You're going to want to see this. Thank you @charliesmithvcr.bsky.social for the preview. Firehall Arts Centre presents Drew Hayden Taylor's "The Undeniable Accusations of Red Cadmium Light" April 18 to May 3. pancouver.ca/drew-hayden-...

I'm betting that there won't be a spring election for this reason. There are six MLAs who were elected as BC Conservatives but who are no longer in caucus. They will lose their seats and their paycheques if they help bring down the government. geoffmeggs.substack.com/p/joan-phill...

RCMP Seeks to Quash Discrimination Ruling by Human Rights Tribunal. Mounties argue that they shouldn't have to pay $7,500 to each of the Indigenous complainants who alleged discrimination in an RCMP investigation. @daveeby.bsky.social @nikisharma.bsky.social @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2026/04...

Marilyn Gladu voted against banning conversion therapy. www.ourcommons.ca/members/en/v.... Now, she is a Liberal MP after crossing the floor.

“A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again.” These are the words of the president of the United States, today. The president speaks genocide. And so we too must speak. Not only about crimes, but about their legal punishment. snyder.substack.com/p/the-presid...

Does anyone else worry that Trump is so unhinged that he will go nuclear, literally, on Iran? He's broken so many other taboos. If he breaks this one, that would give Putin cover for using a tactical nuclear weapon in Ukraine. @jd-vance-1.bsky.social can prevent this by invoking 25th amendment.

In the newest episode of Wendy Yuan Unfiltered, Wendy takes us behind the scenes of fundraising for Paul Martin, media strategy, and political backroom work. She also discusses the burgeoning political engagement of the Chinese Canadian community in the early 2000s. youtu.be/U7QeDjrUDFI?...

Progressive internationalists across Canada loved and admired Stephen Lewis so much for all that he did. I don't think we should underestimate or dismiss how his work will add to Avi Lewis's lustre in the next federal election campaign (just as the Pierre Trudeau legacy gave Justin a boost in 2015).

We have lost a giant, and a hero to countless social justice activists across Canada and around the world. My thoughts & memories on the passing of Stephen Lewis: open.substack.com/pub/sethdkle...

Dear transportation officials. “Roads” and “streets” are NOT the same things in cities. “Roads” suggest rural or suburban contexts, and a big focus on vehicle movement (“traffic sewers”). Streets suggest urban contexts, multi-modal movement, and a LOT MORE than just movement. Language matters.

Return to Paueru Gai: 50 Years of Powell Street Festival exhibition opened last night at Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre. Curated by Emiko Morita, it runs until Sept. 5.

When I had Shaw cable, MSNBC never cut out and it was part of the package. Rogers forced me to switch to the Xfinity wireless cable and it did not include MS Now. I pay extra for this channel. Again, it just cut out, this time during @lawrenceodonnell.bsky.social commentary. It's so exasperating.

Welcome to B.C., Cassandra. @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

"Since the end of the Cold War, many people who pay attention have worried about an accidental or a miscalculated stumble into nuclear war. But with Trump breaking every taboo...demonstrating that he is above the law...the ultimate taboo waiting to be broken is the nuclear one."

From a babysitter to top global exporter... youtu.be/LkuwA5U8s0I?...

Trump has never wavered in his threats against Canada. What we learn from Ukraine is that the undermining of sovereignty, psychological psyops, supporting Donbas-style separatists is the playbook to take down a nation. My latest: charlieangus.substack.com/p/canada-is-...

Go, Frances, go! One of Canada's most fair-minded, empathetic, and sensible journalists is running for council. Someone who actually knows the inner workings of city hall has put her name forward! I hope you don't get trolled too badly, Frances, because there are lots of nasty folks out there.

Five U.S. players—Brock Nelson, Jackson LaCombe, Jake Oettinger, Jake Guentzel, and Kyle Connor—skipped the visit to the White House and the State of the Union address.

the president has no idea what he has set in motion. none. www.wsj.com/livecoverage...

RCMP Discriminated in Abuse Investigation, Human Rights Tribunal Finds via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2026/03...

The Lantern City at Robson Plaza

Wendy Yuan and her husband Kan did exceptionally well as China's economy boomed in the 1980s and 1990s. Find out how this Richmond businesswoman got into the steel business in Episode 6 of the Wendy Unfiltered podcast. youtu.be/izfMYzcBK_w?...

Is Consumerism Running Out of Road? open.substack.com/pub/davidcol...

A Storm Unleashed author Carol Matas takes readers inside a Jewish girl’s head as she responds to growing Nazi threat in mid-1930s. Great book for kids 9 to 12 to learn about othering and about pathological liars who launch trade wars as precursor to becoming dictators. pancouver.ca/a-storm-unle...

Did anyone else feel ill seeing CBC offer Trump's friend, Gretzky, a chance to launder his reputation this morning? I woke up seeing him with a Canadian flag on his lapel on TV, speaking to the nation in advance of today's hockey game. I can imagine the PR and lobbying effort that preceded this.

@rbreich.bsky.social You might be interested in @avilewis.ca tax plan. lewisforleader.ca/ideas/tax-po... Avi is running for leader of Canada's NDP more than a decade after I suggested in an article that the party should adopt your ideas in Saving Capitalism. www.straight.com/news/587551/...

Shu Qi’s brooding Girl 女孩 examines family violence, child abuse, and resilience through youthful eyes. LNY Splash will screen the Taiwanese film star's directorial debut at 7;30 pm tonight at the VIFF Centre. More LNY films from Asia will be shown on Monday. pancouver.ca/shu-qis-broo...

This morning, @fareed-zakaria.bsky.social commentary on Starmer and Takaichi conveniently left out Mark Carney, who is way ahead of his populist opponent in the polls. @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social

This is worth reading. One addendum: MAGA is also supporting the right-wing, separatist, Maple MAGA movement in Alberta, as @charlieangus104.bsky.social has pointed out.

And the Oscar for Talking Out the Clock goes to...MOE SIHOTA. @cbcstephenquinn.bsky.social

In 2017, BBC and CBS News announced a partnership to gather news. I wonder if either party is having second thoughts right now in light of controversies at both networks over the past year. @steveschmidt.skystack.xyz www.cbsnews.com/news/cbs-bbc...

Great work by Greg Sargent. We are, right now, deciding whether we want to be a land of giant concentration camps and ethnic cleanings. newrepublic.com/article/2060...

I thought I heard Trump say on multiple occasions that the U.S. didn't need anything from Canada.

Vancouver International Airport reports domestic travel was up 3.8 percent. Asia-Pacific passenger volumes increased 15.6 percent year over year, while transborder traffic between YVR and U.S. destinations declined by 7.1 per cent. @stephruhle.bsky.social @velshi.com news.yvr.ca/yvr-marks-re...

"Among the hires at CBS News announced by Weiss is a doctor who claims he reduced his biological age by 20 years with cold plunges; that cod liver oil treats autism; and that Alzheimer’s and dementia can be reversed with supplements he sells on his online store." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Chinatown Storytelling Centre will present Jon Chiang's Spring After Spring at 2 p.m. Sunday (Feb. 1) with the three sisters answering audience questions afterward. The documentary's theatrical debut is Feb. 6 at VIFF Centre. @viffest.bsky.social @pancouver.bsky.social pancouver.ca/spring-after...

As I watched Todd Blanche reply to a CNN reporter's question, his very slight and almost imperceptable smirk made me wonder if he was experiencing duping delight. # @lawofruby.bsky.social @maddow.bsky.social @bandylee.bsky.social @lawrenceodonnell.bsky.social sk.sagepub.com/ency/edvol/e...

The Great American Brain Drain has begun www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-is-m...

The U.S. dollar has fallen fairly sharply against the Canadian dollar in the past week.

By the end of today, expect to hear JD Vance issue yet another statement defending another ICE shooting death in Minneapolis. That seems to be his job in the Trump administration: go on TV to defend the indefensible by attacking the victim rather than the perpetrator. He did it with Zelensky, too.

This post pretty much encapsulates the stupidity and cruelty of the elimination of USAID by Doge and Trump, thereby leading to hundreds of thousands of unnecessary deaths.

906 days. That's how long Meta's been blocking news in Canada. Doesn't matter if the outlet is based in Canada, the U.S. or Germany – we can't read it. Small non-profit or legacy newspaper. Can't read it. Posts made before Aug. 1, 2023? Nope. But disinformation, AI-generated spam, that'll pass.

To fill a growing media gap for Chinese speakers in Canada, producer Dina Lu added subtitles to this podcast about how Wendy Yuan navigated culture shock in the early 1980s as an international student in Montreal. youtu.be/0l4gXqoc9N4?...

Thanks to @stefanlabbe.bsky.social for this article about Hootsuite. www.biv.com/news/technol...

“I just had a conversation with my dad who has been a citizen here for 30+ years - he doesn’t feel welcome or safe here in 🇺🇸 anymore. He’s going back to Chile.” (H/T @voteinorout.bsky.social )

In light of Trump's recent post on Greenland, his earlier post on Rob Reiner's murder, and his musings about mid-term elections being cancelled, we're seeing more Internet searches on the 25th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Here's a link that explains it: www.congress.gov/crs-product/...

Against the odds, Trump has succeeded in peacefully uniting the world. Unfortunately, he's uniting it against us. This Pax (Ex) Americana era was illustrated Friday, as Canadian PM Mark Carney wrapped up a trip to China--the first by a Canadian PM in 8+ years. www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-maki...