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Metrotowner @metrotowner.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
2/ Case in point: I walked through the neighborhoods east of Willingdon toward Deer Lake. There’s an abundance of green space, tree canopy, and pervious land. These two parcels north of Grassmere and Elsom were rezoned under SSMUH. Replaced with a dozen, or more, small family housing units.
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Metrotowner @metrotowner.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The fairies have settled in #Burnaby parks
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Joel Gibbs @joel-gibbs.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Ensuring every neighbourhood has at least 20% tree canopy is a significant step to ensure equity across Burnaby, provide climate mitigation & reduce heat island impacts, allowing cooler temperatures in summer heat More platform details: joelgibbs.ca/platform burnabygreenparty.com/our-platform/
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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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Joel Gibbs @joel-gibbs.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
I am running for Burnaby City Council as a Burnaby Green Party candidate. I am running because there are so many things that the city can solve, if only there was the political will to do so. For the full platform, more details, to donate or volunteer please visit joelgibbs.ca
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Joel Gibbs for Burnaby Council - Building A Better Burnaby Together - Joel Gibbs for Burnaby City Council
Join us in solving housing affordability, making transit faster and more efficient, and enhancing street safety for all Burnaby residents. Together, we can create a thriving, inclusive community. Vote for Joel Gibbs and the Burnaby Green Party on October 17th!
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Movement: Metro Vancouver Transit Riders @movementyvr.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
On Monday morning, we rode the very first extended R2 at 5:55am. 😴 Council candidate Joel Gibbs who is running with the Burnaby Green Party joined us. We agree that it’s super exciting to have north-south rapid transit in Burnaby! Thank you Joel!
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Metrotowner @metrotowner.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
My teams are long gone, so I’ll be cheering for Spain today at Percy Perry Stadium in Coquitlam.
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Metrotowner @metrotowner.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
At Coquitlam’s Blue Mountain Park for another win over Morocco.
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Metrotowner @metrotowner.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
⚡May 12, 2026, Council Letter, "From Inclusion to Exclusion: #Burnaby's Policy Pivot on Inclusionary Housing" pub-burnaby.escribemeetings.com/filestream.a... 🔹Historical Perspective 🔹What “Inclusionary” Means in Terms of “Affordability" 🔹The CMHC “Adaptation” Rationale 🔹Vancouver’s Broadway Plan
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Metrotowner @metrotowner.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
⚡️#Burnaby Gentrification on Steroids Table shows how #Burnaby's new inclusionary rental requirements, and the abandonment of 1 : 1 replacement, would affect some past #Metrotown rezonings. (Note: old rezonings follow old rules, but it shows what to expect.)
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Metrotowner @metrotowner.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
DelirioMexicanFood - New Mexican street food trailer in #Metrotown on Silver Ave by the picnic/playground at Maywood Park. Amazing idea, with even better tacos. They say they’re there Fri–Sun, weather permitting.
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Metrotowner @metrotowner.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
One of three Canadians in Texas = my shot at free coffee for a week. I need this 🤞
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Metrotowner @metrotowner.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
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Metrotowner @metrotowner.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
⚡"Say yes to the supportive housing proposal at 5389 Imperial Street!" t.co/UVjc9iWeKi
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https://you.leadnow.ca/petitions/tell-burnaby-council-to-say-yes-to-supportive-housing
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Metrotowner @metrotowner.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
⚡Jan 27, 2026, Council letter, "City of Burnaby Utilizing Twitter" Letter writer asks City of #Burnaby to follow the example of Port Moody and discontinue using Twitter. pub-burnaby.escribemeetings.com/filestream.a... I'd support this move. Establish a presence on BlueSky.
pub-burnaby.escribemeetings.com
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Metrotowner @metrotowner.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
"Crows take flight 'from pariah to poster bird'” bcitnews.com/from-pariah-... 🔹 "Research by ornithologists Robert W. Butler and George Clulow traces the origins of the massive #Burnaby crow roost back to the 1970s" With sources to delve deeper into the nature & origins of these intelligent birds.
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PHOTO: Crows take flight ‘from pariah to poster bird’ | BCIT News
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Metrotowner @metrotowner.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
Drive-thru TD ATM at Kingsway/Victoria.
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Metrotowner @metrotowner.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
A Clüsterfünke Christmas, free on CBC Gem. Its sole redeeming feature: it was shot at #Burnaby Village Museum on Deer Lake. I remember, a friend and I accidentally wandered into the set while heading for coffee in the museum :) By any Christmas-movie standard, it’s really bad. C’mon.
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Metrotowner @metrotowner.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
Swartz Bay
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RGBAtlantica 🇨🇦 @ratlantica.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
Roman Danylo does a Pierrody of Pierre Poilievre, the guy who lost his seat in the last election. Ride 'Em Cowboy #comedy #parody #comedyshow #canada #canadian #Poilievre Find him on TikTok www.tiktok.com/@thecomicstr...
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Metrotowner @metrotowner.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
Juniper Point at Lighthouse Park
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Metrotowner @metrotowner.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
#Microsoft jacked up the 365 Personal price by 46%. Guess I’m now in the market for a cheaper alternative.
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Metrotowner @metrotowner.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
There's a new girl in #Metrotown that stole my ❤️
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Metrotowner @metrotowner.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
At the memorial site on Fraser and 41st, the atmosphere is overwhelming. At any given moment, dozens of people gather to pay their respects to the victims of the tragedy.
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Metrotowner @metrotowner.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
R.I.P. my friend.
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Metrotowner @metrotowner.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
The 1859 Pig War was the last U.S.-Canada military standoff, sparked when an American settler shot a pig belonging to the British Hudson’s Bay Company. Both sides occupied San Juan Island until Kaiser Wilhelm I of Germany mediated a peaceful resolution. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pig_War...
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Pig War (1859) - Wikipedia
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Metrotowner @metrotowner.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
⚡️"Canada goose fights off bald eagle in rare, symbolism-laden battle on ice" theguardian.com/environment/... "After a 20-minute confrontation the defeated raptor flew off."
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Canada goose fights off bald eagle in rare, symbolism-laden battle on ice
Photographer captures 20-minute clash between birds emblematic of Canada and US amid high trade tensions
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Metrotowner @metrotowner.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
⚡️"In Viral Campaign, Anti-Musk UK Group Urges Public: 'Don't Buy a Swasticar'" www.commondreams.org/news/tesla-ad
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In Viral Campaign, Anti-Musk UK Group Urges Public: 'Don't Buy a Swasticar' | Common Dreams
U.K. group unveils ad targeting Elon Musk's Tesla vehicles in response to his fueling of far-right politics in the U.S. and Europe. #Swasticar #EveryoneHatesElon
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Metrotowner @metrotowner.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
250,680 Canadians have signed a House of Commons petition in just five days to revoke Elon Musk's Canadian citizenship. We can easily push this to a million. The petition is open for signature until June 20, 2025. ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
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Metrotowner @metrotowner.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Jan 2025 Update of Approved #Metrotown Housing since 2010 ⚡️53 rezonings ⚡️21,070 (net) new units 🔹17,899 strata 🔹3,171 rentals:🔺3,175 market;🔺318 market-median;🔻-322 (❗️fewer) moderately priced (2,069 new non-market - 2,391 #demovictions) ⚡️21,855 (net) new parking
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Metrotowner @metrotowner.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
Free Coffee for a Week, thanks to Tim Hortons and Morgan Geekie of the Bruins. I think I’m getting the hang of this!
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Metrotowner @metrotowner.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
⚡️ #Burnaby Forest Strategy "we’d rather be overly ambitious and not reach that target than be under-ambitious and then reach that target" Paraphrase: "we’d rather set an unrealistic goal we can proudly fail at than set a realistic one we might actually achieve." burnabybeacon.com/p/public-eng...
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Public engagement for urban forest strategy underway
Burnaby residents can share their thoughts in an online survey until Feb. 10, 2025
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Metrotowner @metrotowner.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
Early morning sunrise on Kingsway in #Metrotown.
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Metrotowner @metrotowner.bsky.social · 22/12/2024
⚡CMHC released 2024 Purpose-Built Market Rental Report www03.cmhc-schl.gc.ca/hmip-pimh/en... #Burnaby-wide: 🔹Rentals 11,324, -8 (lowest in history; 16,833 in 1990) 🔹Avg rent $1,768, +7.2% 🔹Median rent $1,700, +9.7% 🔹Vacancy 1.5%, +0.3% #Burnaby inclusionary rents are based on median.
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Metrotowner @metrotowner.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
⚡️"Vancouver’s Broadway Plan Gets a Big Boost. At What Cost?" thetyee.ca/News/2024/12...
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Vancouver’s Broadway Plan Gets a Big Boost. At What Cost? | The Tyee
Council looks into fears of renter displacement, pushes ahead on density.
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Metrotowner @metrotowner.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
✨"Both parties talk 'balance' as Greens agree to deal that stabilizes B.C. NDP" vancouversun.com/news/bc-ndp-...
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Both parties talk 'balance' as Greens agree to deal that stabilizes B.C. NDP
The two parties have been in talks since the Oct. 19 election, as the NDP looks to shore up its narrow majority.
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Metrotowner @metrotowner.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Dec 9, 2024, "Thind Facing Foreclosure On #Burnaby Maywood Project Acquired This Year" storeys.com/thind-4330-m...
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Thind Facing Foreclosure On Burnaby Maywood Project Acquired This Year
The Madeira Manor site at 4330 Maywood Street (6677 Silver Avenue) in Burnaby was acquired by Thind Properties from Kirpal Group.
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Metrotowner @metrotowner.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
⚡ Nov 23, 2024, "Pause the Plan" rally at #Vancouver City Hall. Rethink the Broadway Plan. Inspirational speaker talks about their tenant relocation experience. www.youtube.com/watch?v=55Ky...
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Pause the Plan Rally - Nov 23, 2024
YouTube video by VanPoli
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Metrotowner @metrotowner.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
⚡"#Burnaby RCMP appealing for information, urging Tesla driver to come forward, as part of arson investigation" bc-cb.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/ViewPage.act...
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Burnaby RCMP - Burnaby RCMP appealing for information, urging Tesla driver to come forward, as part of arson investigation
Burnaby RCMP appealing for information, urging Tesla driver to come forward, as part of arson investigation
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Metrotowner @metrotowner.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
⚡"Donations pour in to help families who lost homes in #Burnaby apartment fire" www.burnabynow.com/local-news/d... "Manuel and Eva.. had just enough time to grab their two young boys, their dog Maggie and Eva's purse before fleeing the burning building in their pyjamas"
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Donations pour in to help families who lost homes in Burnaby apartment fire
GoFundMe campaigns have already raised tens of thousands of dollars for residents displaced by a fire at Cameray Gardens north of Central Park early Tuesday morning.
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Metrotowner @metrotowner.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
⚡"RCMP investigating Burnaby fire as ‘possible arson’; 2 people hospitalized, 100 displaced" vancouver.citynews.ca/2024/11/19/b... That's the notorious #Metrotown building on Kingsway and Jersey Street.
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RCMP investigating Burnaby fire as 'possible arson'
A massive fire in Burnaby overnight sent two people to hospital early Tuesday morning. The RCMP says it may be a possible arson.
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Metrotowner @metrotowner.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
I had to travel to Squamish, and with no reasonable transit options, I rented a car, returning around 6 PM. / What Google estimates as a 1-hour, 3-minute drive over 75.2 km turned into 2.5 hours of burning ~6 liters of gasoline, alongside thousands of other cars. / We need transit on the Sea-to-Sky.
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Metrotowner @metrotowner.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
A lone swan in the Squamish estuary. How magical.
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Metrotowner @metrotowner.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
⚡"City Of #Burnaby Pays $65M For Metrotown Place Office Towers Under Receivership" storeys.com/slate-metrot...
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City Of Burnaby Pays $65M For Metrotown Place Office Towers Under Receivership
The Metrotown Place office towers at 4330 Kingsway and 5945 Kathleen Avenue in Burnaby were owned by Slate Asset Management when it was placed under receivership.
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Metrotowner @metrotowner.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Nov 18, 2021, Council Letter, Regional Affordable Rental Housing Target Implementation Guideline pub-burnaby.escribemeetings.com/filestream.a... The former Mayor of #NewWest, Jonathan Cote, seemingly joined #MetroVancouver as Deputy General Manager of Regional Planning and Housing Development.
pub-burnaby.escribemeetings.com
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Metrotowner @metrotowner.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
✨Advocacy web page: Save the #KathleenForest savekathleenforest.wordpress.com #KathleenForest is a small but vital green oasis in the heart of #Metrotown. Thanks to community efforts, several trees have been saved from removal, but more work is needed to ensure this urban sanctuary remains intact.
savekathleenforest.wordpress.com
Save the Kathleen Forest
Visit the post for more.
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Metrotowner @metrotowner.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
Remembrance Day 2024 at the Victory Square in #Vancouver.
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