CBC British Columbia is holding a town hall event tomorrow evening for communities affected by the extortion crime wave in the Lower Mainland. Here's a timeline of the extortion story, via Jon Hernandez 👇 www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

47 VPD officers were paid more than $100K in OT last year, including 7 constables who more than doubled their possible $140K salaries. One sergeant raked in $239K in OT on top of possible $158K salary. Meanwhile, the force went $6.5M over its $400M+ budget. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

"A major report on modernizing the education system in Newfoundland and Labrador is peppered with fake sources some educators say were likely fabricated by generative AI." Report recommends the use of "ethical" AI... www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Lincoln told CBC News he was getting ready to go get a slurpee with a friend but "got lazy" and decided to borrow his roommate's child's tiny car to get around. via @akurjata.ca www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Good thread about a totally regular experience trying to report on tragic events in B.C. (and probably the rest of Canada). Officials here are so accustomed to getting away with offering nearly zero details. It often takes years for a trial or coroners inquest to get worthwhile official accounts.

‘He loved his work deeply’: the five Palestinian journalists killed in Gaza airstrike

Israel killed five journalists when it attacked Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis on Monday using a ‘double-tap’ attack.

"Israeli forces struck Nasser hospital in the south of the Gaza Strip on Monday, killing at least 20 people including journalists who worked for Reuters, the Associated Press, Al Jazeera and other outlets." via @reuters.com www.reuters.com/world/middle...

Good reporting here from ‪@lisa-steacy.bsky.social‬ and Andrew Weichel.

Canada’s first propane export terminal had a leak this morning www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Homelessness up 141 per cent since homeless counts began in 2005, report says "Number of people who are homeless in Metro Vancouver up 9 per cent in 2 years: report" as told by @courtneydickson.bsky.social #bcpoli #vanpoli #vanre www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Tax data suggests lethal Canadian arms still being exported to Israel via @cheknews.ca, The Canadian Press, @withfilesfrom.bsky.social cheknews.ca/tax-data-sug...

The saga of this man's unflinching commitment to marine poaching is something to behold. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

"innately designed"

Canada will recognize Palestinian state in September if certain conditions met www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

emergency organizations need to get off X

Three cyclists have been hit by drivers in Prince George this week. One of them is dead. As it happens, it's the same week the city is calling for feedback on safety for bikers, walkers and other non-drivers. They're getting a lot of notes. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Radio-Canada's investigation was remarkable - and this goes to show that sometimes journalism is all the justice people will get. So we need to make the effort and do it right.

This is a cool account for 'on this day' in 1980 updates from Mount St. Helens. 45th anniversary of the eruption is Sunday, May 18.

@tephrabird.bsky.social Hi, Britta — I'm still trying to connect to discuss Mount St. Helens with you. Please give me a call or email back at your earliest convenience. Thanks :)

"What we're hearing, particularly from service providers, as well as patrons, is that this police presence is deterring people from accessing the life-saving services inside." — Caitlin Shane, @pivotlegalsociety.bsky.social www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

With CBC now having called all ridings it's time for the land-vs-people-vote animation.

Teslas conspicuously absent in images throughout the B.C. Government's annual EV report: news.gov.bc.ca/files/ZEV_An...

IT IS OFFICIAL CBC NEWS IS PROJECTING A LIBERAL PARTY GOVERNMENT

Voting took about 90 seconds in Mount Pleasant!

The latest 👇 Vancouver festival tragedy: 11 dead, dozens more hurt after suspect drives through block party crowd www.cbc.ca/9.6737566

after reading dan fumano’s tribute, i recommend spending time with @jackiedives.bsky.social’s recent photo essay featuring trey www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

Trey Helten, an advocate for drug users whose willingness to speak searingly about his own battle with addiction provided hope and inspiration to many in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, has died at 42. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

....and this year's best songbird in B.C. winner is: 👑 Black-capped chickadee 👑

"Trump signals [fill in the blank]" headlines...

This very good CBC story on rally crowd sizes (shorturl.at/RMBL2) includes this image of Winnipeg's NHL arena, the Canada Life Centre, which has a capacity of just over 15,000 ppl. It can also help visualize the loss from the toxic drug crisis: More than 16,500 ppl in BC alone have died since 2016

Thinking of making a cross-border trip into the U.S. in 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒔𝒆 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆𝒔? www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHGN...

Thinking of making a cross-border trip into the U.S. in 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒔𝒆 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆𝒔? www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHGN...

And the final results are in. Orr and Maloney in a blowout, with Orr on more than half the ballots cast — an impressive result on a crowded ballot, even in a byelection context. ABC gets around 13% of the vote, slightly ahead of how Vision did in the 2017 byelection when they were in power.

Someone just offered me a tall can beer in the extremely long Mount Pleasant voting lineup, but I hesitated and it went to the guy in front of me.

I've cracked the code of why byelection lineups are so long in Vancouver today. It's not just a turnout question. Compared to the 2017 byelection, the city decreased the number of election workers by EIGHTY PERCENT. From 1,250 in 2017 to 250 this time around. This was a staff recommendation.

"We are destroying the habitat for mountain caribou, grizzly, wolverine, fisher. We know we're driving those animals into extinction." Conservationists and community-based businesses look to reset how forests are managed www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

there's going to be so much fake image AI slop in this election cycle, isn't there...

Quebec man’s cross-Canada #cycling journey comes to an end in Vancouver. Louis-Joseph Couturier rode nearly 6,000 kilometres in a bid to raise awareness for cycling safety after friend died in collision, by @rafferty.bsky.social www.cbc.ca/player/play/... via @cbcnews.ca

Best bird in B.C. bracket is back for 2025 — this time focusing on songbirds: www.wildliferescue.ca/best-bird-in... @wildliferescuebc.bsky.social

The news tonight

"Scientists brought to tears by huge loss of butterflies" is probably a headline we should pay attention to www.cbc.ca/news/science...

ICYMI: @bethanylindsay.bsky.social and I tried to figure out exactly how much Canadian taxpayer money has been going to companies owned by Elon Musk. We found more than $400 million in government awards, transfer payments and rebates theijf.org/elon-musk-pu...

Some pretty wild allegations about how B.C. Conservative candidate Honveer Randhawa and his associate got affidavits signed for his election irregularities court petition here. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Possible human remains found at Manitoba landfill where searchers are looking for slain First Nations women Morgan Harris and Marcedes Myran www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

🧵 If you’ve had a friend or family member die from an overdose please send me a photo of your loved one and an anecdote about them. If I get enough submissions (157) I will be using the photos and anecdotes to create an installation as a part of my upcoming art exhibition in March at Gallery 881.

Sad to see more local papers closing in B.C. www.newwestrecord.ca/local-news/b...