personally I think it's a very big deal that the Canada bureau chief for the @nytimes.com — certainly one of the highest-paid journalists in the country — asked an unspecified "AI tool" what Poilievre said & published its AI-hallucinated quotes in her reporting.

People love celebrating the first Asian Canadian doctors, teachers, etc. But it got me thinking about the "firsts" we still experience today as we step into white spaces, from offices and boardrooms, to parks and towns on family vacations. My piece in the Straight: www.straight.com/city-culture...

Love Richmond's Asian malls? You can catch the new doc "The Golden Village" on YouTube, with lovely scenes of mall life and how migrants made them home. Directed by Karen Cho of "Big Fight in Little Chinatown", feat. me chiming in over pork chop rice! www.youtube.com/watch?v=tba1...

✨ Cover reveal! 📕 "Very Vancouver" will be out in August. It's a non-fiction storybook by me, a kaleidoscopic odyssey through backyard gardens, alley bottle hoards, SROs, Duffin's at midnight, and east-side family life — tales that take you beyond our pretty skylines. ecwpress.com/products/ver...

And now, we rank the Amazing Brentwood, which "insists upon itself."

...and here we are talking about it on On the Coast! www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

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I just learned that the Canadian Press offers an online test and certification? And that you can become a CP "Master" if you score 100 per cent in record time? Now I'm curious how many CP Masters are out there... www.thecanadianpress.com/writing-guid...

Trying to scare the students with their greatest fear... Hide your Oxford commas!

Already shared with my j-school class. Thanks for speaking up, Jackie!

Incredible that they posed for a photo op for their own capture. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Global News laid off 26 journalists in B.C. and Alberta today. In B.C. the layoffs include virtually all of the online team, along with many others. The business is increasingly cruel, and the hollowing out of newsrooms providing fair and reliable information continues to suck.

This happens too often.

The last houses of Whalley, Surrey. On film.

Getting ready for back to school season! I'll be teaching journalism at BCIT.

Belties! Admiring @climatesteves.bsky.social's cows by the Richmond dyke last night.

Very Vancouver scene in last night's Last of Us.

Not our beloved Fraser Street... My heart is broken. I feel so sick reading the horrific details of what people experienced at this evening's attack. This is a violent violation of a special safe place shared by so many, on a day to celebrate Lapu Lapu. Take care of each other.

A nice surprise this week! I'm nominated for the Jim Deva Prize for Writing that Provokes alongside these great folks with impactful work. @bcyukonbookprizes.bsky.social

🐟 some news 🐟 I have said goodbye to the Tyee! It's hard to believe it's been 10 years since my first story, and I've been itching for some change. Reporting for the rising outlet has been the richest of adventures alongside the most talented colleagues. Thanks to all who followed along.

The flag was muted during a reckoning with residential schools. Then it was embraced by the convoy protests. Now, it's everywhere as a symbol of Canadian sovereignty. A vexillologist, an Indigenous artist and a scholar of the right on this recent whiplash of meanings. thetyee.ca/News/2025/03...

Nathaniel likes the Broadway Plan. He's a nurse who moved to the area to be near VGH, where he works. He knew his building would be demolished, but that he'd have the "strongest renter protections in Canada." But then he found out he didn't qualify. In @thetyee.ca. thetyee.ca/News/2025/03...

Abbotsford is home to the oldest gurdwara in the western hemisphere, built with wood men carried on their backs from a mill where they worked. Within that family of lumber barons were two supporters of the KKK. Here's local historians and the family on that legacy. thetyee.ca/Culture/2025...

The Dunsmuir rotted. The Winters burned down. The Balmoral was condemend. A @thetyee.ca interview with Vancouver's building chief on the lessons learned, negligent landlords, tricky demolitions, quake-proofing SROs, and problems with vacant buildings. thetyee.ca/News/2025/02...

Six progressive parties "blew up" the ballot last Vancouver election with too many candidates. This byelection, three parties (the Greens, OneCity, COPE) have agreed to limit themselves to one candidate each to prevent a split. Two seats are up for grabs. In @thetyee.ca. thetyee.ca/News/2025/02...

reading the Power 50 list again and there is too much positivity. we need the Power Baddies 50. www.vanmag.com/city/power-5...

I always knew Jen St. Denis was Powerful but now it's official: she made the Vanmag power list this year (#19)! It's a thrill being part of @thetyee.ca team with @jenstden.bsky.social and hearing what she's up to. Nice to see journos recognized in this space. www.vanmag.com/city/power-5...

As the new Sen̓áḵw goes up, a scholar looks back at how Vancouver coveted the urban reserve, how an AG coerced an illegal sale in 1913, and how the displacement of Sḵwx̱wú7mesh people sparked a political debate on how colonization should be packaged more nicely. @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...

If we're all taking a moment to celebrate Canadian and local food, then there's no better time to re-post this amazing series by @bychrischeung.bsky.social about delicious local food made by family-owned businesses here in B.C. thetyee.ca/News/2023/05...

the downtown eastside is dangerous and full of luxury suvs that might lure and lock you inside www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGTi...

An aunt in my family went to the grand opening and she couldn't stop telling me about the freshly-squeezed orange juice from the vending machine lol On the Capstan Station opening: thetyee.ca/News/2025/01...

Hong Kong bakeries are known for egg tarts and pineapple buns, but Lunar New Year means it's time to deep fry treats. Pine House shreds taro, folds pastries, and crimps dumplings that go into a wok of oil — often working into the a.m. On the Cantonese craft. @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Culture/2025...

🍃 Adriane Carr, Green champion and Vancouver councillor since 2011, has resigned. I chatted with her in @thetyee.ca on: "losing trust" with Mayor Sim, making change in opposition, Green growth, why long meetings can be good for democracy, and the coming byelection battle. thetyee.ca/News/2025/01...

Hong Kong bakeries are known for egg tarts and pineapple buns, but Lunar New Year means it's time to deep fry treats. Pine House shreds taro, folds pastries, and crimps dumplings that go into a wok of oil — often working into the a.m. On the Cantonese craft. @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Culture/2025...

It's so nice to read a review of my book by someone who "gets" what I'm trying to say! In The B.C. Review. thebcreview.ca/2025/01/20/2...

I've been enjoying all the real estate tea in Storeys, particularly the profiles and the latest on insolvencies and receiverships. They do a great job of explaining how development works. My @thetyee.ca interview with this fellow digital outlet. thetyee.ca/News/2025/01...

Trying to find a pic of those "fake" posters by the Independent tower in Mount Pleasant advertising a DOA concert and Sunday jazz at the Cellar. They're no longer there. Does anyone happen to have a snap? Perhaps @vanalogueyvr.bsky.social?

A new book chronicles the fascinating history of craft beer in Vancouver: 🍺 the rowdy pre-prohibition era on Brewery Creek (alongside real beavers) 🍺 sticking it to corporate beer in the '70s and '80s 🍺 the boom and mainstreaming of growlers and tasting rooms @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Culture/2024...

We're running our December fundraising campaign over here at @thetyee.ca. We're a non-profit, independent newsroom that focuses on B.C. and Alberta. We produce high-quality journalism that serves our local community. We have NO PAYWALL support.thetyee.ca?utm_source=w...

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How a MAGA kid became a key player in B.C. politics and an architect of the modern Conservative Party of BC. My #longread today in @thetyee.ca takes a look at the controversial career of Angelo Isidorou #bcpoli thetyee.ca/News/2024/12...

Vancouver's big Broadway Plan just got bigger. Many hate towers. But renters worry how the "strongest protections in Canada" will play out when the demolitions start. Teresa was handed a form with contacts that included "homelessness services." My @thetyee.ca story. thetyee.ca/News/2024/12...

A film critic tells all! I've always eyed @dorothywoodend.bsky.social's pile of movie screeners (and weird swag!). But binge-watching this time of year can make art look like content off an assembly line. @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Culture/2024...

Pssst, have you visited the teeny tiny East Van Vodville Cinema yet? It plays actual movie clips and is a loving recreation of the Pantages Theatre at 1:55 scale — a wholesome way to enjoy moving pictures in our algorithmic age. My @thetyee.ca story. thetyee.ca/Culture/2024...

The world’s oldest known wild bird, a 74-year-old Laysan albatross named Wisdom, is expected to welcome another baby chick in the coming months, astonishing scientists who have been tracking her since the Eisenhower administration. nyti.ms/4f7VadN

For thousands of years, the ancient city of Temlaxam has lived in the adaawx, or oral histories, of First Nations in northwestern B.C. Researchers studying a variety of hazelnut say its cultivation points back to Temlaxam. Story by @amandafollett.bsky.social thetyee.ca/News/2024/12...

Chris Cheung, Vancouver journalist here! I got my start in local papers before becoming staff at @thetyee.ca. I like surfacing stories about people from different pockets of the region, delving into urban change, inequality, diasporas, and (of course) food. My stories: www.christophercheung.net 1/

Homelessness worsens. Displacement looms. Supply shrinks. Home prices superheat. How did this crisis begin? When the federal government decided to do nothing for 24 years and fuel the market instead. Some history for you on this National Housing Day. @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...

A beautiful story by @tylerharper.bsky.social. www.nelsonstar.com/home/in-ever...

more of this kind of government communications please