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Michelle Cyca @michellecyca.com · 20/08/2026

whenever I want to be astonished by mankind's endless capacity for delusion and hubris, I go to Facebook Marketplace, where today someone is selling an old UBC sweatshirt for $800

Facebook Marketplace listing for a "Vintage 1950s Vancouver UBC Sweatshirt" for $800.

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Michelle Cyca @michellecyca.com · 20/08/2026

as an editor I'm trying to bring this forward in stories at The Narwhal; it is relevant information to readers if the government agencies that represent them are unwilling to provide information about their work.

An excerpt from a Narwhal story with the subhed "What does Canada's fisheries department say," reading, "Fisheries and Oceans Canada (commonly called DFO) was not able to arrange an interview, despite repeated requests made several weeks in advance of publication."

An excerpt from a Narwhal story about housing, reading, "In lieu of answering The Narwhal’s specific questions, the ministry sent a statement, saying it is in the process of developing additional building code requirements “to address climate change adaptation and mitigation in existing buildings and result in new standards by 2030.”

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Michelle Cyca @michellecyca.com · 07/08/2026

desperate to find the person in my neighbourhood who has been waging a sign-based war on this messy property (valued at $6.2 million) for at least seven years now. first photo from 2026, on reddit; second from 2019, via theBreaker.news.

An under-construction property with orange fencing outside. A sign posted on the fencing reads THIS MESS HAS TAKEN 8 YEARS TO BE 1/2 FINISHED. DISGUSTING & INCONSIDERATE

A Twitter screenshot from Sep 1 2019, of a Tudor-style house behind a black fence. A sign on the fence reads "DISGRACEFUL MAINTENANCE. This Owner has no respect for his neighbours and even less for the neighbourhood.)

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Michelle Cyca @michellecyca.com · 31/07/2026

two days after Vancouver city council voted down their own Villages Plan, west side residents who opposed the plan en masse are complaining that Dunbar (!!) doesn’t have any wine bars, boutiques or gyms — the kind of amenities that require neighbourhood density to support

Hi fellow neighbours. Have you ever wondered why Dunbar has been so slow to develop decent shops and restaurants? Dunbar & King Ed; Dunbar & W 16th; Dunbar & W 41st - all pretty well trafficed intersections yet theres no decent pub, restaurant or wine bar. No boutique shops or decent shopping. There's also no decent gym besides the community centres which are fine but not if you like specialized equipment.
What gives? I've been in Dunbar for over 10 years & more recently moved to Southlands. Before that was in Kits. Kits is vibrant but a different crowd.
Would love to see some better business development in Dunbar / Southlands & area.
Closest thing is Kerrisdale - concentrated to a few blocks, still only one decent wine bar - not much selection.

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Michelle Cyca @michellecyca.com · 15/07/2026

better reasons to bully this man than his views on dating as a Republican. for example, his bowtie erotica

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Michelle Cyca @michellecyca.com · 15/07/2026

my friend Amanda has discovered this lonely man is also... an author

A book cover entitled "HYBRID HYSTERIA — A Novel of Corporate Intrigue Both Holy and Diabolical (The Global Thriller Hysteria Series (part of the Dr. Fr. Cavanaugh Chronicles)". To describe it further would be a crime.

A book cover reading: "Heavy Hysteria: — A Novel of Corporate Intrigue Involving the Minerals of This Sacred Earth (The Global Thriller Hysteria Series (part of the Dr. Fr. Cavanaugh Chronicles))"

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Michelle Cyca @michellecyca.com · 07/07/2026

the whole interview is pretty wild! from the Mar. 31, 2010 edition of The Province:

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Michelle Cyca @michellecyca.com · 27/06/2026

“you can’t label people with AI girlfriends weird because there are so many of them now” is quite the argument www.nytimes.com/2026/06/20/b...

But his instinct toward humanism, admirable as it is, can lead to oversimplified generalizations about the technology itself.
"Practically everyone who falls for the A.I. hype is dreaming of getting a human need fulfilled without having to extend moral consideration," he writes. "That's as true of the A.I. girlfriend weirdos as it is of the bosses hoping to use A.I. to replace half their workers and terrorize the remainder" I'm not sure you can call them "A.I. girlfriend weirdos" when, by some estimates, one in five young adults in America have engaged romantically with A.I.

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Michelle Cyca @michellecyca.com · 16/06/2026

a note that the federal government's map of long-term drinking water advisories is misleading — in B.C. water advisories are tracked by the provincial First Nations Health Authority and ignored by the federal government. some B.C. First Nations have been under boil-water advisories since 2019.

a map of active long-term drinking water advisories, which shows 0 active drinking water advisories in B.C. First Nations communities. this is not true as there are many current, ongoing advisories that are simply not tracked by Indigenous Services Canada

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Michelle Cyca @michellecyca.com · 11/06/2026

if readers take the time to email me at @thenarwhal.ca, I take the time to reply 💕

Hi Ken,

Thanks for the email. In the era of ChatGPT, it's almost touching to see someone write their racist screed the old-fashioned way! Unfortunately for you, Aboriginal rights are not an "abstract philosophical or political whim" but enshrined in the Canadian constitution, which legal experts say would be nearly impossible to amend — though I guess you can dream! For now maybe just deal with it :)

I won't be forwarding this to Ms. White.

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Michelle Cyca @michellecyca.com · 09/06/2026

the @nytimes.com just posted another Western Canada reporter job, hopefully that means they'll soon have at least one person on staff who knows the difference between Vancouver and Vancouver Island

“Our Perfect Storm,” Fortune’s latest, follows in its predecessors’ footsteps — not only debuting at the top of the best-seller list but whisking readers to a bucolic corner of Canada.

This time we’re off to Tofino, Vancouver’s rainforest beach paradise, on the heels of a jilted bride and her tall, handsome bestie who insists the honeymoon will proceed as planned. Well, mostly.

All this razzle dazzle seemed far away as Fortune chatted, fresh- faced with a smattering of freckles, on a video call from her 1950s bungalow in Toronto.

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Michelle Cyca @michellecyca.com · 04/06/2026

every video is like this! the vehicle is moving as they look & talk directly into their phone. it makes me feel insane.

a woman in a yellow sweatshirt drinks an iced cap while looking into her phone. she is also driving her car, which is moving while she records her video.

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Michelle Cyca @michellecyca.com · 14/05/2026

more bizarre errors from the @nytimes.com Canada desk: there are no "overlapping ranges" of grizzly bears or polar bears in Saskatchewan, even in the "far north" of the province. where is this stuff coming from? www.nytimes.com/2026/05/13/w...

an excerpt reading: "“Here in Canada, unless you’re in downtown Toronto, you’re in bear country,” said Mr. McMullen, a former regional wildlife officer in the Northwest Territories and Nunavut.

“Black bears, grizzly bears and polar bears. You have to go out, aware that those things are there, and take the time to learn about them, what you can do to prevent encounters, and what to do if you do get into an encounter,” he said. “So a little bit of responsibility by people going into their country goes a long way.”

He said mining companies in the Northwest Territories and in Nunavut, where he worked, erected electric bear fences around housing camps for workers in areas where bears were active.

Saskatchewan is one of the few places in the world where there are overlapping ranges of black, grizzly and polar bears in the far north.

“In bear country, you’ve got to pay a little more attention to your surroundings,” Mr. McMullen said. “That allows you to detect bears from much greater distances so you don’t surprise each other, making noises at the appropriate times.”

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Michelle Cyca @michellecyca.com · 10/05/2026

deeply distressing but also one hell of a read

An excerpt from the article:

At the event in Edmonton, he told a story about a reformed gangster turned marijuana farmer in Bonnyville getting beat up after cutting off a home invader's hand with an axe before driving his assailants away with an unregistered firearm. It ended with easily the most surprising punchline I have ever heard.
"He's got a concussion," Sylvestre said of the ex-gangster. "And what happens in the hospital?"
He paused for effect.
"The doctor offers him MAID."
(I was not able to reach either the axe-wielding marijuana farmer or his lawyer, but one Alberta expert on medical assistance in dying told me the scenario as described struck her as "ridiculous.")

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Michelle Cyca @michellecyca.com · 09/05/2026

here’s the quoted post that is now deleted, for context

Post reading: “ Long ago it said that the pressure campaign to get people to agree to not use Al would just cause them to use Al and lie about it (and do it badly) instead of learning to use it responsibly and that keeps being proven emperically. "No Al" just causes worse outcomes at scale.”

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Michelle Cyca @michellecyca.com · 08/05/2026

it's a violation of the NYT's own AI policy, and it's also not disclosed that AI was used to report the article. how many other articles at the @nytimes.com contain AI-generated misinformation that's gone unchecked? www.nytco.com/press/princi...

Headline from the Times reading "How The New York Times Uses A.I. for Journalism". The subhead reads: "We don’t use A.I. to write articles, and journalists are ultimately responsible for everything that we publish."

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Michelle Cyca @michellecyca.com · 08/05/2026

personally I think it's a very big deal that the Canada bureau chief for the @nytimes.com — certainly one of the highest-paid journalists in the country — asked an unspecified "AI tool" what Poilievre said & published its AI-hallucinated quotes in her reporting.

Editors’ Note: May 1, 2026
This article was updated after The Times learned that a remark attributed to Pierre Poilievre, the Conservative leader, was in fact an A.I.-generated summary of his views about Canadian politics that A.I. rendered as a quotation. The reporter should have checked the accuracy of what the A.I. tool returned. The article now accurately quotes from a speech delivered by Mr. Poilievre in April. He said, “My personal opinion is that when a member of Parliament goes back on the word they made to their constituents and switches parties, constituents should be able to petition to throw them out and have a byelection. That would put the people back in charge of our democracy rather than having dirty backroom Liberal deals by Mark Carney determine our destiny.” He did not refer to politicians who changed allegiances as turncoats in that speech.

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Michelle Cyca @michellecyca.com · 14/03/2026

not surprising but still worth lingering on that proud, self-avowed Nazis say journalists and anti-hate groups pose a bigger threat to white supremacist groups than cops

Highly public moments like this are key for these white nationalist groups, who have been open about their desire to shift what’s seen as acceptable discourse in our society.

Speaking in another X Space on Dec. 3, Vriend displayed all the strategic prowess of a villain in a bad movie, monologuing about the group’s key weakness to anyone listening.

“In my experience, the much more threatening element is actually non-state actors. So it’s the [Canadian Anti-Hate Network], the CBC, random Antifa... they will do much more damage to your life for being part of an organization like this than the police will,” he explained.

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Michelle Cyca @michellecyca.com · 02/03/2026

as we discuss B.C.'s announcement to adopt permanent Daylight Saving Time, let's not lose sight of what's important

a screenshot from the TV show Veep, where Kent is correcting someone who says "Happy Daylight Savings Time." It is, as Kent points out, "Daylight SAVING Time." No plural savings. Got it???

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Michelle Cyca @michellecyca.com · 27/02/2026

in 1999 I had this translucent candy-coloured discman immortalized in Mandy Moore's "Candy" music video (also released in 1999)

Mandy Moore wearing a butter-yellow camisole over a red cami, with a teal silk skirt matching her teal discman (on a strap!)

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Michelle Cyca @michellecyca.com · 13/02/2026

oops already overtaken by a new favourite: "stabbing murders" in the general vicinity of this proposed school, a concern that buries the lede about the impacted view from a condo that the letter-writer "paid a lot of money for"

Hi. We live a [address redacted] and with face north towards the proposed school zone location. Not only do we disagree with the extended height, but the location of the school, which is not safe for children. There's been stabbing murders and crime and drug usersin the
area and by putting a school there it's not going make any difference or any safer for families. We paid a lot of money for the view of our condo as most of our neighbours have done also Extending the height will obstruct more of our view so we totally oppose of any extended height of this building and to be Frank putting a school in this area is totally ridiculous as most families do not want to live in an area that's unsafe.

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Michelle Cyca @michellecyca.com · 13/02/2026

reading the submissions to council on approving a much-needed school in Olympic Village as a form of self-harm; my favourite, perhaps, is the argument that school-aged children are a "select minority" who infringe upon the god-given rights of business owners and park users

I don’t agree with putting a school in this area. The park is used by residents in the neighbourhood and there is already a shortage of green space. The green space should be put to a use that benefits all residents and not just a small select group. The proposed size of the school is too small to meet current and future needs, and a bigger school in another larger location would be more effective. A school will exacerbate traffic and parking issues for residents at peak commuting times. There is a limited amount of parking available and it would impact local businesses to take it away for school related users. Increasing the height of the permitted zoning would unfairly block views of the buildings behind the school and would decrease property values for owners who bought based on the existing zoning. This park is very coveted green space and an important part of the community. It should be available for use by all residents and not taken away to service the needs of a select minority.

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Michelle Cyca @michellecyca.com · 07/02/2026

thank you @gabrielledrolet.bsky.social for bringing my deranged avian romance archetypes to life! proud to be a snowy owl

an illustration of a snowy owl looking for partners on a bird dating app called BREEED

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Michelle Cyca @michellecyca.com · 01/12/2025

my kids are listening to Hawksley Workman on my iPod from 2006 & I can truthfully tell them there is no option to put on K-Pop Demon Hunters instead

A generation 3 iPod with the spinny wheel feature playing Anger as Beauty by Hawksley Workman

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Michelle Cyca @michellecyca.com · 27/11/2025

the Bow Valley Insider is hiring an “AI-first reporter” to produce ChatGPT articles about Canmore, Alberta, if anyone is looking for a low-paying job that rots your soul ca.indeed.com/m/viewjob?jk...

A Very Modern, Al-First Role
This is not a traditional journalism job. In fact, it's the opposite.
You will not be writing your stories.
Al will handle the writing.
If that sentence bothers you, this isn't your role.
But does that mean we're looking for bad writers?
Absolutely not. You still need to be a strong writer, storyteller, and communicator so that you can recognize when Al spits out slop. You're essentially the editor, quality control, and context-builder, making sure the article actually reflects local reality.
Think of yourself as a reporter who doesn't type.
You investigate, gather, fact-check, shape, and guide. The Al does the drafting.

Output Expectations
Because the writing is Al-enabled, your time goes into sourcing stories and interviewing. You won't be sitting around drafting paragraphs.
The weekly expectation is 7+ articles, between 400 and 1200 words each. This is very achievable within 10 hours/week using an Al-first approach.
• Pay: $1,000/month to start
• Raises to: $1,200/month after 6 months
Example Articles
1000 words: Town of Canmore Closes It's Only
Drop-In Childcare Program
400 words: Banff Cleans Up After Overnight Windstorm

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Michelle Cyca @michellecyca.com · 26/11/2025

Luigi Mangione, the small-town projectionist from the film “Cinema Paradiso”

A tshirt featuring Luigi Mangione shirtless with pink text reading “I can fix him” and some hearts and doves

Text from the tshirt retailer displaying some intriguing AI generated hallucinations:

Luigi Mangione I Can Fix Him T-shirts capture the essence of a timeless romantic gesture, promising a testament to unwavering love and a belief in the transformative power of redemption. This iconic apparel line pays tribute to the poignant sentiment expressed by the character of Luigi Mangione in the acclaimed Italian film "Cinema Paradiso."

In the film, Luigi, a projectionist at a small-town cinema, utters the unforgettable line "I can fix him" in reference to his troubled and estranged childhood friend, Salvatore. This phrase signifies Luigi's unwavering belief in salvatore's capacity for change and his selfless desire to help him overcome his demons.

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Michelle Cyca @michellecyca.com · 25/11/2025

Chotiner is accusing Semafor of doing softball PR for Saudi Arabia!

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Michelle Cyca @michellecyca.com · 21/11/2025

was on the radio today responding to @petermeiszner.bsky.social's explanation for why the city is removing 5% of change tables in civic spaces. the TL;DR is even parents & babies in "highly vandalized areas" deserve essential facilities. listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/7eot...

tweet from Peter Meiszner reading "I've heard from some residents concerned about a staff comment in council recently regarding removal of baby change tables. I want to provide more information as to why a small number are being removed--as a headline would likely raise eyebrows. #vanpoli" his tweet contains an excerpt of a report stating the city spent $56,000 over two years repairing vandalism to change tables specifically.

a larger image of the quoted report. the text reads "Approximately $520,000 was spent between 2023 and 2025 to repair vandalized assets within our Civic facilities and parks operations. Of this amount, $56,000 is attributable to the replacement of baby change tables in highly vandalized areas of the City.
Overall, City-wide vandalism-related repair costs for facilities have increased significantly from approximately $111,000 in 2024 to $260,000 in 2025 year to date. More importantly, the City cannot guarantee compliance with required safety standards, as daily safety inspections are not feasible. For these reasons, these units are recommended for removal While approximately 600 change tables remain in place across City locations, a small number of change tables are planned to be removed from facilities (approximately 5-6%) as they have undergone repeated vandalism and are no longer safe for use.
We have heard the concerns raised by the public and remain committed to ensuring Vancouver is a family-friendly city. To support this, we can provide signage to help residents locate the nearest available change table or dispenser."

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Michelle Cyca @michellecyca.com · 19/11/2025

there's a change-in being staged at Vancouver City Hall next week, coinciding with the vote on a proposed budget that may see change tables removed from city facilities to "save money" www.instagram.com/p/DRNu5kYksgu/

screenshot of an Instagram post reading "This budget stinks! We demand a change". The date of the event is Nov. 25 at 9am, meeting in the lobby of Vancouver City Hall at 453 W 12th

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Michelle Cyca @michellecyca.com · 18/11/2025

the only winner in this whole sordid affair is a Vancouver backpack brand

the first paragraph of Ryan Lizzo's revenge blog post "Part 1: How I Found Out" reading "Olivia had just returned from a reporting trip—at least that’s what she told me it was—and her Herschel backpack, the one with the flap that never quite closed properly, was tossed beside our bed, its contents scattered on the floor." If you don't know anything about this, don't read it, it's terrible.

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Michelle Cyca @michellecyca.com · 13/11/2025

as @cityofvancouver.bsky.social mulls removing change tables for budgetary reasons (?), a reminder that my husband and I have been mapping crowdsourced change table locations for the last two years for "fun!" vancouverchangetables.com

a screenshot of the change table map. green icons indicate accessible change tables; yellow change tables indicate change tables available only in women's bathrooms; red indicate businesses without change tables

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Michelle Cyca @michellecyca.com · 09/11/2025

weather has really been outperforming the forecast lately. if you are feeling Seasonally Affected may I suggest hauling ass to the beach

A crescent of beach with the city in the background and a blue sky streaked with clouds overhead

Sandy beach, golden leaves and mountains

A bald eagle in a tree who is pissed because some crows chased him until he dropped his big stick

A little creek at Spanish Banks that has been recently constructed, possibly for storm water management

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Michelle Cyca @michellecyca.com · 30/10/2025

Some news from me — I'm teaching a new class on freelancing at @ubcjournalism.bsky.social next term as the Asper Visiting Professor. jwam.ubc.ca/news/ubc-jou...

An image from the School of Journalism, Media and Creative Writing website reading "Asper Visiting Professor 2025-2026: Michelle Cyca, Bureau Chief, The Narwhal"

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Michelle Cyca @michellecyca.com · 29/09/2025

so fucking tiresome to get emails like this whenever I write about residential school history, truly. people who believe that graves don't exist if they can't see the bodies with their own two eyes possess the critical thinking skills of a baby playing peekaboo.

I hope you are doing well.

I read your article on the Walrus on the reality of the current state on implementation of recommendations from that TRC. It truly is unfortunate that implementing these recommendations isn't proceeding with alacrity.

One are that is confusing for me is the truth around the Kamloops mass grave site. In your article, you state, "discovery of unmarked graves on the grounds of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School". However, follow up work hasn't found any mass graves. I have tried to find primary sources on discovery of actual mass graves without success.

Can you please share primary sources on this? I have spoken to others who state that though ground penetrating radar found some suggestions of graves, follow up digging did not find any actual graves.

Appreciate any help you can provide. Thank you.

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Michelle Cyca @michellecyca.com · 29/09/2025

incredible choice for "victim of the Canadian housing crisis"

A screenshot from the National Post article titled "How Canada's short-term thinking sparked a national housing crisis" opening with the plight of a guy named Eddie, who supposedly can't afford a house in Ottawa but also owns a rental property that generates $5,000/month net income

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Michelle Cyca @michellecyca.com · 10/09/2025

real question: why are they talking about confining children to the roof of the school? the proposal shows it adjoining Hinge Park, which has playgrounds and fields

rendering of the proposed new elementary school, which is shown next to Hinge Park, a very cute park and playground

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Michelle Cyca @michellecyca.com · 27/08/2025

it's only 8am and my day is already derailed by viewing photos of a "Vancouver loft for bibliophiles" that appears to be filled entirely with fake books

photo of a loft with brick walls, a large wood table and a full wall bookshelf lined with suspiciously blank books. the text overlaying the image says "Would you buy it? This $900K Vancouver loft is for bibliophiles"

Another shot of the bookshelf wall, which has a sliding ladder and is filled with colourful books that appear to be fake as there is no writing on the spines

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Michelle Cyca @michellecyca.com · 25/08/2025

yes I cite that in the article, as well as the problem of contemporary expectations around constant supervision and parental engagement that prevent kids from experiencing the kind of freedom you probably remember from your own childhood.

Like the earliest architects of the national education system, we could look elsewhere for inspiration. In Japan, schools typically have three short breaks between terms and one-third more days of instruction. Children are also less intensively supervised: in Tokyo neighbourhoods, a song is broadcast at 5 p.m. as a daily test of the emergency sound system, but it’s also a city-wide reminder for kids to head home as their parents finish work. Many European countries have similarly-scheduled school years but much more vacation for working adults. Distributing vacation time more evenly across the school year might benefit students, but it won’t address the widespread problem of North American parents who are expected to work fifty weeks per year.

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Michelle Cyca @michellecyca.com · 21/08/2025

and what's more, VPD refused to answer questions, give an interview, and may have deleted relevant correspondence about the decision; even VPD's own privacy lawyer seemed surprised by the total absence of messages citing Ken Sim during a period that included his election to mayor & VPD board chair

text from the CTV news article: That was the case when Hurwitz [the VPD privacy and information lawyer] initially received no material from the police chief related to Ken Sim or the election, and sent an additional email to Palmer’s assistant.

Noting that the FOI request from CTV News covered the months after Sim was elected mayor, a position that automatically makes him chair of the Vancouver Police Board, Hurwitz asked: “There is nothing?”

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Michelle Cyca @michellecyca.com · 20/08/2025

the @cityofvancouver.bsky.social budget survey does not even include an option of raising property taxes more than 5% in order to *increase* the service delivery. (An increase of 5% on a $2m property is less than $300 a year.)

A question reading: Property taxes are the City’s main source of revenue and help fund the services people rely on. For that reason, decisions about property tax rates and service levels are considered together during the budget process. Given this, which of the following do you prefer for managing property taxes and service levels? Select one."

Options include raising taxes by 5%, 2.5, 1.5 and 0. Only 5% would maintain service levels, everything else represents a cut. There is a write-in option.

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Michelle Cyca @michellecyca.com · 20/08/2025

filling out the @cityofvancouver.bsky.social budget survey and very curious to know who came up with these ethnicity categories... what the hell is "Indigenous general"?

A demographic question on the City of Vancouver budget survey that asks respondents to identify their main ethnic origin. The options for Indigenous include First Nations, Metis, Inuit, Indigenous general, and Multiple Indigenous identities

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Michelle Cyca @michellecyca.com · 19/08/2025

I'm sure Marsha Lederman has received many appalling emails and I don't want to minimize how awful that is, but I am astonished that she believes it's a uniquely Jewish experience. For instance, every Indigenous person who talks about residential schools (or anything!) gets a deluge of these emails.

Quote from today's article by Marsha Lederman: "A Vancouver therapist e-mailed me, mocking me for complaining about antisemitism in Canada, given what’s going on in Gaza. Would anyone (therapist or otherwise) dare write that to a member of any other ethnic minority group? Stop complaining; the racism your people are experiencing isn’t valid. Would they even think it?"

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Michelle Cyca @michellecyca.com · 19/08/2025

three years ago today I had a fun day on Granville Island for @thetyee.ca and wrote about it: thetyee.ca/Culture/2024...

Michelle holding a Harris's hawk, a little reddish-brown hawk with white feathers under its tail, wearing a falconer glove for protection

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Michelle Cyca @michellecyca.com · 18/08/2025

also never forget Ken Sim said that children’s artwork was unfairly intimidating. thenarwhal.ca/vancouver-ci...

councillors and those assembled. “That’s something we won’t tolerate,” he said. “I know how hard it is for people to come here — there’s a fear of speaking, it’s nerve-wracking and if there’s an opinion expressed that may not be aligned with councillors in this chamber — or the mayor — it’s intimidating at the best of times.” Sim agreed the signs should come down. “You made your point, you got your shot in the media. Now let’s make this chamber a safe space for everyone who wants to make their voice heard.”

Dominato, who attended by Zoom, asked for clarification: “Is that not artwork that was brought to city hall today by children, representing children?”

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Michelle Cyca @michellecyca.com · 16/08/2025

every once in awhile this old viral tweet resurfaces on an Instagram meme account & more than two years later it remains an unbeatable pairing

a tweet reading "asked my kid what she wanted to do over the long weekend and she said 'go to the big library and then eat a croissant.' a flawless itinerary"

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Michelle Cyca @michellecyca.com · 14/08/2025

delighted to inform this person who is mad about an interview I gave on @vancolour.bsky.social almost a year ago that in fact, I do own property in B.C. and yes, I am still in favour of the legal recognition of Indigenous rights and title.

text of an email reading:

Hello Michelle,
Just watched a video posted approximately 11 months ago with you saying private owned property was not on the table with indigenous land claims.
Now you can see with the latest court ruling that what you said is totally wrong. John Rustad was right when he said it was an assault on property land owners in British Columbia.
The supreme Court may overturn this ruling however it definitely is an assault on private land owners.
I wonder if you were a property owner in British Columbia if you would still have the same opinion on indigenous land claims??

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Michelle Cyca @michellecyca.com · 20/07/2025

suddenly desperate to know how the military comes up with call signs

Excerpt from CBC News reading “ Radiff, whose military call sign is "Fat Daddy," spoke to CBC from NORAD's headquarters on the Peterson Space Force Base in Colorado Springs, Colo., to discuss how these high-level defence decisions get made.”

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