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B.C. residents urged to take shorter showers, conserve water as drought conditions worsen (bc.ctvnews.ca)
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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Are the "blond is beautiful" billboards still a thing in Nanaimo?

Many years ago, I visited Nanaimo and saw billboards showing dormant lawns with that slogan. According to my uncle, this was about water conservation and many neighbourhoods had "activist neighbours" who would sneak in and shut off water going onto lawns.