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Apparently October is Canadian Library Month. There's never been a better time to borrow my award-winning Canadian novel, THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE, from your local Canadian library! And if your library doesn't carry it, there's never been a better time to request it. www.overdrive.com/media/128041...

finally we can automate the drudgery of lovingly describing our children so we can spend more time maximizing returns for investors

This is as good a <600-character summary of the Situation as any

In light of world events, I'm going to take a break from LOLing about BC politics here for second and say this in earnest: it is a genuine privilege to live in a place where a political leader shows contempt for the population by calling an election two years early, as opposed to never

Here is my take on Emily Lowan's speech: OMG aren't you cold in that shirt???

The theme of Doerkson's speech was "I believe in this place we call home", expressed as a positive vision for the place, and not as a response to 51st-state noises. I want more of that sort of thing from every politician.

I had never heard of Lorne Doerkson before last month so I don't know whether to take "thank you, David Eby" as gracious or savage

David Eby

Well, David Eby did say B.C. needed a strong majority government

672,639 votes counted, 1,933 of 7,361 polls reported, 32 of 93 ridings called. Still early, in 2024 there were a total of 2.1M votes. Looking at what has come in there is a lot of orange below the diagonal. And a lot of blue above.

someone ping me when Eby is giving his concession speech, I want to hear this

Half an hour until polls close. I'm on tenterhooks waiting to find whether or not the NDP gets more than 65% of the vote in my riding.

Final BC election thought: shame its not possible for everyone to lose

I think he made this meme.

You had two years left of your term by which this dude may have well disappeared. You caused this mess. No one wanted an election - only you. #bcpoli

how we all doing

This is my 14yo niece's latest creation, made entirely with supplies from Dollarama.

Me: Vancouver municipal politics is insane. 130+ candidates, plebiscites on issues outside municipal jurisdiction, and capital spending questions that no one can make an informed decision about Alberta: Hold 10 of my beers. Then bring them to 10 separate people. Don't worry, they're colour coded

Thank god the elections are over in BC so now everyone can get on and focus on the election. #bcpoli

That's my feeling as well. When my parents (in Ottawa) have a concern about their neighbourhood that falls within municipal jurisdiction, they go to their ward councilor, whether they like him or not. If I have a similar concern in Vancouver, I go to the councilor I like and trust the most.

I'm not a Vancouver expert but it seems to me the more party politics plays a role civically, the more partisan things become and that partisanship ends up indicating to casual voters a lack of stability.

This campaign would have been completely unremarkable if the candidate had been running to be chair of an academic department instead of for city council. Congratulations to Brady Rogers, who probably had the professor vote locked down.

Here is our livepage for our coverage of local elections tonight. It includes a livestream of our broadcast — where I'll be delivering results — and will include my written analysis as things progress. Election nights are my favourite news event of the year, and we're a big team. Hope you enjoy.

a Bluesky Algo I want I won't be getting your comments on my link posts until you clicked the link

I’m not saying Oakridge is nailing the “we’ve created a mall for elites where regular Vancouverites aren’t welcome” vibe but yesterday this happened

If you're not familiar with the alcohol consumption by decile chart, it's a real eye opening look at what being a hardcore alcoholic is like

Talk to your president. He could end this tomorrow.