Provincial Coordinator of SET-BC @set_bc Using technology to bring inclusive opportunities for all students in BC to be successful. Any other ideas are my own.
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Jun 14
anyone attending Australia vs Turkiye tonight, please post a pic of BC Place food and drink prices. Curious what weβre looking at for Thursdayβs Canada vs Qatar match
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Hundreds of thousands of soldiers from Alberta have served Canada for over a century.
Many gave their lives for their country.
They fought for Canada. Let's fight against separation.
Vote for Alberta to remain a province of Canada on Oct. 19, 2026.
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Amazing grass! Itβs ready to go.
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Apr 4
Your walk is physically growing your brain. Thatβs not a metaphor.
Every year after 50, your brainβs memory region shrinks by about 1-2%. Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh put 120 older adults into two groups. One walked 40 minutes a day, three days a week, for a full year. The other just stretched. Brain scans showed the walkersβ memory region grew by 2%, undoing one to two years of shrinkage. The stretching group shrank by another 1.4%.
It changes how you think too. Stanford tested 176 people on creative tasks while sitting and then while walking. Creative output jumped 60%. Even on a treadmill facing a blank wall.
Every single person who walked outside produced at least one strong original idea, while only half the seated group managed it. The boost stuck around even after they sat back down.
A 2024 review in the British Medical Journal looked at 218 studies and found that walking and jogging worked about as well as antidepressants for depression. For people already dealing with clinical depression, a separate analysis of 75 studies found the benefit was about 4x what it was for everyone else.
You donβt even need 10,000 steps. That number came from a 1960s Japanese marketing campaign for a pedometer, not from any medical study. When researchers tracked over 226,000 people, every extra 1,000 steps per day lowered the risk of early death. Around 9,000 steps a day is enough to cut that risk by 39%.
A pair of shoes and a door. No prescription needed.
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Apr 2
Canadians who want high-speed rail donβt care whether itβs built in Eastern Canada or Western Canada.
We just want great things built in this country again. π¨π¦
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An electric tricycle designed for easy wheelchair access
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Would look good in π¨π¦ colours. Much cheaper too. Just saying @MarkJCarney
Mar 25
Unveiling of the first F-39E Gripen manufactured in Brazil on Embraer's production lines.
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31 years ago today, on March 25, 1995, The Tragically Hip took the stage on SNL. The rest is historyβ¦
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I think @Canucks are doing a similar route. Maybe even do a couple of rounds before end of the season.
Mar 24
The Toronto Maple Leafs announced their parade route this afternoon.
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Mar 25
Being vulnerable with your staff can help nurture team growth. π³
(Inspiration via P @PrincipalTMAC)
ALT "Cultivating a team culture of creativity and collaboration starts with me as the leader. Many times my team and I circle up and I admit mistakes or share a pivot we may need to make based on the feedback I am hearing. This growth mindset puts us all on this trajectory of learning together and having a voice in the plan!" βPrincipal Tim McCaffrey
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Mar 21
THINKING ABOUT OUR FUTURE We were giants during WW2 and we will be giants again. Trade with the USA will drop from 75% to 50%, but it will be replace by increased trade with Asia and Europe. The economies of the future will need more energy and critical minerals. Canada has what the world needs. We will build oil and gas pipelines and ports, Canada is the undisputed global leader of the middle powers. The Canadian Arctic will be a modern day gold rush. Military and industrial spending will be coordinated, Our young people will have a great future.
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Now, thatβs cool!
Mar 19
B.C. Lions: Nathan Rourke takes aim at representing Canada at 2028 Olympics β in flag football vancouversun.com/sports/footβ¦
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Couldnβt agree more. I wished I was more vigilant when my daughter went down with her ACL. Ruined any chance of a future in soccer unfortunately. #patience
Mar 10
Ilya Orlov, an academic and head coach of the U of T menβs soccer team, recently authored a paper on the risks around rushing Alphonso Davies back into action.
Worth a read, after the #CanMNT star left todayβs Bayern match.
linkedin.com/posts/ilya-orloβ¦
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I think the worst part is that we have wait so long for another best on best. π¨π¦
Feb 22
9 out of 10 times, MacKinnon scores into the semi-open net. Breakaways by McDavid and Celebrini, 2 1-timers from the hashmarks by Celebrini, save on the goal line by McAvoy. Canada played phenomenally. Every once in a while, itβs someone elseβs turn. Proud of π.
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Is this really hard to do? Come on Canada! Come on BC! Letβs do this.
This is an Amazing! Iβll ask @joni_askola about it when he joins me from Finland tomorrow on The OShow
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Jan 29
KINEW: "Wow, all this referendum talk makes me want to have a referendum, too, except in Manitoba, the question is going to be: Do you want to stay a part of Canada? And the two choices are going to be: Yeah, and Heck, yeah."
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Canada as a whole should be proud of how we are being represented on the world stage right now. Clean, articulate, and direct verbage from a PM who is weathering a rough patch with dignity.
I don't see him as Liberal, or Conservative in these moments, I see him as a leader.
He is elevating our brand as a country. π¨π¦
Jan 20
Carney: "American hegemony in particular helped provide public goods, open sea lanes, a stable financial system, collective security ... this bargain no longer works. Let me be direct. We are in the midst of a rupture, not a transition ... recently, great powers have begun using economic integration as a weapon. Tariffs as leverage ... "
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Get all the kids in. The Abby run was at least fun to watch last year.
Jan 18
Trades. Let there be trades. Letβs get this show on the road.
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