Hello 👋 I'm British and have lived in Canada for a number of years, my dad is coming to visit me in Calgary in the summer and wants to rent a car and drive to Vancouver Island. I would love it if someone could suggest a route he can take for maximum good times and seeing what the beautiful province of BC has to offer. He enjoys scenic drives, beer and wine, nature, but not necessarily 'hiking' up mountains as such as his fitness is just not really there in his older age. I appreciate any insights offered :)

https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.7500296

Personally, with all the cries for treatment facilities and needs for the unhoused to be provided with some form of living arrangements across the province, this could be easily converted into something useful. Especially considering the that as taxpayers, we've already paid for this.

Hey all, moving to an area that will be pretty remote. Looking for suggestions for satellite internet providers.

Any place to check availability and see available speeds? Other than starlink, any company's I'm not aware of?

A close friend of mine texted me this photo, of what looks to be a real ad that real people paid to have displayed on the SkyTrain. We cannot, for the life of us, figure out what is going on. Hopefully someone here knows what's happening

I see two tier1 rate increases since 2024, one from 9.75cents/kwh to 10.97 on my Apr/2024 bill and the other on their website at 11.72 for Apr 1 2025.

That totals ~20% not the 2.3 and 3.75% increases announced on the news.

I contacted them but they're unable to provide an answer.

My husband is planning our vacation in July, which includes a ferry ride from Bella Coola to Port Hardy. We will drive from Kamloops to Bella Coola. Any insights? How is the drive? We are starting at Washington State. We love Canada!!!!!!! Now more than ever.

The city of Vancouver maintains a dataset of every public tree (streets and parks), and I've been playing around with it for the past few weeks.

I ended up creating an interactive dashboard for every tree in the city. You can filter by neighbourhood, species, and height. I especially wanted to share this now that the cherry trees are in bloom. To help explore them, I created an "Interesting Trees" filter where one of the options is "🌸 Cherry & Plum Trees."

Some other interesting uses:

• Sort the "Tree Species" table by lowest counts first: these are the rarest species in the city.
• Filter to trees taller than 90ft. Vancouver has some exceptionally tall trees!

I wanted to share in case others might find it interesting, feel free to check it out here:

Vancouver Trees Dashboard 🌳

As you likely know by now, the Governor General has dissolved Parliament and Canada's 45th federal election is underway.

Key dates available online - see here

• April 9 is deadline for candidate nominations
• You should receive your voter information card by April 11. If you don't, use the online voter registration service to check your registration, register, or update your address.
• April 13-16 is Vote on Campus at certain institutions.
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• April 16 - incarcerated voters can vote at places where they are serving their sentences
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I'm doing a trip this summer and looking for recommendations for wineries that are newish/lesser known/hidden gems in the Oliver-Osoyoos area.

For reds, I like Cab Franc For whites, I like Viognier

But I'm not picky and open to anything.