Still nothing. #SiteC
Still no word on this apparent geotechnical issue at the #SiteC dam. We've asked BC Hydro, Energy Minister Adrian Dix @adriandix.bsky.social and the BC Energy Regulator (resp for project safety) for comment, but crickets. This video has been circulating for more than a day. #bcpoli
February 7, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Still nothing. #SiteC
As a leftist who has lived under the BC NDP's right-wingery for the past 7+ years, it's so hard listening to NDP partisans in the rest of Canada right now.
Singh? Really? Neolib who backed Horgan through #SiteC, radical expansion of fracking/LNG subsidies..This is your Trudeau alternative? #cdnpoli
Singh? Really? Neolib who backed Horgan through #SiteC, radical expansion of fracking/LNG subsidies..This is your Trudeau alternative? #cdnpoli
December 17, 2024 at 6:38 PM
Photography flashback! c.2004, SiteC #photography
January 5, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Photography flashback! c.2004, SiteC #photography
!! Reports of leaks at the troubled #SiteC dam in NE BC
Awaiting better video but here's a leak from a penstock (dam intake pipe). It's -30C there but that's typical in Ft St John & dam should be able to withstand that.
I'll relay some comments from locals in this thread.
(Audio not mine) #bcpoli
Awaiting better video but here's a leak from a penstock (dam intake pipe). It's -30C there but that's typical in Ft St John & dam should be able to withstand that.
I'll relay some comments from locals in this thread.
(Audio not mine) #bcpoli
February 5, 2025 at 11:21 PM
WorkSafeBC investigated suspicions that workers at the #SiteC dam were discouraged from reporting injuries, but in May cleared the project. Andrew MacLeod reports. #bcpoli
How BC Megaprojects Were Cleared of Suppressing Injured Workers’ Claims | The Tyee
Site C, LNG Canada and pipelines were probed for failing to report job-related medical incidents. A Tyee exclusive.
thetyee.ca
September 15, 2025 at 2:37 PM
The boom in data centre construction also comes while BC Hydro expects the province will need up to an additional 9,700 gigawatt hours of additional electricity each year by 2035 — nearly double the current output of the #SiteC dam.
@isaacphannay.bsky.social reports. #bcpoli #AI
@isaacphannay.bsky.social reports. #bcpoli #AI
Got Questions About AI Data Centres in Vancouver? Here Are Answers | The Tyee
The complexes will recycle heat and use less water than most, say backers as opponents mobilize.
thetyee.ca
May 25, 2026 at 7:53 PM
The boom in data centre construction also comes while BC Hydro expects the province will need up to an additional 9,700 gigawatt hours of additional electricity each year by 2035 — nearly double the current output of the #SiteC dam.
@isaacphannay.bsky.social reports. #bcpoli #AI
@isaacphannay.bsky.social reports. #bcpoli #AI
Still no word on this apparent geotechnical issue at the #SiteC dam. We've asked BC Hydro, Energy Minister Adrian Dix @adriandix.bsky.social and the BC Energy Regulator (resp for project safety) for comment, but crickets. This video has been circulating for more than a day. #bcpoli
February 6, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Still no word on this apparent geotechnical issue at the #SiteC dam. We've asked BC Hydro, Energy Minister Adrian Dix @adriandix.bsky.social and the BC Energy Regulator (resp for project safety) for comment, but crickets. This video has been circulating for more than a day. #bcpoli
This govt has the funds to pay for an unnecessarily fossil fuel-washing #SiteC dam whose energy costs 5x what wind power does, but not for give life-extending drugs for a little girl.
Massive subsidies to oil and gas and real estate, but not regular people. The BC NDP needs to change its name.
Massive subsidies to oil and gas and real estate, but not regular people. The BC NDP needs to change its name.
July 15, 2025 at 7:20 PM
This govt has the funds to pay for an unnecessarily fossil fuel-washing #SiteC dam whose energy costs 5x what wind power does, but not for give life-extending drugs for a little girl.
Massive subsidies to oil and gas and real estate, but not regular people. The BC NDP needs to change its name.
Massive subsidies to oil and gas and real estate, but not regular people. The BC NDP needs to change its name.
This OneBC mess is extra weird for me because Tim Thielmann, before he transformed into this weird social conservative far-right entity, was the lawyer for West Moberly First Nation in their BC Supreme Court case against #SiteC. I was often in touch with him—over his concern re racism against FNs!
December 16, 2025 at 1:39 AM
This OneBC mess is extra weird for me because Tim Thielmann, before he transformed into this weird social conservative far-right entity, was the lawyer for West Moberly First Nation in their BC Supreme Court case against #SiteC. I was often in touch with him—over his concern re racism against FNs!
How is this the journalist who actually bothered (on occasion, and not enough to make a difference) to uncover the many fiascos at the #SiteC dam megaproject? This is a much steeper descent into journalistic enshittification than I saw coming.
December 22, 2024 at 8:05 PM
How is this the journalist who actually bothered (on occasion, and not enough to make a difference) to uncover the many fiascos at the #SiteC dam megaproject? This is a much steeper descent into journalistic enshittification than I saw coming.
Everyone who used Twitter to chronicle events as they unfolded - in my case eg. the inquiry on the #SiteC dam, the anti-logging showdown with RCMP goons at #FairyCreek not covered in the media - should download their Twitter histories now until we know how to make them searchable by others.
November 15, 2024 at 7:03 PM
Everyone who used Twitter to chronicle events as they unfolded - in my case eg. the inquiry on the #SiteC dam, the anti-logging showdown with RCMP goons at #FairyCreek not covered in the media - should download their Twitter histories now until we know how to make them searchable by others.
Finally, media is reporting on BC's fracking madness.
Fracking caused a *massive* quake at the unstable #SiteC dam site in 2018. Why has it taken media so long?
Fracking leaks & vents methane, the most rapid of the climate-destroying gases.
And the NDP promote it.
cbc.ca/amp/1.7447400
#bcpoli
Fracking caused a *massive* quake at the unstable #SiteC dam site in 2018. Why has it taken media so long?
Fracking leaks & vents methane, the most rapid of the climate-destroying gases.
And the NDP promote it.
cbc.ca/amp/1.7447400
#bcpoli
The fracking frenzy in B.C and Texas is leading to record-breaking earthquakes
cbc.ca
February 1, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Finally, media is reporting on BC's fracking madness.
Fracking caused a *massive* quake at the unstable #SiteC dam site in 2018. Why has it taken media so long?
Fracking leaks & vents methane, the most rapid of the climate-destroying gases.
And the NDP promote it.
cbc.ca/amp/1.7447400
#bcpoli
Fracking caused a *massive* quake at the unstable #SiteC dam site in 2018. Why has it taken media so long?
Fracking leaks & vents methane, the most rapid of the climate-destroying gases.
And the NDP promote it.
cbc.ca/amp/1.7447400
#bcpoli
The grim faces of Environment Minister George Heyman & Energy Minister Michelle Mungall show how bad they knew this was. They & Horgan had *all* agitated against the #SiteC dam when in opposition. Then they do this, spouting false excuses.
May they always dream about pointlessly drowning a valley
May they always dream about pointlessly drowning a valley
May 22, 2026 at 1:53 PM
The grim faces of Environment Minister George Heyman & Energy Minister Michelle Mungall show how bad they knew this was. They & Horgan had *all* agitated against the #SiteC dam when in opposition. Then they do this, spouting false excuses.
May they always dream about pointlessly drowning a valley
May they always dream about pointlessly drowning a valley
"Multiple transmission lines between the Site C dam and LNG facilities are being paid for by the federal government & BC Hydro [ie. us!], ensuring the electricity from the $16+ billion #SiteC dam project will mostly go to drive fossil fuel development."
#bcpoli www.castanet.net/news/Inside-...
#bcpoli www.castanet.net/news/Inside-...
The problem with subsiding LNG and coal production in B.C. - Inside Climate
(This the third part in a series about problem with fossil fuel subsidies.)
www.castanet.net
May 27, 2025 at 6:47 PM
"Multiple transmission lines between the Site C dam and LNG facilities are being paid for by the federal government & BC Hydro [ie. us!], ensuring the electricity from the $16+ billion #SiteC dam project will mostly go to drive fossil fuel development."
#bcpoli www.castanet.net/news/Inside-...
#bcpoli www.castanet.net/news/Inside-...
Retired engineer Vern Ruskin (RIP) was involved in the design and construction of major BC dams since before the utility was even called BC Hydro.
Ruskin was called to speak about the #SiteC dam by the @BCUtilitiesCom during its 2017 review of the project. He forcefully argued that it was risky.
Ruskin was called to speak about the #SiteC dam by the @BCUtilitiesCom during its 2017 review of the project. He forcefully argued that it was risky.
June 12, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Retired engineer Vern Ruskin (RIP) was involved in the design and construction of major BC dams since before the utility was even called BC Hydro.
Ruskin was called to speak about the #SiteC dam by the @BCUtilitiesCom during its 2017 review of the project. He forcefully argued that it was risky.
Ruskin was called to speak about the #SiteC dam by the @BCUtilitiesCom during its 2017 review of the project. He forcefully argued that it was risky.
It's not just Elon—Trump apparently also thinks we are in a simulation or, in his case, a fairly simple board game
#Water #SiteC #bcpoli
#Water #SiteC #bcpoli
“And they have essentially a very large faucet. And you turn the faucet and it takes one day to turn it. It’s massive.” (I don't know where he's getting this from. There is no giant faucet.)
globalnews.ca/news/1076064...
globalnews.ca/news/1076064...
Donald Trump claims B.C.’s ‘very large faucet’ could help California’s water woes | Globalnews.ca
"So you have millions of gallons of water pouring down from the north with the snow caps in Canada and all pouring down," Donald Trump said at a press conference.
globalnews.ca
December 5, 2024 at 1:09 AM
Let's not see the BC Greens squander another chance to make a difference in BC the way they did in 2017. Shamefully, Andrew Weaver and Norman Spector failed to make stopping the #SiteC dam a condition of the CASA agreeement.
BC Greens need to stop the "collaboration" talk & play ball. #bcpoli
BC Greens need to stop the "collaboration" talk & play ball. #bcpoli
October 21, 2024 at 2:34 AM
This is also what I hear from many people I talk to. Their general take is "WTF!" followed by "why are they doing this?"
Councillors do it because "we can't be the party of no"—which BTW is how we ended up with #SiteC. Yes, you CAN say no. Or you vote yes with a Chip Wilson-backed cartoon villain
Councillors do it because "we can't be the party of no"—which BTW is how we ended up with #SiteC. Yes, you CAN say no. Or you vote yes with a Chip Wilson-backed cartoon villain
June 21, 2026 at 12:44 AM
This is also what I hear from many people I talk to. Their general take is "WTF!" followed by "why are they doing this?"
Councillors do it because "we can't be the party of no"—which BTW is how we ended up with #SiteC. Yes, you CAN say no. Or you vote yes with a Chip Wilson-backed cartoon villain
Councillors do it because "we can't be the party of no"—which BTW is how we ended up with #SiteC. Yes, you CAN say no. Or you vote yes with a Chip Wilson-backed cartoon villain
As one forestry activist commented: 'This list is no surprise. We can't forget the big picture: Horgan reneged on cancelling the #SiteC dam and he joined Elk Valley Coal as soon as he resigned as premier.'
March 7, 2025 at 6:20 PM
As one forestry activist commented: 'This list is no surprise. We can't forget the big picture: Horgan reneged on cancelling the #SiteC dam and he joined Elk Valley Coal as soon as he resigned as premier.'
SITEC... what an experience!
November 18, 2024 at 10:12 AM
SITEC... what an experience!
Carney shouldn't pay any attention to David Eby's lust for LNG. #SiteC Dam destroyed 10,000 acres of the best farmland & produces power for fracking the Montenay gas fields & producing LNG. Exported gas produces far worse emissions than coal major study finds www.nationalobserver.com/2024/10/09/n...
Exported gas produces far worse emissions than coal, major study finds
Research challenges idea that sending liquefied natural gas around the world is cleaner alternative to burning coal
www.nationalobserver.com
November 14, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Carney shouldn't pay any attention to David Eby's lust for LNG. #SiteC Dam destroyed 10,000 acres of the best farmland & produces power for fracking the Montenay gas fields & producing LNG. Exported gas produces far worse emissions than coal major study finds www.nationalobserver.com/2024/10/09/n...
More rumours that need confirmation:
"Also sounds like some cracks in the concrete somewhere on #SiteC south bank leaking water. Cold weather will have things heaving & moving along with the natural rebound of the clay.
Pedestal shown in video might have moved & be putting stress on that joint"
"Also sounds like some cracks in the concrete somewhere on #SiteC south bank leaking water. Cold weather will have things heaving & moving along with the natural rebound of the clay.
Pedestal shown in video might have moved & be putting stress on that joint"
February 5, 2025 at 11:25 PM
More rumours that need confirmation:
"Also sounds like some cracks in the concrete somewhere on #SiteC south bank leaking water. Cold weather will have things heaving & moving along with the natural rebound of the clay.
Pedestal shown in video might have moved & be putting stress on that joint"
"Also sounds like some cracks in the concrete somewhere on #SiteC south bank leaking water. Cold weather will have things heaving & moving along with the natural rebound of the clay.
Pedestal shown in video might have moved & be putting stress on that joint"
Sure. Allow fracking near SiteC. What could go wrong?
February 12, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Sure. Allow fracking near SiteC. What could go wrong?
This will be interesting to watch—cracks forming in the banks of the #SiteC dam reservoir
Recall: former longtime BC Hydro engineer Vern Ruskin repeatedly warned that slides in the Peace River region's soft shale/silt were a major geotechnical risk for the dam
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www.facebook.com/groups/54917...
Recall: former longtime BC Hydro engineer Vern Ruskin repeatedly warned that slides in the Peace River region's soft shale/silt were a major geotechnical risk for the dam
🧵
www.facebook.com/groups/54917...
June 12, 2025 at 4:35 PM
This will be interesting to watch—cracks forming in the banks of the #SiteC dam reservoir
Recall: former longtime BC Hydro engineer Vern Ruskin repeatedly warned that slides in the Peace River region's soft shale/silt were a major geotechnical risk for the dam
🧵
www.facebook.com/groups/54917...
Recall: former longtime BC Hydro engineer Vern Ruskin repeatedly warned that slides in the Peace River region's soft shale/silt were a major geotechnical risk for the dam
🧵
www.facebook.com/groups/54917...
It's odd that the original video, posted on @wickedconstructiondan on TikTok, doesn't seem to be there anymore.
However locals who know #SiteC confirm this looks like Site C.
Open dm's here or on my Twitter, confidential.
www.tiktok.com/@wickedconst...
However locals who know #SiteC confirm this looks like Site C.
Open dm's here or on my Twitter, confidential.
www.tiktok.com/@wickedconst...
WickedConstructionDan's Creator Profile
www.tiktok.com
February 5, 2025 at 11:27 PM
It's odd that the original video, posted on @wickedconstructiondan on TikTok, doesn't seem to be there anymore.
However locals who know #SiteC confirm this looks like Site C.
Open dm's here or on my Twitter, confidential.
www.tiktok.com/@wickedconst...
However locals who know #SiteC confirm this looks like Site C.
Open dm's here or on my Twitter, confidential.
www.tiktok.com/@wickedconst...