vancouver city council decision to approve a floating hotel with 250 rooms right on the water in Vancouver's Coal Harbour.

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World’s oldest gorilla, known for her dignified manner, turns 69 — The Washington Post Legend has it that Fatou was brought from Africa to France in the late 1950s by a sailor who then traded her to settle a bar bill.

Fatou, the world’s oldest gorilla, known for her dignified manner, turns 69
- The Washington Post

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Hospital at centre of child HIV outbreak caught reusing syringes in undercover filming — BBC News Footage shows staff in Pakistan injecting without gloves and reusing syringes, but the hospital boss refuses to acknowledge it is genuine.

Hospital at centre of child HIV outbreak caught reusing syringes in undercover filming - BBC News

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10 years after landmark court decision, N.W.T. Métis leaders still waiting to see benefits | CBC News Bill Enge, former leader of the North Slave Métis Alliance, was elated when the Supreme Court of Canada found in 2016 that tens of thousands of Métis and non-status Indians were now under the jurisdic...

Ten years later, many Métis leaders in the Northwest Territories and across Canada are less optimistic, saying little has happened since then to materially improve access to rights, programs and services for Métis people.

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‘She clearly wanted help,' patient who saw woman collapse before Ontario hospital death tells inquest | CBC News Heather Winterstein's skin was discoloured and she was struggling to control her body in a wheelchair the day she died at the St. Catharines, Ont., hospital, a woman who was waiting to see a doctor th...

I cannot find adequate words over this situation…
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