In New West, the political rhetoric has gotten completely out of control, stoked by the New West Progressives. At our Monday council meeting, the two NWP members voted against me attending a conference about countering online harm and misinformation. Meanwhile, on their social media page, there is

Do you also think the draft Vancouver budget stinks? Join us next Tuesday, November 25th at 9am for a diaper change-in at city hall. This city should be for everyone, babies included. cc @womentcities.bsky.social @claraprager.bsky.social @stand.earth @cape-bc.bsky.social @michellecyca.com

This resident is objecting to the new Lime scooter station because - not a joke - it's "ruining her view." This is what we're up against when we push for more micromobility. vancouversun.com/news/east-va...

This is an incredible marathon of posting on Bluesky from a City of Vancouver Councillor. He’s documenting an unofficial filibuster at City Hall as over 600 people have signed up to speak at the budget hearing. Over 200 have said their piece so far. Follow along. #democracy #bluesky

Listening to Vancouver Council budget discussion in the background this morning. In response to a question from @seanorr.bsky.social about where they'll be retracting from the city just said they're planning to REMOVE baby changing tables and menstrual product dispensers to save costs. Shameful.

The City of Vancouver is proposing transit priority improvements for the Kingsway corridor, but there's so much more they can do. My thoughts: bettercolumbia.ca/2025/11/11/t...

The founder of the Seattle transit riders union is about to become Mayor 👀

The Budget Announcement giveth, The small print taketh away. 😐🚌🚊🚎😐

"It is well documented that public transit significantly benefits economic productivity [...]. For a 500-page productivity-focused budget, it’s striking that the term “public transit” appears only three times." 🚍 Great piece by @1alexhemingway.bsky.social

Hi Bluesky 👋 Small life update: I’m at the centre of a multimillion dollar lawsuit in Alberta launched by a failed candidate for Jason Kenney’s UCP It may be the longest and most expensive media trial in Canadian history I’m ready to go public about it and I want to share more details with you 🧵

Let's do what Brent is suggesting

Mamdani: So hear me, President Trump, when I say this: to get to any of us, you will have to get through all of us.

Hey #NewWest , it's council night tonight! I'm just watching the live stream this time but I'll try to live post what goes on and oh god we already have awful feedback from the sound system. my ears

#NewWest purchases water lots on Front Street for $1.4 million as part of its waterfront vision Freshet News': www.freshetnews.ca/new-west-spe...

Talking about making roads safer with Simi Sara! Speed and Intersection cameras are not a "scam", and it is unfortunate that media chooses this framing when proven lifesaving measures, at worst, marginally inconvenience dangerous drivers. megaphone.link/CORU7818382862

What a shot. #Bluejays

Platform screen doors (PSDs) in Seoul were fundamentally a political issue. Once political support was secured, financial and engineering barriers quickly gave way. Loved this piece by @seung.bsky.social explaining how 200+ stations received PSDs in <10 years. www.substack-bahn.net/p/how-seoul-...

At Yonge & Dundas Jays fans are obeying the pedestrian scramble, as is the custom & returning to sidewalk each light cycle.

hoping to see my former coworkers' new publication, a nonprofit news co-op to replace the Glacier papers that closed earlier this year, flourish and help prove a different model for journalism www.freshetnews.ca/a-new-beginn...

New billboard in town 👀

Now this is how you title a fundraising email, @movementyvr.bsky.social Go donate to Movement to spite Bob Mackin’s insufferable claims that young caring people who can barely afford to live in this region are really just developer shills rolling in pools of gold coins.

It's a sad day when the Conservatives are doing a better job arguing for road safety than the NDP. Instead of bending over backwards to make driving easier, the NDP could actually take action to save lives on our streets. (2/2)

The Province is speeding the wrong direction down a one-way street. Making access to driving easier and cheaper while stripping away safety measures in the name of "efficiencies". This is the opposite of Vision Zero. www.biv.com/news/comment...

Japan loves the Foo Fighters 🔥

Why I couldn't live post the #NewWest council meeting tonight: 🚃🚉

Chair Mike Hurley issued an ominous statement at the Metro Van board meeting today

Today I waited for a SkyTrain at Braid Stn for 7 min, literally couldn't fit on the train, then had to wait another 10 minutes for the next one. Feels bad, man

scarborough-rouge park just elected neethan shan - adding to a progressive wave of councillors in scarborough. bus lanes were a key election issue. the two runner-ups campaigned to rip out bus lanes. they lost. lesson: don't mess with scarborough's bus lanes. suburban transit riders vote, too.

So tonight the City of Surrey voted to impose "conditions" on TransLink as they proceed to 30% design on King George Blvd BRT, and they're ... REALLY GOOD?!?!? Dedicated BRT lanes pretty much everywhere you would ask for them. My expectations low 🙃 www.northdeltareporter.com/local-news/s...

🎉 GoByTransit Week!?! 🚌 We're celebrating Metro Vancouver's 1 MILLION daily transit riders with special Celebration Stations throughout the region! Stop by for ☕ Free coffee, 🥐 Free snacks and ❤ Free stickers! 🤳 Share your transit journey! Tag us @movementyvr and use #GoByTransitWeekYVR

Hey #NewWest ! It's council night! In honour of Go By Transit Week, and the pouring rain, I'm taking the bus a few stops to get to city hall 😅☔

BC folks! Outstanding piece here by @iglikaivanova.bsky.social, co-ED of @bcpolicy.bsky.social. BC has a revenue problem, not a spending problem The solution to BC’s fiscal challenges isn’t spending cuts. Instead, BC needs progressive revenue measures. Read on 👇 vancouversun.com/opinion/op-e...

Better transportation is incredibly popular, so much so that city after city in the US votes by referendum to tax themselves more for it. We've got former opponents of Congestion Pricing now defending it in Manhattan with all they've got. Let's make it acceptable for politicians to do this too.

I've put together a wider scale map covering the inner suburbs. One of the things immediately evident is the weakness of the Millennium Line compared to the other lines, with its route on a wide suburban boulevard and paralleling a major freeway as well as the forced transfer travel time impact

The Apartment ♥️

Last week ABC's Brian Montague engaged in some seriously unprofessional conduct at city council. This is just a clip of a larger series of interruptions. This sorts of bullying shouldn't be tolerated in civic business.

A few of my favourite photos from the first part of my recent trip to Newfoundland: around St. John's and the very Irish Avalon Peninsula. I was fascinated by the area's ties to the sea (as with the rest of NL), the strategic importance of St. John's harbour in WW2, and the similarity to Ireland.

The second video in a series about the #NewWest approach to housing, this one on the need to meet market demand, address recent provincial regulatory changes, and assure we are investing in community-supporting infrastructure.

We've been campaigning to get people to fill out TransLink's survey about BRT and we're down to the last 29 hours before it closes! Many thanks to @rmtransit.bsky.social for sharing our cute little video with his 340k subscribers!!! www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2Tu...

@movementyvr.bsky.social is a great advocacy organization fighting for better transit in the Metro Vancouver area, and today they bring you a video all about the problems of the proposed Boundary Rd BRT - Watch this video and learn more! youtu.be/n2TuO_f38FM

Have you filled out TransLink's survey on Bus Rapid Transit? The last day is Sunday. Surveys like this are why Movement needs to exist. You know that our region needs to change A LOT to make our streets safer, less congested, and less polluted. Buuut. . . 1/ movementyvr.ca/bby-heights-...

The magic mix that #NewWest residents know: when you lead with Transit-Oriented Development, walkability and transit access, you become the most affordable city in Metro Vancouver.

It's no surprise that housing in Metro Vancouver is expensive. But it might surprise you that for some parts of our region, transportation costs even more than housing. 1/3

It may have been about losing the Mann Cup, but it was still pretty cool hearing a mention of the New West Salmonbellies on the radio all the way on the other side of the country in Newfoundland

Call me naïve, but I think the best way for elected officials to show they support affordable housing is to vote for it when the opportunity arises. I'm proud to lead a City that says "yes". www.communityfirstnw.ca/new_west_bre...

Wild. $2.8 Billion less money to fund climate action, never mind schools, hospitals, transit, or housing, and gas prices are the same as a year ago. $2.8 Billion taken from your public services, from your pocket, to boost the record profits of oil companies. Good work all around, folks.

Hey #NewWest , sorry, no live posting of the council meeting tonight. I'm in Newfoundland & Labrador checking out the Petro-Canada Replica Viking Furnace Hut (in a National Historic Site!!). Couldn't believe that. Anyway, Vikings!

The first part of addressing the housing crisis is keeping folks secure in the home they have. In this first in a series of videos about the New West approach to housing, Mayor Johnstone talks about the ways #NewWest has lead in protecting vulnerable residents facing a market driven by speculation.