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Joy Lachica

@joylachica.bsky.social
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Peterborough, ON, Canada City Councillor, Ward 3, Deputy Mayor, Infrastructure Planning Growth Management Co-Chair, Environment, Lakelands Public Health Board #ptbo joylachica.com. Views my own.

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Trout in Plaid @troutinplaid.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Send a message to your #ptbo councillors that you support @joylachica.bsky.social's motion for a moratorium on AI data centres until their impact has been studied and proper zoning bylaws are in place to manage scale, energy and water use, emissions, noise, vibrations, light pollution and toxicity.
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Stop the Datacentre
A datacentre can be heard several kilometres away.
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Joy Lachica @joylachica.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Read more about my action from 2022-2026 as Town Ward Councillor, 2nd Deputy Mayor at joylachica.com. #choosejoy☀️
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Joy Lachica @joylachica.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Read more about my work and vision going forward around infrastructure in Peterborough at joylachica.com: #teamjoy #choosejoy☀️
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Joy Lachica @joylachica.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Read more about my vision for lifting up our city and prioritizing well-being in Peterborough at joylachica.com. #teamjoy #choosejoy☀️
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Joy Lachica @joylachica.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Read more about my vision for Climate Change Action 2.0 at joylachica.com. #townward #ptbo #teamjoy #choosejoy☀️
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Joy Lachica @joylachica.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Join me to hear about my 4-fold platform for a better Peterborough. Read more at joylachica.com. #ptbo #townward #teamjoy #choosejoy☀️
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Joy Lachica @joylachica.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Online voting begins on October 5th and in-person voting day at polls is October 26th. Read about my support for sustained arts funding and my belief in the arts as an economic driver in Peterborough at joylachica.com. #choosejoy☀️ #teamjoy #townward
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Joy Lachica @joylachica.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Go to joylachica.com to read about my voice, vision and changes that I’ve been making in Peterborough. Let’s keep doing this together, #townward. There’s no stopping us now. Online voting starts on October 5th. #choosejoy
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Joy Lachica @joylachica.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
It’s official! Thank you #ptbo #townward for the relationships we’ve built in these 4 years. I’m excited to launch my campaign for re-election to continue the important work we’ve begun. joylachica.com
It’s official! Thank you #ptbo #townward for the relationships we’ve built in these 4 years. I’m excited to launch my campaign for re-election to continue the important work we’ve begun. joylachica.com
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Joy Lachica @joylachica.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
As COP30 unfolds in the Amazon, we have a real opportunity to advance a key initiative that Indigenous Peoples in the Amazon have been calling for: an Amazon free of fossil fuels and all forms of extractavism. Take real action & help the Amazon and its people. act.stand.earth/page/90638/p...
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Sign the petition and help secure a thriving future for the Amazon and its people
As COP30 unfolds in the heart of the Amazon, in Belém, Brazil, we have a real opportunity to advance a key initiative that Indigenous Peoples in the Amazon have been calling for: an Amazon free of fos...
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Kim Zippel @kimzippel.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
We need to fight tariffs & climate change together 🇨🇦 Elbows Up for Climate❗️ 180+ municipal leaders, like @joylachica.bsky.social are calling on Federal Leaders to undertake 5 bold and achievable initiatives. This should be a topic for the national debates tonight and tomorrow evening.
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Joy Lachica @joylachica.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Hang in there #PTBO #TownWard! With you and we will get through this. Thank you to the valiant champions at Public Works and our First Responders - Police, Fire and Paramedics. Check the storm update at peterborough.ca/StormUpdate to get the latest on the city front.
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Storm Response Updates
The City of Peterborough is declaring a significant weather event at 11 a.m. on March 28, 2025 in advance of the ice storm expected this weekend.
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Joy Lachica @joylachica.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
chng.it/wnWk9QKQCn #ElbowsUp Sign the petition re Danielle Smith’s invitation to Trump to interfere in our federal election…
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Sign the Petition
Danielle Smith Step Down. A petition representing the concerns of all Canadian Citizens.
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Jeannine Taylor @wiredwoman.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Why International Women’s Day (IWD) is so very important from four fierce local female leaders. Many thx to Joy, Bonnie, Maryam and Kim for taking the time to help us to articulate the importance of the work that needs to be done to accelerate action. @joylachica.bsky.social @meggallant.bsky.social
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Joy Lachica @joylachica.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
“To be even clearer: under Trump, the United States is abandoning the post–World War II world it helped to build and then guaranteed for the past 80 years.” #resist open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
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February 19, 2025
The past week has solidified a sea change in American—and global—history.
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Joy Lachica @joylachica.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
“I told them my family had an uncle lying in the fields of Belgium just miles from this meeting. I reminded them that families all across Canada had uncles, cousins, and grandfathers who died, freeing the European people from fascists.” C. Angus on #sovereignty open.substack.com/pub/charliea...
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ON YEATS, TRUMP & PUTIN
Dispatch from NATO, Brussels – Day 1
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Joy Lachica @joylachica.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
A fascinating read and a caution about our new urbanism… Strong Towns’ historical narratives are often oversimplified in ways that encourage hostility toward government and ignore long-standing patterns of racism in the real estate industry. www.currentaffairs.org/news/2023/09...
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The Strong Towns Movement is Simply Right-Libertarianism Dressed in Progressive Garb
Strong Towns’ critique of America’s car-centric sprawl sounds appealing. But its proposed solutions rely on a conservative politics that prioritizes ‘wealth creation’ over just and equitable urban pla...
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Department of History - Western University @westernuhistory.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
60 years ago, on February 15, 1965, Canada’s red & white maple leaf flag was raised for the very first time on Parliament Hill. On the same day in 1996, National Flag Day was declared. Our flag is a symbol that unites Canadians & reflects the values we take pride in — democracy, inclusion & equity.
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Joy Lachica @joylachica.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
Let’s protect Ontario’s bike lanes in this provincial election. Call on all parties to #ReverseBill212! @GreenpeaceCA act.gp/3CBhHCp #ptbo
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Stop the removal of Ontario’s bike lanes
Call on all parties running in the Ontario election to reverse Bill 212
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Joy Lachica @joylachica.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
On flag day, let’s make pledges to stand together with workers who are the backbone to our economy. #ptbo
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Jagmeet Singh @jagmeetsingh.ca · 10/02/2025
If Trump and Musk attack Canadian autoworkers, I would slap a 100% tariff on Teslas - and give Canadians a $10,000 rebate to buy Canadian-made EVs and plug-in hybrids. We'll hit back where it counts and support Canadian workers.
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Jagmeet Singh @jagmeetsingh.ca · 14/02/2025
If Donald Trump attacks steelworkers in Canada, there will be hell to pay. The NDP won’t hold back—we will stand up for steelworkers! Our plan starts with dollar-for-dollar retaliatory tariffs and immediate support for every worker impacted.
Photo of Jagmeet Singh standing with steelworkers. Photo of Jagmeet Singh standing with steelworkers. Photo of Jagmeet Singh standing with steelworkers.
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Jagmeet Singh @jagmeetsingh.ca · 14/02/2025
It’s time to fight for our country. All of us. Together. ndp.ca/stand-up-for...
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Tell Donald Trump: Hands Off Canada
Donald Trump is a bully. He thinks he can push us around – but Canadians are stronger than that. Stand with Jagmeet and the NDP and tell Donald Trump to keep his hands off our country.
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Joy Lachica @joylachica.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
In my estimation, there isn’t a better candidate for Peterborough-Kawartha than Jen Deck… www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com/politics/pro...
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Joy Lachica @joylachica.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
On our winter emergency need for more shelter in #ptbo…
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Joelle Kovach @joellekovach.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
@joylachica.bsky.social says in the fall she said there wouldn't be enough space for the winter. She says "I care as deeply" as Riel and Bierk, who hold the homelessness portfolio.
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Joelle Kovach @joellekovach.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
"This is a manifestation of our housing crisis, that these people are unhoused," says @joylachica.bsky.social
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Joelle Kovach @joellekovach.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
"We need to get with it - we need to save lives," says @joylachica.bsky.social
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Joelle Kovach @joellekovach.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
@joylachica.bsky.social says "We have buildings that would meet the needs and meet the health requirements and the standards." She had suggested the former Kawartha Gymnastics building in Morrow Park: "That's an example... So I don't buy it, that we lack buildings."
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Joy Lachica @joylachica.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Frostbite alerts are issued when temperatures, windchills are forecasted to be between -27°C to -38°C, when exposed skin can freeze in as little as 10 to 30 minutes. These risks are greatest for: people experiencing homelessness… We need more now! #emergencyshelter #ptbo search.app/UC12t58HSs35...
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ItsJackiePOHO @itsjackieptbo.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Go Ottawa & @acornunion.bsky.social @opriguica.bsky.social @alexbierk.bsky.social @joylachica.bsky.social @ptbondp.bsky.social
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Unofficial CP24 Mirror @cp24-mirror.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Biking advocate says video of Toronto ambulance using bike lane proves importance of keeping cycling infrastructure
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Biking advocate says video of Toronto ambulance using bike lane proves importance of keeping cycling infrastructure
Video has emerged of a Toronto ambulance being forced to use a bike lane to avoid downtown traffic, an incident one biking advocate says highlights the utility of the separated roadways at a time when their existence and expansion face uncertainty.
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Joy Lachica @joylachica.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
#EC3 is the vital driver to the arts economic engine in #PTBO. Cities fund their municipal arts councils to uphold the importance of the arts every single day by supporting, by nurturing, by representing artists and artists’ groups. Let’s not lose on more than a decade of investment. #fundEC3
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Ibra @ibra1.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
Snow owl ❄️🤍🦉
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 25/11/2024
Trump Pentagon pick attacks UN and Nato and urges US to ignore Geneva conventions
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Trump Pentagon pick attacks UN and Nato and urges US to ignore Geneva conventions
Revealed: Pete Hegseth writes scathingly of key institutions and says ‘If you love America, you should love Israel’ Pete Hegseth, Trump’s nominee for secretary of defense, has attacked several key US alliances such as Nato, allied countries such as…
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Physicians for a Healthy Democracy @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social · 24/11/2024
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Robert Zaichkowski @rzaichkowski.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
Yesterday, more than 1000 people took part in Fight for Bikes' second protest at Queen's Park which split into three rides on Bloor, University, and Yonge. My blog post about the rally and Yonge ride is now up. #BikeTO #TOpoli #ONpoli #VisionZero www.twowheeledpolitics.ca/2024/11/figh...
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Fight for Bikes at Queen’s Park and Yonge Street
A blog about cycling and political advocacy based in Toronto, Canada. (#BikeTO)
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The Globe and Mail @theglobeandmail.com · 25/11/2024
Opinion - Closing supervised drug-use sites won’t just affect those with addiction – it will hurt anyone who uses a hospital: Doug Ford’s decision to close nearly half of Ontario’s supervised consumption sites will lead to increased demands on our already overtaxed emergency rooms
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Closing supervised drug-use sites won’t just affect those with addiction – it will hurt anyone who uses a hospital
Doug Ford’s decision to close nearly half of Ontario’s supervised consumption sites will lead to increased demands on our already overtaxed emergency rooms
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 25/11/2024
‘I feel guilty and angry’: the captain turned campaigner trying to keep cruise ships at bay
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‘I feel guilty and angry’: the captain turned campaigner trying to keep cruise ships at bay
After spending most of his life on commercial vessels, Guillaume Picard is now fighting to keep these vast liners out of the French port of Marseille Few people know the sea better than Guillaume Picard. He grew up on a boat moored in the port of Hyères…
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