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Liam Fudge 12666 72nd Ave. Surrey, B.C., V3W 2M8 liam.fudge@student.kpu.ca (639) 382-3607 February 17th, 2023 Freedom Of Information Coordinating Office The British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority 333 Dunsmuir St. Vancouver, B.C., V6B 5R3 To whom it may concern, Under the Freedom of Information and Protections of Privacy Act, I request that you provide me with the following: A detailed spreadsheet of every work-related injury at B.C. Hydro including locations, dates, times, and causes of injury for January 1st, 2022 to December 31st, 2022. Please provide the requested information by emailing me at liam.fudge@student.kpu.ca. If you are unable to send it digitally then a physical copy sent to 1730 Semlin Drive, Vancouver, B.C. V5N 4P7 will suffice. If there is any need to get a hold of me you can do so at the email or phone number provided at the top of this letter. Thank you, Liam Fudge Explanation: I chose the request I made because I wanted to know if it's more dangerous to wor...

Photo Credits: Book Catalog  In a recent blog post from Shalina Chand, she wrote about how she thinks that social media is great for users' health and I disagree with her statement, along with her evidence.  Chand speaks on how social media allows people to express themselves and communicate with others which is true, however just because you can do so doesn’t mean that it will result in a positive experience. Social media is a toxic cesspool when it comes to opinions. You can be attacked for the simplest things such as disagreeing with a call by a referee in a sporting event or be hit with racist and homophobic slurs when discussing your opinion on why you disliked a certain character in a show. When Atlanta rapper Takeoff died, videos of his dead body were circulating on Twitter. I called out the people doing so and said how it wasn’t right to be posting said videos and I was met with many nasty responses to the point that I turned replies off on the Tweet. The internet is u...