Since the Frog and Toad bot is no more, here are Frog and Toad on a date at UVic on Vancouver Island.

#FrogAndToad #UVic #BC #Canada

I couldn't find an existing list of Canadian alternatives to American Internet services, so I've started one:

https://codeberg.org/Taffer/canadian-alternatives

Please spread far and wide, and let me know if you have any updates for the page!

#canada #cira #internet #cloud #alberta #british_columbia #bc #manitoba #new_brunswick #newfoundland #labrador #newfoundlandlabrador #northwest_territories #nwt #nova_scotia #nunavut #ontario #prince_edward_island #pei #quebec #saskatchewan #yukon

Need a break from all the atrocities? Me too.

So here they are, FINALLY! #LaffysBigTownhouseRenovation Befores and afters.

#PortMoody #BC #Canada

BIG plug for our absolutely wonderful contractor, Raphael Belanger, Noble Fir Homes https://www.noblefir.ca

Can't recommend him highly enough.

Next: With huge apologies, all the alt texts will do me in. I'm fried. So, please, #AltText4Me this once.

🧵THREAD 1/...

Pix in following toots.

B.C. company helping L.A. says fighting fire at night is a ‘game changer’
More strong winds are forecast for the Los Angeles area, triggering a Red Flag Warning for a large part of the region. That has everyone on edge.
#fire #weather #wind #LosAngeles #LA #BC #USNews #LAFires #LosAngelesFires
https://globalnews.ca/news/10956881/los-angeles-fighting-fire-night-game-changer/

B.C. company helping L.A. says fighting fire at night is a ‘game changer’
More strong winds are forecast for the Los Angeles area, triggering a Red Flag Warning for a large part of the region. That has everyone on edge.
#fire #weather #wind #LosAngeles #LA #BC #USNews #LAFires #LosAngelesFires
https://globalnews.ca/news/10956881/los-angeles-fighting-fire-night-game-changer/

B.C. company helping L.A. says fighting fire at night is a ‘game changer’
More strong winds are forecast for the Los Angeles area, triggering a Red Flag Warning for a large part of the region. That has everyone on edge.
#fire #weather #wind #LosAngeles #LA #BC #USNews #LAFires #LosAngelesFires
https://globalnews.ca/news/10956881/los-angeles-fighting-fire-night-game-changer/

B.C. company helping L.A. says fighting fire at night is a ‘game changer’
More strong winds are forecast for the Los Angeles area, triggering a Red Flag Warning for a large part of the region. That has everyone on edge.
#fire #weather #wind #LosAngeles #LA #BC #USNews #LAFires #LosAngelesFires
https://globalnews.ca/news/10956881/los-angeles-fighting-fire-night-game-changer/

‘We are not becoming the 51st state’: B.C. Premier says Canada and U.S. need to work together
On Tuesday, president-elect Donald Trump held a press conference in Florida and said he is open to using economic force to acquire Canada as a state.
#politics #press #conference #BC #DavidEby #JustinTrudeau
https://globalnews.ca/news/10946455/bc-premier-david-eby-press-conference-latest/

‘We are not becoming the 51st state’: B.C. Premier says Canada and U.S. need to work together
On Tuesday, president-elect Donald Trump held a press conference in Florida and said he is open to using economic force to acquire Canada as a state.
#politics #press #conference #BC #DavidEby #JustinTrudeau
https://globalnews.ca/news/10946455/bc-premier-david-eby-press-conference-latest/

B.C. Premier David Eby holds press conference 1 day after Trudeau’s resignation
B.C. Premier David Eby is holding a press conference on Tuesday morning, one day after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced his resignation as leader of the Liberal Party.
#politics #press #conference #BC #DavidEby #JustinTrudeau
https://globalnews.ca/news/10946455/bc-premier-david-eby-press-conference-latest/

B.C. Premier David Eby holds press conference 1 day after Trudeau’s resignation
B.C. Premier David Eby is holding a press conference on Tuesday morning, one day after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced his resignation as leader of the Liberal Party.
#politics #press #conference #BC #DavidEby #JustinTrudeau
https://globalnews.ca/news/10946455/bc-premier-david-eby-press-conference-latest/

Is alcohol shortening your life? An online tool built in B.C. will tell you
The new Know Alcohol calculator was developed by researchers at UVic's Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research and calculates personalized health risks from drinking.
#health #alcohol #research #tool #BC #DryJanuary
https://globalnews.ca/news/10940185/bc-alcohol-heatlh-tool/

⚠️ 🚨 #BC Alert--RECALL ⚠️ ⚠️ 🐈

Cat food that caused bird-flu death of Oregon pet was distributed in B.C.: officials

Please Boost

#Canada #Pets #Cat #Canada #BirdFlu #Caturday

https://bc.ctvnews.ca/cat-food-that-caused-bird-flu-death-of-oregon-pet-was-distributed-in-b-c-officials-1.7158088

🧵UPDATED: #BritishColumbia est.'d #COVID19 cases, the same per 100,000 pop. by health authority.

According to #BCCDC wastewater #SARSCoV2 data: on average, from 11/28 - 12/4, there would've only been 632 cases/day in #BC (⬇️ 819, 11/21 - 11/27).

https://anarchodelphis.tumblr.com/BCWastewater 1/5

UPDATED: #BC #SARSCoV2 variants.

NOTE: only 39 samples for most recent week; variant shares may be off

Of those:
XEC.*: 18% (⬇️ 32.1% of 187; ⬆️ 26.4% of 220)
KP.3.1.1.* (incl. MC.1): 59% (〰️ 59.4%; ⬇️ 62.7%)
MC.1: 10.3% (⬆️ 8%; ⬇️ 9.6%)

https://anarchodelphis.tumblr.com/BCVariants #COVID19

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Of the samples collected in B.C. on these weeks, the prevalence of significant variants/lineages are as follows:

- 11/17 - 11/23 - (≤50 samples; 4% threshold)
• XEC.*: 18%
• JN.1.11.1.* †: 71.8%
→ KP.3.* (only KP.3.1.1, MC.1): 59%
→ KP.3.1.1.* (incl. MC.1): 59%
→ MC.1: 10.3%

† 1 KP.3.3.2 sample counted as JN.1.11.1.*

- 11/10 - 11/16 -
• XEC.*: 32.1%
• JN.1.11.1.*: 67.4%
→ KP.3.* (only KP.3.1.1, ".3.3.2, MC.1 counted) §: 61.5%
→ KP.3.1.1.* (incl. MC.1): 59.4%
→ MC.1: 8%

§ 2 KP.3 samples & 1 KP.3.3.1 sample counted as JN.1.*

X.X.* in text = X.X & descendants.

X.X.* in graph = all descendants of X.X, except for ones that have their own segment of the week’s bar. Please see "Notes on Usage" section.

Indigenous tribes engineered British Columbia’s modern hazelnut forests 7000+ years ago
https://www.science.org/content/article/indigenous-tribes-engineered-british-columbia-s-modern-hazelnut-forests-more-7000-years

* genetic analysis
* could help First Nations secure land rights in Cdn courts
* actively cultivated crop
* transported hazelnuts 800 km
* cultivate nutritious/reliable food source in new regions

Genetic differentiation/precolonial Indigenous cultivation of hazelnut
https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2402304121

#Canada #Indigenous #BC #BritishColumbia #cultivation #anthropology #LandRights

🧵UPDATED: #BritishColumbia est.'d #COVID19 cases, the same per 100,000 pop. by health authority.

According to #BCCDC wastewater #SARSCoV2 data: on average, from 10/24 - 10/30, there would've only been 812 cases/day in #BC (⬇️ 864, 10/17 - 10/23).

https://anarchodelphis.tumblr.com/BCWastewater 1/4

We just got a $10,000 rebate for installing a heat pump in our new place here in #BC #Canada

You read that correctly.

#LaffysBigTownhouseRenovation

Hints of autumn, Capilano Lake

#bc #landscape #autumn