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Harsha Walia @harshawalia.bsky.social · 10h

Huge news! Charges against Eris Nyx and Jeremy Kalicum, founders of the Drug User Liberation Front, have been stayed. Judge found parts of Canada's drug laws are unconstitutional and that the compassion club reduced the harms associated with the toxic drug crisis. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

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Judge tosses drug trafficking convictions for B.C. compassion club founders after constitutional challenge | CBC News

A British Columbia Supreme Court judge has ruled in favour of two harm-reduction activists convicted of drug trafficking who argued they were doing it to reduce the harms caused by toxic drugs.

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Lindsay Brown @lidsville.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Anyway, I can't help feeling that anyone who talks about Allam as a normal candidate without mentioning his erratic, abusive, impulsive behaviour online is sort of complicit in it. (And no, I'm not going to drop this)

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Andy Yan @ayan604.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

New data estimates there were 13,879 individuals experiencing homelessness in Metro Vancouver in 2023 "'A wake-up call': Nearly twice as many B.C. women facing homelessness, new data show" via @vancouversun.bsky.social #bcpoli #vanpoli #vanre vancouversun.com/news/nearly-...

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'A wake-up call': Nearly twice as many B.C. women facing homelessness, new data show

Many people in B.C. are now one paycheque away from needing a housing subsidy, says one service provider.

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Emily Lowan (she/her) @emilylowan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The BC Greens announced our plan for universal free childcare, which will keep wealth in our communities, generate good jobs and give our children the start they deserve.

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BC Greens announce new candidate for Victoria-Swan Lake, childcare plans - Saanich News

Howe is a teacher and has been president of the Greater Victoria Teachers' Association for nearly three years

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Garth Mullins @garthmullins.bsky.social · 11h

I never heard a court room break into applause before. Plus the sound of crying

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dustin @godfrey.work · 12h

BREAKING: Jeremy Kalicum and Eris Nyx's charges are being thrown out. she said they did a public service "at considerable personal cost."

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Paula Johanson @paulajohanson.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Heads up, people in Kamloops area! if any of these haters are among your family or 'friends', don't let them get away with it. Out them to the RCMP. (Yes, masking while doing hate crimes is a criminal offence.)

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Kate Armstrong @brainchain.ca · 26/09/2026

Canada was a manufacturing leader in hi-fi systems in the 1950s and 1960s. Friends. Romans. Country people. Let me present you the Clairtone G2.

A Clairtone G2 stereo system with two shelf layers, the lower being a turntable and amp plus a box for records the upper shelf beings being something I’m not sure and on either side. There are black spheres that are actually the speakers there are four of them it is against a white wall and a floor that is made of blonde hard wood

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Andrea Woo @andreawoo.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

New Angus Reid Institute poll has the BC Conservatives with an eight-point lead over the NDP, but electorate still far from locked in, say it's too soon for an election, not enthusiastic about voting angusreid.org/ballot-backl...

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APTN News @aptnnews.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Why are First Nations communities still under boil water advisories? APTN News: Answers looks at how we got here and the impacts of not having reliable access to clean drinking water. Watch: youtu.be/YSrVlP0G8CI

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Why are dozens of First Nations still under drinking water advisories? | APTN News: Answers

YouTube video by APTN News

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Walking Eagle News @theeagleist.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

BREAKING: This ok when Liberals do it

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Larry Savage @profsavage.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

“National interest” cannot become a catch-all excuse to override workers’ bargaining power whenever a lawful strike has economic consequences. That pressure is precisely what strikes are meant to create. theconversation.com/canadas-prop... #cdnpoli #canlab

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Canada’s proposed labour reforms could shift power away from workers in major disputes

Bill C-39 makes it easier for Ottawa to intervene when collective bargaining produces the very conflict that it is designed to manage.

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Canadian History Ehx @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

With the founding of the park, the Indigenous residents of X̱wáýx̱way and Chaythoos were forcefully removed so that a road could be constructed. Some people were inside their homes as surveyors started to chop the house down around them. 📸 Vancouver Archives 🧵 8/12

A black-and-white photo depicts a serene lakeside scene with a dense forest of tall pine trees in the background. Along the shoreline, there is a small, weathered wooden building with a slanted roof, surrounded by scattered logs and debris. The calm water of the lake reflects the trees and the structure, creating a tranquil yet rustic atmosphere.

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Emily Lowan (she/her) @emilylowan.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

David Eby just called a snap election, right on top of local municipal elections. #bcelection2026

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Matt Miller @mattmiller.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

a comic by Russ Heath, who drew the comic one of Lichtenstein’s most famous panels was based on

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Stanley Q Woodvine @sqwabb.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Society can't seem to help making a crass gutter spectacle of drug overdose deaths! Freakshow treatment for OD deaths of the poor - ala #Vancouver DTES - & media circuses for OD deaths of the rich, or famous, see Hayden Panettiere. Neither solves a thing.

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Presley Gerber, Cindy Crawford’s son, dead at 27 - National | Globalnews.ca

Presley Gerber died at a 'rehab facility,' according to online records from the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner, viewed by Global News.

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Lindsay Brown @lidsville.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

"CentreBC" is well to the right of centre. My mission to show people where the "centre" really is getting harder lolsob The BC NDP are now right of centre even though media persist in calling them centre-left. BC Greens are left. #bcpoli is all fake handles & category errors

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Kay @ifyouseekay.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

ABC policy announcement just dropped. #vanpoli

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Guy Felicella @guyfelicella.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

2/2 The people tasked with stopping organized crime can’t stop the supply, while the health workers dealing with the consequences are accused of causing the problem. Harm reduction didn’t create the toxic drug supply, it’s trying to keep people alive despite it.

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Guy Felicella @guyfelicella.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

1/2) Do you know what I find absurd? Police have massive budgets, yet gangs still operate, organized crime still profits, and deadly unregulated drugs still flood Vancouver’s streets. Then somehow, harm reduction services get blamed for the drug crisis. Think about that.

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Lindsay Brown @lidsville.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Wow. It's early yet, but this Justason poll doesn't look good for ABC. Also, my top 2 candidates are #1 and #3! Go Stephanie @spkr118.bsky.social! Go @seanorr.bsky.social and @copevancouver.bsky.social #vanpoli www.justasonmi.com?p=6511

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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

BREAKING!!! "The Assembly of Treaty Chiefs (AOTC) of Treaty 6, 7, and 8, alongside the Blackfoot Confederacy, passed an emergency resolution supporting Saddle Lake Cree Nation’s exercise of its inherent & Treaty health jurisdiction, invoking the medicine chest clause." #abpoli

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Kay @ifyouseekay.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

He thinks he's John A. Macdonald, but he's more like Robert Borden (and they were both Conservatives)

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Julia Serano @juliaserano.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I wrote this yesterday shortly before Bsky declared that these "camps" comments don't count as "threats". I cannot tell you how common they are these days, especially if you're a trans person writing about this particular issue

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Julia Serano @juliaserano.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

figured I re-up this given that Bluesky higher ups seem to be saying 1) they're clamping down on toxicity, but 2) gleefully invoking the GOP sending trans ppl to camps doesn't count because it's not a making a direct threat against us 🤷‍♀️

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Justin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Campaign manager hired. Potential candidates and staff told to be on hold. Elections BC getting in operational mode. We’re now officially in snap election speculation mode. Here’s me and @katiederosa.bsky.social on what we know for sure. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

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David Eby taps campaign manager as election speculation grows | CBC News

CBC News has spoken to multiple potential candidates and campaign managers who say they have been asked by the NDP to keep the next two months open in case an election is called.

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Michael Fry @bigdirtyfry.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Your Grandad Cyclops talks about his school days

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

“One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture, and, if it were possible, to speak a few reasonable words.” - Goethe

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I don’t believe the U.S. taxpayer should continue to arm Netanyahu’s government with deadly military equipment. I believe Netanyahu is a war criminal and that his government has committed genocide in Gaza. This doesn't make me antisemitic. (I’m Jewish, by the way.)

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Trump’s planned sale of controversial bombs to Israel is largest in years

The pending transfer of the 2,000-pound munition, involved in scores of incidents resulting in civilian casualties, sets

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Julia Serano @juliaserano.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

NEW ESSAY on last week's deluge of Dems embracing anti-trans positions. let's stop fixating on trans ppl & instead recognize that Dems have a cisgender problem. pls share! Medium (friend link): juliaserano.medium.com/on-democrats... & Substack (no paywall): juliaserano.substack.com/p/on-democra...

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On Democrats Who Cave in Response to Anti-Trans Attack Ads

and more importantly: a response to all the cis people responding to the way that trans people are responding to said Democrats’ responses

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Kay @ifyouseekay.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

My government will ensure that all condiments are henceforth provided in buckets

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Natacha @natacha.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Good THREAD: the war on trans people really is a class war. The obscenely rich against one of the most marginalized groups in the world.

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Imani Gandy @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 12/09/2026

The international chess Federation banned trans women from playing women's chess. CHESS. It's not about fairness. The fairness argument is intended to radicalize people into more violent forms of transphobia.

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bree bird 🇨🇦 @goose.ski · 12/09/2026

we cannot beat fascism — a degenerate state of perverted and diminished humanity — by becoming less-human ourselves

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Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 11/09/2026

#OtD 11 Sep 1973 right-wing general Pinochet launched a coup against the elected left-wing government in Chile of Salvador Allende. Backed by the US and UK, Pinochet went on to torture, jail and kill 10,000s of working class activists stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8360...

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Ruby (ft. Jimin) @lapsedbard.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

CANADIANS, this petition to regulate data centers in Canada is open until September 24, please sign! www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...

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Petition e-7550 - Petitions

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Kay @ifyouseekay.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Here are some highlights from the opening ceremony of the new police training facility at Woodwards.

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Red Durkin @daedsider.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Periodic reminder that your "concerns" about trans people are being beamed directly into your head by a small cadre of incredibly rich psychopaths.

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Kay @ifyouseekay.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I am even better than this guy, in that I will never show up for _anything_

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Lindsay Brown @lidsville.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Ken Sim not bothering to show up to a mayoral debate is probably a sign of what's to come over the next 5 weeks #vanpoli

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Hazel B. 🇨🇦 @hab3261.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

"The Nation argues Alberta’s restrictions violate the spirit and intent of Treaty 6’s Medicine Chest clause and says it is asserting its sovereign right to regulate healthcare on Treaty lands" #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli colenotcole.substack.com/p/breaking-f...

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BREAKING: First Nation defies Alberta’s Restrictions on Gender-Affirming Care

Saddle Lake Cree Nation is asserting its Treaty rights in an attempt to create a safe haven for gender-affirming healthcare, directly challenging restrictions already imposed by Danielle Smith’s Alber...

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Mercedes Allen @mercedesallen.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

"This context is an explanation for Dr. Ajaero’s decision, but it does not justify his decision to deny medical services to a vulnerable trans youth because of her gender identity…" www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

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Human Rights Tribunal orders B.C. doctor to pay after refusing to provide trans teen with shot | CBC News

A B.C. family doctor has been ordered to pay $28,100, after refusing to inject a transgender teen with a prescribed hormone blocker, citing religious and cultural reasons.

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