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Runner. Cyclist. Urbanist. Plant-Based. Software Engineer. Data Nerd. Vancouver
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Vision Zero Vancouver
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A high school student was left with life-altering injuries crossing the street outside her school. Is the city doing enough to keep kids safe around schools? (Spoiler, no.) But it's fantastic seeing these high schoolers taking advocacy into their own hands! A great story, please read:
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Lord Byng Students Are Still Calling for Safer Streets | The Tyee
Two years after a classmate was injured, teens say crossing busy West 16th Avenue is a scary experience.
https://thetyee.ca/News/2026/01/19/Lord-Byng-Students-Safer-Streets/
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Bryn Davidson - Lanefab
4 days ago
This year I have come to appreciate that this is a tool for childhood independence and parental freedom
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This is why Avi Lewis will be thE next leader of the NDP.
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Justin McElroy 🇨🇦
5 days ago
Here's the full 40-minute debate between OneCity mayoral candidates William Azaroff and Amanda Burrows that
@cbcstephenquinn.bsky.social
and I hosted on The Early Edition and This Is Vancouver this morning. Like! Share! Subscribe! Mystery Fourth Option!
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OneCity debate: Which candidate should challenge Ken Sim? | This is Vancouver | CBC Podcasts | CBC Listen
With Vancouver’s 2026 municipal election approaching, two candidates are competing to become OneCity Vancouver’s mayoral nominee. Stephen Quinn and Justin McElroy host a debate between Amanda Burrows ...
https://www.cbc.ca/listen/cbc-podcasts/1738-this-is-vancouver/episode/16192073-onecity-debate-which-candidate-should-challenge-ken-sim
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HUB Cycling
6 days ago
Want better bike parking at your local store? HUB Vancouver-UBC is working to improve bike parking at major retail stores across Vancouver — and we need your help! If you’re able to connect us with decision-makers at major retail chain stores, please email us at
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Justin McElroy 🇨🇦
6 days ago
Fun little programming note for Vancouver political nerds:
@cbcstephenquinn.bsky.social
and I will be hosting a live OneCity mayoral debate between Will Azaroff and Amanda Burrows tomorrow on the Early Edition. Tune in around 8:10! (we'll have a podcast version as well)
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Peter Waldkirch
8 days ago
I was on the CBC's BC Today this afternoon to talk housing on a panel with Michael Geller. One caller expressed an idea that really rubs me the wrong way: "Vancouver is full". Here's how i responded, and check out the full discussion in the next post, I'll link to my blog!
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William Azaroff (he/him)
6 days ago
I am committing to Childcare By Right. We will make childcare a permitted use in every residential and commercial zone. If you pass your safety and provincial licensing checks, you open. No hearings and no neighbor vetoes. We are building a city where families actually belong.
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Ian Bushfield
11 days ago
Two people want to be
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first Mayor:
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& Amanda Burrows. I spoke to them both for the latest episode of Cambie Report (which is very much still a thing!)
www.cambiereport.ca/e3-281-oneci...
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E3-281 OneCity’s mayoral candidates
William Azaroff and Amanda Burrows both want to be OneCity's first Mayor of Vancouver
https://www.cambiereport.ca/e3-281-onecitys-mayoral-candidates/
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M. Nolan Gray 🥑
14 days ago
A heck of a chart: in every single one of the 10 major US cities that built the most housing between 2017 and 2023, rents for older, existing units fell—often by quite a bit.
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William Azaroff (he/him)
14 days ago
View his full endorsement here:
youtu.be/ii_FN1Qhbng
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Mike Harcourt Endorses William Azaroff for Mayor of Vancouver
YouTube video by William for Vancouver
https://youtu.be/ii_FN1Qhbng
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Miser
14 days ago
Zohran just went out and fixed the Williamsburg Bridge bike entrance. Just did it. No faffing, no nonsense. Bam. Fixed.
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Drop Site
14 days ago
Caracas takes to the streets to denounce American aggression today: Video: BreakThrough News via X @BTnewsroom)
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Aaron Rupar
15 days ago
TAPPER: Can you rule out the US is going to take Greenland by force? MILLER: Greenland should be part of the US. By what right does Denmark assert control over Greenland? The US is the power of NATO T: So force is on the table? M: Nobody is gonna fight the US militarily over future of Greenland
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Nathan Kalman-Lamb
15 days ago
Really, a remarkable statement from Colombia’s President.
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Spellie - Wordle for Kids
19 days ago
Over 11 million games of Spellie were played in 2025. Thanks for a great year.
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William Azaroff (he/him)
21 days ago
Kate Hammer: who is the politician to watch for 2026? Richard Zussman: So, I think it's going to be William Azaroff. So, this is a guy who a lot of people may not be familiar with right now, but he may be the mayor of Vancouver in a year from now. Check out the full clip below!
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Rain City Games
2 months ago
You didn't ask, but we still answered - the most questionably-helpful holiday gift guide is back!
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2025 Holiday Gift Guide
You have quirky friends? We have quirky gift ideas. Plus some great advent calendars, holiday jigsaw puzzles, and other themed goodies!
https://www.raincity.games/holiday-gift-guide/
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CBC Bot posting select CBC RSS Feeds
29 days ago
Mudslide closes part of Vancouver's Stanley Park Seawall after heavy rains
A 'small slide of mud, rocks, and vegetation' has caused a section of Vancouver's iconic Stanley Park Seawall to close Sunday.
#cbc
#cbc-canada-news
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Tech Won’t Save Us
about 1 month ago
🚨 THE RESULTS ARE IN 🚨 After a week of voting on 32 of the worst people in the tech industry, we have a winner! The Worst Person in Tech for 2025 is… 🚀 ELON MUSK 🎉
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Katie Hyslop
about 1 month ago
Had a chance to sit down with William Azaroff, who wants to be
@onecityvan.bsky.social
's Vancouver mayoral candidate. Interview with fellow nominee Amanda Burrows coming soon! William Azaroff, Who Builds Non-Profit Housing, Runs for Mayor via
@thetyee.ca
thetyee.ca/News/2025/12...
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William Azaroff, Who Builds Non-Profit Housing, Runs for Mayor | The Tyee
One of two nominees for the OneCity mayoral candidacy, the Strathcona resident also draws from arts industry experience.
https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/12/09/William-Azaroff-Interview/
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The Tyee
about 1 month ago
If Amanda Burrows wins the OneCity mayoral nomination on Feb. 11, the executive director of First United will be in the running to achieve a Vancouver first on election day next fall: a woman as mayor. And one of the few mayors in the city’s history who rents, not owns, their housing.
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Amanda Burrows Wants to be a Mayor Who Speaks for Renters | The Tyee
‘I have been evicted before, like so many people's stories in this city.’
https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/12/18/Amanda-Burrows-Interview/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial
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Tech Won’t Save Us
about 1 month ago
🚨 THE FINAL FOUR 🚨 We’re nearly at the end! 32 candidates have been narrowed down to a nefarious final four. But who will move on to the finals? You must decide! 🗳️ Cast your ballot:
twsu.forms.app/wpit25-semif...
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Science Magazine
about 1 month ago
Science has named the seemingly unstoppable growth of renewable energy worldwide as the 2025 Breakthrough of the Year. Learn more about this year's
#BOTY
and other big advances in science:
https://scim.ag/493Tpgx
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Duane Bratt
about 1 month ago
No big deal, but the Alberta government just increased the fee to submit a citizen initiated petition from $500 to $25, 000. After the separatism initiative was approved, but before Corb Lund's coal mining petition gets re-approved. No political shenanigans going on here.
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Colleen
about 1 month ago
"The potential to have things seized will send a message that you can't ride on the sidewalk," Burnside said.
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about 1 month ago
I did this interview at Yonge & St Clair, the reporter hoping he'd catch a gig worker bombing down the sidewalk. Instead a pickup truck was parked in the bike lane behind us, and for the entire conversation rider after rider was forced into traffic.
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Andrea Woo
about 1 month ago
BC Hydro: ~120,000 customers without power after rainstorm knocked down trees and debris onto electrical infrastructure. Hardest hit areas: • Surrey: 18,400 without power • Vancouver: 11,200 • Port Coquitlam: 12,500 • Burnaby: 11,700 • Maple Ridge: 11,200 • North Vancouver: 10,000
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Peter Waldkirch
about 1 month ago
Institutional inertia has taken over our city's institutions, and it's a serious problem. Why can't the City of Vancouver get anything done anymore?
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Tech Won’t Save Us
about 1 month ago
🚨 ROUND TWO STARTS NOW 🚨 We’re down to the final 16 contestants as you decide who will be this year’s Worst Person In Tech! Each day of this week new matchups will drop until we choose the winner on Friday. 🗳️ Cast your ballot:
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Thank you brave hero who installed these barriers at night on Gabriola Island. But I wish we lived in a world where the ministry of transport was better at installing life saving infrastructure on its own.
#TacticalUrbanism
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Unsanctioned roadway barriers installed in the dark of night on Gabriola Island | CBC News
Just a few weeks after residents pleaded with local government to take action on "traffic chaos" at Descanso Bay Ferry Terminal on Gabriola Island, someone has gone rogue and installed delineators alo...
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/unsanctioned-barriers-gabriola-island-9.7017210
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Bowinn Ma
about 1 month ago
⚠️‼️NORTH SHORE FLOOD WARNING⚠️ Stay clear of the banks of swift-running rivers and never drive across flooded roads, bridges or river crossings. More info:
https://bcrfc.env.gov.bc.ca/warnings/advisories/FWN_2025_12_15_0600_NorthShoreMtns.pdf
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Robson Fletcher
about 1 month ago
Alberta country music star Corb Lund says the citizens petition initiative he had filed against coal mining in the Rocky Mountains has been retroactively killed by Alberta’s new legislation:
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Tyler Olsen
about 1 month ago
BREAKING: Officials in Sumas, Wash., immediately south of Abbotsford will be sounding their flood siren that warns residents to evacuate. This is a sign of likely flooding in Sumas Prairie in Abbotsford.
www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=...
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neil21
about 1 month ago
Electric heat pumps anyone?
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Peter Waldkirch
about 1 month ago
Ken Sim and ABC just gutted the Social Housing Initiative. That's not pro-housing: that's full NIMBY.
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Leo Spalteholz
about 1 month ago
Worst case: EVs are cleaner than gas cars Best case: they’re a hell of a lot cleaner. (BC being close to best case)
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I need to stop watching live sporting events. It never ends in happy feelings. Related: we're looking for a family from either Switzerland, New Zealand, or Belgium to swap places during the World Cup.
about 1 month ago
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I would like to know what teams are playing in the World Cup in Vancouver, but this FIFA draw is unbearable. 🤮
about 2 months ago
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Aleksander Bajrak
about 2 months ago
"Professionally incapacitated" does not show up even once in the entire
@canlii.bsky.social
database (and only 31 times in Google Scholar related to employment law).
www.canlii.org#search/index...
We are going to have court cases in BC over what it actually means. That's how stupid this is.
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I might have been a bit optimistic on how long Rustad would last.
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about 2 months ago
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Jason Tockman
about 2 months ago
Two fantastic contenders just entered the race to be Vancouver’s next mayor.
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OneCity Vancouver fields two candidates to battle for party leader
Amanda Burrows, William Azaroff square off in mayoral nomination battle set for February
https://www.biv.com/news/economy-law-politics/onecity-vancouver-fields-two-candidates-to-battle-for-party-leader-11565365
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HUB Cycling
about 2 months ago
As of 1:37 PM, we've raised $5,582 for HUB Cycling's advocacy work this #GivingTuesday! We're 43% of the way to our goal of raising $13,000 by midnight tonight. ⏰ Will you help us get there? Donate now at
https://bikehub.ca/giving-tuesday
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Denis Agar (he/him)
about 2 months ago
Transit riders in Victoria, BC were asked what improvements they want. Here's what they said. Frequency, reliability, directness. h/t
@toddlitman.bsky.social
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Burnout Paradise at the Cultch was a blast. Highly recommend checking it out, especially if you're a fan of OK Go's treadmill video. Playing until December 7.
thecultch.com/event/burnou...
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Burnout Paradise | A chaotic comedy show | Historic Theatre
Four performers complete a series of escalating tasks while running on treadmills in this hilariously absurd show. The Cultch: NOV 19–DEC 07
https://thecultch.com/event/burnout-paradise/
about 2 months ago
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Vision Zero Vancouver
about 2 months ago
Have any of you experienced something like this (or worse) due to dangerous conditions caused by a driver turning right on red? Please send us photos or videos! Reply here, DM us, or send us an email: contact(at) visionzerovancouver .ca
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This explains so much of the backlash against: * bike lanes * veganism * preferred pronouns * 15-minute cities * EVs * missing middle housing
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about 2 months ago
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Iona Bonamis | 陶思穎 (she/her)
about 2 months ago
Hello! Welcome to my Bluesky account! For those who don't know me, I'm a second-generation Chinese Canadian born and raised in what is colonially known as Vancouver. I live in East Van with my partner, two kids, and a dog.
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Devin Heroux
about 2 months ago
TEAM HOMAN TEAM CANADA 🇨🇦
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Steven Guilbeault
about 2 months ago
This afternoon, I informed the Prime Minister of my decision to resign as Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture, Minister responsible for Official Languages, Minister of Nature and Parks Canada, as well as his Lieutenant in Quebec. You can find my full statement below.
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