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James Wanless 🇨🇦 @wanless.bsky.social · 3h

Say "no" to the guy that helped rip out the Stanley Park bike lane. Don't be fooled by this lame rebranding attempt.

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James Wanless 🇨🇦 @wanless.bsky.social · 3h

"Pick happy" and vote for literally anyone else.

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James Wanless 🇨🇦 @wanless.bsky.social · 3h

I'd love for @kareem42.bsky.social to tell us how he expects to get the active transportation vote, when he has anti-cycling zealots like Tricia Barker, John Coupar, and bike lane canceller extraordinaire, Scott Jensen, on his slate. A vote for Sim's former campaign manager's slate is a waste.

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James Wanless 🇨🇦 @wanless.bsky.social · 5h

If you live in the District of North Vancouver and you value good cycling infrastructure, then please do not give your vote to anyone who's had anything to do with the area around the second narrows bridge. Getting onto or off of it, to the pathetic sharrows in front of MEC is an embarrassment.

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Vision Zero Vancouver @visionzerovancouver.ca · 12h

We've gone through all the platforms & past actions, and today we're releasing our final all-in-one-place Vancouver City Council voting guide! Read this if you think vision zero - and all adjacent issues (climate, safety, equity) - should be an election issue. visionzerovancouver.ca/2026/10/03/v...

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Vision Zero Vancouver 2026 Voting Guide

We’ve met with the parties running in the Vancouver municipal election and asked them to endorse our 10 first-year asks. We’ve graded the incumbents on 4 years of council votes. Now, we…

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James Wanless 🇨🇦 @wanless.bsky.social · 9h

Same in Canada. Renters and most apartment dwellers' health is deemed expendable to protect detached homeowner property values.

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James Wanless 🇨🇦 @wanless.bsky.social · 21h

Why am I not surprised this is coming from an ABC candidate? Religious zealotry doesn't belong in municipal politics.

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James Wanless 🇨🇦 @wanless.bsky.social · 22h

Ready for the municipal election, and will vote Wednesday. All progressives, and a repudiation of the right wing people plaguing Vancouver politics. No ABC, Team, Vote Vancouver, or Vancouver Liberals. In particular, the latter includes Tricia Barker, John Coupar and Scott Jensen. Enough said.

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Dutchy Patrick @dutchiepatrick.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

If you don't want to be called a Nazi, then don't act like a Nazi...

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James Wanless 🇨🇦 @wanless.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

"Pipeline to the ocean" PM says wut?

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James Wanless 🇨🇦 @wanless.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

This is happening across Canada. In Vancouver, I am routinely passed on my e-bike at 32km/hr, Iike I am sitting still. Many also clearly have a no-pedal throttle. Don't even start me on scooters. I love e-bikes, but gov'ts need to get their acts together badly. www.cbc.ca/news/marketp...

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Hidden cameras show some stores unlocking speed limits on e-bikes, selling e-scooters that go up to 120 km/h | CBC News

A new hidden camera investigation by Marketplace shows how some stores are selling e-scooters and e-bikes with top speeds much higher than provincial speed limits and with recommended rider ages young...

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

We just dropped a bombshell investigation into ChatGPT's role in the Tumbler Ridge mass shooting. Incredible reporting from @markfollman.bsky.social that will have far-reaching effects...hopefully: www.motherjones.com/media/2026/0...

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ChatGPT helped the Tumbler Ridge school shooter focus on guns, tactics, and terror, our investigation reveals

OpenAI’s chatbot fed the shooter’s violent fantasies and planning up to the massacre.

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James Wanless 🇨🇦 @wanless.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

It's sad, but I know more who I am absolutely voting against in the #vanpoli municipal election, than who I am voting for. That still makes the process of whittling down my choices over the next three weeks easier.

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James Wanless 🇨🇦 @wanless.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Ugh, I didn't sustain much personal damage other than a slightly bloody knee, but my derailleur completely snapped off and there is a little bit of frame damage to the rear stays, so we will have to see whether the frame is ok after some epoxy or not.

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James Wanless 🇨🇦 @wanless.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

"Engagement" public art, Sunset Beach (at sunset), Vancouver BC. #photography #publicart #beach #sunset

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James Wanless 🇨🇦 @wanless.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Hyperbole much CNN? 1.2 million Americans died of COVID during the pandemic. American business owners struggling isn't even on the same planet as problems go, let alone being "bigger than COVID" FFS. www.cnn.com/2026/09/20/e...

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‘Crisis even bigger than Covid’: American business owners are barely getting by | CNN Business

The historic supply chain struggles that America’s business owners face show why resurgent inflation will not be easily resolved – even if the war ended.

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James Wanless 🇨🇦 @wanless.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

The Walking Dead. Haven’t watched in years and they are apparently still cranking out the Dead City spinoff.

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James Wanless 🇨🇦 @wanless.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Does anyone really care what Susan Collins thinks? Canada should proceed cautiously with the EU, but we will also never have a deal with the US and can’t trust Trump to honour anything he agrees to. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

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Republican senator warns Carney: Closer ties to EU hurts chance of trade deal with U.S. | CBC News

A long-serving Republican senator from a border state is warning Prime Minister Mark Carney against strengthening Canada's economic and political ties to the European Union.

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James Wanless 🇨🇦 @wanless.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

My god, does Paypal need to get its shit together. You can open an account with ease. Closing it, however, is another matter altogether. Closing my account requires submitting photo ID with my DOB and a bill showing my address. The ensuing support chat was ridiculous and now I wait … for?

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Daniel @yvrdaniel.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Signing a petition against this - hope you will too... www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...

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Petition e-7453 - Petitions

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Una Mullally @unamullally.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

The Irish musician Aaron Rowe has said he is withdrawing as a support act on Ed Sheeran’s tour.

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BC Wildfire Weekly - Wildfires + More @bcwildfirewkly.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

VANCOUVER, B.C. - “Jose Aguirre lives near Commercial Drive and East 16th Avenue and was last seen at his home at approximately 10:00 a.m. today.” vpd.ca/news/2026/09... - Vancouver Police Department #Dementia #EastVan #MissingPerson #MissingSenior #VancouverBC #YVR

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Vancouver Police searching for missing man with dementia - Vancouver Police Department

Vancouver – The Vancouver Police Department is asking for [...]

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James Wanless 🇨🇦 @wanless.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Season 2 of The Gentlemen (Netflix) and Dark Matter (Apple TV) have both been outstanding so far.

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James Wanless 🇨🇦 @wanless.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

If this riles you up, please contact them and tell them what you think in no uncertain terms. You can reach the brewery at hello@wearemothermushroom.ca.

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James Wanless 🇨🇦 @wanless.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I don't care if it makes me a bad person, but the fact that no American player will be in the US Open women's final makes me happy. Sadly, there will be an American in the men's final, so just have to hope they lose.

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James Wanless 🇨🇦 @wanless.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

I think we need to start a petition or something. Why on earth is CBC News Network still showing Kars4Kids ads when the money doesn't stay local and supports US and Israeli organizations? My understanding is that CBC had agreed to stop airing them.

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James Wanless 🇨🇦 @wanless.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Mark Ruffalo is the latest in a long line of people who get accused of anti-Semitism for merely criticizing the Israeli government. Genocide supporters just love to smear people with baseless Anti-Semitism accusations. The world needs a lot more Mark Ruffalos. www.theguardian.com/film/2026/se...

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‘He’s a good man’: George Clooney defends Mark Ruffalo in Paramount-Warner Bros merger row

‘I worry whenever big companies are consolidating,’ Clooney said at Venice film festival, supporting Ruffalo’s right to criticise the deal amid antisemitism accusations

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James Wanless 🇨🇦 @wanless.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

The ad copywriter Fail of the Year award goes to Clutch cars. " Redefining the definition of what defines a car." ☝️ This may be the worst I have heard in some time. Who on Earth approved it?

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James Wanless 🇨🇦 @wanless.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Took a little trip out to the farmlands around Delta and found a lovely little tap room, Barnside Brewing.

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James Wanless 🇨🇦 @wanless.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Stop Findlay from getting a seat. Her husband is a sitting MLA and she didn't ask him to step down to allow her to run, but rather chose to offer special deals to those who would. She is a deeply unethical person, who promotes conspiracy theories.

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James Wanless 🇨🇦 @wanless.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

This would explain why the loss of sensation from my broken ribs, under my arms and across my left pectoral, have become permanent. I hope they make continued progress blocking this protein for a solution to help people avoid permanent nerve damage. share.google/336cC0sROeH3...

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Scientists discover why damaged nerves struggle to heal

Scientists have identified a protein that acts like a brake on the nervous system’s ability to repair damaged connections. Blocking AHR helped injured nerve fibers regrow and improved movement and sen...

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Canada's National Observer @nationalobserver.com · 28/08/2026

Two leaked audio clips potentially revealing corruption at the highest level of the BC Conservative party are strengthening the political tornado that has engulfed the party amid an exodus of key staffers and MLAs.

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'Steal everything': BC Conservatives turmoil deepens as recordings leaked

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Urban Truth Collective @urbantruth.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

How many more studies does your city need proving that people on bikes and on foot spend more on shopping streets than people in cars? Bike-lanes mean business. In general, and specifically more than on-street parking or another lane for cars. #UrbanTruth

Poster saying “Bike-lanes mean business!” By the Urban Truth Collective, with a photo of a central Paris bike-lane filled with people on bikes.

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James Wanless 🇨🇦 @wanless.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Alberta's traitorous Premier can fucking pound sand. Her soft pedaling language with regard to Alberta separation is another indication of just how shitty a Canadian she is. Thankfully, almost every other Premier is completely onboard with the feds' approach. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

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Alberta premier urges return to trade talks, calls U.S. terms 'untenable' | CBC News

Premier Danielle Smith hopes federal negotiators will return to the table after the collapse of trade talks in Washington triggered a 50 per cent tariff on Canadian exports. But she also said that the...

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 17/08/2026

14 hours later and my mentions are still full of angry treatises about badly behaved cyclists. Bike lanes are not a reward for good cyclist behavior! They are infrastructure proven to make cities safer for ALL ROAD USERS. Whatever way cyclists have wronged you is irrelevant to the discussion!

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James Wanless 🇨🇦 @wanless.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

This tracks with the air quality today. I've actually noticed smoke hanging over the North Shore mountains for the last 3 or 4 days. #wildfires #smoke #landscape #photogtaphy

Photo of smoke hanging over the North Shore mountains of Vancouver

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James Wanless 🇨🇦 @wanless.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Not only don't we prevent them, but North American leaders - cough ... Carney, Trump ... cough - seem hellbent on making things far worse.

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James Wanless 🇨🇦 @wanless.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

I think I'll just skip the afternoon run just to be safe. I can already smell the smoke and feel the sludgy throat I get with this kind of stuff. It's not unlike allergies for me.

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James Wanless 🇨🇦 @wanless.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

So nice waiting for FedEx to show up with the second part of a delivery from Friday. It was supposed to come then, then we found out it was be delivered today, and supposed to come before 1:30. And I'm still waiting. Sadly, I can't use any of it yet. So will it end up not being delivered today?

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James Wanless 🇨🇦 @wanless.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

The view from my son's wedding at Hart House is lovely. FWIW, Deer Lake is one of the nicest places in the lower mainland.

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James Wanless 🇨🇦 @wanless.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

And, sadly, hastening the destruction of the environment. Our children and future generations will pay the price for your wanton disregard for their country and planet.

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🍁 Christine 🍁 @204queenb0574.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Seems like you have a lot of control since you got your majority. And that's the problems many Canadians have with you. You're governing our country like it's a business. It's not. And when you walk away - and we know you will - we are the ones left with the mess. Economists are calling you out.

Economists are sounding the alarm on what they view is a lack of transparency around the federal government’s spending and fiscal outlook.

Since the spring economic update, Prime Minister Mark Carney has announced several new spending initiatives including a national AI strategy, a food security strategy, a West Coast pipeline project and a cooperative prosperity agreement with the province of British Columbia.

In a recently published report, Desjardins deputy chief economist Randall Bartlett, said the new commitments add $40 billion in extra spending over the next decade, beyond what was announced in the last fiscal update in April.

“A lot of it seemed to be from previous envelopes, but some of it doesn’t all seem to be accounted for,” he said.

Bartlett pointed out his estimate of unaccounted spending is based on incomplete information, because the federal government has not been transparent on how it plans to pay for these measures.

For example, when it comes to financing a new pipeline project, it’s not immediately clear how much of the funding burden will be placed on the federal government through the federally owned Trans Mountain Corp., compared to the Alberta government.

“I think that lack of transparency is very concerning because it all points to high and rising debt levels, and I’m not really sure what sort of restraint outside of reductions to the public service are being shown right now, and what sort of analysis is going into funding these projects,” he said.

Bartlett is not the only one who is raising concerns about the lack of clarity around federal financial commitments.

Don Drummond, former chief economist at TD Bank and professor at Queen’s University, said there is a lack of information surrounding how the federal government has reached its defence spending target under the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).

Drummond said …

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James Wanless 🇨🇦 @wanless.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Eerie orange hue from Kits #Beach during BC's worst #wildfire summer on record in 2023. #photography #kitsbeach

Kits Beach, Vancouver during 2023's horrible BC wildfire season.

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James Wanless 🇨🇦 @wanless.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Every city needs this, not just Montreal.

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