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Rebecca Bollwitt

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Miss604.com est. 2004 📚 New book FREECOUVER is in stores now! 🏆 2025 City of Vancouver Award of Excellence 📰 Columnist & Photographer 💻 Managing Partner sixty4media 💟 @johnbollwitt.com

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Michelle Cyca @michellecyca.com · 1h
recommended reading today — Aaron Hemens’ interview with Phyllis Webstad, published two years ago on @indiginews.bsky.social. Webstad is not even mentioned on the federal government’s webpage for NDTR/Orange Shirt Day indiginews.com/news/orange-...
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Orange Shirt Day’s founder fears Sept. 30 is being co-opted from residential ‘school’ survivors
‘I don’t want Orange Shirt Day to be forgotten — it was started by a survivor,’ says Phyllis Webstad, whose 11-year-old event now coincides with National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
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APTN News @aptnnews.bsky.social · 1h
Remembering the Children: National Day for Truth and Reconciliation - Watch live: www.youtube.com/live/sn25kdf...
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Remembering The Children: National Day for Truth and Reconciliation | APTN News
YouTube video by APTN News
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Rebecca Bollwitt @miss604.com · 1h
“Today there are more Indigenous children in care than there were at the height of the residential school system. This is a momentous problem, especially in a time where so many in Canadian society seek to reconcile. Reconciliation simply cannot occur when our children & families continue to suffer”
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There Are More Indigenous Children in Care Now than at the Height of Residential Schools | The Walrus
Reconciliation simply cannot occur when children and families continue to suffer
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Rebecca Bollwitt @miss604.com · 1h
Listen. Believe. Honour. Learn, and take action. There are still 79 (of 94) Truth and Reconciliation Comission Calls to Action to complete! #NDTR #NationalDayForTruthAndReconciliation
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Beyond 94: Truth and Reconciliation in Canada
What's your call to action? #Beyond94: Truth and Reconciliation in Canada
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Rebecca Bollwitt @miss604.com · 28/09/2026
Events you can attend on National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, September 30th
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National Day for Truth and Reconciliation – Vancouver Events 2026
National Day for Truth and Reconciliation - Orange Shirt Day events around Vancouver on September 30, 2026 and beyond
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Rebecca Bollwitt @miss604.com · 19h
Fall is loading… #autumn #vancouver #photography
A tree in front of a red house next to a sidewalk and some bike share bikes parked at their stations. Yellow and red leaves on the ground. The leave on the top of the tree are a gradient orange and the rest is green Looking down at an iron grate on the sidewalk that has a leaf pattern which there are also real leaves on top of it. They are red and yellow Looking down at a yellow tactile sidewalk that has brown  leaves and chestnut husks on it
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Rebecca Bollwitt @miss604.com · 22h
Have I mentioned that our #book events not only include the regular Q&A and signing but John Lee and I have come up with a really fun and insightful #Vancouver trivia game? We've had great feedback so far. Join us at Hastings Mill Museum on November 20 with more to be announced soon!
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FREECOUVER Trivia Night - November 20 - Old Hastings Mill Store Museum
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Rebecca Bollwitt @miss604.com · 29/09/2026
Shout out to my sister who is nominated for an award from CAMSC (Canadian Aboriginal and Minority Supplier Council). This award recognizes individuals who champion inclusive procurement and help create pathways for suppliers.
A graphic listing nominees for an award.

MEET THE NOMINEES
Virtual Business
Achievement Awards Gala
PROCUREMENT BUSINESS ADVOCATE
OF THE YEAR AWARD
Edina Cavalli CIBC
Jenny Miles BCLC
David Hunt Canada Post Corporation
Luis Antonio Diaz Blü Al Technologies
Ann-Marie Anderson BMO
Stephanie Loureiro Speer Technologies
OCT 1, 2026 1:30-4 PM ET
CAMSC
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Rebecca Bollwitt @miss604.com · 29/09/2026
Hope to see you at Semiahmoo Shopping Centre on Saturday. I’ll be at Black Bond Books for their author extravaganza with @theaaronchapman.bsky.social @evelazarus.bsky.social @johnleewriter.bsky.social Susan Cormier, Christy K. Lee, and many more local authors 📚 #booksky
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Book Signing at the White Rock and South Surrey Culture Crawl
We join a roster of talented local authors at Black Bond Books for the White Rock and South Surrey Culture Crawl on October 3rd, signing copies of FREECOUVER.
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cecepoint.bsky.social @cecepoint.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
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Vision Zero Vancouver @visionzerovancouver.ca · 16/09/2026
Our much-anticipated Vancouver City Council full term report card is here! 📝 We look back over 4 years of council votes and give the mayor and each councillor a grade, backed up by solid numbers. How did your favourite councillor do? visionzerovancouver.ca/2026/09/16/v...
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Vancouver City Council Full Term Report Card
Vancouver heads to the polls in October to vote for its Mayor and Council, so we’re looking back on how all the incumbents voted on road safety measures over the full 4 year term.
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SEAN ORR @seanorr.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This is one of the best platforms we’ve ever had. Thanks to the members and candidates for all their input and staff for putting it all together
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Rebecca Bollwitt @miss604.com · 29/09/2026
Thomas Müller has been signed through the 2027 #MLS Sprint Season. When the ‘Caps first signed him of August 2025 they had this awesome, pretzel-abundant catering from MunChi Foods and I think about it often 😅 It’s been so exciting to watch him play for @whitecapsfc.com #VWFC in #Vancouver.
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Rebecca Bollwitt @miss604.com · 29/09/2026
It's time to dodge puddles and gather under the marquee as you take in some fall theatre productions around Vancouver. Check out immersive experiences, hilarious comedies, spooky thrillers, and some classic tales with a twist:
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Fall Theatre in Vancouver - What's on Stage in October
Stages light up across Vancouver this fall to bring us new productions, immersive experiences, spooky thrillers, and classic tales in October
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Rebecca Bollwitt @miss604.com · 29/09/2026
The October event list for Metro Vancouver is HERE. I update it daily so check back often:
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October Events in Vancouver 2026
Best events in Vancouver this month - October edition! Enjoy harvest, Halloween, music, and more around Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley
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Rebecca Bollwitt @miss604.com · 29/09/2026
@calculizer.bsky.social is this the good taco time? pagliacci.com/blog/posts/t...
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Rebecca Bollwitt @miss604.com · 28/09/2026
Suddenly it’s autumn in the West End #Vancouver #Fall 🍂🍁
A city park with yellow leaves covering some grass and a gravel path. There’s a park bench, green hedge in the background on the right, and several tall leafy trees with a fading canopy
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Rebecca Bollwitt @miss604.com · 28/09/2026
The Downtown Vancouver Farmers Market is on until December this year! Check it out every Wednesday in front of the art gallery (šxʷƛ̓ənəq Xwtl’e7énḵ Square) 🍎 eatlocal.org/markets/down...
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Rebecca Bollwitt @miss604.com · 28/09/2026
110 more emails to go, I'll stop complaining. This is actually my favourite post to write each month because I love seeing the diverse, engaging, and fun events the city comes up with. Lots of great theatre coming up too!
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Rebecca Bollwitt @miss604.com · 28/09/2026
Also an important tip: The links in your event PR emails should not have ?utm_source=chatgpt.com in them. If anything ?utm_source=newsletter. I'm ripping that out every time.
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Rebecca Bollwitt @miss604.com · 28/09/2026
Stanley Park Ecology hosts a Mushroom Stamp-Making Linocut Workshop on October 15th 🍄 Register online:
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Mushroom Stamp-Making: Linocut Workshop - Events - Stanley Park Ecology (SPE)
Join our stamp-making workshop to create your own mushroom stamp using the linocut technique! If you've ever wanted to try print-making, this is a beginner-friendly technique that can transform a simp...
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Rebecca Bollwitt @miss604.com · 28/09/2026
I am once again asking all event organizers to prominently display the DATE OF THE EVENT on their website. You'd be surprised how often I have to scour a site for an actual date. And if you put an animated COUNTDOWN instead? ☠️☠️☠️☠️
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Rebecca Bollwitt @miss604.com · 28/09/2026
I'm working on the October event list for Metro Vancouver. I have about 400 emails to get through but if you have anything coming up - an event you are hosting or want to promote - send it in for a free listing: miss604.com/contact
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Rebecca Bollwitt @miss604.com · 28/09/2026
Events you can attend on National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, September 30th
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National Day for Truth and Reconciliation – Vancouver Events 2026
National Day for Truth and Reconciliation - Orange Shirt Day events around Vancouver on September 30, 2026 and beyond
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Rebecca Bollwitt @miss604.com · 28/09/2026
Love this so much!
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Rebecca Bollwitt @miss604.com · 28/09/2026
The BC Achievement Foundation has announced the recipients of the 2026 Polygon Award in First Nations Art, tickets for the awards ceremony on November 24th in Vancouver are now available. Miss604 is a media partner of the program again this year.
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Polygon Award in First Nations Art Award 2026
BC Achievement Foundation has announced the recipients of the 2026 Polygon Award in First Nations Art. Ticket are on sale for the ceremony in Vancouver November 24th.
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Rebecca Bollwitt @miss604.com · 27/09/2026
Truth before reconciliation: 8 ways to identify and confront Residential School denialism:
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Truth before reconciliation: 8 ways to identify and confront Residential School denialism - Beyond
Denialism obscures the truth about Canada’s Indian Residential School system in ways that protect the status quo
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Rebecca Bollwitt @miss604.com · 27/09/2026
National Day for Truth and Reconciliation in Maple Ridge. On at Memorial Peace Park until 3pm 🧡
A collage of three photos. Top left is a performer in jingle skirt dancing around hoops. Bottom left is a hand holding a piece of fry bread. Right is a crowd of people, one wearing an orange “Every Child Matters” shirt watching a speaker on a big gazebo stage
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Redeye @redeyeradio.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
POD DROP! Listen now! We speak with Niigaan Sinclair and Sean Carleton, editors of the new book, Truth Before Reconciliation: Confronting Residential School Denialism. @seancarleton.bsky.social, @niigaanwewidam.bsky.social, @winnipegfreepress.com, @umanitobapress.bsky.social tiny.cc/zf6b101
Book cover with title of book and authors' names overlaid over photograph of Orange Shirt Day rally with hundreds of people wearing orange marching
down a city street.
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Rebecca Bollwitt @miss604.com · 27/09/2026
The city is SO busy this morning (cruise ships and Eastside 10k) and also Expo Like track work resulting in 20+ minute delays for each train 🫨
A transit station with yellow tape blocking a track and a digital sign overhead that says: ExpoLine LIM Rail Replacerent work is now in effect until 10:15 AM.
Platform 2 is closed: please board trains from Platform 1. Allow 15-20
rins extra travel time.
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Rebecca Bollwitt @miss604.com · 26/09/2026
Love this ⚽️ WFC2 midfielder Valter *Sedin* has been signed to an MLS short-term agreement for tonight's Whitecaps match against D.C. United. #VWFC #VANvDC #MLS #SoccerNotHockey
A graphic with a photo of a soccer player in a white jersey with TELUS (sponsor) across the front. Text: 2026 SEASON
SIGNED SHORT TERM AGREEMENT
VALTER SEDIN
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Rebecca Bollwitt @miss604.com · 26/09/2026
One week to go! I’ll be at the Author Extravaganza at Semiahmoo Shopping Centre on Saturday October 3rd during the White Rock South Surrey Culture Crawl 📚 alongside a bunch of awesome local writers. I’ll sign copies of FREECOUVER but if you bring any one of my other three books I’ll sign those too 😅
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Black Bond Books
White Rock Culture Crawl
Book Signing Event
3 - 4 October: From 12:00 pm to 4:00pm
Semiahmoo Shopping Centre

Authors on
Oct 3rd
Aaron Chapman
Eve Lazarus
Susan Cormier
Peter Holloway
John Lee
Rebecca Bollwitt
Christy K Lee

Authors on
Oct 4th
Sherry McMillan
Elaine Su
Tiffany Stone
Nishant Jain January Sun
lan Boothby
Pia Guerra
Linda Bailey
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Movement: Metro Vancouver Transit Riders @movementyvr.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
There will be TWO elections this October, and we hope transit riders vote in both of them! It can be confusing to figure out which level of government is responsible for what (especially when candidates make promises they can’t follow through on).
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Rebecca Bollwitt @miss604.com · 26/09/2026
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SEAWALL! #OTD September 26, 1971 🗃️ The Stanley Park Seawall was officially opened. The last block was placed to complete the original (1917) vision for the waterfront path around Stanley Park. Construction continued for another decade.
Looking down from a viewpoint at rte paved Seawall path with ocean on the left and forest trees on the right. People are walking on the path A person walks along a paved Seawall path with park trees on the left and ocean on the right. Autumn leaves on the path. Mountains in the background across the water Rainy and grey day along the Seawall with a person in the distance walking around the corner. Park on the left, water on the right A person jogging on the paved Seawall path away from camera. Trees on left, water on right, north Vancouver city skyline across the water then mountains in the background
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Rebecca Bollwitt @miss604.com · 26/09/2026
Saturday morning has become WOMENS SPORTS DAY while we drink our coffee. Today it’s wheelchair basketball on CBC followed by an NSL match, and there’s rugby on TSN, with an NWSL match on another channel. Here 👏 for 👏 this 👏
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Rebecca Bollwitt @miss604.com · 26/09/2026
Events around Vancouver today including: Every Child Matters Open House (Surrey) Vancouver Whitecaps vs DC United Vancouver Comic & Toy Show Mid-Autumn Festival at the Museum Forest Fest (Langley) The Canine Library Interior Design Show Vancouver Etsy Co Fall Pop-Up and more:
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Things to do in Vancouver This Weekend Events September 25-27
Events and fun things to do in Vancouver this weekend, September 25-27, 2026 with activities around Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley.
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Rebecca Bollwitt @miss604.com · 26/09/2026
Tonight in Vancouver #canada #photography 📸
Nighttime view of a corner store with bunks of produce out on the sidewalks and yellow awnings with light bars under them illuminating sections of the storefront. On the top corner of the two-story heritage building is a neon sign that says “Barclay” in blue and “Grocery” in red
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Rebecca Bollwitt @miss604.com · 25/09/2026
By donation day + free admission night at the Vancouver Art Gallery next week for its 95th anniversary. Online/advance registration required.
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Vancouver Art Gallery Celebrates 95 Years
The Vancouver Art Gallery is celebrating its 95th anniversary this October, marking nearly a century as an integral part of Vancouver's cultural life.
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Rebecca Bollwitt @miss604.com · 25/09/2026
Tegan and Sara just released “Our Year” their first new single since the 2022 release of their tenth studio album, Crybaby. The collab features Lights and is produced by Felix Cartal, melding distinct artists with deep ties to the Canadian music community + they made a very Vancouver video:
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New Single Our Year from Tegan and Sara
Tegan and Sara just dropped “Our Year” their first new single since 2022 featuring a collaboration with Lights and producer Felix Cartal.
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Rebecca Bollwitt @miss604.com · 25/09/2026
Events around Vancouver this weekend. See you on Sunday in Maple Ridge for their National Day for Truth and Reconciliation event 🧡
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Things to do in Vancouver This Weekend Events September 25-27
Events and fun things to do in Vancouver this weekend, September 25-27, 2026 with activities around Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley.
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Rebecca Bollwitt @miss604.com · 25/09/2026
ON UNCEDED TERRITORY is a free exhibition celebrating the work of artists from the three local Nations: xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh). Sept 25 - Oct 4 at the Roundhouse #Vancouver
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ON UNCEDED TERRITORY Exhibition
ON UNCEDED TERRITORY is a free exhibition celebrating the work of artists from the three local Nations: xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh).
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Rebecca Bollwitt @miss604.com · 24/09/2026
Bring a book and check out a DOG from the Vancouver Public Library at this pop-up at Trout Lake on Saturday
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Dogs and Books at The Canine Library in Vancouver
September 26 you can up with a St. John Ambulance therapy dog by Trout Lake to read it some poetry as you participate in The Canine Library.
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Rebecca Bollwitt @miss604.com · 24/09/2026
Looking down #vancouver #canada #photography
Low perspective along a sidewalk, focused on a carved, bronze medallion the size of a manhole cover. The sidewalk leads to a road with car traffic and between buildings in the distance is a view of mountains A wavey beige and grey patten on a sidewalk that has a few fallen autumn leaves  scattered on it
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Rebecca Bollwitt @miss604.com · 24/09/2026
BC Achievement Foundation has announced the recipients of the 2026 Indigenous Business Awards, celebrating excellence in Indigenous entrepreneurship, innovation, and leadership across the province. Tickets to the gala (Nov 4 in Vancouver) are now on sale. Miss604 is a sponsor again this year.
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Indigenous Business Awards 2026
BC Achievement Foundation has announced the 2026 recipients of the Indigenous Business Awards. Get tickets to the gala November 4th in Vancouver.
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Rebecca Bollwitt @miss604.com · 24/09/2026
September 30th 🧡🛍️ Stop by and shop the Truth & Rec Pop-Up hosted by Sisters Sage at Margaret Mitchell Plaza (Commercial & Napier) from 10am to 7pm.
An event poster with graphic of person shopping from a vendor with shirts hanging under a tent. Text: TRUTH & REC
SEPT 30TH
POPUPMARKET
Hosted by
Sisters
OUTDOOR
PLAZA
SHOWCASING NATIVE VENDORS
10AM-7PM
MARGARET MITCHELL PLAZA
(AT COMMERCIAL DRIVE & NAPIER ST.)
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Rebecca Bollwitt @miss604.com · 24/09/2026
This Homelessness Action Week (October 11-17), Family Services of Greater Vancouver (FSGV) is shining a light on Directions Youth Services, its 24/7/365 resource for young people who are unhoused or precariously housed in Metro Vancouver.
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Youth Services Spotlight for Homelessness Action Week
This Homelessness Action Week (October 11-17), Family Services of Greater Vancouver (FSGV) is shining a light on Directions Youth Services.
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Rebecca Bollwitt @miss604.com · 24/09/2026
Happy birthday @johnbollwitt.com 😘💕😘💕🥳🎉🥳🎉
A collage of three photos: top left is a man in an orange shirt at a festival wearing sunglasses; bottom left is the same dude on a ferry boat wearing a crossbody bag, walking by the white railing of the boat as it passed islands covered in forest; all on the right is a black and white photo of a smiling man (who is very handsome)
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AP Stylebook @apstylebook.com · 23/09/2026
Artificial intelligence systems do not think, feel, want or understand. Avoid language that gives them human characteristics.
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https://apnews.com/article/openai-safety-ai-framework-089e75b95bc935af092da7b79d92706d
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Rebecca Bollwitt @miss604.com · 23/09/2026
Events around Vancouver this weekend. Note: Whenever I have a rainy featured photo on a weekend event list post it always ends up being gloriously sunny.
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Things to do in Vancouver This Weekend Events September 25-27
Events and fun things to do in Vancouver this weekend, September 25-27, 2026 with activities around Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley.
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Rebecca Bollwitt @miss604.com · 23/09/2026
It’s my sweet husband’s birthday tomorrow so here are two pictures of him with Nardwuar because they make me smile 😄 @johnbollwitt.com 💕 @nardwuarserviette.bsky.social 🎤 (bonus Fred Armisen)
Two men with big smiles, standing, point at the camera with both hands. Man on the left is wearing a blue Expo 86 shirt with jeans and man on the right is wearing plaid pants, yellow and blue striped sweater, and a tartan tam. They’re in a room with two couches, a rug, and walls full floor to ceiling with vinyl recordsA group of 8 people posing for a photo with one man (John) kneeing in front with arm outstretched and a big smile. On the right, holding some records, is Nardwuar again in plaid pants, Hawaiian shirt, and tartan tam.
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