Katie Lewis🇨🇦
@kelewis.bsky.social
Journalist/senior speechwriter. #Vancouver. Twin wrangler. Grammar nerd. #Beagle owner. Really into cheese, gardening, East Africa. #writer #Strathcona 🇨🇦
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Our pretend facts are just as good as the real thing. If not better.
Time magazine quotes Canadian satirical website The Beaverton
A recent Time magazine article used a quote from Canadian satire site, the Beaverton, as a fact in reference to U.S. relationships with other countries.
www.ctvnews.ca
December 1, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Our pretend facts are just as good as the real thing. If not better.
Great watch re: #Chinatown/#Strathcona past, present and future. "History isn’t confined to a museum; it actually happened on those very streets. Where the city’s biggest challenges aren’t just news stories, they’re right outside the front door." #vanpoli #vancouver globalnews.ca/news/1153599...
Global BC Presents: Chinatown Stories - BC | Globalnews.ca
Through all of its struggles, the building blocks of Chinatown's community have remained. It's a place of refuge where those who weren’t accepted elsewhere could find support.
globalnews.ca
November 23, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Great watch re: #Chinatown/#Strathcona past, present and future. "History isn’t confined to a museum; it actually happened on those very streets. Where the city’s biggest challenges aren’t just news stories, they’re right outside the front door." #vanpoli #vancouver globalnews.ca/news/1153599...
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“The state of Ontario”? By Bloomberg?!
Jesus fucking christ guys
Jesus fucking christ guys
October 25, 2025 at 11:02 PM
“The state of Ontario”? By Bloomberg?!
Jesus fucking christ guys
Jesus fucking christ guys
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BREAKING: B.C. Municipalities Minister Christine Boyle has put forward an amendment to the Vancouver Charter that will only allow the city to eliminate the Vancouver Park Board through a referendum.
Buckle your seatbelts, folks.
Buckle your seatbelts, folks.
October 9, 2025 at 5:20 PM
BREAKING: B.C. Municipalities Minister Christine Boyle has put forward an amendment to the Vancouver Charter that will only allow the city to eliminate the Vancouver Park Board through a referendum.
Buckle your seatbelts, folks.
Buckle your seatbelts, folks.
Uhhh I put my recycling bin out this morning around 8 a.m., just went out to get it (10:40 a.m.) and found this bike chain thing on top of it. Does anyone know what it is? A homemade weapon? 😬😬😬 #vanpoli #strathcona #vancouver
September 8, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Uhhh I put my recycling bin out this morning around 8 a.m., just went out to get it (10:40 a.m.) and found this bike chain thing on top of it. Does anyone know what it is? A homemade weapon? 😬😬😬 #vanpoli #strathcona #vancouver
@kelewis
The @CityofVancouver Budget 2026 survey is making me want to stab my eyes out, as someone who worked at a statistical agency for a good chunk. #vanpoli #yvr #strathcona
The @CityofVancouver Budget 2026 survey is making me want to stab my eyes out, as someone who worked at a statistical agency for a good chunk. #vanpoli #yvr #strathcona
August 27, 2025 at 5:18 AM
@kelewis
The @CityofVancouver Budget 2026 survey is making me want to stab my eyes out, as someone who worked at a statistical agency for a good chunk. #vanpoli #yvr #strathcona
The @CityofVancouver Budget 2026 survey is making me want to stab my eyes out, as someone who worked at a statistical agency for a good chunk. #vanpoli #yvr #strathcona
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Hey, as a librarian I have to tell you
You don't have to finish a book that doesn't interest you. Life's too short for that. Not your jam? You have my permission to move on to the next book.
You don't have to finish a book that doesn't interest you. Life's too short for that. Not your jam? You have my permission to move on to the next book.
August 15, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Hey, as a librarian I have to tell you
You don't have to finish a book that doesn't interest you. Life's too short for that. Not your jam? You have my permission to move on to the next book.
You don't have to finish a book that doesn't interest you. Life's too short for that. Not your jam? You have my permission to move on to the next book.
My best friend is from Wisconsin and the state motto is "Forward." I like it. Simple. Direct. Clear.
Ours in BC?? "Splendour without diminishment" Like really?? It means absolutely nothing. We need a better motto. cc:@jmcelroy.bsky.social please help. Only you can do it.
Ours in BC?? "Splendour without diminishment" Like really?? It means absolutely nothing. We need a better motto. cc:@jmcelroy.bsky.social please help. Only you can do it.
July 24, 2025 at 6:57 PM
My best friend is from Wisconsin and the state motto is "Forward." I like it. Simple. Direct. Clear.
Ours in BC?? "Splendour without diminishment" Like really?? It means absolutely nothing. We need a better motto. cc:@jmcelroy.bsky.social please help. Only you can do it.
Ours in BC?? "Splendour without diminishment" Like really?? It means absolutely nothing. We need a better motto. cc:@jmcelroy.bsky.social please help. Only you can do it.
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Identity is a complicated thing. Who you are is a co-created, co-currated experience. Indian-Ugandans are Africans, & the only person who didn't think so was Uganda's former brutal dictator Idi Amin. www.bbc.com/news/newsbea...
Uganda: The story your parents never told you
Young people ask their parents what happened 50 years ago when Asians were expelled from Uganda.
www.bbc.com
July 5, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Identity is a complicated thing. Who you are is a co-created, co-currated experience. Indian-Ugandans are Africans, & the only person who didn't think so was Uganda's former brutal dictator Idi Amin. www.bbc.com/news/newsbea...
Please can we ban the idiom "hidden gem" because it's making me absolutely insane. #itisneverahiddengem #20timesaday
July 4, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Please can we ban the idiom "hidden gem" because it's making me absolutely insane. #itisneverahiddengem #20timesaday
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Village on the St. Lawrence
Nora Collyer
1937
Nora Collyer
1937
June 28, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Village on the St. Lawrence
Nora Collyer
1937
Nora Collyer
1937
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you’re wrong
June 11, 2025 at 5:26 AM
you’re wrong
I have no words, just grammar despair and internal screaming. Union bike path. #yvr #vancouver
June 8, 2025 at 5:14 PM
I have no words, just grammar despair and internal screaming. Union bike path. #yvr #vancouver
Here's how "Project Barrage" affected life here. Spillover effect. Neighbours are const. being robbed, kids' fairy garden door (2 yrs) stolen (lame, but who steals from children?!), trailer broken into w. drugs, neighbours are tired. Super helpful #Strathcona.
@vpd @KenSimCity
@vpd @KenSimCity
June 6, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Here's how "Project Barrage" affected life here. Spillover effect. Neighbours are const. being robbed, kids' fairy garden door (2 yrs) stolen (lame, but who steals from children?!), trailer broken into w. drugs, neighbours are tired. Super helpful #Strathcona.
@vpd @KenSimCity
@vpd @KenSimCity
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Some of you on Bluesky, tbh
May 20, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Some of you on Bluesky, tbh
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“Look at the sheer girth of this thing” (actual quote)
April 29, 2025 at 2:49 AM
“Look at the sheer girth of this thing” (actual quote)
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America wishes it could do election coverage this awesomely
April 29, 2025 at 2:48 AM
America wishes it could do election coverage this awesomely
Tanked the world economy, obsessed with a tiny rubber washer that slows water flow #itsalltoomuch
President Donald Trump, after complaining about it for years, signed an order to lift restrictions on water pressure in showers, saying he wanted to ‘take care of my beautiful hair’ reut.rs/3RMpv88
Trump to lift water curbs to 'make America's showers great again'
President Donald Trump, after complaining about it for years, signed an order to lift restrictions on water pressure in showers on Wednesday, saying he wanted to "take care of my beautiful hair."
reut.rs
April 10, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Tanked the world economy, obsessed with a tiny rubber washer that slows water flow #itsalltoomuch
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Wow, this is one of the best analogies yet.
March 29, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Wow, this is one of the best analogies yet.
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fondly remembering when the most embarrassing new york times coverage of canada was “they’re calling it c-day” instead of “after we conquered those cute perky people which of our leaders would they vote for?”
February 18, 2025 at 4:15 AM
fondly remembering when the most embarrassing new york times coverage of canada was “they’re calling it c-day” instead of “after we conquered those cute perky people which of our leaders would they vote for?”
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Whatever else emerges in time about the Delta crash in Canada, one thing is certain: the importance & amazing professionalism of flight attendants who safely evacuated the plane in a matter of seconds.
February 18, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Whatever else emerges in time about the Delta crash in Canada, one thing is certain: the importance & amazing professionalism of flight attendants who safely evacuated the plane in a matter of seconds.
Pretty grateful to live in #Strathcona these days. From delicious meals to snow shovelling to dog walks, my friends/neighbours have stepped up and helped❤️ Finally got in for elbow surgery the other day - they had to re-break a bunch of bones but en route to healing. #vancouver
February 18, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Pretty grateful to live in #Strathcona these days. From delicious meals to snow shovelling to dog walks, my friends/neighbours have stepped up and helped❤️ Finally got in for elbow surgery the other day - they had to re-break a bunch of bones but en route to healing. #vancouver
Peeps, I'm so grumpy right now. I shattered my elbow, and I've had to wait 3 wks to get surgery (maybe next week!), bumped twice, so, so long they have to re-break my bones. "This will affect your future mobility," quote from doctor. #bcpoli. I love Canadian healthcare but this is not it.
February 9, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Peeps, I'm so grumpy right now. I shattered my elbow, and I've had to wait 3 wks to get surgery (maybe next week!), bumped twice, so, so long they have to re-break my bones. "This will affect your future mobility," quote from doctor. #bcpoli. I love Canadian healthcare but this is not it.