The way Americans are blaming Canada for wildfire smoke is a taste of how things could go very, very badly for humanity during the climate crisis. When we face a common existential threat with shared responsibility, will it be kumbaya--or knives out?

Vancouver approved $4.75 million to make five blocks of Granville Street car free for seven more weeks. But the organizations they gave the money to — the VPD and BIA — can't say what that money will be spent on. Here's our story on a plan being made up on the fly. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Take off, eh. What a hosehead.

Today I moved multiple amendments to the motion to extend the Granville Street Pedestrian Zone to September. We need to commit fully to a 3-year seasonal pilot to ensure Vancouver's investment and this opportunity we've been given aren't wasted.

Everyone is having a lot of fun the last couple days dumping on developers, the federal government and B.C. NDP for the condo buyout/infrastruture assistance progam in a veriable "burn the witch" frenzy. That's in part because of the most tone-deaf messaging possible from govt

Granville Street has come alive as a pedestrian zone during the World Cup. And what a success!🌟 If we want to see it and other potential pedestrian areas become permanent, it’s going to require new, bold leadership to make it happen. @wazaroff.bsky.social

When reality surpasses fiction! Top: fictional forecast for August 2050, broadcast by French TV in 2014 to warn about the consequences of global warming. Bottom: Real French forecast for yesterday, June 22, 2026.

Bikepacking on Galiano Island. What an adventure. canadianveggie.com/2026/06/18/b...

My e-bike was legally required to be speed limited at 32km/h for "safety."

A nice reminder that folks who loudly post the most are not representative of folks at large

Fascinating comparing Mobi bike share usage vs Lime e-scooter usage. Mobi 🚲 is most popular near the Seawall and Stanley Park. bsky.app/profile/vanc...

Feeling blessed to be breezing through this latest heat wave with our new heat pump. Hope everyone is staying cool. canadianveggie.com/2026/06/22/l...

Feeling blessed to be breezing through this latest heat wave with our new heat pump. Hope everyone is staying cool. canadianveggie.com/2026/06/22/l...

How did we lose the ability to make reasonable sized vehicles? Is it a lost technology of a former era?

Happy Father's Dad! www.smbc-comics.com/comic/number...

The World Cup would have been a perfect opportunity to try out a car-free Granville Island. Real missed opportunity there.

Great podcast episode about housing focused on Halifax. Loved how Stickland broke down the ponzi scheme that is suburban housing. Lots of lessons here for all of Canada.

Bikepacking on Galiano Island. What an adventure. canadianveggie.com/2026/06/18/b...

Kone 💔

Goodbye Cursor. I have no interest in having a Grok powered IDE.

Reading the long list of ABCs failures on pedestrian/cycling safety really hurts. I'm really hoping for a OneCity majority in October to fix what's broken at Vancouver City Hall.

After two days with Claude Fable 5 the best way I can describe it is "relentlessly proactive" - here's an example where I dropped in a screenshot of a bug and it span up custom CORS Python servers and used pyobjc-framework-Quartz to capture screenshots simonwillison.net/2026/Jun/11/...

Vegan Night Market at Trout Lake! 💚 They'll be back on July 11.

BREAKING: Mayor Ken Sim's ABC majority voted not to reduce speed limits on major roads, despite 93% of all road fatalities in Vancouver happening on arterials. This was one of the most important Near-Term Actions in the entire plan, because roads will never be safe until people drive at safe speeds.

This is a real low for ABC. The vote itself is bad. But the spin and gas lighting from them shows a real contempt for the public. Disgusting. Shame on the lot of them. People: get out there and organize. Ken Sim's backwards, retrograde party needs to go.

This will go down as one of the most shameful votes from ABC during their term. All of the councilors in favour of Peter Meiszner's amendment will have blood on their hands. Shame!

Claudia Sheinbaum just launched a national EV in Mexico that retails for $5000 US. This is after giving millions of people universal healthcare. Meanwhile Mark Carney is fast tracking Canada into a dystopian AI surveillance state and Donald Trump is trying to go for the war criminal leaderboard

a key fact in this piece most Americans do not realize: your car already has a speed governor in it — it's just set at a super high speed to avoid damaging your engine, not for safety. "Install a speed governor" is literally just changing a setting in your car's computer and that's it.

Widespread draught conditions in BC. Reminder to everyone to conserve water this summer. And think about what you can do to slow climate change.

I don't think you can take a 30 year plan seriously. If that's how long it takes to get moving on this, we should dust off the plans from 1996. I'm sure they exist. And hilarious that "higher-speed rail" is slower than "high-speed rail". By that logic VIA must "highest-speed rail".

Great news clip. Horrible thumbnail. Thanks to @movementyvr.bsky.social for their leadership on low-income transit passes. youtu.be/FGoyzV6ytR4?...

Transit App's fancy Royale features are now available to everyone in Vancouver. Thanks TransLink. Way better than Google Maps. transitapp.com/en/launch/tr...

The Vision Zero action plan is up to council now. We won't live-thread the entire meeting but will provide updates in this thread 🧵 We've had some disagreements with city staff in the past but we have to say that here they've presented an excellent plan.

Stage 3 water restrictions come into effect on June 8. Lawn watering will still be prohibited. Trees, shrubs, and flowers can be watered by hand or drip irrigation only —no sprinklers or soaker hoses. Visit metrovancouver.org/lawns for more information.

Well said. Everyone benefits from safer streets and this work will save lives.

On Tuesday June 2, council will vote on the new Vision Zero Safe Mobility Plan. This plan is GREAT. (Details in 🧵below). But we don't know if it will pass and we need your help! Please take a minute to email council & sign up to speak if you're able: visionzerovancouver.ca/2026/05/26/s...

This is essential, life saving work, thanks a motion from @lucymaloney.bsky.social last summer. Email city council or sign up to speak in support by Monday June 1st at 5pm ⤵️

This is a political message. And the City of Vancouver isn't one of Ken Sim's big money backers. This is a totally unacceptable use of public resources.

If PM Carney's framing of a pipeline deal as ‘climate action’ sounds familiar, thats because it is. Trudeau approved TMX on a promise that its profits would directly fund the clean energy transition. @cathmckenna.bsky.social helps unpack some of the parallels www.nationalobserver.com/2026/05/26/n...

Pedal into spring: Go by Bike Week returns to Metro Vancouver

A decade ago, analysts were calling Spain a cautionary tale. Too much solar, too fast! Today, Spain is rapidly on its way to having the cheapest power in Europe. Maybe this time, solar naysayers will learn... haha, jk, they'll just move the goalposts.

After listening to the Front Burner episode with @arnokopecky.bsky.social about Carney's climate impact, I'm not surprised Steven Guilbeault is resigning as a Liberal MP. The party has really abandoned the environment. It's sad to see. Maybe Avi can save us. www.cbc.ca/listen/cbc-p...

I’m inspired by the work being done in New York, Mayor Mamdani and his team are delivering: • More homes for more neighbours • An easier way to build & get to yes • Reforming a Peoples’ Builder for more affordable homes In October, we’ll do the same right here in Vancouver.

“Helsinki hasn’t registered a single traffic-related fatality in the past year…Citing data that shows the risk of pedestrian fatality is cut in half by reducing a car’s speed from 40 to 30km/hr, city officials imposed the lower limit in most of Helsinki’s residential areas and city center in 2021.”

I am proud to accept the endorsement of the Vancouver and District Labour Council. Every single Vancouverite deserves an affordable home, strong public services, a good job, and a living wage. We’ll return respect for workers to City Hall when we retake the Mayor’s Office on October 17 #vanpoli

By now, you might have heard that Mayor Ken Sim is trying one more time to roll back Vancouver’s green building standards, by bringing back a motion on May 20th which will effectively gut good climate policies in new building development. (1/7)

Tomorrow, City Council will hear Ken Sim’s motion to roll back Vancouver’s leadership on safe + energy-efficient buildings, including by: • pausing emissions reporting for large buildings • repealing rules limiting gas-fired water heaters • reverting our energy standards to weaker provincial req's

The Vancouver Villages draft plan looks good - or at least the part for my neighborhood does. I'm excited about the new traffic light at Stainsbury and Victoria, an official Greenway, longer high street, and a Node for Public Life (sounds mysterious). www.shapeyourcity.ca/villages

if approved next week, major changes will be coming to #Vancouver’s Cambie Street Bridge that include widening the W 2nd Ave off-ramp, a bi-directional bike lane on the east side, replacement of the pedestrian staircase, & the demolition of the City Studios building underneath