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bntly @bntly.ca · 28/09/2026
SOGI and reductive “lets do a thorough investigation” rhetoric dog whistling re: residential schools will just drive away the moderates - and now all he has to do is bring up trans rights and i get bingo. #bcpoli
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bntly @bntly.ca · 27/09/2026
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... Welp - Anti-Sogi and lukewarm residential school denialism are not really how you form government in BC.. #bcpoli
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Lorne Doerkson talks values as he leads B.C. Conservatives into election | CBC News
New B.C. Conservative Leader Lorne Doerkson says the party platform hasn't changed much from what it was in 2024. He shared his opinions on a number of issues facing the province with Stephen Quinn, h...
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bntly @bntly.ca · 21/09/2026
Seems to be a common in the far right / politically unselfreflective.
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bntly @bntly.ca · 20/09/2026
cheknews.ca/kerry-lynne-... but i thought she was “sticking it out?” #bcpoli
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Kerry-Lynne Findlay resigns as B.C. Conservative leader
Kerry-Lynne Findlay has resigned as leader of the Conservative Party of B.C., according to CHEK News political correspondent Rob Shaw.
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bntly @bntly.ca · 19/09/2026
from here: www.leg.bc.ca/members/curr...
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Current Party Standings | Legislative Assembly of BC
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bntly @bntly.ca · 19/09/2026
So.. "Independent" is really going to become the official opposition eh? #bcpoli
BC NDP
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Conservative Party of British Columbia
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BC Green Party
2
Independent
17
Vacant
2
Total
93
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bntly @bntly.ca · 25/08/2026
#bcpoli
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bntly @bntly.ca · 17/09/2026
I'd rather have light in the evening 🤷‍♂️
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bntly @bntly.ca · 17/09/2026
www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar... - So excited. #bcpoli
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B.C. adopts new Pacific time, PCT, for year-round daylight time zone
British Columbia has adopted a new time-zone code to coincide with its decision to remain permanently with year-round daylight time.
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bntly @bntly.ca · 12/09/2026
i yelled “DUDE PUT IT IN PARK” as nicely as i could.
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bntly @bntly.ca · 12/09/2026
#firstworldproblem - Someone was leaving a neighbours house in their Jeep(?) EV, neighbour stopped them to talk about something but they left the car in reverse - fucking 15 minutes of rapture level “RRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA” reverse white noise..
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bntly @bntly.ca · 11/09/2026
Oof - #VictoriaBC councillor Stephen Hammond apparently endorsed Wendy Bowkett. Who has spent the last 4+ years posting almost nothing but racist and transphobic bile to her twitter account - When ask about it, he said “it’s a smear campaign” www.reddit.com/r/VictoriaBC... #yyj #yyjpoli
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From the VictoriaBC community on Reddit: Councillors
Explore this post and more from the VictoriaBC community
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bntly @bntly.ca · 11/09/2026
In context i don't think that fits - He seemed to be directly referencing that particular privately owned parkade with the comment.
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bntly @bntly.ca · 10/09/2026
Gardiner: Noise, and RISK OF TAMPERING so transformer should be inside. ... i don't think anyone alive has successfully tampered with a transformer.. #yyjpoli
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bntly @bntly.ca · 10/09/2026
The garbage truck waiting for the "Small Truck" to do its job in Marg World..
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Garbage Truck Knocks Over Bins
ALT: Garbage Truck Knocks Over Bins
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bntly @bntly.ca · 10/09/2026
#yyjpoli
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bntly @bntly.ca · 10/09/2026
Staff literally just had to say "OK.. so the little truck...."
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bntly @bntly.ca · 10/09/2026
MARG HAS NEVER SEEN DUMPSTERS WAITING ON THE STREET FOR PICKUP?! What is even this line of fucking questioning. #yyjpoli
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bntly @bntly.ca · 10/09/2026
Marg /so/ badly wants to dictate how people run their businesses.. Also i really wish she wasn't so fucking rude to staff. #yyjpoli
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bntly @bntly.ca · 10/09/2026
"I'm not against housing, i'm just here to make it as difficult as possible to build housing... " #yyjpoli
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bntly @bntly.ca · 10/09/2026
Oh 100% - I think the building is a generally good design and fits in that area - and not just because it's far more attractive than a concrete multilevel parking garage..
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bntly @bntly.ca · 10/09/2026
The answer to every one of these Marg questions around heritage should be "IT'S CURRENTLY A MULTILEVEL CONCRETE PARKADE" #yyjpoli
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bntly @bntly.ca · 10/09/2026
🤣 that's amazing.
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bntly @bntly.ca · 10/09/2026
Marg is so irritated she can barely sit still - and/or ants in her pants. #yyjpoli
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bntly @bntly.ca · 10/09/2026
and a wholly privately owned parkade at that. (despite Hammond saying it's public.)
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bntly @bntly.ca · 06/09/2026
OK - what is with large groups of people going to tiny coffee shops? Currently out for coffee and one group of people is like 70% of the tables.. #yyj
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CHEK News @cheknews.ca · 28/08/2026
The Greater Victoria School District board alleges that one or more individuals who opposed its stance on school police liaison officers were given "financial benefits." cheknews.ca/victoria-school-distric…
cheknews.ca
Victoria school district superintendent, other senior staff on leave
The Greater Victoria School District board alleges that one or more individuals who opposed its stance on school police liaison officers were given "financial benefits."
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Defund VicPD @defundvicpd.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
SD61 Board: “We are concerned about the possibility of financial benefits being provided to one or more individuals who opposed the Board’s stance on School Police Liaison Officers, as well as transactions occurring outside normal operating processes." www.sd61.bc.ca/news-events/... #yyj #bcPoli
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Back to school update from the Board
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bntly @bntly.ca · 28/08/2026
www.timescolonist.com/opinion/les-... #bcpoli oh.. wow
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Les Leyne: Recording appears to have Findlay offering job in exchange for MLA's seat
Conservative Party of B.C. Leader Kerry-Lynne Findlay has responded by calling the leaked audio a preposterous smear job.
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bntly @bntly.ca · 28/08/2026
Yes - but only if we treat them like they treat Puerto Rico. and other U.S. territories..
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bntly @bntly.ca · 28/08/2026
Lake Nutlick.
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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 27/08/2026
Carney to rename rest of Great Lakes as "Lake Legal Adult" so Trump will never want to touch them
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Carney to rename rest of Great Lakes as "Lake Legal Adult" so Trump will never want to touch them
OTTAWA - After Donald Trump signed an executive order renaming Lake Ontario “Lake America,” Prime Minister Mark Carney announced he would preemptively rename the rest of the Great Lakes as “Lake Legal...
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bntly @bntly.ca · 26/08/2026
ok i was planning on reposting this whenever a new ConBC “departure” happened but i’m really not that committed to the bit.
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bntly @bntly.ca · 26/08/2026
Better camping than this tbf.
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bntly @bntly.ca · 25/08/2026
#bcpoli
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bntly @bntly.ca · 22/08/2026
Society needs, collectively, fucking therapy - Can we try being fucking positive for a while?
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bntly @bntly.ca · 21/08/2026
cheknews.ca/rcmp-hand-ou... - hey What do you call a blitz but it's just standard enforcement and normal policy like.. "we enforce the law 24/7" sorta energy? #yyj #yyjpoli
cheknews.ca
RCMP hand out nearly 40 tickets during traffic enforcement blitz on Victoria highway
RCMP handed out nearly 40 driving tickets in the span of just a few hours during an enforcement blitz on the Trans-Canada Highway near the Helmcken interchange on Wednesday.
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bntly @bntly.ca · 21/08/2026
From Here: www.timescolonist.com/opinion/lett...
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Letters Aug. 21: Election slates, downtown woes, questions about Lime Bikes
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bntly @bntly.ca · 21/08/2026
... Maybe Henderson should put the substantial weight and resources of the catholic church into.. i dunno.. helping the poor and needy? Dropped their tax exempt status and contributed to the community? What a Tonedeaf spoiled child. #yyj #yyjpoli @timescolonist.bsky.social
Downtown problems need help from on high

The putrid smell of urine greeted me as often it does on Sunday morning when I arrived at our church parking lot.

Then I was verbally accosted by a drug-consuming camper trespassing at the base of our office door, only to learn at the same time that our ­volunteer ushers were dealing with the crisis of another homeless camper elsewhere on our property, wielding a knife ­threateningly at those attempting to rouse him.

Police were called and effectively assisted. The expose on the Aug. 18 front page perceptively focuses on the ­destructive trajectory of Pandora Avenue mayhem on the business community, but all of us downtown are suffering a ­calamitous decline in civil behaviour.

Compassion for all is assumed, but it cannot tolerate the failure to mandate necessary residential treatment for addictions, housing and a consequent ban on all street camping, curtailing the death-inducing illicit drug culture, and expanding effective methods of caring for those with mental ill health.

The Good Samaritans are wearing out and need intervention from on high.

Fr. Dean N. Henderson

St. Andrew’s Cathedral

Victoria
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bntly @bntly.ca · 20/08/2026
Maybe? I can't speak to their motivations at all (and i've 100% got no skin in the game) but this would be something I'd advocate for in any org - Which may be giving them an excuse but i'm not making it for them.
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bntly @bntly.ca · 19/08/2026
or contain hierarchy.
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bntly @bntly.ca · 19/08/2026
Totally - but phishing is a 'lazy gathering' workflow - they'll scrape the employee directory, they'll pull linkedin API data, they'll buy employee lists - They probably won't pull information manually from a 3rd party site that doesn't offer API access.
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bntly @bntly.ca · 19/08/2026
Honestly from my standpoint that's even a risk - I'm personally opposed to even having CEO/VP information on publicly accessible sites because of how it's currently being leveraged for attacks. 🤷‍♂️
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bntly @bntly.ca · 19/08/2026
As an example from a mid-sized corporation (none government) stuff like this would come up in general security audits we do internally, or if we contract out because of it's usage in Spear Phishing (or more targeted phishing attacks) LinkedIn usage also gets flagged because they sell API access..
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bntly @bntly.ca · 19/08/2026
I know there is a lot of ire about this right now but this employee directory is a nightmare from a security standpoint. Targeted phishing in bad enough without publicly exposed employee information - If i was doing IT Operations/Sec for gov i'd have been pushing for this change in every meeting.
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bntly @bntly.ca · 15/08/2026
i’m glad that if we have to have this stupid amalgamation vote that it’s non-binding - I wish we weren’t bothering (and focusing on amalgamation of urban munis) but this sham non-binding process is still cheaper than amalgamation and should still kill the idea if it fails (like STV 🥲)
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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 15/08/2026
ICYMI, over the past two weeks, English-language Wikipedia editors have engaged in a successful effort to change the first paragraph of the Republican Party entry to reflect its current status as a "neo-nationalist" political party. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republi...
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Republican Party (United States) - Wikipedia
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bntly @bntly.ca · 13/08/2026
www.timescolonist.com/local-news/d... Ryan Painter, a Victoria School Board trustee from 2018 to 2022, has indicated he’s being “strongly encouraged” to run for mayor or a council position. Do it Ryan - Campaigns are a great place to have your dirty laundry aired for you.. #yyj #yyjpoli
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David Screech wants to be the mayor of View Royal again
David Screech, who served eight years as mayor before being defeated, says he misses the political life and still has a lot to offer.
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bntly @bntly.ca · 10/08/2026
Honestly it's all that's available right now as i don't believe the full report or results are currently available. Discussions around EKOS methodology have been around for ages and i can't imagine it's changed that much. This is older but a good breakdown: www.ekospolitics.com/index.php/20...
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The Politics of Resentment
The public mood is dark and the country divided. Overwhelmingly, those with the lowest levels of trust and highest levels of false beliefs are drawn to the Conservative Party of Canada. The links b…
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bntly @bntly.ca · 09/08/2026
Yeah - like they tend to be more modern relevant disinformation questions (Ukraine was the aggressor in the current conflict, etc) but still hilariously obvious.
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