One by one, the cages are joined to a removable plywood tunnel that connects to the hutch. If a marmot won’t leave its cage, someone tickles its feet. “They don’t like that very much,” Taylor says. “But some of them are really stubborn and they won’t go in even with the feet tickling. So, you have to take the ultimate irritation measure, which is to blow on their bums … that always seems to convince them.”
Bringing the endangered Vancouver Island marmot back from the brink

One by one, the cages are joined to a removable plywood tunnel that connects to the hutch. If a marmot won’t leave its cage, someone tickles its feet. “They don’t like that very much,” Taylor says. “But some of them are really stubborn and they won’t go in even with the feet tickling. So, you have to take the ultimate irritation measure, which is to blow on their bums … that always seems to convince them.”
Bringing the endangered Vancouver Island marmot back from the brink

This is the kind of politics I like - will he stay, will he go, how will it effect the campaign …?

Also today: Kenyan protesters dead, parliament on fire as thousands storm compound - Protest against new taxes. don’t like that kind.

But, but…

Roughly 55 Liberal MPs won their Ontario ridings by margins smaller than the one Bennett posted in Toronto–St. Paul’s in the last general election, according to a CBC News analysis of past election data.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trudeau-liberals-byelection-loss-1.7245731

The Tony Barrett Mt Washington Marmot Recovery Centre

Built in 2001 within marmot habitat, the Recovery Centre provides a key link in the management and release of captive-born animals prior to their release to other sites in the wild. The Recovery Centre provides disease management by providing the final stage of quarantine in a single species facility and provides logistical flexibility for releasing marmots – that is, allowing the marmots to be acclimated to release conditions with respect to elevation, weather and natural foods. It also allows for the marmots that are to be released to be held back until field conditions are suitable. An important option during the last few years, when many of the release sites were not accessible until well into July because of unusual snow patterns. Therefore, the need for a dedicated marmot facility on Vancouver Island will undoubtedly continue as long as there is a need for intensive captive management of Vancouver Island marmots as currently exists.
https://marmots.org/

I wonder if this legislation had anything to do with them closing the war room?

“Growth at any cost” is a great motto for corporations, and cancer.

“Everybody can always do more,” Kang said. “But I will say that [B.C.] is doing more than what other provinces are doing.”

I wonder what the figures are for the rest of the country?

“Everybody can always do more,” Kang said. “But I will say that [B.C.] is doing more than what other provinces are doing.”

Well, that’s something, I guess.

Minister’s statement on Province’s civil claim on ‘forever chemicals’

“The Province of British Columbia has taken the lead in Canada in prosecuting civil damages claims against corporations that cause widespread public harms to people in B.C., including in recent years against tobacco and opiate manufacturers.

business leaders who support the clown car

I will have to dig through a lot of articles

Why don’t you crowd source the work?

I’m not sure that Lemmy is the best option, but you could create a new community here and connect it to Mastodon, Matrix, Freidica etc. and ask people to contribute the information you want.

On the other hand, you could just download a list of members from your local Chamber of Commerce and that will be 90% accurate.

Another article with the same byline:
‘Standing for the average person’: Rustad lays out B.C. Conservative policy

“We have one objective and one objective only: that is to replace David Eby and his radical government policies,” Rustad. “I will certainly be reaching out to (B.C. United) to bring down…the NDP government as early as possible.”

The Ontario Science Centre is shutting down immediately as an engineering report commissioned by the province shows the roof could collapse — but while it could be fixed at a cost, the province is choosing to shutter the location indefinitely.

This is the John Rustad that said that carbon dioxide emissions were not contributing to climate change and ‘we need to look at patients as revenue generators’ and wants to invoke the notwithstanding clause to lock up people on mental health grounds. That’s the Rustad that is getting a “thumbs-up” from business leaders.

William Shatner dives into salmon farm debate with profanity-laden campaign

William Shatner dives into salmon farm debate with profanity-laden campaign

Do people think it’s a good thing to hire Provincial Health Officer based on how they fit their ideology

Way too many people do. Look slightly east for an example.

The whole thing is worth a read, but this stuck out:

Hospitals now cut services to meet their budget because they look at patients as a cost, he said. “We actually need to reverse that, we need to look at patients as revenue generators.”

[BC] Minister’s statement on federal aquaculture decision

“Again and again, we have asked the federal government to deliver supports for B.C. workers, families and communities as part of any transition plan. Coastal communities need a clear plan and significant funding from the federal government to support workers and communities.

[BC] Minister’s statement on federal aquaculture decision

“Again and again, we have asked the federal government to deliver supports for B.C. workers, families and communities as part of any transition plan. Coastal communities need a clear plan and significant funding from the federal government to support workers and communities.