Here's a 3-legged moose
Oh, and the city is suing over the new pool
Welcome to holiday mode for Northern Capital News. Odds are that as the news cycle slows down so will be the need to write about things so expect shorter — or possibly no — newsletter for the next couple of weeks. I hope you’re getting some downtime and I know I will be trying, myself!
You know who won’t be though? Plumbers. Here are some tips to not need one:
And with that in mind, here’s the news:
Some people have made their way home but others are still trapped as a result of the weather problems at the Vancouver airport. If you’re among those impacted, here are your rights. At least the otters like it.
Our cold snap is ending soon but in the meantime city crews are still dealing with broken infrastructure.
Speaking of city infrastrcuture: The city is suing the architects who designed the new pool, saying they caused construction to be behind scheduled and over budget.
Speaking of building things, a new building permit record has been set.
RCMP have released dashcam footage of the hit-and-run that killed an unborn baby and injured a pregnant woman.
And finally, here is the three-legged moose, courtesy the consveration officer service. When I asked what it’s name was, I was told they try not to do that but I would like to give it a nickname, if you have any good ideas. Talk tomorrow (maybe!)
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Hello Andrew.
First off, thank you for the newsletters - I appreciate the effort that you put into these and have enjoyed the guests as well.
I am curious about your use of the phrases "unborn baby" and "unborn child" in this newsletter and another recent one. I am no longer current with the CP style guide, and couldn't find a copy of the CBC style guide (which I would believe you would be familiar with), but I would think that using a politically-charged and non-scientific euphemism for a fetus would not match their guidance - not that you are bound by either here.
I note that both phrases were used in the original reporting by CKPG and CBC, based off of communications from the RCMP - so potentially it was just the usage of the phrases that the police had used.
The usage struck out to me in both instances as the phrases are associated with anti-abortion language twisting. It is a tactic of anti-abortion and anti-women groups to use terms like "unborn child" instead of fetus to elicit an emotional reaction in people and sway them over to their opinions and ideologies. I don't believe that was your intent - and, as I said, I'm out of the loop with current guidelines, but it stuck out to me, so I thought I would ask you about it.
Once again, I really enjoy your work and appreciate the effort you have put into this.
Thank you,
Tyler