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@susankimyyj.bsky.social
· Nov 22
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Vancouver locals:
please sign/send a letter in support of the motion by @seanorr.bsky.social & Pete Fry to ban ICE from coming to our home during FIFA.
www.votecope.ca/no-ice
please sign/send a letter in support of the motion by @seanorr.bsky.social & Pete Fry to ban ICE from coming to our home during FIFA.
www.votecope.ca/no-ice
Say "NO" to ICE in Vancouver — COPE Vancouver
www.votecope.ca
February 11, 2026 at 10:34 PM
Vancouver locals:
please sign/send a letter in support of the motion by @seanorr.bsky.social & Pete Fry to ban ICE from coming to our home during FIFA.
www.votecope.ca/no-ice
please sign/send a letter in support of the motion by @seanorr.bsky.social & Pete Fry to ban ICE from coming to our home during FIFA.
www.votecope.ca/no-ice
Reconsideration of the council member motion on post-secondary student affordability passes unanimously with Dell recused for perceived conflict of interest reasons.
Daytime council moves into closed now.
Thanks for following along the shorter-than-usual meetings. Hug your loved ones. <3
Daytime council moves into closed now.
Thanks for following along the shorter-than-usual meetings. Hug your loved ones. <3
February 12, 2026 at 6:21 PM
Reconsideration of the council member motion on post-secondary student affordability passes unanimously with Dell recused for perceived conflict of interest reasons.
Daytime council moves into closed now.
Thanks for following along the shorter-than-usual meetings. Hug your loved ones. <3
Daytime council moves into closed now.
Thanks for following along the shorter-than-usual meetings. Hug your loved ones. <3
Bylaws for housing agreement at 824 and 826 Alston/210, 212, 220, 222 Langford passes unanimously. "authorize an agreement for affordable rental housing..."
February 12, 2026 at 6:20 PM
Bylaws for housing agreement at 824 and 826 Alston/210, 212, 220, 222 Langford passes unanimously. "authorize an agreement for affordable rental housing..."
This brings us to the Beyond Meat and potatoes of today: the Evergreen Terrace rezoning application. We've discussed this the last two meetings and it's back.
Reminder: "applicant's commitment to provide a childcare space amenity during the 1st phase... is no longer proposed."
Reminder: "applicant's commitment to provide a childcare space amenity during the 1st phase... is no longer proposed."
February 12, 2026 at 5:48 PM
This brings us to the Beyond Meat and potatoes of today: the Evergreen Terrace rezoning application. We've discussed this the last two meetings and it's back.
Reminder: "applicant's commitment to provide a childcare space amenity during the 1st phase... is no longer proposed."
Reminder: "applicant's commitment to provide a childcare space amenity during the 1st phase... is no longer proposed."
Adding onto the daytime agenda reconsideration of Coun Thompson's motion for advocacy to AVICC/UBCM on post-secondary student affordability. Dell recused himself for perceived conflict of interest. Motion to include on today's agenda passes unanimously.
February 12, 2026 at 5:43 PM
Adding onto the daytime agenda reconsideration of Coun Thompson's motion for advocacy to AVICC/UBCM on post-secondary student affordability. Dell recused himself for perceived conflict of interest. Motion to include on today's agenda passes unanimously.
We start daytime Council, and Mayor Alto reiterates with equal gravity her earlier reflections on Tumbler Ridge. She shares how she reached out to their Mayor and Council to express we will be there in whatever way they need.
February 12, 2026 at 5:33 PM
We start daytime Council, and Mayor Alto reiterates with equal gravity her earlier reflections on Tumbler Ridge. She shares how she reached out to their Mayor and Council to express we will be there in whatever way they need.
Coun Loughton is referring her motion to Feb 26 requesting that Council direct staff to work with BC Housing and the CRD to develop a regional positive transfer system for supportive housing. Wanting to offer staff time to see if the position can be filled internally.
Referral passes.
Referral passes.
February 12, 2026 at 5:17 PM
Coun Loughton is referring her motion to Feb 26 requesting that Council direct staff to work with BC Housing and the CRD to develop a regional positive transfer system for supportive housing. Wanting to offer staff time to see if the position can be filled internally.
Referral passes.
Referral passes.
Consent agenda for COTW: 1527 Redfern heritage designation, 19 Menzies rezoning and development permit with variances, 2601 Avebury strata title conversion, and appointment of 6 bylaw officers.
February 12, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Consent agenda for COTW: 1527 Redfern heritage designation, 19 Menzies rezoning and development permit with variances, 2601 Avebury strata title conversion, and appointment of 6 bylaw officers.
Would strongly recommend you watch the recording of Mayor Alto's remarks on the Tumbler Ridge tragedy from the opening of Committee of the Whole just now.
February 12, 2026 at 5:12 PM
Would strongly recommend you watch the recording of Mayor Alto's remarks on the Tumbler Ridge tragedy from the opening of Committee of the Whole just now.
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"The wealthiest 0.01% of Canadian families (1,685 families) hold an average of $448.5 million, 4,041x the average wealth of a family in the bottom 50% in 2023."
Wanna fix polarization, child hunger, healthcare, seniors and disabled poverty, etc? F'ING WEALTH TAXES. The feds and provs are spineless.
Wanna fix polarization, child hunger, healthcare, seniors and disabled poverty, etc? F'ING WEALTH TAXES. The feds and provs are spineless.
Canada is the only G7 country without an inheritance tax: heirs of families with huge fortunes never have to work a day in their lives while millions of Canadians struggle to afford a place to live. New report by Silas Xuereb & Alex Hemingway
The new robber barons: a quarter century of wealth concentration in Canada
Wealth and political influence tend to reinforce each other. Tracking who owns wealth and how that distribution is changing is more important than ever for the health of our democracy and the future of Canada.
bcpolicy.ca
February 11, 2026 at 9:37 PM
"The wealthiest 0.01% of Canadian families (1,685 families) hold an average of $448.5 million, 4,041x the average wealth of a family in the bottom 50% in 2023."
Wanna fix polarization, child hunger, healthcare, seniors and disabled poverty, etc? F'ING WEALTH TAXES. The feds and provs are spineless.
Wanna fix polarization, child hunger, healthcare, seniors and disabled poverty, etc? F'ING WEALTH TAXES. The feds and provs are spineless.
Necropolitics.
For nearly a year, the feds have been quiet about a scathing UN report on Canada's treatment of disabled people, including MAiD expansion and paltry financial supports
@spichaksimon.bsky.social presses the government for answers in our latest for @breachmedia.ca
breachmedia.ca/canada-sides...
@spichaksimon.bsky.social presses the government for answers in our latest for @breachmedia.ca
breachmedia.ca/canada-sides...
Canada sidesteps UN scrutiny over assisted dying ⋆ The Breach
Calls by disability advocates and the UN to halt an expansion of medically assisted death have gone largely unacknowledged by the federal government
breachmedia.ca
February 11, 2026 at 8:34 PM
Necropolitics.
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Just gonna leave this here for no reason, since there's Very Serious Discussion Online about mental health and gun violence.
February 11, 2026 at 8:22 PM
Just gonna leave this here for no reason, since there's Very Serious Discussion Online about mental health and gun violence.
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Went from devastation to worrying about my friends and family from moral panic in less than 24 hrs because the right wing hate machine never stops
February 11, 2026 at 8:24 PM
Went from devastation to worrying about my friends and family from moral panic in less than 24 hrs because the right wing hate machine never stops
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The Canadian flag will fly at half-mast at Victoria City Hall to mark the tragic deaths that occurred in Tumbler Ridge on February 10, 2026.
February 11, 2026 at 5:13 PM
The Canadian flag will fly at half-mast at Victoria City Hall to mark the tragic deaths that occurred in Tumbler Ridge on February 10, 2026.
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1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken.
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
February 9, 2026 at 12:25 PM
1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken.
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
Can't believe I haven't yelled into the bsky void about one of my fav independent media newsletters: @unrigged.bsky.social.
This collection goes beyond the news cycle and helps me see broader trends unfolding across the country, province. Makes me better at my job and a better member of society.
This collection goes beyond the news cycle and helps me see broader trends unfolding across the country, province. Makes me better at my job and a better member of society.
Unrigged: Daily independent news headlines from across Canada
News from beyond the walls
www.unrigged.ca
February 9, 2026 at 5:06 PM
Can't believe I haven't yelled into the bsky void about one of my fav independent media newsletters: @unrigged.bsky.social.
This collection goes beyond the news cycle and helps me see broader trends unfolding across the country, province. Makes me better at my job and a better member of society.
This collection goes beyond the news cycle and helps me see broader trends unfolding across the country, province. Makes me better at my job and a better member of society.
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Journalists: On Monday, digital security specialist Robert Flummerfelt will discuss critical countermeasures that ensure sensitive data is encrypted, hidden, and inaccessible in the event that your devices are seized.
RSVP: How to Protect Your Devices From Government Raids
Join us for a live training on how to protect your devices from government raids, brought to you by The Intercept’s Press Freedom Defense Fund. Digital security specialist Robert Flummerfelt will…
join.theintercept.com
February 8, 2026 at 6:20 PM
Journalists: On Monday, digital security specialist Robert Flummerfelt will discuss critical countermeasures that ensure sensitive data is encrypted, hidden, and inaccessible in the event that your devices are seized.
Am I nuts for wanting to not encourage immigration to Canada? Not because I'm anti-immigration but because I'm anti-treating-immigrants-like-garbage-until-we-fix-the-systems-meant-to-receive-them? But then... will they ever get fixed?
As a doctor, I know cutting health care for refugees hurts us all ⋆ The Breach
Targeting the most vulnerable is a slippery slope toward weakening public health for all
breachmedia.ca
February 8, 2026 at 5:49 PM
Am I nuts for wanting to not encourage immigration to Canada? Not because I'm anti-immigration but because I'm anti-treating-immigrants-like-garbage-until-we-fix-the-systems-meant-to-receive-them? But then... will they ever get fixed?
OK, but for some levity, the @montereybayaquarium.org has a bumpin’ YouTube channel with the best background music and visuals.
I forgot it was on at one point. I glanced at it, promptly hollering at the unexpected pinniped cutie on my screen.
I forgot it was on at one point. I glanced at it, promptly hollering at the unexpected pinniped cutie on my screen.
2 Hours of Harbor Seals to Relax/Study To | Lofi Hip Hop | Monterey Bay Aquarium Krill Waves Radio
YouTube video by Monterey Bay Aquarium
m.youtube.com
February 6, 2026 at 4:42 PM
OK, but for some levity, the @montereybayaquarium.org has a bumpin’ YouTube channel with the best background music and visuals.
I forgot it was on at one point. I glanced at it, promptly hollering at the unexpected pinniped cutie on my screen.
I forgot it was on at one point. I glanced at it, promptly hollering at the unexpected pinniped cutie on my screen.
Absofuckinglutely horrified.
All this while I’m seeing LMIA and TFW programs being abused by employers of all sizes and stripes in BC.
I can’t think about this too hard or I’m gonna get too angry to do anything at all.
All this while I’m seeing LMIA and TFW programs being abused by employers of all sizes and stripes in BC.
I can’t think about this too hard or I’m gonna get too angry to do anything at all.
Francisco Barahona, who has been living and working in Canada for 15 years, has been struggling to access treatment for the cancer he was diagnosed with in 2023. A hospital called immigration because he didn’t have status. He’s being deported Wednesday.
thetyee.ca/News/2026/02...
thetyee.ca/News/2026/02...
Fighting Cancer, Facing Deportation and Denied Health Care | The Tyee
Francisco Barahona is one of many people denied treatment when they can’t get MSP coverage.
thetyee.ca
February 6, 2026 at 3:50 PM
Absofuckinglutely horrified.
All this while I’m seeing LMIA and TFW programs being abused by employers of all sizes and stripes in BC.
I can’t think about this too hard or I’m gonna get too angry to do anything at all.
All this while I’m seeing LMIA and TFW programs being abused by employers of all sizes and stripes in BC.
I can’t think about this too hard or I’m gonna get too angry to do anything at all.
That concludes the items of business in open. We're going into closed now.
Next time we'll see you will be "hopefully at 9 o'clock, and hopefully at City Hall!"
Next time we'll see you will be "hopefully at 9 o'clock, and hopefully at City Hall!"
February 5, 2026 at 9:17 PM
That concludes the items of business in open. We're going into closed now.
Next time we'll see you will be "hopefully at 9 o'clock, and hopefully at City Hall!"
Next time we'll see you will be "hopefully at 9 o'clock, and hopefully at City Hall!"
Onto new business. 1516 Camosun/1270 and 1288 Pandora development permit with variances. "Council is considering a proposal for a 47-unit residential strata development consisting of a three-storey frontage on Pandora rising to 5 storeys towards the interior of the site and along Camosun."
February 5, 2026 at 9:13 PM
Onto new business. 1516 Camosun/1270 and 1288 Pandora development permit with variances. "Council is considering a proposal for a 47-unit residential strata development consisting of a three-storey frontage on Pandora rising to 5 storeys towards the interior of the site and along Camosun."
Consent agenda also authorized an agreement for affordable rental housing for 824/826 Alston Street, 210/212 and 220, 222 Langford St.
February 5, 2026 at 9:12 PM
Consent agenda also authorized an agreement for affordable rental housing for 824/826 Alston Street, 210/212 and 220, 222 Langford St.
Moving through more ratifications now. Advocacy resolutions for regulating carbon pollution from existing buildings, pursuing a class-action lawsuit against fossil fuel companies, etc.
February 5, 2026 at 9:11 PM
Moving through more ratifications now. Advocacy resolutions for regulating carbon pollution from existing buildings, pursuing a class-action lawsuit against fossil fuel companies, etc.