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Will Shelling (he/him)

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Justin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
last byelection vancouver’s election team bragged about how reducing poll workers by 70% would be super awesome and then people had to wait in line for 3+ hours and this election they’re taking legal action over Chinese names and at a certain point you have to wonder about priorities
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It's The Weekend 😌 @craigweekend.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Ladies and gentlemen... the weekend. (also: you are important and are not alone 🧡)
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William Azaroff @wazaroff.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Joan Phillip was a tireless advocate for her community, a warm friend to so many, and a deep wealth of knowledge. I'm saddened by her loss and I wish her family, community, and friends comfort during this time.
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William Azaroff @wazaroff.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
River District deserves better than a decade of broken promises. As Mayor, I’ll deliver a rapid capital review that aligns with the work by Park Board that Ken Sim ripped up. And a plan for 3 new community centres & 2 new pools in the first five years.
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Where is the developer-promised community centre in Vancouver’s River District?
As several Vancouver neighbourhoods look forward to upgraded public spaces, families living in the growing River District are left wondering when construction will finally begin on a long-awaited comm...
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William Azaroff @wazaroff.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Ken Sim thinks you don’t know what a plebiscite is. He wants to spend taxpayer dollars to ask you to vote on whether or not he should write a letter to the province. How embarrassing.
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OneCity Vancouver @onecityvan.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Commercial rents shouldn't stop you from building a business and a life in Vancouver. We're proud to share "Good business starts at home", the 1st plank of our Local Economic Action Plan to support small business and good neighbourhoods in the City. Learn more at onecityvancouver.ca/goodbusiness
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William Azaroff @wazaroff.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
This is ABC. Push staff to meet a deadline they impose, throw them under the bus when the plan comes under scrutiny, and then blame staff to their big money backers. We must do better.
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Justin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Vancouver Village's Plan has been officially DEFEATED It fails by a 10-1 margin, with only OneCity councillor Lucy Maloney in favour Ken Sim, who proposed the plan three years ago, says "no home owner should feel city hall is deciding the future of their property without their voice being heard"
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OneCity Vancouver @onecityvan.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
OneCity is proud to share our next policy: Youth Jobs Vancouver. A practical program to support youth to find good jobs that help them build careers in Vancouver. Sign your name at the link below if you think Youth deserve a fair start. act.onecityvancouver.ca/youth-jobs #vanpoli #youth
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William Azaroff @wazaroff.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
I am proud to accept the endorsement of the Vancouver and District Labour Council. Every single Vancouverite deserves an affordable home, strong public services, a good job, and a living wage. We’ll return respect for workers to City Hall when we retake the Mayor’s Office on October 17 #vanpoli
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Justin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
There’s a bit of an awkward back and forth where the Board of Trade CEO asks Sim why he’s acting more like a traditional politician and wearing suits and ties everywhere. “We figured out how things operate,” he says, which is code for “we got crushed in the byelection so we stopped the swagger”
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William Azaroff @wazaroff.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
And congratulations and thank you to Don Davies for your capable leadership during this critical period for Canada. Our country is better for it. 2/2
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William Azaroff @wazaroff.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Congratulations @avilewis.ca on becoming the leader of Canada’s @ndp.ca @onecityvan.bsky.social is committed to championing a Pro-Growth, Pro-Housing, Pro-Worker practical progressivism for Vancouverites of all stripes. We look forward to conversations about how we can make that possible. 1/2
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Ciara | Ciaraíoch 🎨 @ciaraioch.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
If there's an item taken from your country in the English museum that you're visiting you should get to enter for free (over 6000 Irish items in the British Museum alone btw)
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Shannon Phillips 🇨🇦 @sphillipsab.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Here is a clip of @avilewis.ca and @naomiaklein.bsky.social being gleeful that the Alberta NDP only had one term in govt. Sure, I get it. They think my record as Environment Minister is something to be ashamed of. Coal phase-out, renewables, indigenous equity, energy efficiency etc…
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Will Shelling (he/him) @willshelling.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
get HIM
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OneCity Vancouver @onecityvan.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
There’s one way to deal with a bully. Go get him @seanorr.bsky.social.
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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
This is fantastic.
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Frances Bula @fabulavancouver.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
K, people, if you really want me on council, it's not going to happen magically. I need - people to sign up as members before April 10 and vote for me early May - people to help me make calls and door knock - ha ha, money. Last election, ABC raised $2 m www.francesbulaforcouncil.ca?utm_source=i...
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Frances Bula for Vancouver Council
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Frances Bula @fabulavancouver.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Dear my delightful tweeps, some news! So after 30 years of City Hall and urban-issues stories that you all know, I'm doing something completely different — I’ve decided to run for a City Council nomination with @onecityvan.bsky.social and hopefully run on their slate this October.
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Justin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
William Azaroff has won the OneCity mayoral nomination. He defeated Amanda Burrows by about 150 votes.
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vanna orecchio @vannaorecchio.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
Pls @dieworkwear.bsky.social I’m begging you to discuss the suiting at Abigail Spanberger’s inauguration. What in the commonwealth is going on!!
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Justin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Fun little programming note for Vancouver political nerds: @cbcstephenquinn.bsky.social and I will be hosting a live OneCity mayoral debate between Will Azaroff and Amanda Burrows tomorrow on the Early Edition. Tune in around 8:10! (we'll have a podcast version as well)
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William Azaroff @wazaroff.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
I am committing to Childcare By Right. We will make childcare a permitted use in every residential and commercial zone. If you pass your safety and provincial licensing checks, you open. No hearings and no neighbor vetoes. We are building a city where families actually belong.
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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 09/12/2025
In addition to being CEO of non-profit housing provider Brightside, William Azaroff serves on the Vancouver International Film Festival board and is board president for Community Housing Coverage. Now, he runs for mayor of Vancouver. #vanpoli
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William Azaroff, Who Builds Non-Profit Housing, Runs for Mayor | The Tyee
One of two nominees for the OneCity mayoral candidacy, the Strathcona resident also draws from arts industry experience.
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Justin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
OneCity has its first mayoral candidate for their primary: William Azaroff, the CEO of Brightside Community Homes Foundation, and board member of The Tyee, VIFF, and a bunch of other community endeavours. His campaign video launch, here: www.instagram.com/reel/DRKifvH...
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William on Instagram: "My name is William Azaroff, and I’m proud to be seeking the mayoral nomination with @onecityvancouver I’m a community housing leader and city builder who knows how to bring peo...
5 likes, 0 comments - williamforvancouver on November 17, 2025: "My name is William Azaroff, and I’m proud to be seeking the mayoral nomination with @onecityvancouver I’m a community housing leader a...
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OneCity Vancouver @onecityvan.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
People are broke, parks are falling apart, and Ken Sim is cutting the budget to the bone. Now isn’t the time for an unnecessary referendum.
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OneCity Vancouver @onecityvan.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Rebecca Bligh voted to slash wages for workers, to block rental housing in wealthy neighbourhoods, and to oppose common sense tools to properly fund our schools. We need a progressive mayor on the ballot to deliver the change Vancouver needs. And we’ll get one. More soon.
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Justin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Bligh has a decent amount of support from the province and feds (more than Sim or Allam at this point), which could help. But her 6 years being a supporter of Ken Sim, and getting elected under both the NPA and ABC banners, means it’ll be difficult to get support from local left-wing parties.
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OneCity Vancouver @onecityvan.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
A picture of Christine Boyle with laser eyes
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Jen St. Denis @jenstden.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
My follow up story today: An effort by Canadian entrepreneurs to cut public spending is distancing itself from DOGE, Elon Musk’s federal employee slashing agency. thetyee.ca/News/2025/04...
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Build Canada Is Not DOGE, Says Spokesperson | The Tyee
An effort by Canadian entrepreneurs to cut public spending is distancing itself from Elon Musk’s federal employee slashing agency.
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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 16/04/2025
@willshelling.bsky.social: Progressives must be mindful that coalescing a vote around two parties may have long-term, deleterious effects for our politics, discourse and polarization. #CdnElxn2025
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The ‘Progressive Primary’: Who Will Win? | The Tyee
Local campaigns and voter efficiency should be top of mind as you decide where you place your ballot.
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Kareem Allam @kareem42.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
I took the time to map all the polls ABC won with a flag.
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C. L. Polk @clpolk.com · 10/04/2025
So Global news is reporting that what a lot of people quietly suspected was the reason why the leader of a Canadian political party refused to get the security clearance necessary to read the report on foreign interference in canadian elections is … a darn good guess, actually:
globalnews.ca
The Modi ‘friends’ who helped finance Poilievre’s leadership campaign | Globalnews.ca
Former leaders of Overseas Friends of BJP Canada donated thousands to the Conservative leader and his party.
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Will Shelling (he/him) @willshelling.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
My latest for @thetyee.ca. Growing up on Fox and seeing what can happen in Canada should concern us all, and question why one party wants to smash our sword before battle.
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Rhi Faux @rhifaux.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
We chose in part to raise our kids in Canada because they’re much safer from gun violence here than in the U.S. The last thing I want to see on city council is someone using NRA talking points. By-election turnout is always very low—if you live in Vancouver, PLEASE vote & keep this guy off council.
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Will Shelling (he/him) @willshelling.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
This writing this is pretty fun when you’ve got an editor like Jackie ☺️ I did some writing this week about the importance of our communities as we face the very real threat of annexation and bolster our Team Canada approach.
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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
Just finished watching the Jordan Peterson x Pierre Poilievre interview. I yelled at my screen multiple times and took a lot of very frustrated notes. Video coming!
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It's The Weekend 😌 @craigweekend.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
Ladies and gentlemen... the weekend. (also: you are important and are not alone 🧡)
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Suzette Chan ⁷ @suzettechan.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
“Brown's national campaign co-chair, Conservative MP Michelle Rempel Garner, allegedly was pressured to withdraw her support for Brown in the 2022 Conservative Party of Canada leadership race, confidential sources told Radio-Canada.” www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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Agents of Indian government interfered in Patrick Brown's Conservative leadership campaign: sources | CBC News
Agents of the Indian government allegedly attempted to derail Patrick Brown's campaign for the leadership of the Conservative Party in 2022, according to sources who spoke to Radio-Canada.
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
UMG, which distributes Drake's music, made a statement: "No amount of contrived and absurd legal arguments in this pre-action submission can mask the fact that fans choose the music they want to hear." variety.com/2024/music/n...
 In a response several hours after the news broke, a UMG rep told Variety: “The suggestion that UMG would do anything to undermine any of its artists is offensive and untrue. We employ the highest ethical practices in our marketing and promotional campaigns. No amount of contrived and absurd legal arguments in this pre-action submission can mask the fact that fans choose the music they want to hear.“
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Will Shelling (he/him) @willshelling.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
little man lmfao
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eve6 @eve6.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Do you have any idea how badly you have to fuck up a website to get me to exclusively post on one where I have less followers
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Taylor Lorenz @taylorlorenz.bsky.social · 07/11/2024
A big part of why the Democrats will never “build their own Joe Rogan” is bc democrats want a media ecosystem that they can control and is loyal to the Democratic establishment. Leftists content creators are at odds with that www.usermag.co/p/why-democr...
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Why Democrats won't build their own Joe Rogan
"This is not a cultural war that you can win just by doing fucking podcasts" + Meat Loaf’s wikipedia drama, eating disorder Twitter turns on Trump, DDG on Kai Cenat
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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 20/09/2024
Our polarized political landscape is exposing cracks in how we connect with each other. @willshelling.bsky.social writes. 💌
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Looking for Love in an Election Year | The Tyee
Far-right rhetoric is now mainstream. Here’s what it means for the dating landscape.
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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 26/08/2024
It’s key to progressive social movements. And we need it now more than ever. @willshelling.bsky.social writes. 🇺🇸 #uspoli
thetyee.ca
Why Joy in Politics Gives Us Life | The Tyee
It’s key to progressive social movements. And we need it now more than ever.
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Will Shelling (he/him) @willshelling.bsky.social · 07/07/2023
Lobster gnocchi in a champagne cream sauce, with broccolini. Anyone know of a food thread to follow?
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Gabrielle Drolet @gabrielledrolet.bsky.social · 05/07/2023
asking the magic 8 ball if we are so over or if we are so back
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Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 03/07/2023
Bluesky is powered by spite, the most potent energy source known to man
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