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Claire Martin

@ClaireMartinWx

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Former-TV broadcaster/host. Qualified meteorologist. Expat. If my tweets don't sound British, they weren't written by me.

Vernon
Joined January 2013
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@ClaireMartinWx
Claire Martin
5 years
So 30 years ago today, I arrived @yvrairport on a Ward Air flight as an immigrant. Scared, thrilled and completely alone. This country has been the greatest gift. Thank you #Canada . Thank you everyone who have helped this little Brit survive and grow.
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@ClaireMartinWx
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4 years
Some days you just gotta bring out the old record player! ⁦ @nilslofgren ⁩ ⁦ @springsteen
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2 years
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@ClaireMartinWx
Claire Martin
3 years
This is where we are “housing” our fire crews. If you’re in the Okanagan on holiday - can you consider cutting your time short so that these guys can get a hotel room? #vernonbc #WhiteRockLakeFire
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@ClaireMartinWx
Claire Martin
3 years
The most amazing sound! #vernon #rain
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@ClaireMartinWx
Claire Martin
2 years
So I had emergency eye surgery yesterday.. and once again I want to shout out to all the angels (aka nurses) working out there. You are most under rated, valuable, caring people in society. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
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@ClaireMartinWx
Claire Martin
1 year
Smoke alarms now going off in my house due to the wildfire smoke outside. Stay vigilant people - this is gonna be a long night. #McDougallCreekWildfire #BCWildfire
@JamieTawil
Jamie Tawil
1 year
#BREAKING The #McDougallCreekWildfire has jumped Okanagan lake into Kelowna. Hundreds of residents along Clifton Rd in Kelowna are packing up and leaving. #BCWildfire #WestKelowna
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@ClaireMartinWx
Claire Martin
3 months
Go Oilers Go!! Great fun watching @GlobalBC living up to their bet with @GlobalEdmonton
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@ClaireMartinWx
Claire Martin
1 month
Okanagan Lake - making for a picture perfect backdrop for my 35th anniversary of emigrating. July 6 has always been special to me and today did not fail to live up to dreams!
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@ClaireMartinWx
Claire Martin
3 years
Thanks for all the birthday wishes! It’s been a great day. I’m finally old enough to register for my “little prick” - so it doesn’t get any better!
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@ClaireMartinWx
Claire Martin
4 years
Ok. Am testing out a new portable office setup. Haven’t used the ironing board in years. Figured I might as well put it to use!
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@ClaireMartinWx
Claire Martin
8 years
"Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore." #WelcometoCanada
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@ClaireMartinWx
Claire Martin
2 years
Wow - now that’s inflation!
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@ClaireMartinWx
Claire Martin
8 years
"You're cancer free" said my surgeon last week. "Good" said I. "Gotta watch #TheHip " @thehipdotcom Aug 20. #courage @CBCNews #crying
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@ClaireMartinWx
Claire Martin
9 years
I love this photo - get goosebumps knowing how this would never have been possible in previous years. @ElizabethMay
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@ClaireMartinWx
Claire Martin
10 years
Hey. My #Ottawa friends. Go stand by the War Memorial guards tomorrow. Just for an hour at a time. Never let them be alone. #StaySafeOttawa
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@ClaireMartinWx
Claire Martin
9 years
And we have arrived! @ElizabethMay #COP21
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3 years
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@ClaireMartinWx
Claire Martin
9 years
Remember to use the following: #GlobeDebate #cdnpoli #elxn42 #votegreen and my favourite #GlibandMale
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3 years
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@ClaireMartinWx
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4 years
That time you try to take a photo of a statue, and end up with a fairly cool shot of yourself! #selfie
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@ClaireMartinWx
Claire Martin
9 years
Yay.. Trudeau invites Elizabeth May, other federal leaders to UN climate summit via @HuffPostCanada
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@ClaireMartinWx
Claire Martin
1 year
Surreal. Smoky but calm, cool and quiet here @predatorridge Aug 19 at 12 noon PT. Can hear aircraft circling Okanagan Lake picking up water. Lake Country fire “held” but we’re not safe yet. Thanks to the firefighters working non-stop to keep us safe. #BCWildfires #ClimateCrisis
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@ClaireMartinWx
Claire Martin
5 months
Ten years ago today, I left #Toronto to head west again. Ten years ago the only way I knew to take a selfie was to put the phone on the floor rested up against a brick wall.
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@ClaireMartinWx
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1 year
So I’m doing this! @Adele #Vegas
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@ClaireMartinWx
Claire Martin
1 month
If you’re gonna see ⁦ @Twistersmovie ⁩ with a gang, you might as well go with a bunch of #weather nerds! ⁦ @BadWeatherKyle ⁩ ⁦ @RyanVoutilainen ⁩ ⁦ @Zach_wx
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@ClaireMartinWx
Claire Martin
11 months
#HappyThanksgiving everyone. Grateful for the peace we have in #Canada - knowing how fragile it is.
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@ClaireMartinWx
Claire Martin
5 years
Hey, lady "mets" .. reaching out as we head towards #InternationalWomensDay2019 .. lets start a thread and recognize the great women out there in our field: @KHayhoe @CityNatasha @KGordonGlobalBC @JWagstaffe @CindyYu_wx @JillPeetersWX @helgavanleur @daynavettese
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@ClaireMartinWx
Claire Martin
4 years
The last time I said “thank you ....” to stop a man from talking, it didn’t work.
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@ClaireMartinWx
Claire Martin
4 years
On #WorldPhotographyDay I humbly submit a shot from my morning run this past weekend. #StanleyPark #Vancouver .
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@ClaireMartinWx
Claire Martin
9 months
This 👇. 🎤 drop.
@GlobalCalgary
Global Calgary
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Global News Calgary traffic reporter @global_leslie responds to an email criticising her choice of clothes. #yyc
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@ClaireMartinWx
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3 years
Well. I’ve told people to “be prepared” enough. Time for me to pay heed to my own advice. Packing my #emergency kit. #vernon #fire July 10.
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@ClaireMartinWx
Claire Martin
9 months
No matter where I am ( #London ), no matter how sad I am (RIP Dad), #sunshine always lifts me.
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@ClaireMartinWx
Claire Martin
7 months
Hey @taylorswift13 (first time caller, long time listener), please keep encouraging your fans to vote. It is one of the most important things to do/learn/understand as an adult. Thank you!
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@ClaireMartinWx
Claire Martin
7 years
@Simon_Cullen Daft punk playing for the biggest #daftpunk is perfect! #subliminalmessage
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@ClaireMartinWx
Claire Martin
3 years
Shit getting real here @predatorridge . Strong and gusty southerly winds, low humidity and temps still warm - meaning the #whiterocklake fire is explosive. August 6, 2021. 3 pm. #VernonBC @BCGovFireInfo
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@ClaireMartinWx
Claire Martin
2 years
Wow. If Rihanna had got any higher, NORAD would have had her shot down! Great great show.
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@ClaireMartinWx
Claire Martin
2 years
Congrats to my friend @adriearsenault - being named the new solo host of @CBCTheNational . She the baddest bad ass of them all, stupidly talented and knows how to get into shenanigans when the situation calls for it!! #ratingsgold
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@ClaireMartinWx
Claire Martin
4 years
Am I the only one (now that the launch has been successful) is laughing at the “Bob and Doug” references?? #SpaceX #ElonMusk #BobAndDoug #Gottatakealeak #canadianhumour
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@ClaireMartinWx
Claire Martin
6 years
Just watched a young kid pay for a stranger to ride the bus (his compass card appeared to have run out). Simple #RandomActsOfKindness give me hope for us all.
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@ClaireMartinWx
Claire Martin
2 years
Hats off to all those great photographers that routinely capture non-blurry #lightning shots. How do you do it?! #summer #weather #vernonbc
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@ClaireMartinWx
Claire Martin
3 years
It’s been 20 years since we’ve all been together. Cost of daily testing = outrageous. Memory of today = priceless. #family #london
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@ClaireMartinWx
Claire Martin
8 years
I’m an #ActualLivingScientist -a meteorologist with my head & heart in the clouds! #WomenInScience #DressLikeAWoman
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@ClaireMartinWx
Claire Martin
3 years
Arctic sea smoke on Lake Okanagan this afternoon. #winter #weather #cold
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@ClaireMartinWx
Claire Martin
7 years
Congratulations to all the BC Greens who have worked so hard to be a viable alternative. Now let's show them how collaborative govt works.
@AdamPOlsen
Adam Olsen
7 years
Greens across BC have so much 2 celebrate tonight. We are now the first green caucus in North America! Thank you Vancouver Island! 5/5
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@ClaireMartinWx
Claire Martin
1 year
And then I thought, well, I might as well do this too! @ladygaga #Vegas
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@ClaireMartinWx
Claire Martin
8 years
Hopefully my final doc appointment. Painted toe nails to celebrate! #kickCancer
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@ClaireMartinWx
Claire Martin
2 years
Crap. Not the way I wanted to end my holiday! Sigh. #CovidIsNotOver
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@ClaireMartinWx
Claire Martin
4 years
I’m officially now a hairy puffball!!
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@ClaireMartinWx
Claire Martin
3 years
Striving to only buy what you need to eat for a week, my fridge looks like this on Saturday mornings!
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@ClaireMartinWx
Claire Martin
6 years
@anygafs When I was 6 or 7 years old and I asked where "Glady- the cross-eyed bear" (Gladly, the cross I bear..") was, one day at Sunday School? I was loudly berated by the teacher, but my Granny, an elder at the church, chuckled all the way home!
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@ClaireMartinWx
Claire Martin
8 years
"The world is a good place, full of good people". RIP Stuart McLean. Dave and Morley will continue to delight in your honour.
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@ClaireMartinWx
Claire Martin
9 years
3 days (& counting), with 7.5 hrs of sleep in total, even the Energizer Bunny @ElizabethMay has to crash! #COP21
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@ClaireMartinWx
Claire Martin
2 years
Having had the privilege of being on-air for over 20 years, I know how your audience becomes your family. Not being given the chance to say goodbye is beyond class-less, it's cruel. Shame on you Bell. @LisaLaFlamme_ - you will be sorely missed.
@LisaLaFlamme_
Lisa LaFlamme
2 years
I have some news...
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@ClaireMartinWx
Claire Martin
10 years
Wow. Huge emotion as I get ready for my last weather-cast. Thanks again all of you. Made today my best ever. #sl . http://t.co/s35JT7UBZS
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@ClaireMartinWx
Claire Martin
2 years
There are times when you just relish being old friends. This was one of those times. @steeletalk @JlynNye @RStickleyMedia @kimblemiss
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@ClaireMartinWx
Claire Martin
6 years
#DYK that you can remember the value of pi (3.1415926) by counting the number of letters in each of the following words: "May I have a large container of coffee?" #PiDay
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@ClaireMartinWx
Claire Martin
3 years
Wow, rain glorious rain.. finally seeing a brief shower here.. Jul 5, 2021.. #Vernon and #Kamloops
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@ClaireMartinWx
Claire Martin
2 years
Wow Gordo. Congrats on your impending retirement. Let’s all meet up and share a glass again! ⁦ @GordSteinke ⁩ ⁦ @steeletalk
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@ClaireMartinWx
Claire Martin
9 months
If you can do nothing more today, please just take two minutes to remember those who chose to serve, and paid the ultimate sacrifice. #LestWeForget #RemembranceDay2023
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@ClaireMartinWx
Claire Martin
8 years
I know. Cheesy selfie but when your name is on the billboard .. (!) @UAlbertaAlumni #Edmonton
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@ClaireMartinWx
Claire Martin
2 years
Not a black sharpie in sight (!) as ⁦ @POTUS ⁩ tells Americans to watch the #weather @NWS ⁩. Stay safe everyone.
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@ClaireMartinWx
Claire Martin
5 years
Husband’s green thumb means deck space is reducing. #NorthVan #tomatoes #herbs #summer
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@ClaireMartinWx
Claire Martin
8 years
Hot summer night, street is empty, every house playing @thehipdotcom on #CBC . These are the ties and times that bind, my friends. #CAN
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@ClaireMartinWx
Claire Martin
2 years
Looks like the “outside office” is back!
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@ClaireMartinWx
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4 months
@ConsumerSOS Phew, they "promised to appear".. that will appease everyone!
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@ClaireMartinWx
Claire Martin
11 months
@CraigBaird And he brought me candies at least once a week - and asked me every time before heading into the studio « how’d I look? » to which I would always reply « like a million bucks, Bill! ». He was the best.
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@ClaireMartinWx
Claire Martin
4 years
To all my Canadian friends/family/followers. #HappyThanksgiving2020 . I am so grateful to be alive and enjoying the season. Here’s to many many more. #StaySafe #vote
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@ClaireMartinWx
Claire Martin
6 years
Achievement!! I have managed to grow one tomato 🍅!!! #Okanagan #summer #greenthumb
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@ClaireMartinWx
Claire Martin
3 years
Preparing to head home. Main food groups covered!
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@ClaireMartinWx
Claire Martin
6 years
@steeletalk It just cannot be true. I mean, it just can't be real. It's too head-shakily, shockingly, unbelievably wrong. On so many levels. I. JUST. CAN'T.. .. sigh.
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9 years
May: "We have a lot more to discuss." Yes, we do.Let's have @ElizabethMay back in all debates! #macdebate #gpc #elxn42 http://t.co/z4drfCes79
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@ClaireMartinWx
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1 year
@MMadryga ⁩ - winds S gusting 60 km/h now at Predator Ridge, north of #Kelowna . Aug 18 at 7 am PT. #wildfire
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Claire Martin
7 years
Look! It's " #heaven " as my Grandmother used to say. #Vernon #Summer
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@ClaireMartinWx
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2 months
Wow, Tom Jones.. just wow.
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France 3 Normandie
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80 ans du Débarquement. Revivez l'interlude musical interprété par Tom JONES lors de la cérémonie franco-britannique de Ver-sur-Mer. Vivez cette journée du 6 juin ici :
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@ClaireMartinWx
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7 years
Happy #Canada150 everyone. I became a #Canadian 25 years ago today. #soproud
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@ClaireMartinWx
Claire Martin
5 years
Yep. Scored an empty row on the 9 hour #Heathrow to #YVR . Thanks ⁦ @AirCanada ⁩ - literally made my day! Brought the sunshine back home as thanks!
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Claire Martin
5 years
Massive congratulations to @paulmanly and great news for @ElizabethMay - huge win for the @CanadianGreens - 2 MP's in #Ottawa is just the beginning!
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@ClaireMartinWx
Claire Martin
5 years
Hey Vancouverites - walk like a penguin to avoid slipping on the ice! #newsyoucanuse #icemageddon #bcstorm @ecccweatherbc
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@ClaireMartinWx
Claire Martin
2 months
Solstice sunset in Santorini. #Greece .
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@ClaireMartinWx
Claire Martin
4 years
Even though it’s a bit early (!) - it’s still beautiful! #snow #VERNON #bcstorm Oct 24, 2020.
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@ClaireMartinWx
Claire Martin
4 years
I found The Queen’s speech surprisingly moving. Yes, Your Majesty, we will meet again.
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@ClaireMartinWx
Claire Martin
4 years
Am I the only one that LOVES hearing our Prime Minister address children during his weekend pandemic updates? #smallthings #COVID19
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@ClaireMartinWx
Claire Martin
8 years
Happy Ground Hog Day everyone.. remember trained meteorologists around the world really don’t enjoy Feb 2nd.
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@ClaireMartinWx
Claire Martin
7 years
OMG, do we ALL have 280 characters now? Really.. keep writing Claire.. Say something profound.. Can't think of anything.. But yeh, we all might have 280 now.. Wow.. Yawn.
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@ClaireMartinWx
Claire Martin
7 years
#Halloween pumpkin carved. Let the candy-eating begin!
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@ClaireMartinWx
Claire Martin
8 years
Argh.. "days" r not going 2 get longer tomorrow. "Days" r 24 hrs exactly. All the time. Daylight hrs will start 2 increase! Sigh. Rant over!
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@ClaireMartinWx
Claire Martin
3 months
Western conference-here we come! ⁦ @EdmontonOilers
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@ClaireMartinWx
Claire Martin
3 years
Am I the only one that can hear the wind whistling through the noon BC COVID briefing (Jan 7) at the convention centre??
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Claire Martin
3 years
OMG @ianhanomansing @CBCGloria @shanefoxman - 2012 looked good on us!!
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4 years
This flag came with me when I emigrated. Proudly flying it this weekend. Never forget. #VEDay75 #VEDay2020
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Claire Martin
9 years
Bumped into @Kathleen_Wynne and other members of #Canadian delegation #COP21 @ec_minister reception @ElizabethMay
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@ClaireMartinWx
Claire Martin
3 years
My “grab-and-go” stuff ready to fo in case of evacuation. Green “ok” sign is left in house window to help fire crews know that the house is empty. #WhiteRockLakeFire #vernon #weather @TheCurrentCBC
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Claire Martin
8 months
Tonight’s full moon - the « cold moon » - is very bright out there. Happy Boxing Day 2023.
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Claire Martin
2 years
New favourite tee-shirt just arrived!
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@ClaireMartinWx
Claire Martin
6 years
My office this week! #ems2018 #Budapest
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