"This case is about more than bike lanes. It is about whether our legal system, and our society, are willing to put children’s health and safety at the centre of decisions that shape our world." www.torontotoday.ca/local/opinio...

Big moment for Europe: in December, fully electric cars outsold petrol-only cars in the EU for the first time. This shows that clear, consistent policy works. Which is exactly why backtracking now would be a mistake. Rolling back targets or creating uncertainty would slow investment and innovation.

It’s too bad. The snow day may be on the Sunday instead of the Monday in Ontario.

Registration open: 6th WORLD PLANNING SCHOOLS CONGRESS (29 June - 3 July '26; Espoo and Helsinki, Finland). Early (discounted) registration deadline: 28 February '26. app.eventos.fi/wpsc2026/web...

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Have a family member currently waiting six months for a diagnostic mammogram. My 2022 deep dive into B.C.'s cancer care system: www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

TONIGHT!!! Want to learn about how goods and people move in a city and region? Consider taking @sfucity.bsky.social CITY103: #Transportation Planning Foundations #vanpoli #bcpoli #vanre Starts Thurs Jan 22 | 6 pm PST| Online | Register: www.sfu.ca/continuing-s...

Vehicle headlights outside Vancouver jurisdiction, but council wastes taxpayer time on it.Deltas provincial MLA could initiate provincial standards for light pollution,but no, throws it back at City Of Delta. Everybody’s into blaming everybody else for lights these days. The wrong kind of lights.

A ban on coal-burning has helped clear the hazardous smog that once cloaked Beijing every winter. But heating with gas is much more expensive. That is hitting older residents in the neighbouring province of Hebei hard

I signed up to walk 50km in February in support of the Heart and Stroke Foundation ❤️ I'd love your support

A crow at the beach today #birdsky #vancouver #canada 🪶

Nominations close January 21st for the Coast Mental Health Courage To Come Back Awards #MentalHealth #Vancouver #BC @coastmentalhlthfdn.bsky.social @coastmentalhealth.bsky.social

Reminder: I am giving away a pair of tickets to this @writersfest.bc.ca event with Paul Myers @pulmyears.bsky.social author of the book "John Candy: A Life in Comedy". He'll be in conversation with Charlie Demers next week on Granville Island #Vancouver #books

All of our mothers were right. Even adding five minutes a day of walking contributes to 10% less chance of mortality. Daily short walk can cut risk of early death by 15 per cent www.thetimes.com/article/84e7...

Educational institutions are struggling in Canada with the lack of students allowed into the country. Is this also a portent for funding the current model of high-rise residential towers?

Showcase your planning projects and initiatives. Submit for a STAR Planning Award today! Small Town and Rural Planning award submissions for 2026 are now being accpted. Check the STAR Newsletter or our new website for more information. smalltown.planning.org #smalltownrural #planning

100% agree

My beautiful partner and I heading home to #LittleItaly after work after a long workday a few years back in #Toronto. My painting… Happy New Year my friends…

Douglas Todd's (@douglastodd.bsky.social) 10 most-read columns of 2025 via @vancouversun.bsky.social #cdnpoli #bcpoli #vanpoli #vanre vancouversun.com/opinion/colu...

You can help sustain meaningful income opportunities, community-driven storytelling, and dignity for over 150 vendors and storytellers with a donation to Megaphone. @megaphonemagazine.com #vancouver #nonprofit #DTES

Events around Vancouver this weekend:

This is one of our favorites!

Be like Rick.

Tredges in place of tree canopy is the new thing.

This is messy but not undoable. Part will be for older people to work longer. The average 77-year-old has the cognitive ability of comparable person aged53 in the early 2000s. Healthcare,nutrition and physical activity will make the difference. Our policies need to embrace Young and the very old.

I painted this Christmas Eve Toronto scene awhile ago. Merry Christmas folks!

As told by Tanya Fletcher seniors now make up a third of union gospel mission’s shelter users, and those numbers are going to increase. Homeless seniors are the unseen statistic, and they require specific services normally not offered by shelters. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Rain does have a use for reflection.

As a kid growing up back east, we always waited for when the rinks were flooded and you know there would be skating in two days. Wonderful art by @thepowerdresser

Did you know that microbes added to the gut by owning dogs benefits humans in increase sociability, and less anxiety? Take a look at this fascinating study from Japan.

Over 2000 toe and claw prints found on a vertical surface in the Italian Alps, very close to where the skiing venue will be for the winter Olympics.

Apparently the dogs in strollers help the birth rate.

Megaphone Magazine's Winter Campaign #fundraiser is on now. Based in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside, @megaphonemagazine.com amplifies marginalized voices and creates meaningful work for those experiencing poverty. Help them raise funds to continue to invest in the community... (1/3)

This is the highlight of the year. Get your requests in now.

And this is written properly. It was a driver that killed this child not a vehicle.

It’ll be in the Fraser Valley and Tri-Cities later this week

That disappointment after you open your Christmas gifts early.

"We will not give in to fear': Vancouver Hanukkah celebration goes ahead without incident" vancouversun.com/news/vancouv...

Scientists have discovered the oldest evidence of ancient humans igniting fires. The question of how far back human ancestors conjured fire is deeply intertwined with some of the biggest outstanding mysteries about human evolution.

New: The Ministry of Transportation and Transit has closed major highways between the Lower Mainland and the Interior due to flooding, falling rock and debris, and high avalanche hazards. #BCStorm @citynewsvancouver.bsky.social

London England now has a completely electric ferry to cross the Thames. Will Vancouver be next?

Santa arrives by boat in Steveston today then will be available for photos at the Gulf of Georgia Cannery

When people tell me that rents in Vancouver are not expensive, I remind them that salaries have not kept pace with the asking price of rents. Take a look at the graph Brian has below.

In the UK and across Europe, cars are becoming longer, wider and heavier. Consumers clearly like them. They're seen as practical, safe and stylish, and sales are growing steadily. So, why are some cities determined to clamp down on them? @theothebald.bsky.social www.bbc.com/news/article...

Prof. @ayan604.bsky.social spoke to @globalbc.bsky.social about Vancouver's Chinatown, & pivotal moments in its past: Anti-Asian riots of 1907, its fight to stop a freeway being built through the neighbourhood, a near-ban on BBQ'd meat... globalnews.ca/news/1153599... #sfuurb @sfufass.bsky.social

Yes, it is December in Vancouver, but having a balcony garden never disappoints. First time I’ve had strawberries in December and lavender re-blooming.

Men who go through healing lodges are half as likely to end up back in jail compared with similar offenders who do time in conventional prisons