#TSUNAMI Watch has been issued by the National Tsunami Warning Center and it includes #BC Notification Zones A, B, C, & D. If it materializes, expect it to begin around 2205 Langara BC and at 2330 PDT at Tofino. For more and updates: go to tsunami.gov #BCtsunami #BCstorm

I did the Ground Grind for the first time in 14 years this morning and it wasn’t horrible. And it was fun to see the Grizzly bears at the top, clearly the fan favourite.

I love the summer heat in Vancouver, but I'll also gladly take a cool overcast July day after days of heat wave temperatures.

So, I'm volunteering at the Salmon Festival tomorrow. 75,000 are expected to show up! Will I see you there?

Finally got some photos up from my recent trip to Tofino: www.bcrobyn.com/2025/06/what...

The Okanagan always surprises international tourists who would never fathom that such a place could exist in Canada: www.bcrobyn.com/2025/06/a-lo...

Inspired by a Reddit post where an American couple wanted to know if they could show up in Banff in July for a spontaneous camping trip honeymoon, I tried to set the reality check: www.bcrobyn.com/2025/06/last...

Absentmindedly stared down Michael Stipe and all of REM inside Vancouver’s Opus Hotel restaurant, Elixir, while they were sitting down eating brunch and I was waiting for a host to serve me.

Finally, a travel piece that does the Okanagan justice! www.vogue.com/article/sout...

You know those B.C. municipalities where the mayor and council investigate and sue each other in a neverending cycle of dysfunction while locals wait for a general election that could take years? The province says they want to put an end to that.

Wow when I saw this post, it was so wild, I had to look up the raw trade data for myself. Sure enough, U.S. wine exports to Canada have fallen off a cliff:

“Tasted a little tear gas— tasted like fascism”

Seeing the Weather Station live in concert was the medicine I needed tonight. Opening act, poet and singer songwriter Anna Tivel, was Leonard Cohenesque.

My heart goes out to all the folks impacted by the Manitoba wildfires. I read that Whiteshell Provincial Park is under evacuation, which was where I spent some time many years ago; a gorgeous summer holiday destination in the Canadian shield. I hope everyone there is safe.

"We are like butterflies who flutter for a day and think it is forever." - Carl Sagan, Cosmos

planners: metro vancouver will not be one mega city, but instead a patchwork of different regions with their own unique municipalities people: very cool planners: one of those regions will be the tri-cities people: will they have 3 municipalities? planners: they will have 5.

The roses are in bloom at the Murakami Garden at Britannia Shipyards.

The nitrogen in our DNA, the calcium in our teeth, the iron in our blood, the carbon in our apple pies were made in the interiors of collapsing stars. We are made of starstuff. - Carl Sagan, Cosmos

“Canada needs a national architecture policy,” writes @toondreessen.bsky.social in the Globe & Mail. He makes a strong case, citing past Canadian successes and inspiration from nations around the world. #CanadaStrong

The PNE Summer Night Concerts lineup has been announced including Flo Rida, Counting Crows, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Bleachers, Leon Bridges, Marianas Trench, Sean Paul, Wilco, Foreigner, Tom Cochrane, Meghan Trainor, Rainbow Kitten Surprise ...and I hope the TBD acts are women. #vancouver

will unironically buy the nardwuar nike collab shoes what a world that this is a real thing sneakernews.com/2025/05/06/n...

Sometimes you don’t find your spirit animal as much as it finds you

Poilievre losing his seat is almost Shakespearean: Pretender to the throne riles countrymen with anger, gets defeated by guy with Joy in his name. It’s basically Macbeth.

Made a contribution just now to Filipino BC & The Filipino Centre. If you're moved to do likewise in solidarity with the Filipino community in the wake of last night's mass murder, donations can be received at the following link:

he should have done the hip flip

Wade Grant won! Musqueam nation - hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ speaker (a Salish dialect, the Native language most of Metro Vancouver). The first Coast Salish person in parliament, AFAIK.

This story is a tragedy of multiple dimensions. I don’t feel any anger, just profound sadness.

I didn’t think this story could get any more tragic. But this report, from the remarkable Kim Bolan, just makes everything more heartbreaking. And I hope it will help to quell the conspiracies, along with the craven political exploitation of this horror. It’s just tragedy piled atop tragedy.

I am in shock reading this vancouver.citynews.ca/2025/04/26/m...

Happy Easter! 🐰 🥚

Petrichor

Jeffrey Goldberg in the group chat

Still dreaming of the gorgeous meal I had at AMA Raw Bar, tucked away upstairs on Fraser and King Ed. Pasta with uni and caviar, an assortment of traditional sushi, and other exquisite deliciousness.

Staff at the liquor store tell me they have received some blowback and even rage from America tourists because we have none of the products they’re looking for. (American stuff.) And I mean, besides, come on, that’s tourism 101. You buy the country’s stuff you’re visiting. Or stay home.

Thanks to the splendid staff at Ama cocktail and raw bar on Fraser for last night’s delicious cocktails and bites. Sexy speakeasy atmosphere. Thanks also to @bcrobyn.bsky.social for the great pics. @chengsophia.bsky.social

"This Spring"

Looks like someone took it upon themselves to update the product descriptions in at least one Toronto location. (Via Reddit: www.reddit.com/r/ontario/co... )

When you read “chess master” as “cheese burger” 🍔

Timeline cleanse: March in Vancouver (between Atmospheric Rivers) #canada #vancouver #yvr #flowers #sunset #photography

Hey #Vancouver, don't forget we have a by-election coming up to fill 2 council seats. Options: ✅ Vote on Saturday, April 5 at 25 voting locations across the city. ✅ Vote in advance on March 26 or April 1 at Vancouver City Hall. ✅ Vote by mail, request your package: vancouver.ca/vote

If FLOW doesn't win anything at the Oscars, I swear. 86 minutes, no dialogue, and yet held my total and complete attention. The animation is beautiful in its simplicity, and the barely personified characters hold more narrative weight than most legacy big budgets.

Okay, I'm doing it... I'm going to be offering both my intro to cheesemaking and my intro to sourdough classes ONLINE! Spread the word far and wide, friends! www.oldgristmill.ca/events/categ...

HUGELY IMPORTANT. “We are in danger when the legal constraints on how the president uses the military, including within the United States, are ignored or brushed aside.” This is a staggeringly important warning bell from a serious and respected person, not prone to hyperbole. It should scare us.

Americans came out to welcome the first ferry full of Canadians to visit (Port Angeles) this year. That’s cute. (Really.) It’s sad how many people get hurt because of bad governance. We really do know not all Americans suck. We didn’t start this. We’ll finish it. But we didn’t start it.

STORY + DATA: The scale of Canadian efforts to boycott US goods is becoming clear. New border data shows crossborder traffic has utterly plummeted in the last month. Southbound traffic during the recent holiday weekend dropped by more than 40% from last year. fvcurrent.com/p/border-tra...

There’s been so much interest in from US 🇺🇸health workers and jobs in Canada that I’m posting recruitment links for all 10 provinces and 3 territories: 🧵 #healthcarejobs🇨🇦

Has anyone checked on Sandy Garossino?

Someone in Kitsilano has a very funny sense of humour. Apparently this isn’t their first installation either 😂

The irony of the richest man in the world almost single-handedly destroying an agency designed to help the world’s poor, so that the U.S. federal budget has more room for another giant tax cut for the richest man in the world and his pals, should not be lost on anyone. [Cartoon by Mike Luckovich]