Brendan Kergin
@kergin.bsky.social
Vancouver is Awesome reporter, covering news, quirk and history.
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Brendan Kergin
@kergin.bsky.social
· Apr 21
5 things you (probably) didn't know about Vancouver's geography and geology
Vancouver is a city in eastern B.C. No, really.
www.vancouverisawesome.com
A thread of my #Vancouver factoids and history posts, starting with the place.
5 things you (probably) didn't know about Vancouver's #geography and #geology
#history #canadianhistory #vancouverhistory
5 things you (probably) didn't know about Vancouver's #geography and #geology
#history #canadianhistory #vancouverhistory
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Shawn Desman on comebacks, being humble, and what's next
Shawn Desman on comebacks, being humble, and what's next
A second brush with fame would never have materialized had Shawn Desman, who plays Victoria's Royal Theatre on Friday, been anything less than down-to-earth the first time around.
dlvr.it
November 20, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Shawn Desman on comebacks, being humble, and what's next
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Annual floral display captures '12 Days of Christmas' in downtown Vancouver
Annual floral display captures '12 Days of Christmas' in downtown Vancouver
Fleur de Villes' holiday-themed event is returning with 30 free installations brimming with plants and holiday spirit
dlvr.it
November 20, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Annual floral display captures '12 Days of Christmas' in downtown Vancouver
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Vancouver couple adapts Dante's 'Inferno' with hell replaced by Spotify-like corporation
Vancouver couple adapts Dante's 'Inferno' with hell replaced by Spotify-like corporation
You can catch a live reading of the upcoming hip-hop opera as part of IndieFest
dlvr.it
November 21, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Vancouver couple adapts Dante's 'Inferno' with hell replaced by Spotify-like corporation
Um, what? Anyone want to explain this?
November 19, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Um, what? Anyone want to explain this?
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November 19, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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I spoke to Goldeneyes head coach Brian Idalski and multiple players about what the identity of the Goldeneyes will be on the ice: what style of hockey should fans expect? passittobulis.substack.com/p/what-style...
What style of hockey will the Vancouver Goldeneyes play?
I spoke to players Claire Thompson, Jenn Gardiner, Emerance Maschmeyer, Sophie Jaques, Ashton Bell, and head coach Brian Idalski about what the identity of the Goldeneyes will be on the ice.
passittobulis.substack.com
November 14, 2025 at 11:44 PM
I spoke to Goldeneyes head coach Brian Idalski and multiple players about what the identity of the Goldeneyes will be on the ice: what style of hockey should fans expect? passittobulis.substack.com/p/what-style...
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For now, I've started a PITB substack where I'll post my hockey writing and let you know what's coming next. passittobulis.substack.com
Pass it to Bulis | Daniel Wagner | Substack
The hockey blog that knows who needs the puck. Click to read Pass it to Bulis, by Daniel Wagner, a Substack publication. Launched a few seconds ago.
passittobulis.substack.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:50 PM
For now, I've started a PITB substack where I'll post my hockey writing and let you know what's coming next. passittobulis.substack.com
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I don’t know what this means for the future of PITB (hello, employers interested in someone with 15 years of award-winning experience as a writer/editor).
I know how fortunate I've been to do this as a full-time job and I'm grateful for all the readers who have made it possible.
I know how fortunate I've been to do this as a full-time job and I'm grateful for all the readers who have made it possible.
November 14, 2025 at 9:50 PM
I don’t know what this means for the future of PITB (hello, employers interested in someone with 15 years of award-winning experience as a writer/editor).
I know how fortunate I've been to do this as a full-time job and I'm grateful for all the readers who have made it possible.
I know how fortunate I've been to do this as a full-time job and I'm grateful for all the readers who have made it possible.
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Pingnguaqti (Player)
Ningiukulu Teevee ~ Inuk
2025
Ningiukulu Teevee ~ Inuk
2025
October 6, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Pingnguaqti (Player)
Ningiukulu Teevee ~ Inuk
2025
Ningiukulu Teevee ~ Inuk
2025
I know it’s the most minor of issues, but the more of I think of this paint job on our new back step (installed yesterday) the more it baffles my mind. Like, did you only have a table spoon of paint?
October 3, 2025 at 8:10 PM
I know it’s the most minor of issues, but the more of I think of this paint job on our new back step (installed yesterday) the more it baffles my mind. Like, did you only have a table spoon of paint?
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A nice story here about Blake Lively's husband 😉 from @kergin.bsky.social at Vancouver Is Awesome.
Congrats, @vancityreynolds.bsky.social!
www.vancouverisawesome.com/local-news/r...
Congrats, @vancityreynolds.bsky.social!
www.vancouverisawesome.com/local-news/r...
Ryan Reynolds gets Freedom from City of Vancouver
He got pinned by Mayor Ken Sim.
www.vancouverisawesome.com
September 19, 2025 at 4:56 PM
A nice story here about Blake Lively's husband 😉 from @kergin.bsky.social at Vancouver Is Awesome.
Congrats, @vancityreynolds.bsky.social!
www.vancouverisawesome.com/local-news/r...
Congrats, @vancityreynolds.bsky.social!
www.vancouverisawesome.com/local-news/r...
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|The alliance will coordinate health guidelines and align its immunization recommendations with those of "respected national medical organizations," instead of those of the CDC|
www.king5.com/article/news...
www.king5.com/article/news...
Washington, Oregon and California will issue their own vaccine recommendations, separate from CDC
Citing a lack of faith in Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy's CDC, Washington, Oregon and California will issue their own vaccine recommendations.
www.king5.com
September 3, 2025 at 4:20 PM
|The alliance will coordinate health guidelines and align its immunization recommendations with those of "respected national medical organizations," instead of those of the CDC|
www.king5.com/article/news...
www.king5.com/article/news...
Cool. Cool cool cool.
August 29, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Cool. Cool cool cool.
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Exclusive: Meta has appropriated the names and likenesses of celebrities — including Taylor Swift, Scarlett Johansson, Anne Hathaway and Selena Gomez — to create dozens of flirty social-media chatbots without their permission, Reuters has found reut.rs/3JWb00R
Exclusive: Meta created flirty chatbots of Taylor Swift, other celebrities without permission
Meta has appropriated the names and likenesses of celebrities – including Taylor Swift, Scarlett Johansson, Anne Hathaway and Selena Gomez – to create dozens of flirty social-media chatbots without their permission, Reuters has found.
reut.rs
August 29, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Exclusive: Meta has appropriated the names and likenesses of celebrities — including Taylor Swift, Scarlett Johansson, Anne Hathaway and Selena Gomez — to create dozens of flirty social-media chatbots without their permission, Reuters has found reut.rs/3JWb00R
This ad from a newspaper in 1920 suggests offering former troops Moir's Chocolates when they get "that old trench craving."
August 12, 2025 at 5:46 PM
This ad from a newspaper in 1920 suggests offering former troops Moir's Chocolates when they get "that old trench craving."
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The Phelans ran the only bookstore in Vermillion, South Dakota.
But after the state passed a measure preventing transgender young people like their daughter from using girls’ bathrooms, they sold it and moved away.
But after the state passed a measure preventing transgender young people like their daughter from using girls’ bathrooms, they sold it and moved away.
A family opened a town’s first bookstore. A bathroom bill is driving them away.
The Phelans ran the only bookstore in Vermillion, South Dakota. They sold it and moved after a new law would’ve required their daughter to use a boy’s bathroom.
www.washingtonpost.com
August 10, 2025 at 2:17 PM
The Phelans ran the only bookstore in Vermillion, South Dakota.
But after the state passed a measure preventing transgender young people like their daughter from using girls’ bathrooms, they sold it and moved away.
But after the state passed a measure preventing transgender young people like their daughter from using girls’ bathrooms, they sold it and moved away.
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The phrase "en route to golf course" adds so much to the headline.
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Trump orders homeless he passed en route to golf course to leave Washington DC
President demands unhoused residents leave US capital or face eviction and vowed to use officers to make arrests
www.theguardian.com
August 11, 2025 at 2:16 AM
The phrase "en route to golf course" adds so much to the headline.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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imagine being the night watchman here
Venthaven, a ventriloquism museum in Kentucky.
August 1, 2025 at 2:32 PM
imagine being the night watchman here
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Photos: Electrifying fireworks display on second night of Vancouver's Festival of Light
Photos: Electrifying fireworks display on second night of Vancouver's Festival of Light
Did you catch the booming show over the water?
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July 24, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Photos: Electrifying fireworks display on second night of Vancouver's Festival of Light
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The 2025 NASA International Space Apps Challenge is landing right here on campus. 🚀
Join the TRU engineering department from Saturday, Oct. 4 – Sunday, Oct. 5 for a hackathon where global teams will tackle real-world challenges related to the Earth and space.
Register: www.tru.ca/science/news...
Join the TRU engineering department from Saturday, Oct. 4 – Sunday, Oct. 5 for a hackathon where global teams will tackle real-world challenges related to the Earth and space.
Register: www.tru.ca/science/news...
July 18, 2025 at 6:39 PM
B.C. couple dodging dozens of calls about their missing cat — but their cat isn't missing
Their phone number was featured on a shirt by a U.S. designer (literally called Wisdumb NY)
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Their phone number was featured on a shirt by a U.S. designer (literally called Wisdumb NY)
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
B.C. couple dodging dozens of calls about their missing cat — but their cat isn't missing | CBC News
After many months of trying to figure out why this was happening, Jonathan McCurrach asked a caller how they got their number. The caller explained the number was listed on a shirt styled to look like...
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July 17, 2025 at 4:27 PM
B.C. couple dodging dozens of calls about their missing cat — but their cat isn't missing
Their phone number was featured on a shirt by a U.S. designer (literally called Wisdumb NY)
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Their phone number was featured on a shirt by a U.S. designer (literally called Wisdumb NY)
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
"There will be no tariff if Canada, or companies within your country, decide to manufacture product within the United States," the letter read.
Canada is going to manufacture stuff in the US? Huh?
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Canada is going to manufacture stuff in the US? Huh?
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Trump threatening 35% tariffs on Canadian goods across the board | CBC News
U.S. President Donald Trump is threatening to slap a 35 per cent tariff on all Canadian goods as the two countries have been engaged in negotiations to reach some sort of trade agreement.
www.cbc.ca
July 11, 2025 at 2:36 AM
"There will be no tariff if Canada, or companies within your country, decide to manufacture product within the United States," the letter read.
Canada is going to manufacture stuff in the US? Huh?
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Canada is going to manufacture stuff in the US? Huh?
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...