Andrea Woo
@andreawoo.bsky.social
Globe and Mail journalist. Writes about health, health system pressures, drugs, social issues, politics, natural disasters and all things British Columbia.
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AP: Lindsey Vonn sustained a complex tibia fracture that will require multiple surgeries to fix
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Lindsey Vonn says she has complex tibia fracture requiring multiple surgeries after Olympic crash
Lindsey Vonn says she sustained a "complex tibia fracture that is currently stable but will require multiple surgeries to fix properly” after her devastating crash in the Olympic downhill.
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February 9, 2026 at 10:57 PM
AP: Lindsey Vonn sustained a complex tibia fracture that will require multiple surgeries to fix
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Jimmy Lai, the pro-democracy former Hong Kong media tycoon and fierce critic of Beijing, was sentenced to 20 years in prison on Monday, after being convicted on national security charges late last year, @jamestgriffiths.com reports:
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Jimmy Lai handed 20-year sentence in Hong Kong after conviction under national-security law
The Apple Daily founder was a prominent critic of China and backer of Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement
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February 9, 2026 at 7:51 PM
Jimmy Lai, the pro-democracy former Hong Kong media tycoon and fierce critic of Beijing, was sentenced to 20 years in prison on Monday, after being convicted on national security charges late last year, @jamestgriffiths.com reports:
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Spent the week reporting from Texas’s Rio Grande Valley, which flipped red in 2024 on promises of border security and economic strength. It’s now seeing ICE job-site raids that are hurting the economy and stoking constant fears of families being torn apart.
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In Texas’s Rio Grande Valley, Trump’s immigration crackdown reshapes daily life
The threat of enforcement has created a constant undercurrent of fear for residents of the Rio Grand Valley
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February 7, 2026 at 4:51 PM
Spent the week reporting from Texas’s Rio Grande Valley, which flipped red in 2024 on promises of border security and economic strength. It’s now seeing ICE job-site raids that are hurting the economy and stoking constant fears of families being torn apart.
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Air Canada suspends flights to Cuba as US oil blockade causes fuel shortages, Eric Atkins reports. Airline said Monday it will fly home 3,000 customers, but has ceased all southbound passenger flights.
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Air Canada suspends flights to Cuba amid fuel shortage
Airline will fly home customers on the island but has ceased all southbound passenger flights
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February 9, 2026 at 6:25 PM
Air Canada suspends flights to Cuba as US oil blockade causes fuel shortages, Eric Atkins reports. Airline said Monday it will fly home 3,000 customers, but has ceased all southbound passenger flights.
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I am absolutely convinced that these past two halftime performances will be studied in textbooks someday.
(tbd on which discipline)
(tbd on which discipline)
February 9, 2026 at 4:27 AM
I am absolutely convinced that these past two halftime performances will be studied in textbooks someday.
(tbd on which discipline)
(tbd on which discipline)
shoulda sang about the 401(k)s
February 9, 2026 at 3:01 AM
shoulda sang about the 401(k)s
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Benito is a threat b/c he makes art so alluring and enjoyable you want to understand everything about it and then you end up learning about sugar and slavery and colonialism and the Taínos and Hawaii and then you probably have some thoughts of your own, and that's why art is powerful and dangerous
February 9, 2026 at 1:38 AM
Benito is a threat b/c he makes art so alluring and enjoyable you want to understand everything about it and then you end up learning about sugar and slavery and colonialism and the Taínos and Hawaii and then you probably have some thoughts of your own, and that's why art is powerful and dangerous
Epstein survivors airing this ad during the Super Bowl, via tinyurl.com/wjwdmws6
February 8, 2026 at 8:45 PM
Epstein survivors airing this ad during the Super Bowl, via tinyurl.com/wjwdmws6
Marie-Philip Poulin has inscribed a short message on the handle of her stick, a mission statement and a maxim that sums up Team Canada’s headspace at the Milan Cortina Olympics: “Her first. Your last. Our best.”
From Grant Robertson:
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From Grant Robertson:
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What a message on a hockey stick means for Canada’s women’s team
Captain Marie-Philip Poulin’s mission statement sums up the team’s headspace as they play for gold
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February 8, 2026 at 5:29 PM
Marie-Philip Poulin has inscribed a short message on the handle of her stick, a mission statement and a maxim that sums up Team Canada’s headspace at the Milan Cortina Olympics: “Her first. Your last. Our best.”
From Grant Robertson:
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From Grant Robertson:
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Police and a financial regulator are investigating complaints that millions of dollars’ worth of tips have gone missing from digital wallets belonging to Canadian restaurants that use payment processor Everyday Payments, @alexposadzki.bsky.social reports:
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Millions in restaurant tips missing from digital wallets, according to complaints to B.C. association
Restaurants were clients of payment processor Everyday Payments
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February 8, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Police and a financial regulator are investigating complaints that millions of dollars’ worth of tips have gone missing from digital wallets belonging to Canadian restaurants that use payment processor Everyday Payments, @alexposadzki.bsky.social reports:
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“In the continuum of human stupidity, there are few more extreme contemporary examples than boxer/influencer Jake Paul. Stupid is his business, and business is good,” writes Cathal Kelly. Paul attended Saturday’s U.S. women’s hockey game with JD Vance
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Fragile U.S. psyche faces trial by sport in Milan
American athletes are being pressed hard on how it feels to play for a country no one likes any more
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February 8, 2026 at 5:07 PM
“In the continuum of human stupidity, there are few more extreme contemporary examples than boxer/influencer Jake Paul. Stupid is his business, and business is good,” writes Cathal Kelly. Paul attended Saturday’s U.S. women’s hockey game with JD Vance
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U.S. skiing great Lindsey Vonn crashes in women’s downhill, ending Olympic comeback dreams, Rachel Brady reports:
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U.S. skiing great Lindsey Vonn crashes in women’s downhill, ending Olympic comeback dreams
American Breezy Johnson earned a gold medal in the event that was marred by her teammate’s accident
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February 8, 2026 at 4:50 PM
U.S. skiing great Lindsey Vonn crashes in women’s downhill, ending Olympic comeback dreams, Rachel Brady reports:
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NYT: Federal prosecutors had a warrant to collect evidence from Ms. Good’s vehicle, but Trump administration leaders said to drop it. About a dozen prosecutors have departed, leaving the Minnesota U.S. attorney’s office in turmoil.
Gift link:
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Gift link:
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Prosecutors Began Investigating Renee Good’s Killing. Washington Told Them to Stop.
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February 8, 2026 at 3:15 AM
NYT: Federal prosecutors had a warrant to collect evidence from Ms. Good’s vehicle, but Trump administration leaders said to drop it. About a dozen prosecutors have departed, leaving the Minnesota U.S. attorney’s office in turmoil.
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A former OneBC staffer previously participated in a Spaces call with the leaders of white nationalist/"Canadian nationalist" organizations.
They talked about deporting 10 million people and joked about throwing "millions of Punjabis" into the sea. 1/3 thetyee.ca/News/2026/02...
They talked about deporting 10 million people and joked about throwing "millions of Punjabis" into the sea. 1/3 thetyee.ca/News/2026/02...
Inside the Far-Right Push to Influence Canadian Political Parties | The Tyee
A conference call shows a political operative with past Conservative connections advising several white nationalist groups.
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February 6, 2026 at 4:07 PM
A former OneBC staffer previously participated in a Spaces call with the leaders of white nationalist/"Canadian nationalist" organizations.
They talked about deporting 10 million people and joked about throwing "millions of Punjabis" into the sea. 1/3 thetyee.ca/News/2026/02...
They talked about deporting 10 million people and joked about throwing "millions of Punjabis" into the sea. 1/3 thetyee.ca/News/2026/02...
Kinda incredible to think about how many decisions you’d have to make in life to end up being booed by the world at the Olympics
I'm at the Olympics and the entire stadium booed JD Vance. 😌
February 7, 2026 at 5:54 PM
Kinda incredible to think about how many decisions you’d have to make in life to end up being booed by the world at the Olympics
Spent the week reporting from Texas’s Rio Grande Valley, which flipped red in 2024 on promises of border security and economic strength. It’s now seeing ICE job-site raids that are hurting the economy and stoking constant fears of families being torn apart.
www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...
www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...
In Texas’s Rio Grande Valley, Trump’s immigration crackdown reshapes daily life
The threat of enforcement has created a constant undercurrent of fear for residents of the Rio Grand Valley
www.theglobeandmail.com
February 7, 2026 at 4:51 PM
Spent the week reporting from Texas’s Rio Grande Valley, which flipped red in 2024 on promises of border security and economic strength. It’s now seeing ICE job-site raids that are hurting the economy and stoking constant fears of families being torn apart.
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The Washington Post just laid off its entire award-winning photo team. They were our eyes in places we'll never see. It's a horrifying loss at a time when lying governments, propaganda and AI slop are on the rise.
February 6, 2026 at 6:59 PM
The Washington Post just laid off its entire award-winning photo team. They were our eyes in places we'll never see. It's a horrifying loss at a time when lying governments, propaganda and AI slop are on the rise.
Trump administration to reduce number of federal immigration agents in Minnesota by 700, White House border czar Tom Homan said Wednesday
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Trump administration to withdraw 700 immigration agents from Minnesota, border czar says
Trump fully intends to achieve mass deportations during this administration, Tom Homan says
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February 4, 2026 at 2:48 PM
Trump administration to reduce number of federal immigration agents in Minnesota by 700, White House border czar Tom Homan said Wednesday
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Convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein made repeated trips to Vancouver, where he came during the TED conference, met with high-profile tech leaders and, on at least one occasion, sought to hide his presence, Nathan VanderKlippe reports:
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Epstein entered Canada despite his criminal record, newly released documents show
Latest disclosure shows the convicted sex offender made trips to Vancouver and sought to hide his presence on at least one occasion
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January 31, 2026 at 9:09 PM
Convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein made repeated trips to Vancouver, where he came during the TED conference, met with high-profile tech leaders and, on at least one occasion, sought to hide his presence, Nathan VanderKlippe reports:
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The front of today’s @theglobeandmail.com
January 31, 2026 at 6:10 PM
The front of today’s @theglobeandmail.com
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Just in: Jim Pattison Developments says "the transaction to sell our industrial building in Ashland, Virginia, will not be proceeding."
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Pattison Developments says Virginia warehouse sale to ICE won’t proceed
The proposed sale had sparked protests on both sides of the border as the U.S. agency faces intensifying scrutiny
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January 30, 2026 at 7:15 PM
Just in: Jim Pattison Developments says "the transaction to sell our industrial building in Ashland, Virginia, will not be proceeding."
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Yahoo with the frontrunner for Most Insane Social Graphic of 2026
January 30, 2026 at 4:09 PM
Yahoo with the frontrunner for Most Insane Social Graphic of 2026
After a decade into Canada’s toxic drug crisis, recent data show death rates across the country are falling. But national averages can mask profound disparities, and experts caution that it’s too early to draw conclusions.
A look at the recent shift:
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A look at the recent shift:
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Opioid deaths have declined sharply in Canada. These five factors help explain why
Overdoses, driven to new heights in the 2010s, are not killing as many Canadians as they did a few years ago. Health officials aren’t yet sure whether that’s cause for celebration
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January 30, 2026 at 4:30 PM
After a decade into Canada’s toxic drug crisis, recent data show death rates across the country are falling. But national averages can mask profound disparities, and experts caution that it’s too early to draw conclusions.
A look at the recent shift:
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A look at the recent shift:
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January 30, 2026 at 4:15 PM