Nerd lol 🤣

October 1, 2025

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“In a sentence, it has chosen to save money over lives.”

#vanpoli #vancouver

"'Downtown is stabilizing': Mixed signals from latest downtown Vancouver business report" feat @downtownvan.bsky.social and told by @njgriffiths.bsky.social via @vancouversun.bsky.social

#cdnpoli #bcpoli #vanpoli #vanre

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Very cool 😎

Maple syrup mysteries are far & away my favourite true crime sub-genre 🍁 😝

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Opposition to supportive housing mounts at municipalities across Metro Vancouver Two community groups are behind growing opposition toward supportive housing projects across Metro Vancouver.

"Opposition to supportive housing mounts at municipalities across Metro Vancouver" as told by @isabellazavarise.bsky.social

#bcpoli #vanpoli #vanre

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This is my favorite climate change chart. Japanese monks, aristocrats, and emperors kept meticulous records of cherry blossom festivals for 1,200 years and accidentally built the world's longest climate dataset.

Good lord, pls no.

Sometimes 3D #dataviz is just the way to go 🤠

I created this illustration for @sciam.bsky.social December '25 issue on rare earth elements and how much of it is estimably left. Comparing the already produced with how much is in reserve.
As always great to be working with @jenchristiansen.com

The Fallout from Reporting on White Nationalism in Canada | The Tyee Journalist Rachel Gilmore published an investigation in The Tyee. The men she unmasked showed up to intimidate her in person.

This is deeply disturbing is so many ways 😡

“affiliated active clubs have claimed to know my home address and threatened to share it, raising concerns that I might have to uproot my life and move.”

The Fallout from Reporting on White Nationalism in Canada via thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...

Vancouver city Coun. Sean Orr sues Mayor Ken Sim for defamation Orr filed a lawsuit Tuesday alleging Sim defamed him last month when he falsely accused the COPE councillor of distributing illegal drugs.

Vancouver mayor Ken Sim sued for defamation after accusing a colleague of handing out illegal drugs on Xmas 🎄 💊 😮

#vanpoli #vancouver

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BC Government Accused of a Stealth Attack on Freedom of Information | The Tyee The new bill includes ‘some really bad stuff,’ warn advocates and opposition.

“There’s some really bad stuff in here that I think erodes transparency in British Columbia.” #bcpoli #foi

BC Government Accused of a Stealth Attack on Freedom of Information via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2026/03...

From street parties to fireworks: Why Vancouver’s festival scene is on shaky ground Organizers point to same reasons for why events are at risk: Rising costs, shrinking sponsorships and shifting public-funding priorities.

Amidst all this real estate wealth, why all this cultural (with others) poverty

"From street parties to fireworks: Why Vancouver’s festival scene is on shaky ground" as told by Sarah Grochowski via @vancouversun.bsky.social

#bcpoli #vanpoli #vanre

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‘Mass Death on This Scale Is Incomprehensible’ | The Tyee Overdose deaths are trending down, but BC is still in the thick of a crisis. Here’s what the data tells us.

“these aren’t numbers, these are people, and it’s a new person dying every time.”

#bcpoli #toxicdrugs

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“The news conference began at 2 p.m., and by 2:05 p.m., the mayor had disappeared.”

#vanpoli

Car Free Day cancelled for Main Street, Commercial Drive, Denman Street Organizers cited rising costs and changes to funding as a factor in their decision not to move forward with this year's events.

🚨 All the car free days 🚫🚗in #vancouver are cancelled this year 😢

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Oof. Drug poisoning calls to B.C. EHS have doubled since 2016

#toxicdrugs #bcpoli

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LNG Canada likely delaying flaring fix to save money | The Narwhal Experts think LNG Canada is prioritizing profits over the public and ask why the BC Energy Regulator isn’t stepping in

After revealing LNG Canada is flaring far above permitted levels, we went to experts.

What they told us about a three-year fix — and the role of the BC Energy Regulator — raises new questions about timelines and enforcement. thenarwhal.ca/lng-canada-f... #bcpoli

Inside the Far-Right Push to Influence Canadian Political Parties | The Tyee A conference call shows a political operative with past Conservative connections advising several white nationalist groups.

“We’re at a point in this country in Canada where we have the largest white nationalist movement that has ever existed in this country’s history.”

Yikes. Great reporting from @jenstden.bsky.social tho

#bcpoli #cdnpoli

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Health officials think medetomidine, a sedative used for aggresive animals, is behind a second spike of drug poisonings to hit #BritishColumbia in two months #toxicdrugs #dataviz

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LNG Canada’s ‘integrity issue’ in Kitimat, B.C. | The Narwhal Internal documents show LNG Canada is burning a lot more natural gas than expected — while repeatedly saying the situation is ‘normal’

Internal documents show LNG Canada is burning a lot more natural gas than expected — while repeatedly saying the situation is ‘normal.’

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From the britishcolumbia community on Reddit: Insane Vancouver Downtown fog from a bird's-eye view Explore this post and more from the britishcolumbia community

Daaaaammmmmn… 😍

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Narwhal co-founder Carol Linnitt speaks at a press scrum outside the B.C. Supreme Court in Vancouver

“As we stand outside this courthouse, stepping into five weeks of trial, we know the legitimate right of journalists to do their job, to perform their vital role in our democracy, is at stake.” — Narwhal co-founder Carol Linnitt on our case against the RCMP: thenarwhal.ca/press-freedom/

Canada-wide, U.S.-bound flights were down 13.5 per cent this past November, compared to the same period in 2024.

🚨🚨🚨 Transit dataviz! 🚨🚨🚨

Lookup the average per-passenger cost for every #translink bus route in MetroVancouver 📊 🤓 #transit #dataviz #datavisualization #metrovancouver

Special thanks to @denisagar.bsky.social from @movementyvr.bsky.social

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Sunrise Market Is a Rare Gem. And a Dying Breed | The Tyee Steve Burgess takes readers inside a beloved Downtown Eastside grocery store. Last in a series.

Sunrise Market Is a Rare Gem. And a Dying Breed via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Culture/2026...

Beautiful set of pictures for “photos of the century” from @theobserveruk.bsky.social

📸 #photography #photojournalism

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