Andrea Woo
@andreawoo.bsky.social
Vancouver steam clock critic, Globe and Mail journalist. Often covers health, health system pressures, drugs, social issues, politics, climate and all things British Columbia.
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NEW: Councillors and sources inside the City of Vancouver say the city's mayor, Ken Sim, will put forth a budget Wednesday that will eliminate the city's celebrated climate and sustainability department.
Vancouver mayor plans to eliminate city's climate and sustainability department
Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim is planning to eliminate the city's sustainability and climate department under the guise of a push to prevent increases to property taxes. Canada's National Observer learned a...
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November 11, 2025 at 1:47 AM
NEW: Councillors and sources inside the City of Vancouver say the city's mayor, Ken Sim, will put forth a budget Wednesday that will eliminate the city's celebrated climate and sustainability department.
US airlines cancelled 1,700 flights Monday (and 2,950 flights Sunday) to comply with Federal Aviation Administration's mandate to reduce air traffic during gov shutdown that has forced 13,000 air traffic controllers and 50,000 TSA agents to work without pay
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Trump demands air traffic controllers return to work as flight cancellations continue to soar
Shutdown has forced 13,000 air traffic controllers and 50,000 Transportation Security Administration agents to work without pay
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November 10, 2025 at 8:07 PM
US airlines cancelled 1,700 flights Monday (and 2,950 flights Sunday) to comply with Federal Aviation Administration's mandate to reduce air traffic during gov shutdown that has forced 13,000 air traffic controllers and 50,000 TSA agents to work without pay
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Canada stripped of measles elimination status, an accomplishment it held for 27 years, @alannasmith.bsky.social and @kkirkup.bsky.social report:
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Canada officially loses its measles elimination status
The return of measles in the country has been largely attributed to lower childhood vaccination rates
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November 10, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Canada stripped of measles elimination status, an accomplishment it held for 27 years, @alannasmith.bsky.social and @kkirkup.bsky.social report:
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My dispatch from the Global Health Security Forum in Vancouver this week, where several public health leaders from around the world spoke on common themes: trust, and the threat of misinformation to global health
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COVID-19 pandemic took a toll on trust, public-health experts say
Experts from around the world share lessons from the pandemic at a forum in Vancouver
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November 8, 2025 at 7:28 PM
My dispatch from the Global Health Security Forum in Vancouver this week, where several public health leaders from around the world spoke on common themes: trust, and the threat of misinformation to global health
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Founders of Vancouver’s Drug User Liberation Front Eris Nyx and Jeremy Kalinin have just been found guilty of drug trafficking.
Justice Murray rules CDSA exemption didn’t include procurement & distribution.
“There is no doubt all of DULF’s actions were for one purpose.”
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Justice Murray rules CDSA exemption didn’t include procurement & distribution.
“There is no doubt all of DULF’s actions were for one purpose.”
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November 7, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Founders of Vancouver’s Drug User Liberation Front Eris Nyx and Jeremy Kalinin have just been found guilty of drug trafficking.
Justice Murray rules CDSA exemption didn’t include procurement & distribution.
“There is no doubt all of DULF’s actions were for one purpose.”
@pressprogress.ca
Justice Murray rules CDSA exemption didn’t include procurement & distribution.
“There is no doubt all of DULF’s actions were for one purpose.”
@pressprogress.ca
New: The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says cull of 300+ ostriches in Edgewood, BC, is complete.
“After consulting with experts, CFIA concluded that the most appropriate and humane option was to use professional marksmen in a controlled on-farm setting…”
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“After consulting with experts, CFIA concluded that the most appropriate and humane option was to use professional marksmen in a controlled on-farm setting…”
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Cull of B.C. ostriches moves ahead after Supreme Court declines to hear farmers’ appeal
Canada’s food regulator is now able to restart a cull it began preparing for in September while the case was before the court
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November 7, 2025 at 6:41 PM
New: The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says cull of 300+ ostriches in Edgewood, BC, is complete.
“After consulting with experts, CFIA concluded that the most appropriate and humane option was to use professional marksmen in a controlled on-farm setting…”
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“After consulting with experts, CFIA concluded that the most appropriate and humane option was to use professional marksmen in a controlled on-farm setting…”
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Edmonton Conservative MP Matt Jeneroux resigns
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Conservative MP Matt Jeneroux resigns
Edmonton MP says he is not crossing the floor and did not provide a reason for his resignation
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November 6, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Edmonton Conservative MP Matt Jeneroux resigns
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Vancouver's PWHL team is named
November 6, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Vancouver's PWHL team is named
Canada's highest court declines to hear appeal re: the planned cull of 300+ ostriches exposed to bird flu nearly a year ago, @mikehager.bsky.social reports:
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Supreme Court declines to hear appeal of ostrich cull
Canada’s food regulator is now able to restart a cull it began prepping for in September while the case was before the court
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November 6, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Canada's highest court declines to hear appeal re: the planned cull of 300+ ostriches exposed to bird flu nearly a year ago, @mikehager.bsky.social reports:
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Mamdani’s “turn the volume up” remark to Trump in his acceptance speech was a KRS-One reference, right?
November 6, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Mamdani’s “turn the volume up” remark to Trump in his acceptance speech was a KRS-One reference, right?
Watching Dr Maria Van Kerkhove from WHO present on pandemic and health security
“I am flabbergasted by the politicization of what happened and the extreme hate that we had seen, particularly as public health professionals. I think a lot of that was a reflection of fear, of needing someone to blame…”
“I am flabbergasted by the politicization of what happened and the extreme hate that we had seen, particularly as public health professionals. I think a lot of that was a reflection of fear, of needing someone to blame…”
November 5, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Watching Dr Maria Van Kerkhove from WHO present on pandemic and health security
“I am flabbergasted by the politicization of what happened and the extreme hate that we had seen, particularly as public health professionals. I think a lot of that was a reflection of fear, of needing someone to blame…”
“I am flabbergasted by the politicization of what happened and the extreme hate that we had seen, particularly as public health professionals. I think a lot of that was a reflection of fear, of needing someone to blame…”
Nova Scotia MP Chris d’Entremont on why he crossed floor to join Liberals: “It’s time to actually try to lead a country, to try to make it better, and not try to knock it down, not to continue to be negative.”
November 5, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Nova Scotia MP Chris d’Entremont on why he crossed floor to join Liberals: “It’s time to actually try to lead a country, to try to make it better, and not try to knock it down, not to continue to be negative.”
Nova Scotia MP Chris d’Entremont crosses floor to join to Mark Carney’s caucus, putting Liberals two seats shy of a majority. Liberals now pursuing other Conservatives:
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Liberals pursue Conservative MPs after Chris d’Entremont joins Carney’s caucus
Federal government sources say party has been in talks with a number of Tories
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November 5, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Nova Scotia MP Chris d’Entremont crosses floor to join to Mark Carney’s caucus, putting Liberals two seats shy of a majority. Liberals now pursuing other Conservatives:
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Zohran Mamdani received roughly 50 per cent of the vote to 41 per cent for former NY governor Andrew Cuomo
From @adrianmorrow.bsky.social:
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From @adrianmorrow.bsky.social:
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Zohran Mamdani wins New York mayoral race
Mamdani received roughly 50 per cent of the vote to 41 per cent for Andrew Cuomo, the former New York governor who ran as an independent
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November 5, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Zohran Mamdani received roughly 50 per cent of the vote to 41 per cent for former NY governor Andrew Cuomo
From @adrianmorrow.bsky.social:
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From @adrianmorrow.bsky.social:
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“Zohran Mamdani, the 34-year-old democratic socialist whose focus on working-class issues and personal magnetism propelled a once-underdog campaign into the national spotlight, will win NYC’s mayoral race, CNN projects. He will be the Big Apple’s first Muslim mayor.”
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Election live updates: Zohran Mamdani will become New York City’s next mayor, CNN projects | CNN Politics
Voters in multiple states on Tuesday are participating in the first major elections of President Donald Trump’s second term. Follow here for live news updates, results, analysis and more.
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November 5, 2025 at 2:59 AM
“Zohran Mamdani, the 34-year-old democratic socialist whose focus on working-class issues and personal magnetism propelled a once-underdog campaign into the national spotlight, will win NYC’s mayoral race, CNN projects. He will be the Big Apple’s first Muslim mayor.”
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World Series Game 7 was most-watched Rogers broadcast ever, with avg 10.9 mil viewers. 18.5 mil Canadians, or 45% of population, watched at least some of the game
Also the second most-watched English-language broadcast in Canada, behind 2010 gold medal hockey game
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Also the second most-watched English-language broadcast in Canada, behind 2010 gold medal hockey game
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World Series Game 7 is Most-Watched Rogers Broadcast Ever - About Rogers
November 3, 2025 (Toronto) – An average audience of 10.9 million viewers watched Game 7 of the World Series between the Toronto Blue Jays and Los Angeles Dodgers on Sportsnet, Sportsnet+ and Citytv, m...
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November 4, 2025 at 5:38 PM
World Series Game 7 was most-watched Rogers broadcast ever, with avg 10.9 mil viewers. 18.5 mil Canadians, or 45% of population, watched at least some of the game
Also the second most-watched English-language broadcast in Canada, behind 2010 gold medal hockey game
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Also the second most-watched English-language broadcast in Canada, behind 2010 gold medal hockey game
about.rogers.com/news-ideas/w...
. @mehlerpaperny.bsky.social writes so extraordinarily about her experience of depression. This is a fascinating piece:
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Opinion: Could a device implanted in my brain cure my depression? I was ready to find out
Over the past 14 years, I’ve often fantasized about some scan revealing the locus of my mood disorder. Now, we were as close as we’d likely ever get
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November 4, 2025 at 5:26 PM
. @mehlerpaperny.bsky.social writes so extraordinarily about her experience of depression. This is a fascinating piece:
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Some breaking news: in a special Vancouver Police Board meeting only announced over the weekend, the police board has requested a $50 million increase to their budget for 2026.
This comes as other departments across the city are trying to cut staff to ensure a property tax freeze for next year.
This comes as other departments across the city are trying to cut staff to ensure a property tax freeze for next year.
November 3, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Some breaking news: in a special Vancouver Police Board meeting only announced over the weekend, the police board has requested a $50 million increase to their budget for 2026.
This comes as other departments across the city are trying to cut staff to ensure a property tax freeze for next year.
This comes as other departments across the city are trying to cut staff to ensure a property tax freeze for next year.
Shout out to the women across the country who watched baseball for the first time this year and collectively noticed Miguel Rojas' Van Cleef & Arpels necklace
November 3, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Shout out to the women across the country who watched baseball for the first time this year and collectively noticed Miguel Rojas' Van Cleef & Arpels necklace
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This article made me cry. I love how it describes what makes the mostly-immigrant Blue Jays team feel so goddamned Canadian.
That World Series was so timely and needed. Canada needed that, win or lose.
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That World Series was so timely and needed. Canada needed that, win or lose.
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November 3, 2025 at 4:58 PM
This article made me cry. I love how it describes what makes the mostly-immigrant Blue Jays team feel so goddamned Canadian.
That World Series was so timely and needed. Canada needed that, win or lose.
Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/02/w...
That World Series was so timely and needed. Canada needed that, win or lose.
Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/02/w...
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They say baseball breaks your heart, and the Blue Jays are a Hall of Fame what if team, now. So what does it mean to watch your team lose the World Series in one of the greatest games ever played? It means you got to feel something; you just didn’t get to choose what. www.thestar.com/sports/blue-...
Bruce Arthur: These Blue Jays are a Hall of Fame ‘what if’ team. The World Series loss just makes the heartbreak worse
This World Series will echo across Canada for decades, because Toronto lost the MLB championship in one of the greatest baseball games ever played.
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November 2, 2025 at 9:41 PM
They say baseball breaks your heart, and the Blue Jays are a Hall of Fame what if team, now. So what does it mean to watch your team lose the World Series in one of the greatest games ever played? It means you got to feel something; you just didn’t get to choose what. www.thestar.com/sports/blue-...
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Among the Jays fans I spoke with tonight: Woman from Hamilton, parents were huge Jays fans, went to ‘93 series, saw Carter’s home run. Basement full of Jays merch. Mom died in March, been texting with dad throughout series. “The sound of Jays on the radio sounds like home to me.” 😭😭😭
November 2, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Among the Jays fans I spoke with tonight: Woman from Hamilton, parents were huge Jays fans, went to ‘93 series, saw Carter’s home run. Basement full of Jays merch. Mom died in March, been texting with dad throughout series. “The sound of Jays on the radio sounds like home to me.” 😭😭😭
The Los Angeles Dodgers delivered a devastating blow to the Toronto Blue Jays on Saturday, orchestrating a late-game comeback to steal Game 7 of the World Series, 5-4.
From Rachel Brady:
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From Rachel Brady:
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Dodgers clinch World Series after 5-4 win over Blue Jays
After a slow start to Saturday’s game, L.A. earns back-to-back titles
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November 2, 2025 at 4:49 AM
The Los Angeles Dodgers delivered a devastating blow to the Toronto Blue Jays on Saturday, orchestrating a late-game comeback to steal Game 7 of the World Series, 5-4.
From Rachel Brady:
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From Rachel Brady:
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