British Columbia

After years of blowing past all signage I just tried to actually obey the 20km/h and then the 5km/h up the ramp to the drop off area.

20km/h on that straightaway feels comical and the folks behind me were visibly annoyed. The slowest I was able to drive up the ramp asking me to do 5km/h in first gear without stalling was 8km/h.

I would like to see someone at BC ferries demonstrate this being done and tell me with a straight face that 5km/h is reasonable

That's 3mph for you americans

Not sure the point of this but what car do i need to buy in order to remain complacent? Because my 400hp car cannot drive uphill at 5km/h

cross-posted from: https://scribe.disroot.org/post/5324101

British Columbia's government said Monday that it is opening a "forest trade office" in London, U.K., in an effort to boost exports to Europe.

The announcement comes as U.S. fees, including duties and tariffs, on Canadian forest products reached 45 per cent earlier this month.

"I never want workers to be put in this position ever again. We can no longer trust the United States," Forests Minister Ravi Parmar told CBC's On The Coast. "And in the case of forestry, we are too reliant on the United States."

Crown Corporation Forestry Innovation Investment will open an office in the U.K. which will provide a stronger foothold for sales into Europe and eventually the Middle East and North Africa, according to the province.

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An excerpt from the piece to give context to the title:

In 2021, the Williams Lake First Nation opened an investigation into missing students at St. Joseph’s Mission. The First Nation’s investigators found that under Father O’Connor, a member of the clergy who rose to the rank of bishop, as well as other principals at St. Joseph’s, babies conceived by students and nuns—including some fathered by priests—were aborted or adopted out. Witnesses as well as records in the Royal Canadian Mounted Police archives attested to something even darker: newborn babies cast into the incinerator to be burned with the garbage.

Sometimes, I wonder what Tony knew about men like O’Connor and what happened at his school after dark. It’s hard to imagine he spent all those years walking the mission grounds at night without hearing or seeing some of the things that students, prosecutors, juries, and even abusers themselves later acknowledged. But he did tell this story to the Williams Lake Tribune, where, seven decades later, investigators found the article and shared it with me.

Because that night, the night of August 16, 1959, Tony followed that wail, flashlight in hand. Sound and light led him inside the service wing to a garbage burner about the size of an office desk, where trash from the mission was turned to ash. He opened it, casting rays of light onto rubbish and soot. Somewhere near the top of the pile was an ice cream carton, repurposed as a makeshift wastebasket and discarded no more than twenty minutes before. Within was a newborn. The authorities called him “Baby X.” And he was my father.

If anyone has done this in the past, and if so, what has your experience been like?

I'm curious about the smart home device enrollment in particular, since I imagine a lot of people here are using the selfhosting-compatible devices. Assuming BC Hydro is handling can handle the adjustments securely/reliably, this seems like a cool program?

Join Peak Saver to earn money back on your BC Hydro bill for using less electricity during brief times of high demand, called peak events. This program rewards you for being flexible when you use electricity, which helps us manage demand on our system.

Whether you prefer a hands-on challenge or to sit back and leave it to us, there are different options to shift, save and earn money during peak events.