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[Mike K.]

Do you have the blue check mark? I only follow trusted accounts.

 

As of today, yes!

[Victoria Watcher]

Total sell-out to Musk.

[Mike K.]

It cost $8US.

[Midnightly]

Isn’t that more an Environment Canada issue? forecast did not say it was going to be that bad until they changed it that evening (if memory serves correctly)

Maybe they could dig in more and find out why EC has crappy technology.

i'll add that i do check the weather daily.. we were hit by multiple storms back to back.. we knew about the rain well in advance and even the wind but it was supose to die down by monday (little rain in the forcast) snow expected in the morning but meant to disappear as the evening progressed and i did work monday.. when i went to work it was still listing at a freezing temp listed with the planned to rise during the evening... the amount of snow we got was not what i had expected by the predicted forcast (snow was blowing sideways)...  and sadly i had to very carefully drive home at 9pm in that (thank goodness for all season tires) there were a few sketchy areas but i managed it..  so i do understand why they didn't have a solid plan for setting up the cold weather shelters... though i do think the many poverty industries that we have in this town could have rallied much quicker once they saw that the snow was starting to stick to the ground, they should have plans in place weeks ago..  this is not something that should catch them off guard because as sure as the sun will shine, we will have a cold wet windy winter

[Nparker]

...they should have plans in place weeks ago. this is not something that should catch them off guard because as sure as the sun will shine, we will have a cold wet windy winter

This.

There is no legitimate excuse for local social service agencies not to have a coordinated severe weather plan in place from at least November-February each year. It's not as though sheltering the homeless only became an issue since this past spring.

[Victoria Watcher]

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[Victoria Watcher]

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[spanky123]

I read that email. It was a bit needy, but well-done. And if it got them an EXTRA $600/mo. ongoing, good on them.

 

Good for them, covers the cost of a 'reporter'!

[todd]

you don’t even get a bottle of snake oil

[todd]

How was the bar assigned? CD can be a good read but not every day, maybe every third, I don’t get the email newsletter however

[Victoria Watcher]

“Bar” in this case means “except”.

[Victoria Watcher]

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[spanky123]

^ That is really specific! Sounds more like a fishing exercise to me.

[todd]

Sounds like a bad Victoria Secret ad. Hope it’s something scandalous

[Victoria Watcher]

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[Szeven]

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[spanky123]

You can sign up with a fake email. 

[Victoria Watcher]

I don't think its so much to ask that you give them your e-mail for the article.   You can mark the first thing from them as spam if you want nothing ever to do with it again. 

 

Or maybe enjoy their twice weekly e-mails.  

 

I like the Cap Daily e-mail every day even if I rarely open.  

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[Nparker]

I'd rather get a lump of coal in my stocking.