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Justin McElroy 🇨🇦

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Vancouver journalist. Strives to tell unique stories. moremcbarges.ca instagram.com/justindmcelroy

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Justin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · 3h
For those curious, we unfortunately will not be doing a Vancouver debate. Ken Sim's team decided to focus on a limited number of events (five in total) with other organizations, telling us "we're making sure [voters] hear directly from us about our record." As they say, it is what it is.
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Justin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · 4h
The municipal debate series continues! Today we talked to mayoral candidates in Richmond, the fourth biggest city in B.C. and a super interesting election for the first time in decades. Hope you enjoy! www.cbc.ca/listen/cbc-p...
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Who's going to be the next mayor of Richmond? | This is Vancouver | CBC Podcasts | CBC Listen
The top job at Richmond City Hall is about to look very different. That's because Malcolm Brodie is not running for re-election after 25 years in the top job. Multiple candidates have stepped forward ...
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Justin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · 23h
tomorrow i'm gonna moderate two municipal debates that i co-wrote the questions for, interview two mayoral candidates from a different city, and then put together a five minute video about local vs. provincial jurisdiction
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Simpsons: Pray For Mojo
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Justin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
since I’ve gotten a few people asking: these are not the only events I’ll be doing for my book we’ve got a few more events in the works, and i hope to have details very soon! anyhow doing a launch while reporting on two elections is very fun and not at all chaotic why do you ask
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Justin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
it's sort of odd for Elections BC to say "eh we'll ignore the rule because you asked nicely", as people have been awkwardly left on ballots before, but also it's sort of odd for the province to call an election in the middle of local elections so one can understand why Elections BC is playing nice
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Justin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A fun update to the White Rock election, where mayor Megan Knight abruptly ended her re-election bid to run for the B.C. Conservatives after the deadline to withdraw expired: the city asked Elections BC if they could ignore the deadline and remove her from the ballot, and the province said yes
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isabella zavarise @isabellazavarise.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
A city council candidate running for Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim’s ABC party is being sued by a company she helped co-found, which alleges she and two others misappropriated company funds. www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
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Lawsuit accuses candidate for Vancouver mayor’s ABC party of misappropriating funds
A city council candidate running for Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim’s ABC party is being sued by a company she helped co-found, which alleges she and two others misappropriated company funds.
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Justin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Penticton-Summerland MLA Amelia Boultbee, who was elected as a Conservative, left the party last year, and joined the NDP this year, has announced she won't be seeking re-election
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Justin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
also, I know X is a place where people just like to say stuff, but this line a conservative operative isn't true. Yao is running for the NDP. So are a number of councillors across the province, including Sarah Zimmerman, Will Cole-Hamilton, and Loyal Wooldridge. as you were!
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Justin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
As expected, Anmore Mayor and Metro Vancouver vice-chair John McEwen has been declared the Conservative Party's candidate for Port Moody-Burquitlam. Unlike White Rock's Megan Knight, McEwen removed himself from the ballot before the deadline, and based on past elections is the slight underdog here.
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PWHL @thepwhl.com · 28/09/2026
A NEW CHAPTER OF HOCKEY NIGHT IN CANADA 📺 Hockey Night in Canada returns December 5 with the 2026 Walter Cup Champion Montréal Victoire taking on PWHL Hamilton at 7PM ET!
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Justin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
as one does
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Amanda Wong @amandawtwong.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Sylvia Hotel
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Christopher Cheung @bychrischeung.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
ICYMI: My chat with the master Margaret Gallagher about "Very Vancouver" at the VPL last week!
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Christopher Cheung: Uncovering the Soul of Vancouver | Culture @ VPL | September 23, 2026
YouTube video by Vancouver Public Library
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Justin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
contemplating going from this ferry to some cabin on hornby island and re-emerging in four weeks
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Justin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Update from the Conservatives: Knight is declining comment on her decision to be on the ballot locally and provincially for the time being, and the party has not made a decision on where it stands on the law forbidding people to serve locally and provincially at the same time. As you were!
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Justin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
In addition, the NDP changed legislation so you can't be a local and provincial politician at the same time, after a Langley conservative politician tried to do both jobs in 2025. I've asked the Conservatives if they want to repeal that legislation. I'll let you know what they say on both fronts.
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Justin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Funny news in White Rock: Mayor Megan Knight, who is seeking re-election, is also now running for the Conservatives in that provincial riding. The deadline for getting off the ballot has passed. So I've asked the Conservatives if Knight is going to tell folks not to vote for her locally.
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Justin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The Conservatives have named former leadership candidate Caroline Elliott their candidate in West Vancouver-Capilano. The riding has gone to the BC Liberals and then Conservatives in big numbers since it was created in 1991, so she is all but certain to be in the legislature.
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Caroline Elliott | Conservative Party of British Columbia
Caroline Elliott is a senior fellow with a leading public policy think tank, a board director of a growing organization advocating a common-sense approach to private property rights and public land us...
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Justin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The only directly elected board member for Metro Vancouver is going to be automatically acclaimed this month. David Hocking will represent Electoral Area A, which population wise is 98% the UBC area west of Blanca Street. Hocking is a former Bowen Island councillor, and is moving to the UBC area.
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Justin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
when you pay for a two week ad on facebook and then many many many many many many things change
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Justin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
meanwhile in invermere, one councillor is running for re-election on the message of "I can grind out several curling games in a single day in our town's annual tournament" elections are a land of contrast
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Justin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Am legitimately interested to see if this chart changes, when it changes, and why it changes
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Justin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Is Day 4 the NDP will pivot its campaign from "Trump is bad" and "Lorne Doerkson is nice but also the Conservatives will do a coup on him so don't think about it?" maybe But it's certainly been an interesting first three days of the campaign. Here's my video from last night.
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Justin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
damn it why are you funnier than me
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Justin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
enjoying the bold new ndp strategy of “what if we say we know this sucks”
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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 24/09/2026
This is absolutely deranged: Months before murdering 6 people and injuring 27 more, ChatGPT told the teen school shooter in Tumbler Ridge, BC that using a Remington 870 pump-action shotgun is “brutal” in a “hallway, indoors or a crowded classroom” because “close quarters” is that gun’s “playground”
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Justin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
also those were only half of the trump comments today because i wanted to add a tiny bit more context on this one and nobody needs a 30 second montage anyways here is a chart
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Justin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
not gonna do a montage for every press conference but Eby's Day 1 campaign strategy is still holding strong on Day 3
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Justin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
7:40: live radio on local elections 10:00: live local tv on famous roadside attraction 10:30: podcast recording on local elections 11:00: interview for story on bc election 12:00: live radio on impact of duel elections 3:00: film tv story 4:30: live national tv on provincial election 31 days to go
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Emily Fagan @thatemfagan.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
One issue at the forefront of some voter’s minds in a Vancouver Island municipality has lead to threats, harassment, and serious division: off-leash dogs in local parks. I took a look into how this years-long battle is impacting the race for new local leaders: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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How a war over off-leash dogs could be poised to shake up Saanich municipal elections | CBC News
As British Columbians prepare to head to the polls, a grassroots campaign is underway to urge Saanich voters to elect municipal leaders who support one specific issue: the right for dogs to frolic off...
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Thomas Seal @twseal.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Two days after BC NDP leader David Eby decided to call a snap election, his party is six points behind the opposition BC Conservatives in initial vote intent, according to the Angus Reid Institute
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Ballot Backlash: BC Conservatives open 8-point lead after snap election call, but electorate far from locked in - Angus Reid Institute Canada
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Andrea Woo @andreawoo.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
* timeline cleanse * Please enjoy this adorable CBC video of a preschool class in Baltimore taking an imaginary trip to Canada 🥹🇨🇦
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Justin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Also: we won a provincial award for best podcast yesterday! Our @cbcstephenquinn.bsky.social led team has grown This is Vancouver into a top 100 news podcast in Canada, and for a thing that only focuses on a single Metro city, that’s pretty rewarding.
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Justin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Programming note: This Is Vancouver is continuing to focus on local elections over this month (there's nothing else happening, right?) and on Tuesday, we held our Delta mayoral debate. It got overshadowed because of *events*, but it's a feisty one! www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4n6...
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Who will be the next mayor of Delta?
YouTube video by CBC British Columbia
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Justin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Awful news out of Sicamous, as the iconic D Dutchmen Dairy was mostly destroyed by a fire overnight. 40 calves died. What a terrible tragedy for such a beloved business.
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Justin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
David Eby is running against one main opponent this election, and it’s not Lorne Doerkson. My column, montage, and chart for the day.
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Justin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Certainly could happen! An attack against the beliefs of caucus members and who would be driving the bus if they got a majority is a fair argument The constitutional chaos that many NDP candidates are throwing out there today (in a totally not planned strategy) is less so bsky.app/profile/ntrn...
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Justin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The NDP has lots of leadership rules too. And sometimes, rules suddenly change. Remember Anjali Appadurai? While the Conservative base might be extremely volatile, the idea that MLAs would stage a coup immediately after going from the brink of disaster to government is, um, a stretch.
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Justin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
To be clear: today's repeated NDP claim that it would be uncertain who leads B.C. if the Conservatives win isn't grounded in constitutional principals The premier is whoever can command the confidence of the legislature If a Conservative MLA is in power after the election, they'll have confidence
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Justin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
there are two new parties in this election (OneBC and CentreBC), the Conservatives only have one election worth of data, and the political culture of many regions of the province has shifted over the past 30 years provincewide seat projections can be helpful individual projections mostly aren't
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Justin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Getting this out of the way early: if you share vote prediction screenshots for individual ridings from election projection websites And frame it as a poll or something with authority And there has been no actual polling done in that riding I will think much less of you please don't annoy me
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Justin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
tbh would be worried if you did
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Justin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
the same place i post about my podcasts you're not aware of
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Justin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Privately, every major party and politician in this province has happily tell me that they went overboard on prioritizing Twitter in the past and that it's not particularly helpful to their campaigns in the present. And publicly, they can't break their fixation on it. It is what it is.
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Justin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
your periodic reminder
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Justin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
That's four cabinet ministers not seeking re-election for the NDP: Bailey, Kahlon, Greene and Popham
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Justin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
okay andrew
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CHEK News @cheknews.ca · 23/09/2026
A familiar face is making his return to B.C. politics, this time with a new party. cheknews.ca/former-green-leader-and…
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Former Green leader Andrew Weaver now running under CentreBC banner
A familiar face is making his return to B.C. politics, this time with a new party.
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Justin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
MSNBC: 5% CNN: 2% HGTV: three to the tenth power TBS: texas with a dollar sign in front of it
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