We have lost one of the best of us as the age of monsters is dawning. I mourn her deeply, knowledge and kindness, empathy and the scientific method.

What the BCGEU president says he is expecting going into talks with the province today after several weeks of escalating labour action #yyj #BCnews Paul Finch joins @ryanpricevictoria.bsky.social: www.iheart.com/podcast/962-...

Thinking of all the @bcgeu.bsky.social members on the picket lines fighting for fair wages for ALL bcgov employees. No one should have to work multiple jobs to survive, esp those employed by the public service #yyj #solidarity

While people keep yelling "downtown disorder", the unspoken and huge issue that hits businesses hard in #yyj is sudden and huge rent hikes. That is a disorder too, but it benefits a group of people who have a loud and $$$ voice, so we're not going to get hundreds of breathless editorials

Waiting for the employer.

Another #vulnerableroaduser death in the CRD #roadsafety #yyj

B.C. needs to invest $17 billion to make sure seniors in the province are properly cared for over the next decade, according to a new report. It’s an extraordinary cost, but not taking action will add up to an even greater impact. @michellegamage.bsky.social reports. #bcpoli

A tsunami watch has been issued for the B.C. coast after a massive earthquake struck in Russia’s Kamchatka peninsular on Tuesday afternoon. Read more: vancouversun.com/news/watchin...

The day before the suspected hijacking of a light aircraft triggered a security scare at Vancouver's airport this week, former commercial pilot Shaheer Cassim posted on social media that he was a "messenger of Allah" sent to save humanity from climate change.

The federal government has earmarked more than $429,000 to bring two electric minibuses to Galiano Island, launching the first ever public transit system on the Southern Gulf Island.

We checked in with LGBTQ2S+ elders living in Western Canada who helped make positive change in their communities to see what advice they’d have for youth today.

The work of Kim Haxton — Indigenous leader, land-based educator and longtime guide in healing and justice — is not about trends or quick fixes. It’s about something slower, older and harder to commodify — connection. #TyeePresents #Sponsored

Motor vehicles are weapons of serious injury and fatality on a regular day, but add speed and frustration to the mix along with shared roads during a bike race and we end up with preventable tragedies #roadsafety #vulnerableroadusers #closetheroads #GranFondo #bcpoli

Looks like this was stolen from the retailer inside the Empress Hotel #yyj

For a timeline cleanse please enjoy Honey who is showing us how to live in the moment

The truth of Residential School intergenerational trauma continues to steal my breath away and my gods, child rape, lost children and sudden biological family discoveries make it all so tangible #cdnpoli #decolonize #truthbeforereconciliation #bcpoli

Police releases make no mention of #femicide and seem to mention the woman as an afterthought. #IntimattePartnerViolence and Femicide are #publichealthemergencies in Canada #cnpoli #bcpoli www.vicnews.com/news/killing...

Speed limit on Vancouver residential streets to be reduced to 30 km/h - reducing max motor vehicle speeds is evidence-based health promotion, #publichealth, injury prevention and safer active transportation all rolled into one #roadsafety #vulnerableroadusers #yyj #csaan www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Lawrence Douglas Corbiere says the experience left him feeling scared to travel alone.

A new report from a New York-based think tank questions the drug trafficking rationale for U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs on Canada, saying the data shows the vast majority of fentanyl seizures in the United States are linked to the southern border.

Police releases make no mention of #femicide and seem to mention the woman as an afterthought. #IntimattePartnerViolence and Femicide are #publichealthemergencies in Canada #cnpoli #bcpoli www.vicnews.com/news/killing...

If churches are allowed to endorse political candidates, then they must also pay taxes.

On July 8, the RCMP arrested four individuals accused of terrorism and other offences, all of whom had links to the military. Their case is unique: a mix of loathsome ideas, lethal weaponry, and multiple bad actors. Wesley Wark investigates: thewalrus.ca/rcmp-uncovers-do...

“Tuition waivers make a huge difference in the life of a young person who doesn’t have family privilege and who wouldn’t have access to education if they didn’t have tuition waivers,” said B.C.’s representative for children and youth. thetyee.ca/News/2025/07...

The man accused of murdering his estranged wife, Bailey Plover, in a Kelowna, B.C., parking lot last week had been convicted of choking someone and uttering threats just hours before Friday's attack that also left a second woman seriously hurt. 

Hey men, keep it in your pants #yyj

#Femicide and #intimatepartnerviolence are public health emergencies all over Canada. And they are reported like just another day at the office #bcpoli #cdnpoli #publichealth www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

#Femicide and #intimatepartnerviolence are public health emergencies all over Canada. And they are reported like just another day at the office #bcpoli #cdnpoli #publichealth www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Once again, motor vehicles are weapons which endanger #vulnerableroadusers, even when they are wearing bright gear, are on the side of the roadway, have flashing lights and do all the right things. Roads and motor vehicles are deadly by design #roadsafety #bcpoli

Police say an explosive device that blew open the door at a British Columbia cabinet minister's constituency office in North Vancouver was "unsophisticated" and "homemade."

"Dedicated bus lanes and other more public transit-focused infrastructure would cut travel times, potentially making buses quicker than driving" [Safe bike routes to transit, and good racks, makes rural transit more viable] www.peninsulanewsreview.com/community/st... #yyj #bcpoli #UVic

Military police say they have reopened an investigation into a Facebook group the Canadian Army's commanding officer describes as "abhorrent."

After 110 years, several artifacts that were stolen from the Powell River-based Tla'amin First Nation have returned home.

This is #transportationinequity and #healthinequity and #RuralRemoteInequity all rolled into one #bcpoli

#bcpoli #planetaryhealth

Being a woman is...

Five weeks after Neskantaga’s chief and council declared a state of emergency and evacuation, they shuttered the community’s nursing station permanently.

'The treaty issue is, to my mind, the number one obstacle to the legitimacy of Alberta entertaining a referendum on separation' says Matthew Wildcat.

Join us at Canadian Race Relations Foundation presents The Walrus Talks at Home: DEI, where speakers answer the question "Is DEI dying?" Explore Canada’s response to the backlash to diversity, equity, and inclusion. Register to attend for free: twtdei.eventbrite.ca/?aff=Social

Three Indigenous MPs appointed to Mark Carney’s new cabinet; rally seeks recognition for missing/murdered Indigenous men and boys. Hear more on APTN News Brief:

Rule changes designed to reduce opioid overdose deaths in British Columbia in 2016 inadvertently harmed cancer and palliative-care patients by reducing their access to pain killers, a new study has found.

Ashley Ghostkeeper began writing and singing her own songs at eight years old. Fast forward to today and the Métis-Cree country artist has now released up to eight of her own songs and made it to the Top 5 spot of the Canadian Indigenous Music Countdown.

The Hudson’s Bay Company is 355 years old—older than Canada itself. Now it’s liquidating. @cstarnino.bsky.social speaks to Leslie Weir, Librarian and Archivist of Canada, to understand what’s at stake when history is up for sale: thewalrus.ca/hudsons-bay-char...