Phoenix House was 1 of only 2 B.C. recipients of this year's Built Green Canada awards
#housing #environment #Climate #Building #Design #Energy
#GoodNews #Canada
https://www.mapleridgenews.com/news/bc-home-sets-award-winning-standard-for-green-housing-7920915
Conservatives drop 3rd candidate from election race in B.C. riding
Late Tuesday evening, the Conservatives ousted a third candidate from being their party's nominee but did not say why he had been removed.
#politics #election #BC #Canada #canadaelection #ConservativeParty
https://globalnews.ca/news/11111368/third-conservative-candidate-removed-bc/
"We will fight for a B.C. that can call itself a climate leader again," Jeremy Valeriote, MLA for West Vancouver-Sea to Sky, said. "The B.C. Greens will not give up on an electrified, decarbonized economy and a sustainable British Columbia.”
https://www.theprogress.com/news/greens-vow-to-make-bc-a-climate-leader-again-7918894
These guys really are a bunch of wet noodles..Makes my blood boil..
Sonia please come back, we need you!
"The carbon tax is not the main driver of inflation — not even close. It’s been quite something to see political parties and governments do the heavy lifting in shifting the blame for high prices and inflation away from the oil and gas industry."
https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025/04/02/Sonia-Furstenau-BC-Carbon-Tax-Betrayal/
Another beautiful little #bc hike today, this time to Jack Point. And the #photography to back it up. Nature first.
Use a heat pump or electric vehicle in B.C.? You might want to change how you get charged for power use
B.C. Hydro is now offering flat rate and time-of-day billing options, in addition to its default tiered system.
#energy #electricity #vehicle #money #BC #News
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/how-to-apply-bc-hydro-flat-rate-cheaper-1.7499067?cmp=rss
Have gas prices actually gone down now the consumer carbon tax has been scrapped?
After 17 years of B.C.'s consumer carbon tax, the provincial government has passed legislation to scrap it. This comes after a marathon debate in the legislature that went into the early hours of this morning. Premier David Eby says drivers in BC will be seeing relief at the gas pump. CBC’s Jessica Cheung went to a gas station to f...
#gas #price #tax #politics #BC
https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/9.6707203?cmp=rss
Tailpipes Up!
#Canadian and #BC #emissions are up compared to 1990 levels while many of our peers are decreasing.
Yet we are eliminating the #carbon #tax
https://www.nationalobserver.com/2025/03/31/analysis/canada-carbon-pollution-fee-tax-emissions
Gas prices soar ahead of final day for the consumer carbon tax in B.C.
After soaring over the weekend, gas prices in B.C. are expected to come down 18.5 per cent as the province's consumer carbon tax is phased out.
#gas #price #tax #BC #Economy #Politics
https://globalnews.ca/news/11106376/final-day-consumer-carbon-tax-bc-gas-prices-soar/
March 31st is World Backup Day! 
Another option for #Canadian grown greens. Found at #SaveOnFoods in #BC
100 years ago, the Victoria Cougars became the last B.C. hockey team to win the Stanley Cup
On March 30, 1925, the Victoria Cougars of the Western Canada Hockey League defeated the National Hockey League's Montreal Canadiens 6-1 to clinch their best-of-five series, becoming the last non-NHL team to raise Lord Stanley's cup.
#hockey #sports #history #BC #Montreal #News
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/victoria-cougars-stanley-cup-100-year-anniversary-1.7496898?cmp=rss
"Province continues to ensure people are protected from COVID-19, measles" says the press release
simultaneously they removed the mask mandate from healthcare settings, haven't yet made C19 vaccines available (and are tepid at best that "non-vulnerable people" (ha ha only morbid) can or should get boosted), C19 vaccination protection still wanes incredibly fast.
There was one complete listen of a track from The Liquid Clear on Bandcamp for the last 60 days!
On Canada's streets, a former Nelson judge embraces the busker life
Philip Seagram, a provincial court judge turned busker, is author of No Judgment, And Other Busking Stories
