Charlie Smith
@charliesmithvcr.bsky.social
Vancouver journalist. Email: csmith@since1867.ca. Here is the impact dashboard on total deaths due to USAID shutdown. https://www.impactcounter.com/dashboard?view=table&sort=title&order=asc
Taiwan Environment Minister Peng Chi-ming has a PhD in atmospheric science. But he can't participate in #COP30 because the UN isn't living up to the spirit of the COP30 slogan, “Global Mutirão", by preventing Taiwan's participation. pancouver.ca/peng-chi-min...
Peng Chi-ming: Taiwan’s participation in the “Global Mutirão” on climate transition - Pancouver
Taiwan's environment minister, Peng Chi-ming, has a PhD in atmospheric science from National Central University.
pancouver.ca
November 15, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Taiwan Environment Minister Peng Chi-ming has a PhD in atmospheric science. But he can't participate in #COP30 because the UN isn't living up to the spirit of the COP30 slogan, “Global Mutirão", by preventing Taiwan's participation. pancouver.ca/peng-chi-min...
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From the halls of Mar-a-Lago to the ruins of Ukrainian hospitals, the toxic bond between Trump, Putin, and Epstein may have reshaped the world and cost the lives of countless children…
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Did Epstein’s Knowledge of Trump Become Putin’s Most Dangerous Weapon Against Ukraine?
From the halls of Mar-a-Lago to the ruins of Ukrainian hospitals, the toxic bond between Trump, Putin, and Epstein may have reshaped the world and cost the lives of countless children…
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November 14, 2025 at 4:16 PM
From the halls of Mar-a-Lago to the ruins of Ukrainian hospitals, the toxic bond between Trump, Putin, and Epstein may have reshaped the world and cost the lives of countless children…
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"Brain research shows the arts promote mental health"
ucalgary.ca/news/brain-r...
"Evidence on the role of the arts in improving health & well-being" www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK553...
"Consuming arts & culture is good for health & well-being, research finds" www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
ucalgary.ca/news/brain-r...
"Evidence on the role of the arts in improving health & well-being" www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK553...
"Consuming arts & culture is good for health & well-being, research finds" www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
November 13, 2025 at 11:19 PM
"Brain research shows the arts promote mental health"
ucalgary.ca/news/brain-r...
"Evidence on the role of the arts in improving health & well-being" www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK553...
"Consuming arts & culture is good for health & well-being, research finds" www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
ucalgary.ca/news/brain-r...
"Evidence on the role of the arts in improving health & well-being" www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK553...
"Consuming arts & culture is good for health & well-being, research finds" www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
Another media report on Canadians avoiding travel to United States. Once again, there is no mention of Stephen Miller, who is likely the biggest reason why some of us refuse to cross the border. @maddow.msnbc.com @rokhanna.bsky.social @governor.ca.gov @gtconway.bsky.social www.cbc.ca/news/busines...
U.S. tourism faces $5.7B US loss as Canadians continue to stay home | CBC News
Many Canadians continue to boycott travel to the United States, and the U.S. economy is paying the price. A U.S. Travel Association report forecasts a 3.2 per cent decline in international tourism spe...
www.cbc.ca
November 13, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Another media report on Canadians avoiding travel to United States. Once again, there is no mention of Stephen Miller, who is likely the biggest reason why some of us refuse to cross the border. @maddow.msnbc.com @rokhanna.bsky.social @governor.ca.gov @gtconway.bsky.social www.cbc.ca/news/busines...
There is a lot of wisdom on so many levels in this article. It touches on loss of identity after being fired, how writing keeps some of us sane, and the disgusting purge of racialized, progressive voices from mainstream media.
My latest.
I've been quiet recently, I know.
A lot of people have said that getting fired from the Washington Post is a "badge of honor".
It's....complicated.
open.substack.com/pub/karenatt...
I've been quiet recently, I know.
A lot of people have said that getting fired from the Washington Post is a "badge of honor".
It's....complicated.
open.substack.com/pub/karenatt...
Is getting fired from mainstream media a "badge of honor"?
On angel numbers, capture of the media and the purge of non-white journalists
open.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:50 PM
There is a lot of wisdom on so many levels in this article. It touches on loss of identity after being fired, how writing keeps some of us sane, and the disgusting purge of racialized, progressive voices from mainstream media.
David Suzuki: COP30 climate summit needs a power shift pancouver.ca/david-suzuki...
David Suzuki: COP30 climate summit needs a power shift - Pancouver
We must strip away industry influence from COP30 and put human rights at the centre of the proceedings.
pancouver.ca
November 11, 2025 at 5:32 PM
David Suzuki: COP30 climate summit needs a power shift pancouver.ca/david-suzuki...
Forbidden City celebrates Chinese-language drag scene with tributes to Mandopop icons. It's at Granville Island's Revue Stage tonight as part of the Jade Music Fest. More here in @pancouver.bsky.social: pancouver.ca/forbidden-ci...
Forbidden City celebrates Chinese-language drag scene with tributes to Mandopop icons - Pancouver
Wan-Ting Moi will host Forbidden City, which will take place on Friday (November 7) at the Revue Stage as part of the Jade Music Fest.
pancouver.ca
November 7, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Forbidden City celebrates Chinese-language drag scene with tributes to Mandopop icons. It's at Granville Island's Revue Stage tonight as part of the Jade Music Fest. More here in @pancouver.bsky.social: pancouver.ca/forbidden-ci...
What an incredible political campaigner.
UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 5: Vito Marcantonio
There are many who dismiss our vision for New York as impossible. To them, I say we need look only to our past for proof of how we can shape the future.
Tomorrow is Election Day. And this is the final Until It's Done of our campaign.
There are many who dismiss our vision for New York as impossible. To them, I say we need look only to our past for proof of how we can shape the future.
Tomorrow is Election Day. And this is the final Until It's Done of our campaign.
November 4, 2025 at 6:26 AM
What an incredible political campaigner.
Does anyone miss X? I have been out of that cesspool for a year now. Liberation from stupid trolls!
November 2, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Does anyone miss X? I have been out of that cesspool for a year now. Liberation from stupid trolls!
@charlieangus104.bsky.social: Have any CBC national program hosts (radio or TV) interviewed you since you launched The Resistance? Have any CBC regional shows amplified your voice? I ask because I am thinking about writing a column about the role of the public broadcaster at a time like this.
November 1, 2025 at 1:10 PM
@charlieangus104.bsky.social: Have any CBC national program hosts (radio or TV) interviewed you since you launched The Resistance? Have any CBC regional shows amplified your voice? I ask because I am thinking about writing a column about the role of the public broadcaster at a time like this.
While some U.S. politicians try to patch up frayed relationship with Canada, the guy responsible for this is doing the opposite. @lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com @amyklobuchar.com @kaine.senate.gov @governor.ca.gov @murray.senate.gov @shaheen.senate.gov @merkley.senate.gov @duckworth.senate.gov
Please watch and share.
Pete Hoekstra is fundamentally unfit to be ambassador. His record of race-baiting and extremist disinformation needs to be called out.
MAGA is actively undermining our nation. Canada needs to send him packing.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jThL...
Pete Hoekstra is fundamentally unfit to be ambassador. His record of race-baiting and extremist disinformation needs to be called out.
MAGA is actively undermining our nation. Canada needs to send him packing.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jThL...
TIME TO GIVE LYING PETE HOEKSTRA THE BUM'S RUSH
YouTube video by Charlie Angus
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October 31, 2025 at 10:57 PM
While some U.S. politicians try to patch up frayed relationship with Canada, the guy responsible for this is doing the opposite. @lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com @amyklobuchar.com @kaine.senate.gov @governor.ca.gov @murray.senate.gov @shaheen.senate.gov @merkley.senate.gov @duckworth.senate.gov
Here's the full AOC speech from the weekend Mamdani rally in Queens. youtu.be/bqOxew0an7w?...
FULL SPEECH: AOC Goes On Fire Blasting Trump & Backing Mandani at Massive Queens Rally | AC1G
YouTube video by DRM News
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October 27, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Here's the full AOC speech from the weekend Mamdani rally in Queens. youtu.be/bqOxew0an7w?...
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"The charm of Vacant Lot will touch every viewer as they too will reminisce about their own stories and journeys through life."
Check out @jminter.bsky.social's review of #HiromotoIda's "Vacant Lot", at Firehall Arts Centre until Oct. 25.
tinyurl.com/3xhdwhka
#yvrarts #theatre #dance #Shogun
Check out @jminter.bsky.social's review of #HiromotoIda's "Vacant Lot", at Firehall Arts Centre until Oct. 25.
tinyurl.com/3xhdwhka
#yvrarts #theatre #dance #Shogun
Firehall Arts Centre Launches Its Season With A Visit To Hiromoto Ida's Vacant Lot - On The List
The Firehall Arts Centre launched its 2025-2026 season with Hiromoto Ida’s Vacant Lot running until October 25th.
www.jayminter.com
October 23, 2025 at 4:33 PM
"The charm of Vacant Lot will touch every viewer as they too will reminisce about their own stories and journeys through life."
Check out @jminter.bsky.social's review of #HiromotoIda's "Vacant Lot", at Firehall Arts Centre until Oct. 25.
tinyurl.com/3xhdwhka
#yvrarts #theatre #dance #Shogun
Check out @jminter.bsky.social's review of #HiromotoIda's "Vacant Lot", at Firehall Arts Centre until Oct. 25.
tinyurl.com/3xhdwhka
#yvrarts #theatre #dance #Shogun
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The movements of the 1960s built lasting institutions. Today’s movements need more than moral clarity: they need leadership and coordination...
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When the Chant Fades, Who Builds the Future?
The movements of the 1960s built lasting institutions. Today’s movements need more than moral clarity: they need leadership and coordination...
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October 20, 2025 at 3:07 PM
The movements of the 1960s built lasting institutions. Today’s movements need more than moral clarity: they need leadership and coordination...
hartmannreport.com/p/when-the-c...
hartmannreport.com/p/when-the-c...
Brishkay Ahmed's In the Room is a great documentary that was screened @viffest.bsky.social. Kudos to the National Film Board of Canada for signing on as a producer. @katjadebock.bsky.social Here's a review in @pancouver.bsky.social: pancouver.ca/viff-2025-br...
VIFF 2025: Brishkay Ahmed breaks through binary representation of Afghan women with honest conversations In the Room - Pancouver
Ahmed makes brilliant use of imagery, Afghan music and old movie scenes, file footage, photos, and close-ups.
pancouver.ca
October 11, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Brishkay Ahmed's In the Room is a great documentary that was screened @viffest.bsky.social. Kudos to the National Film Board of Canada for signing on as a producer. @katjadebock.bsky.social Here's a review in @pancouver.bsky.social: pancouver.ca/viff-2025-br...
VIFF 2025: “Tears Burn to Ash” depicts diaspora’s distance from ancestral homeland. Vancouver director Natalie Murao's film is at International Village at 3:30 pm on Wed. (Oct. 8) as part of @viffest.bsky.social Short Forum 5. More here in @pancouver.bsky.social: pancouver.ca/viff-2025-te...
VIFF 2025: "Tears Burn to Ash" depicts diaspora's distance from ancestral homeland - Pancouver
Veena Yamano plays a fourth-generation Japanese Canadian in her 20s who lands in Tokyo in "Tears Burn to Ash".
pancouver.ca
October 8, 2025 at 9:31 PM
VIFF 2025: “Tears Burn to Ash” depicts diaspora’s distance from ancestral homeland. Vancouver director Natalie Murao's film is at International Village at 3:30 pm on Wed. (Oct. 8) as part of @viffest.bsky.social Short Forum 5. More here in @pancouver.bsky.social: pancouver.ca/viff-2025-te...
New @pancouver.bsky.social: @capilanou.bsky.social prof Hande Gürses reviews It Was Just an Accident, which won Palme d'Or at Cannes. Its final @viffest.bsky.social screening is at 2:45 pm Thurs. (Oct. 9) at Vancouver Playhouse. #VIFF2025 pancouver.ca/encounters-w...
Encounters with Evil: A review of It Was Just an Accident - Pancouver
Iranian auteur Jafar Panahi won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival for It Was Just an Accident.
pancouver.ca
October 8, 2025 at 6:15 PM
New @pancouver.bsky.social: @capilanou.bsky.social prof Hande Gürses reviews It Was Just an Accident, which won Palme d'Or at Cannes. Its final @viffest.bsky.social screening is at 2:45 pm Thurs. (Oct. 9) at Vancouver Playhouse. #VIFF2025 pancouver.ca/encounters-w...
Pam Bondi wasn't performing for an audience of one. There is a second person she was performing for—Stephen Miller—who seems to be de facto president of domestic affairs given all the time that Trump spends on golf courses and chatting up world leaders. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
The rise of Stephen Miller, the architect of Trump’s hardline immigration policy
With time, events in Los Angeles of the past week may come to be seen as the anti-immigrant zealot’s ultimate revenge
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October 8, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Pam Bondi wasn't performing for an audience of one. There is a second person she was performing for—Stephen Miller—who seems to be de facto president of domestic affairs given all the time that Trump spends on golf courses and chatting up world leaders. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
If you think it's a disgrace what @washingtonpost.com did to @karenattiah.bsky.social—and it bugs you that media rushed to Kimmel's defence, saving his job, but not hers—one way to protest is to never order anything from Amazon again. Unlike ABC, Bezos fired her without a threat from Brendan Carr.
October 8, 2025 at 4:20 PM
If you think it's a disgrace what @washingtonpost.com did to @karenattiah.bsky.social—and it bugs you that media rushed to Kimmel's defence, saving his job, but not hers—one way to protest is to never order anything from Amazon again. Unlike ABC, Bezos fired her without a threat from Brendan Carr.
VIFF 2025: The Things You Kill director Alireza Khatami shares thoughts on Persian poetry, racism, and symbolism of the “father” in a @pancouver.bsky.social interview with @nuralsumbultepe.bsky.social. @viffest.bsky.social pancouver.ca/viff-2025-th...
VIFF 2025: The Things You Kill director Alireza Khatami shares thoughts on Persian poetry, racism, and symbolism of the "father" - Pancouver
In a wide-ranging interview with Nural Sümbültepe, Khatami also speaks about how he plays with versions of himself in the film.
pancouver.ca
October 8, 2025 at 4:10 PM
VIFF 2025: The Things You Kill director Alireza Khatami shares thoughts on Persian poetry, racism, and symbolism of the “father” in a @pancouver.bsky.social interview with @nuralsumbultepe.bsky.social. @viffest.bsky.social pancouver.ca/viff-2025-th...
VIFF 2025: Director Solara Thanh Bình Đặng highlights risks and rewards of arranged marriage in “chin (ripe)” pancouver.ca/viff-2025-di...
VIFF 2025: Director Solara Thanh Bình Đặng highlights risks and rewards of arranged marriage in "chin (ripe)" - Pancouver
Her new 19-minute short, “chin (ripe)” , revolves around a young, rural Vietnamese woman played by Hayley Ngọc Mai.
pancouver.ca
October 7, 2025 at 6:59 PM
VIFF 2025: Director Solara Thanh Bình Đặng highlights risks and rewards of arranged marriage in “chin (ripe)” pancouver.ca/viff-2025-di...
VIFF 2025: Skillful filmmaker Mayumi Yoshida delves into deep emotional terrain in Akashi. Here's a review in @pancouver.bsky.social: pancouver.ca/viff-2025-sk...
VIFF 2025: Skillful filmmaker Mayumi Yoshida delves into deep emotional terrain in Akashi - Pancouver
If you’re planning to visit a theatre to watch Akashi, make sure you bring some hankies.
pancouver.ca
October 7, 2025 at 11:23 AM
VIFF 2025: Skillful filmmaker Mayumi Yoshida delves into deep emotional terrain in Akashi. Here's a review in @pancouver.bsky.social: pancouver.ca/viff-2025-sk...
Memo to self: Never post anything on social media when you're angry over someone denigrating your hard work for the sake of a misleading marketing message. Fortunately, I listened to this advice today.
Memo to self: Never post anything on social media when you're angry over someone denigrating your hard work for the sake of a misleading marketing message. Fortunately, I listened to this advice today.
October 6, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Memo to self: Never post anything on social media when you're angry over someone denigrating your hard work for the sake of a misleading marketing message. Fortunately, I listened to this advice today.
Memo to self: Never post anything on social media when you're angry over someone denigrating your hard work for the sake of a misleading marketing message. Fortunately, I listened to this advice today.
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Looked into border data for September.
B.C. drivers visited the U.S. 40% less than they did in September 2024. It's the eighth straight month of y/y monthly declines.
#travel #tourism
B.C. drivers visited the U.S. 40% less than they did in September 2024. It's the eighth straight month of y/y monthly declines.
#travel #tourism
B.C. drivers visit U.S. less for eighth straight month in September
B.C.-plated passenger-vehicle traffic to the U.S. via four border crossings dropped 40% last month versus September 2024
www.biv.com
October 2, 2025 at 10:28 PM
David Eby was counsel for United Native Nations Society when Justice William H. Davies held an inquiry into Frank Paul's death. In the link below, you can read what the report says about Larry Campbell's decision not to order an inquest. iiobc.ca/app/uploads/...
October 1, 2025 at 9:24 PM
David Eby was counsel for United Native Nations Society when Justice William H. Davies held an inquiry into Frank Paul's death. In the link below, you can read what the report says about Larry Campbell's decision not to order an inquest. iiobc.ca/app/uploads/...