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Carrie

@cwalkker.bsky.social
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Live & work in co-op housing, like crochet/knitting, pets, live green as I can, love transit, wish I could bike more. Burnaby BC.

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Joel Gibbs @joel-gibbs.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Sadly not much :( The only public ones I know of so far are: Douglas Students Union is holding a candidates fair at Douglas College in New West Oct 5, 11am-1pm for Burnaby, New West and Surrey candidates A candidates meeting is being organized at Gilmore Community school on Oct 8, 6-8pm
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Joel Gibbs @joel-gibbs.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Specific, measurable targets that you can be accountable and have interim updates on are important! Otherwise there is almost no chance targets will be met. Having more access to trees and nature help reduce city noise and improve mental and physical health and well-being @metrotowner.bsky.social
Screenshot of this post from Metrotowner on Twitter:
https://x.com/metrotowner/status/2101097167557664994
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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
At the moment we have no real idea how to scale up carbon removal--it's a hair on the mole of the ugly backside of the global hydrocarbon industry But we do know how to scale up solar panels and wind turbines and batteries. So that's our job billmckibben.substack.com/p/facts-on-t...
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Facts on the ground
Two things matter now: votes, and solar panels. (And wind turbines. And batteries)
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Spokane Rising @spokanerising.com · 02/08/2026
Third fire now burning near Suncrest west of the river. Could be a spot from the Old Trails Fire. Two engines up there now.
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Movement: Metro Vancouver Transit Riders @movementyvr.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
This is huge, but this isn't the final decision. That won't happen until 2027. If this route is important to you, be sure to mention it to city council candidates who will be seeking your vote this October. Read our full press release here:
movementyvr.ca
RELEASE: Survey Says: Metro Vancouverites want BRT to their favourite shops in Burnaby Heights! | Movement: Metro Vancouver Transit Riders
Metro Vancouverites have told TransLink they want a fast and reliable way to reach Burnaby Heights. A recently released survey with over 10,000 responses highlights the support for this routing!
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Justin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Have boosted Freshet before and happy to boost them again! If we care about Metro Vancouver's patchwork of municipalities to keep them as separate things, with separate city halls, civic institutions and political cultures, then we need to care enough to fund media that will cover them.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
NEW: At long last, Vancouver unveils the new Skytrain station area plan for Rupert and Renfrew stations, unlocking up to 10k new transit-oriented homes. This has a lot of complexities, so give it a read. storeys.com/vancouver-ru...
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Vancouver Unveils New Rupert And Renfrew Plan, Unlocking Up To 10K New Homes
The new Rupert and Renfrew Station Area Plan has been in the works since late-2021 and is set to be approved by Vancouver City Council on July 8.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
“Paris has embarked on a grand transformation, planting 155k trees, adding hundreds of kms of bike lanes, pedestrianising 300 school streets and banning cars from the banks of the Seine. Parking has been turned into green space…Fewer parents fear their child being run over when they walk to school.”
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How Paris swapped cars for bikes – and transformed its streets
Under Anne Hidalgo – mayor for 12 years until last week – the French capital added bike lanes, cut traffic and reclaimed public space, but not without resistance
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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
this website - theeditorial.news - seems to be entirely AI-generated stories with fake reporters, presented as if it was a serious magazine news site.
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The Editorial — Global News & Investigative Journalism
Independent investigative journalism covering global politics, world affairs, economy, technology, science, and culture. Fact-based reporting trusted by readers worldwide.
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Bryan Alexander @edufuturist.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
This is a fun learning game. The museum gives you an object, and you have to place it in time and space. anthropeum.com
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SharonR_MECFS 🇨🇦 @sharonrmecfs.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Watching Canada’s fire sale of Western resources to: Trump’s 🇺🇸buddies: -Warren: TMX Burnaby refinery -Black’s Apollo: Capital Power -Schwarzman’s Blackstone (pushed for tariffs on 🇨🇦): BC Ksi Lisim; PRgas line; beat 🇨🇦 Brookfield for Rogers infrastructure. -4 of 5 Alberta AI data companies are from 🇺🇸
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Freshet News @freshetnews.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Our newspaper is out tomorrow! Here's where you can pick up a copy in Burnaby, New Westminster and the Tri-Cities, B.C. Thank you to the stores and centres that are distributing our paper — now out every two weeks.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
WATCH: If you STILL don’t understand how car-dependent suburbia is HEAVILY SUBSIDIZED by downtown and all the urban parts of your city, watch this EXCELLENT video by #NotJustBikes with #Urban3 & @strongtowns.bsky.social. And PLEASE SHARE it as much as possible. I’ve sent it to a LOT of politicians.
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Suburbia is Subsidized: Here's the Math [ST07]
YouTube video by Not Just Bikes
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CHEK News @cheknews.ca · 04/03/2026
British Columbians took to social media Tuesday evening to share reports of a bright fireball in the night sky over Vancouver, and a house-rattling sonic boom.
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Fireball, sonic boom over Vancouver Tuesday evening, likely meteor
British Columbians took to social media Tuesday evening to share reports of a bright fireball in the night sky over Vancouver, and a house-rattling sonic boom.
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Arzeena Hamir @arzeena.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
Vancouver Island is in a similar situation with less than 40% snowpack
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Steffani Cameron 🇨🇦 @snarkysteff.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
It’s… February.
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Rebecca Bollwitt @miss604.com · 05/02/2026
The ski season is so bad that the Grouse Grind has opened 😫 #canada #vancouver #weather
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North Vancouver’s Grouse Grind reopens to hikers early
Metro Vancouver announced the opening Wednesday, saying the park is open from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.
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Center for Climate Integrity @climateintegrity.org · 04/02/2026
Big Oil "purchased solar and EV patents to ensure others couldn’t use them, solicited control of renewable markets and then abandoned them, and funded powerful institutions to promote false solutions, all while using trade groups to downplay the harms of fossil fuels, according to the complaint." 😠
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A Secret Oil Cartel Might Have Killed Our Clean-Energy Future
In a landmark antitrust case, Michigan alleges oil companies colluded to “capture and kill” clean-energy and electric-vehicle efforts.
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Carrie @cwalkker.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
@tlkalertrepeater.bsky.social millennium line delays - at station more then 10 Mins with a packed platform at Gilmore. left to grab bus as on normal days can wait 3 trains before getting on.
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Cool Bike Art @coolbikeart1.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Victoria, BC: “You can pretend, in Portland and Vancouver, that no one bikes in those cities, because you don’t see bicyclists – they’re off on side streets. So politically, they’ve vanished. And I think that’s a big reason why Portland and Vancouver have stalled and we haven’t.”
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Steffani Cameron 🇨🇦 @snarkysteff.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Canadians, our boycotts are working, but a lot of products and companies are trying to maple-wash labels. The CBC has some clarity on it — and the very end of the article has a link for where you can report misleading labels to the government. Let’s crack down on these lies!
cbc.ca
Think you're buying Canadian? That grocery item may actually be from the U.S. | CBC News
The push to buy Canadian is loud and clear, but are those local-looking products the real deal? CBC Marketplace exposes how some popular foods that seem Canadian are actually made in the U.S. Experts ...
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Carrie @cwalkker.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
For anyone living near mountains who can the snow comes later and melts away sooner, this is not news but this report shows it is not just in one place. I see this every year as I look at & take pics of the lower mainland Vancouver mountains like the Lions & Grouse. ground.news/article/cree...
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‘Creeping snow drought’: Canadian research shows less snowpack a concern
New research shows less snowpack in certain regions of Canada can have wide-ranging effects on everything from farms and wildlife to the broader economy.
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Carrie @cwalkker.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Saw some very pretty Snow drops flowers in a small garden in Vancouver today
Snowdrop flowers a delicate white bud hangs from a small green stem flower opening down to the ground - mixed in with simple tall green grassSnowdrop flowers a delicate white bud hangs from a small green stem flower opening down to the ground
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Carrie @cwalkker.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Burnaby - coldest night of the year walk to fundraise for the local Society to End Homelessness in Burnaby. Join me with the Burnaby Greens on February 28, 2026. secure.e2rm.com/registrant/T...
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CNOY 2026 Fundhub Canada
The Coldest Night of the Year is a winterrific family-friendly fundraising walk in support of local charities. Let’s change the tune for people experiencing hurt, hunger, and homelessness... because i...
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Rebecca Bollwitt @miss604.com · 15/01/2026
For everyone who: - pays the crow tax - misses the lovable knife-wielding Canuck the Crow - watches the Crow Commute from Vancouver to Still Creek each day There's free a film screening and "Crow Talk" on Jan 22 at CapU www.capilanou.ca/about-capu/g... #birdsky #vancouver 🪶
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SOCIETY OF CROWS TRAILER
YouTube video by Mike McKinlay
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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
a person's lighthearted social media post does not mean they don't feel the horror of the news very deeply, it's very possible just a way for them to cope. We are not hardwired to live and breathe devastation 24/7.
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Bryn Davidson - Lanefab @lanefab.com · 12/01/2026
Update: we’ve had a project canceled due to the recent zoning changes that restrict what size lane house can go behind an existing single family home
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
The first time Charlie Chaplin spoke onscreen, he implored the people of the world to resist the rising tide of fascism. Nearly 90 years later, it remains a timely message.
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Kameron Hurley @kameronhurley.com · 11/01/2026
Repeating a "we're fucked" narrative is the fastest way to learned helplessness. I know this intimately, having sat in the cage myself for two years. But while we don't have control over our stressors, we have control over our *reactions* to the stressors. Our thoughts, emotions, THAT,we can control
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Sightline Institute @sightline.org · 08/01/2026
"The magnitude of the housing shortage is huge, the problems chronic, but the housing crisis is solvable." @1alexhemingway.bsky.social writes that reforms target the right levers—non-market housing, more supply and zoning reform—but fall short in scale and implementation. @bcpolicy.bsky.social
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This is why BC’s housing crisis hasn’t been solved yet
The magnitude of the housing shortage is huge, the problems chronic, but the housing crisis is solvable. Throughout the province and country, the housing crisis is marked by high rents and prices, ...
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Mirandosaur 🇨🇦 @mirandosaur.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
bcbirds.bcfo.ca/wp-content/u... On the huge crow roost in Burnaby:
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Andrew Williamson @offisland.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
If you live in #Burnaby and care about housing - please sign: you.leadnow.ca/petitions/te...
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Tell Burnaby City Council to Say Yes to Supportive Housing
Like every other major city in BC, Burnaby is experiencing an affordability and housing crisis. The good news is that BC Housing, in partnership with the City of Burnaby and Fraser Health, has propo...
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Freshet News @freshetnews.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Want #newspapers dropped off at your condo building? Get your strata council on board! Email us at info@freshetnews.ca today. #newwestminster #burnaby #coquitlam #portcoquitlam #portmoody #anmore #belcarra #tricitiesbc
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Secular_Girl @wifejackson.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
So all those who keep screaming jobs ... Here’s what she found in the report released by West Coast Environmental Law: the $21.4-billion expansion megaproject, intended to carry more bitumen from the oilsands to Burnaby, is not profitable. Or viable. And never will be.
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Crawford Kilian @crof.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Trevor Halford Is Wrong about Land Title and DRIPA. Here's Why via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...
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Trevor Halford Is Wrong about Land Title and DRIPA. Here’s Why | The Tyee
The BC Conservative leader fostered fear and falsehoods in his Vancouver Sun op-ed. A rebuttal.
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Lanrick Bennett @lanrickbennett.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
#IdeasAtWork Sneckdowns are one of the most powerful (and free) urban planning tools in the world…The snow that stays on the asphalt shows us exactly which parts of the road cars don’t actually use. - @liorsteinberg.bsky.social h/t @streetfilms.bsky.social old.nyc.streetsblog.org/2014/01/22/s...
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Do you know what Sneckdowns are?
They are the cheapest traffic consultants in the world.
Sneckdowns are one of the most powerful (and free) urban planning tools in the world. When it snows, nature performs a perfect traffic analysis. The snow that stays on the asphalt shows us exactly which parts of the road cars don't actually use.
It reveals the "dead space."
Why does this matter?
Wider sidewalks: That pile of snow is space where people could be walking.
Ty Shorter crossings: It shows us where we can extend the curb to make crossing the street safer for children and the elderly.
Of Slower speeds: It proves that lanes are often much wider than necessary, encouraging cars to drive faster than they should.
We spend millions on consultants and sensors to decide how to redesign our streets. Sometimes, we just need to wait for a snowstorm and take a photo.
The snow doesn't lie: our streets have plenty of space, and we gave it to cars by mistake. Let's use the winter to see where we can give it back to people.Clarence Eckerson Jr. has been documenting Sneckdowns for years. Read the article in the comments.
Sneckdown HalifaxSneckdowns: Taking the World by Storm
By Brad Aaron Jan 22, 2014
Narrowed roads
Curved snowbanks
Pedestrian patterns

Image: Clarence Eckerson/BBC
The #sneckdown is now a phenomenon, with nature's traffic-calming gaining international media coverage and photos
popping up from across the U.S. and Canada.
"The snow is almost like nature's tracing paper," Streetfilms' Clarence Eckerson told the BBC. "It's free. You don't have to do a crazy expensive traffic calming study. It provides a visual cue into how people behave."
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Carrie @cwalkker.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
Relaxing and enjoying the last bit of time off before back to work Monday. can you guess what I’m making?
Knit fabric garter stitch many rows of purple, a small stripe of red and a row of brown on knit needles
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Momentum Magazine @momentummag.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Your Comeback Guide to all the Anti-Cycling Arguments You’ll Hear This Year. momentummag.com/your-comebac...
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Your Comeback Guide to all the Anti-Cycling Arguments You’ll Hear This Year
Anti-bike arguments aren’t just frustrating—they’re outdated, inaccurate, and often repeated without a shred of evidence.
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Mike Eliason @holz-bau.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
brb moving to mannheim single stair mixed use 5 story project w/ homes from 1-3 bedrooms. usable outdoor space that doubles as solar protection 3pane windows schoen www.baunetz-architekten.de/motorlab/336...
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EVERGREEN | motorlab, Mannheim
Architekten Profil im BauNetz von motorlab, D-68167 Mannheim - motorlab,architekt,architekten,architektur,mannheim
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Matt Oliver @sameo416.bsky.social · 25/12/2025
Another actuarial report from June 2025 concerning excess mortality. "The analysis of excess mortality offers valuable insights into the Covid pandemic. Excess mortality was originally attributed to the Covid pandemic; however, it has persisted beyond the height of the Covid pandemic,
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Bryn Davidson - Lanefab @lanefab.com · 18/12/2025
holy @!# It looks like the final adopted update to Burnaby's R1 zoning is really bad. The allowable footprint area for a house and LWH is now capped at either 30% or 40% of the lot. This change appears to kill the current design for one of our projects, and the housing library designs.
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Lesli Boldt @lesliboldt.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
After 3 local newspapers closed, journalists revive print news in Burnaby, New West and Tri-Cities @freshetnews.bsky.social www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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After 3 local newspapers closed, these journalists are reviving print news in Burnaby, New West and Tri-Cities | CBC News
Several community news outlets in Metro Vancouver, including the Burnaby Now, New West Record and Tri-City News closed down last spring. But now, a group of longtime journalists are launching a print ...
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Freshet News @freshetnews.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
Local news matters. Donate today. #newwest #burnaby #coquitlam #portcoquitlam #portmoody
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Freshet News @freshetnews.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
A CBC article making the rounds about our new venture 🗞️ FreshetNews.ca>>Support Us #coquitlam #newwestminster #burnaby #democracy #portmoody #portcoquitlam #news #newspaper #notcorporatemedia #nonprofit #journalism #anmore #belcarra #localnewsmatters #thisislodestarlayoffs #newwest #reporter
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Carrie @cwalkker.bsky.social · 25/12/2025
Finally some more snow on the mountains #Vancouver #Burnaby boarder looking towards the NorthShore Mtns. Grouse Mtn Skiing and the Lions peak
In the far background are snow capped mountains a little dusting a bit farther down on the pine trees. You can see the white flat parts on the mountain that are the ski resort. In foreground is a road going up a hill  bordered by pines, and a street light pole stretches overhead with green light and Canada Way on sign
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Harsha Walia @harshawalia.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
CALLING all Burnaby Residents to urgently support supportive housing at 5389 Imperial Street! All Burnaby residents take 5 minutes to email decision makers this week using this easy template and then directly encourage others to do the same! ✍️✍️✍️ docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Image with green background and text calling Burnaby residents to stand uo for supportive housingImage with green background and text calling Burnaby residents to stand uo for supportive housing
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Carrie @cwalkker.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
Burnaby from Canada Way at Smith 8:05 pm it’s still going. Burnaby refinery flare
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CHEK News @cheknews.ca · 13/12/2025
It’s a terrifying reality: one in eight women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in their lifetime – and 13 per cent of all cancer deaths in women are due to breast cancer.
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Victoria surgeon a champion for women’s health and cancer care
It’s a terrifying reality: one in eight women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in their lifetime – and 13 per cent of all cancer deaths in women are due to breast cancer.
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Canadian English Dictionary @canadiandictionary.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
And the results are in! After carefully reviewing the results of a national poll the Board of Directors of the Society for Canadian English (SCE) has determined that this year’s Canadian Word of the Year (CWOTY), the first of its kind, will be “maplewashing.”
"Canadian Word of the Year" on a red banner. Beneath the banner reads "maplewashing" and "the deceptive practice of making things look more Canadian than they actually are"
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Joan Baxter @joanbaxter.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
Fantastic discussion, two guys the world needs to hear about how to make cities better. Great listening: they don’t mince any words.
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