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Congratulations to Olivia Chow for winning a resounding victory and being reelected Mayor of #Toronto!

#BritishColumbia Conservative Premier-elect Lorne Doerkson is reiterating his party's pledge to raise disability-assistance rates by $100-per-month This is taking a page from John Horgan, who began *his* term as BC Premier in July 2017 by raising disability (& welfare) rates $100/month.

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If at first you don't suceed, pry, pry again. Two Broadway Subway Project workers trying to lift a second deck plate in the 1400 block W Broadway. #Vancouver

Today, on October 22, we celebrate the birth of Louis Riel, born in 1844. His legacy lives on in our Nation, our culture, and our ongoing journey toward self-determination. Maarsii, Louis Riel, for your dedication to the Métis people and future generations.

#Vancouver Broadway Subway Project is getting ready to lift remaining steel deck plates off south side of 1400 block W Broadway Ave. Traffic's been rerouted onto freshly-paved north side & plates are being un-welded. Worker tells me they're working round the clock on this!

Not surprised advance voting for #BritishColumbia general election is down compared to 2024. Two yrs ago we voted in the NDP to govern the province better than the conservatives for 4 yrs, NOT to drop everything amid a trade war with U.S. to cynically call a 2-yr early snap election!

Please Repost 🚨can anyone please help with $25? With the match that will be $50 🙏 2 new asks for grocery help $50 each $598 still available on the donation match. A $25 donation will be $50 with the match! DM if you can help and I’ll connect u directly or PayPal/e-transfer mrsbpotter@hotmail.com

"#NewYorkCity council votes to ban #horse-drawn carriage rides." #Mamdani is doing the right thing by the #horses & also hopefully by the carriage drivers unemployed by the ban.

Revisiting the greatest music video of 2010: @yelle's *La Musique*

Meanwhile in the #UnitedStates: Virginia grand jury has indicted Dem state Sen. L. Louise Lucas & 6 others on charges of engaging in a racketeering conspiracy to sell cannabis & launder the proceeds. Thank goodness #JustinTrudeau legalized #cannabis in #Canada!

Sunrise in #Vancouver Fairview at 7:55am, looking down West Broadway from South Granville.

The bad news: ElectionsBC website is down "amid global outage blamed on [stinky!] PHP Programming lsnguage." The good news: My Wordpress blog is unaffected!

“Too many people who voted NDP their whole lives are watching rents climb, being sent to the picket lines and are wondering who is still fighting for them,” Green Leader Emily Lowan said in an interview with The Tyee. thetyee.ca/News/2026/10...

Thank you, @adrianecarr.bsky.social 💚

Carney’s pipeline: A tale of two extinctions Just 74 orcas remain in the wild. Pacific Link threatens their fragile habitat while bulldozing over Indigenous rights and endangered species protections. New from Salomé Sané & Sheila Sampath: ricochet.media/climate/clim... @greenpeaceca.bsky.social

"The NDP commit to hiring and expansion. The Conservatives are offering private vouchers. The Greens want community health clinics." Reporting by @tyolsen.bsky.social thetyee.ca/News/2026/10...

Election sticker shlock! 🤪 #BCpoli #Vancouver #BritishColumbia

Today, Tues, we learned results of #DanielleSmith's unnecessary $130M #Alberta independence referendum. Wed we'll learn results of #KenSim's unnecessary non-binding, $500K #Vancouver public safety plebicite. Sat we'll leatn results of #DavidEby's unnecessary $15M #BritishColumbia snap election. 🙄

Someone knicked 1 of 6 plugs I made in 2023 out of tomato paste cans for holes along wall in my #Vancouver Fairview #homeless parkade sleeping spot. Tried (not so successfully) concrete powder & glue to paint plug face. Forgot final 2023 plugs has 5 prongs (new one has 6)

Near as I can gather, the only thing the seperatist referendum did was separate $130M from #Alberta! A fool (premier) and their (taxpayer's) money are soon parted.

🚨 can anyone help with $35 for medication? 

Wishing outgoing #Kamloops mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson a speedy recovery from what he says was a heart attack. That's for him to say but I still think he's a heartless S.O.B! 🙃 #BCpoli

Setting sun glares thru the silhouetted 1990s galleria-style, glass and steel mall top in the 1100 block West Broadway. And again I ask myself: " Is Cozy Lab *really* cozy?" #Vancouver

Some early #Halloween pumpkins of #Vancouver Fairview...

#Vancouver Broadway Subway Project's new north sidewalk along 1400 block W Broadway is maybe 0.6m narrower than before. Width seems well below what I read is req. 1.8m. Going to be harder (if not impossible) for delivery bikes to leave room for walkers & wheelchairs! My bike & trailer prob won't!

Today is the day, Alberta! Get out and make your voice heard, and most importantly, help save Canada. I urge you to vote in the best interests of all Albertans. Vote Option 1 on Question 10 and NO to the other 9 questions. Canada today, Canada tomorrow, Canada forever! 🇨🇦

Defamation trial tween #Vancouver Mayor Sim & @seanorr.bsky.social doesn't begin til Jan but it really seems Sat's vote was court of public opinion awarding damages. Not only did Sim lose bad & Orr win big but Lenny Zhou, Sim's alleged smearing partner, got least vote of any ABC council incumbent.

Here's the Vancouver Green Party platform. www.vangreens.ca/platform

Sorry Doug but I really don't feel octogenarians should be allowed to run for political office without passing the same cognitive tests 80-yr-old drivers have to pass to keep their #BritishColumbia licences! #SurreyBC

22,368 to 13,367. Ken is gaining proportionately but Pete is still flying fry high in the #Vancouver mayoral vote.

Obviously it's early in the counting of #Vancouver's mayoral vote but for pete sakes!

My oldest brother, Duncan, is a legendary bridge player in B.C. I appreciate this tribute to him from the folks at the Victoria Bridge Centre.

Yay! Polls have closed in #Vancouver's (42nd?) municipal election! Gratitude to all the people who were bitten by the public service bug & ran for office for all the right reasons! It's hard work & lots of sacrifice! Hoping the winners will be all the city's residents!

VOTE TODAY 8AM-8PM EVICT KEN SIM AND ABC. ELECT COPE. WE GOT THIS.

If you're wondering why Svend Robinson, Grand Chief Stewart Phillip, Harold Steves, and Tzeporah Berman endorsed @emilylowan.bsky.social in the BC election, here's a bit of history that I wrote in 2022. substack.com/home/post/p-...

Polls are OPEN, Vancouver! Don't miss your opportunity to change your life. Bring your friends and neighbours, tell your community, VOTE. www.onecityvancouver.ca/vote