Amanda Follett Hosgood
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Mother, writer and settler on Wet'suwet'en territory. Northern B.C. reporter for The Tyee. she/her
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āI fail to see how a reasonable person in society would find comments about a vulnerable female being raped by five dudes, referring to an RCMP unit as the penis-touching team, or a victim of a criminal sexual assault as a dumb girl, can be acceptable"
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B.C. RCMP trio violated code of conduct with racist, sexist messages: adjudicator
An RCMP adjudicator has found three B.C constables failed to treat people with respect and courtesy when they posted racist, sexist and homophobic comments in a group chat with other officers and on p...
https://www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/article/bc-rcmp-trio-violated-code-of-conduct-with-racist-sexist-messages-adjudicator/
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US podcaster Ezra Klein is the rising star of the tech-funded "Abundance" movement, which calls for fast-tracking major projects. Seemingly wooed, BC's NDP invited Klein to present to caucus, just months after their own deregulatory spree. My latest for
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How the Abundance Movement Is Dividing the Left | The Tyee
Calls for fewer rules and faster building have found a progressive audience, including in the BC government.
https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/11/07/Abundance-Movement-Dividing-Left/
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Hi Bluesky š Small life update: Iām at the centre of a multimillion dollar lawsuit in Alberta launched by a failed candidate for Jason Kenneyās UCP It may be the longest and most expensive media trial in Canadian history Iām ready to go public about it and I want to share more details with you š§µ
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BCās recent report into its administration of FOI laws shows that requests for general govt records has dropped below a third of what it was five years ago. Experts worry what that could mean for govt transparency and trust in public institutions.
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Are People Losing Trust in BCās FOI System? | The Tyee
The provinceās information commissioner says plunging numbers of requests should prompt questions.
https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/11/07/Are-People-Losing-Trust-BC-FOI-System/
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The Tyee
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Significantly fewer people are requesting government records in B.C., causing advocates to worry the decline signals eroding government transparency and a loss of trust in public institutions.
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reports.
#bcpoli
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Are People Losing Trust in BCās FOI System? | The Tyee
The provinceās information commissioner says plunging numbers of requests should prompt questions.
https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/11/07/Are-People-Losing-Trust-BC-FOI-System/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial
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Today in
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, a look at how the book Abundance is influencing Canadian politics and āhelping shape Canadaās fast-track agenda with its rallying cry for scrapping regulations in the pursuit of economic growth,ā by
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How the Abundance Movement Is Dividing the Left | The Tyee
Calls for fewer rules and faster building have found a progressive audience, including in the BC government.
https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/11/07/Abundance-Movement-Dividing-Left/
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Stephen Harrison
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Journalists shouldn't be charged commercial rates to file FOI requests. It's wild some jurisdictions (VPD, Squamish) are trying to administer the law this way, creating another barrier to access public information.
#cdnfoi
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It's outrageous that news outlets would be treated as commercial FOI applicants when they are requesting documents on behalf of the public. I hope
@editorthuncher.bsky.social
filed a complaint. I would love to see the
@oipcbc.bsky.social
take a stand on this.
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Squamish opinion: Challenging costly FOI process
When The Squamish Chief sought more answers about why the townās ice rink shut down, they were met not with documentsābut with a four-figure invoice.
https://www.squamishchief.com/opinion/squamish-opinion-challenging-costly-foi-process-11437822
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Lex McMenamin (they/them)
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thank you for all the support; the statement from our union is now live here with some more reporting. now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of todayās layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
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Stewart Prest
7 days ago
Stand by this. Brutal ending, but an amazing game. It was a privilege to have my heart ripped out by it. Jays did themselves and the country proud.
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Robbed. But man, what a series.
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Oh nooooooooooo
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Thatās karma.
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Andrea Woo
7 days ago
Our Game 7 live blog is rolling. We've got reporters across the country feeding into it with fan reax. Let me know if there are diehard fans in Vancouver who should be in this!
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Live updates: Toronto Blue Jays take on L.A. Dodgers in Game 7 of the World Series tonight
Beginning at 8 p.m. ET at Rogers Centre, starters Max Scherzer and Shohei Ohtani will face off as the teams vie for the title
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/baseball/article-blue-jays-game-7-world-series-dodgers-live-updates-highlights/
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āAll over media right now there are images of masculinity that is negative, that is cruel, that is violent, destructive and racist... āI want this friendship, sweetness and good vibes to succeed.ā ā¤ļø
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I hope it was one of those non-apologies like āIām sorry that you were offendedā¦ā
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āThe budget was designed to ensure the event appropriately marked the transition between chiefs while maintaining fiscal responsibility and transparency,ā the police board chair said.
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Victoria police spent $22K on party for outgoing, incoming chiefs | CBC News
The Victoria Police Department spent more than $22,000 in public funds on a celebration that honoured its outgoing and incoming police chiefs, according to a freedom of information request.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/vicpd-spent-22k-on-party-foi-9.6958651
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Bill Corbett
8 days ago
Now whenever I donāt feel like doing something Iām gonna walk around with my hands in the air yelling DEAD BALL
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Trump says Carney apologized for Ford's anti-tariff ad | CBC News
U.S. President Donald Trump says Prime Minister Mark Carney apologized for the Ontario government ad that used former president Ronald Reaganās own words to spread an anti-tariff message to an America...
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trump-carney-apology-reagan-ad-9.6962225
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Mary Gillis
10 days ago
Canada is facing a dangerous global future and that's why we need to build more fossil fuel infrastructure and cut social programs so we can spend more on the military. But it's fine to sell off existing fossil fuel infrastructure to foreign corporations, who are now and will always be our besties.
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Andrew Kurjata
10 days ago
One of B.C.ās only two oil refineries is about to be sold to a U.S. company
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Burnaby, B.C., oil refinery to fall under U.S. control in $9.1B deal
British Columbiaās largest oil refinery is set to fall under U.S. control this week with the expected takeover of Canadian fuel refiner and retailer Parkland Corporation by American fuel giant Sunoco.
https://www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/article/burnaby-bc-oil-refinery-to-fall-under-us-control-in-91b-deal/
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Premier David Eby says that if a key bill aimed at speeding construction of the North Coast Transmission Line fails to pass in the legislature, heās willing to call an early election.
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Eby Threatens Snap Election over North Coast Transmission Line | The Tyee
If opposition MLAs block legislation on the project, voters could be heading to the polls.
https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/10/30/Eby-Threatens-Snap-Election-North-Coast-Transmission-Line/
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I spent yesterday's Blue Jays brain fog talking to a sleep expert who works with professional sports teams. Pat Byrne had some interesting things to say about why the Jays have an advantage over the Dodgers while in LA.
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World Series of Sleep: How Late Nights Affect Ball Players | The Tyee
The Blue Jays might have their own advantage in LA. A Tyee Q&A with a BC sports sleep expert.
https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/10/29/World-Series-Sleep/
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Simon Little š
11 days ago
Great angle
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staring blankly into the abyss
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This is such a great and fascinating interview!
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I spent yesterday's Blue Jays brain fog talking to a sleep expert who works with professional sports teams. Pat Byrne had some interesting things to say about why the Jays have an advantage over the Dodgers while in LA.
@thetyee.ca
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World Series of Sleep: How Late Nights Affect Ball Players | The Tyee
The Blue Jays might have their own advantage in LA. A Tyee Q&A with a BC sports sleep expert.
https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/10/29/World-Series-Sleep/
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Jen St. Denis
11 days ago
Wow this guy REALLY cares about sleep!
@amandafollett.bsky.social
interviews zās expert Pat Byrne about how sleep affects professional athletes Heās not a fan of the reported late-night flight the Jays took to L.A. before game 3
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World Series of Sleep: How Late Nights Affect Ball Players | The Tyee
The Blue Jays might have their own advantage in LA. A Tyee Q&A with a BC sports sleep expert.
https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/10/29/World-Series-Sleep/
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karen ward
11 days ago
the government will receive the settlement in annual payments over the next twenty years but included $2.7B as revenue in this year's budget WHOOPSIE
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Shannon Waters
11 days ago
I'm really glad Stephen keeps such a close eye on the goings on related to our local police department It's such essential, public service reporting that I don't see from other local outlets
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Adam Rose
11 days ago
Guzy set out to photograph a parade. "Then Iām like, well maybe I should check it (immigration court) out for a day or two ā and here I am, almost five months later." "Iām 100% sure that things are done differently because eyes are on the scene." Photojournalism can impact both sides of the lens.
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ICE in courts: How two photojournalists are dealing with the trauma of documenting immigrant detentions at Federal Plaza | amNewYork
Almost every day for five months, photojournalists David Dee Delgado and Carol Guzy have entered 26 Federal Plaza with cameras in hand.
https://www.amny.com/news/photojournalists-ice-detentions-federal-plaza/
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āMr. Hoekstra hung up when The Globe called his personal cellphone.ā
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U.S. ambassador profanely scolds Ontario representative over anti-tariff ad, sources say
Pete Hoekstra used expletives in loud dressing-down in front of hundreds at Ottawa gala
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-us-ambassador-profanely-scolds-ontario-representative-over-ad/
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sarah duignan
12 days ago
new podcast episode out today with Palestinian food writer Lama Obeid on preserving Palestinian cuisine through genocide, and the ways Palestinian food gets appropriated into something vaguely Middle Eastern in Western discourse
#foodpodcast
#palestinianfood
www.anthrodish.com/episodes/lamaobeid
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157: Preserving Palestinian Cuisine During Genocide ā AnthroDish
As this episode airs, it has been just over two years of Israelās ongoing genocide in Gaza. Tens of thousands of Palestinian people have been killed, and entire cities have been reduced to rubble. And...
https://www.anthrodish.com/episodes/lamaobeid
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ā³att
12 days ago
We're adapting to our new home. Settling into rudimentary clans. My wife has been recruited as a gatherer, finding discarded popcorn bags to start a fire. Rumors abound of the 500 Level folk planning an invasion of the lower bowl. I've been assigned to assemble an armory of souvenir bats.
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Toronto may be surprised to wake up and realize the game is still going.
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Is it just me or did Toronto fans seem way more fun?
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āItās so obvious heās just saying things because Iāve left, to try to discredit me.ā Amelia Boultbee on what she describes as BC Conservative leader John Rustadās attempt to smear her as a hysterical, mentally ill terrorist supporter.
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Amelia Boultbee: John Rustad āYelled at Me Until I Criedā | The Tyee
The former Conservative MLA says Rustad is not fit to lead the party.
https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/10/27/Amelia-Boultbee-John-Rustad-Yelled/
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āThe ubiquity of instant communication makes it hard to imagine how the Playograph was a mind-blowing marvel of modern technology in 1925.ā How Vancouver Fans 'Watched' the World Series a Century Ago via
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How Vancouver Fans āWatchedā the World Series a Century Ago | The Tyee
Before games on TV and even live radio, the Playograph drew a downtown crowd.
https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2025/10/27/How-Vancouver-Fans-Watched-World-Series-Century-Ago/
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BCGEU plans to respect PEA picket lines despite reaching a tentative deal with the BC government. "Until members hear otherwise, all picket lines will remain up," the union says.
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Scott Horton
14 days ago
In a nearly illiterate editorial, WaPo defends Trump's ballroom project, without revealing the fact that the paper's owner, Jeff Bezos, is a principal funder of the project. Shameful conduct all around.
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āTrump later paid a settlement of nearly $1.4 million over the use of 200 undocumented Polish workers to demolish Bonwit Teller, some of whom were paid just $4 an hour and others who were stiffed on their wages.ā
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East Wing demolition isn't the first time Trump has ruffled feathers with a wrecking ball
The White House's East Wing isn't Donald Trump's first tear-down. He's been raising dust and outrage since the 1980s.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/10/25/trump-demolition-history-east-wing-construction-ballroom/86833144007/
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Stewart Prest
15 days ago
Elbows up if necessary but not necessarily elbows up, I guess. Each of these episodes demonstrates Canada's compliance and invite further unreasonable demands. It also validates the outrageous position that this administration can regulate even the speech of other governments.
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Jen St. Denis
14 days ago
I made
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read this aloud in the newsroom and it made me laugh so hard Probably because my kids are now teens and Iāve been living inside the brainrot for so long now
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Investigative Journalism Foundation
15 days ago
Canadaās spy agency now shares intel with corporations ā thanks to a push from one of the countryās biggest oil and gas firms. Our reporter Zak Vescera explains.
#cdnpoli
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'Six-Seven' Is Funny. It Doesn't Need to Make Sense via
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āSix-Sevenā Is Funny. It Doesnāt Need to Make Sense | The Tyee
Young people love it, and adults are in tangles. Its evolution from an inside joke to an outside one is nearly complete.
https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2025/10/24/Six-Seven-Funny-Inside-Joke-Makes-No-Sense/
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Mike Wilner
15 days ago
That Barger blast was the FIRST PINCH-HIT GRAND SLAM IN WORLD SERIES HISTORY.
#HolyCrap
#Bluejays
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Andrea Woo
16 days ago
U.S. President Donald Trump says heās terminating trade talks with Canada over this Ontario government anti-tariff ad featuring late Republican president Ronald Reagan, Laura Stone reports
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Mary Gillis
16 days ago
Canada is three mining companies in a trench coat, exhibit 34886.
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onion person
16 days ago
it blows my mind that anyone is still pretending like trump is anything but a dictator, here is steve bannon talking about how they, in clear and certain terms, intends to install trump as president in 2028
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The Canadian government passed legislation allowing CSIS to more easily share intelligence with private companies after it was pressed by pipeline builder TC Energy to set up regular āinformation-sharingā meetings with industry, CSIS and RCMP.
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TC Energy lobbied Canadaās spy agency to share intelligence | The Narwhal
Pipeline giant TC Energy urged CSIS to brief Canadaās biggest companies on security threats ā raising concerns about surveillance
https://thenarwhal.ca/tc-energy-csis-intelligence-sharing/
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