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One day soon I’ll tell you all about this weird urban stump I’m sitting on here.
Me and
@thordiakow
went to a gas station in Vancouver today and gave everybody we saw staying under the 30-litre limit a $50 bill, as a thanks for being awesome! ❤️
#BCFloods
Safe to say
@VancityReynolds
has now officially hit the bigtime; he’s featured in the Father’s Day section of this week’s edition of the
@VIAwesome
community newspaper pouring a drink called “The Vasectomy”
Reader wrote in to let me know they’ve encouraged all of their friends to unsubscribe from our newsletter because our managing editor
@SquashBlossom
wrote about how she took her kid to get vaxxed.
“Goodbye and good riddance” was my reply.
No patience left for dangerous fools.
Was enjoying a nice sandwich and coffee at one of Vancouver’s greatest spots today when a man walking by decided to smash out the front window. Staff and patrons traumatized, business had to close, figured this was the social media platform to share this sort of thing.
I finally convinced McCain to fly me out to New Brunswick so I can show you how they make Deep ‘N Delicious cakes. Today was the first time anyone has ever been allowed to film inside their facility. Stay tuned for my video! ❤️
This
#bchistory
lesson about our province’s alcohol prohibition period (1917-1921) was NOT brought to you by
@VancityReynolds
and
@AviationGin
. It was brought to you by the mini fridge in my creative studio, which I keep well stocked. ❤️🍸
Everyone on Granville Street was apparently wearing the same costume this Halloween.
This week's comic for the
@viawesome
community newspaper, by the one and only
@geoff_p_coates
.
It’s official: we just finalized the adoption of the dog we were fostering.
His name is Homer because he’s a home run.
He’s home with our family now. ❤️🐕
Pretty funny:
@RandBBrewing
has released a ‘Green Screen IPA’ for people wanting to get a sneaky beer in while on video calls. Here’s what it looks like in Google Meet 😆🍻
An explainer on Canada, for Americans, that aired on NBC prior to the opening ceremonies of the 2010 Olympics here. It's trending, and it's wonderful. ❤️
A friend owns one of the 34 properties just evacuated in Tulameen, near Princeton. They just sent this footage. Wait until the end to see the river about to breach the bank.
#BCStorm
Going on leave for the rest of the week to ride these waves of grief that came from a friend dying of fentanyl poisoning. I should probably stay off Twitter - things are grim here. Be well friends. ❤️
The man who was shown getting a flashbang to the nuts on live TV during the 2011
#Canucks
riot has declined my request for an interview, so all you get is this old GIF of it.
Sorry everyone.
I tried. 💔
If you’re feeling weary, depressed, maybe even downright awful and thinking there may be no end to this, you’re not alone. That’s a normal reaction.
We’re months deep, and we’ll make it to the end of this, together.
Reach out to a friend. They’re waiting to hear from you.
❤️
Keep your bubble to those in your household. Go for walks. Eat good food. Spend less time on social media. We are in this for longer than you probably anticipated, but we will get through it. ❤️
The Save Old Growth goofballs have just hit a new low by spray painting the recently restored Heritage Hall in Vancouver. This is *the* dimmest group of advocates in BC, each week alienating people to their cause in a fresh new way.
After three years of collecting vintage British Columbia felt pennants I'm finally ready to hang some on the wall as a pinwheel. Likely the one I've laid out here on the floor, flanked by a bunch that won't make the cut.
I've been wanting to buy a piece from an artist named Nusmata from the Nuxalk Nation for a while now. Finally pulled the trigger on this owl panel which arrived today, to great fanfare. 😍
Our family is proud to support B.C. artists and companies now more than ever.
My grandma had a terminal illness but started knitting this blanket for a relative who was expecting a couple months ago. She wasn’t able to complete it before she passed away, so my relative finished knitting it and now my new relative is keeping warm under it. ❤️
Got this fantastic letter to the editor today, in response to a piece we ran where
@BillTieleman
started a petition saying we should remove the coyotes from Stanley Park
This kid in an old school
@Canucks
jacket watching a parade cross the Cambie Bridge on its opening day; December 8, 1985. He'd be a little older than 40 now. Can we find him?
📷:
@VanArchives
CVA 800-3902
A reminder that small town BC mayors don’t always wear suits like our big city mayors and often have other occupations aside from their work with the municipalities they represent. This is the mayor of Princeton in and interview with
@GlobalBC
.
#bcpoli
Photojournalist Ben Nelms (pictured right) gets a “hundred yard stare” from a protestor at a pro-Trump rally in Vancouver today. Moments later he punched Ben in the face, unprovoked, then casually walked away. Please contact
@VancouverPD
if you know the identify of this scumbag.
Happy to report that friends in the Gitga’at community of Hartley Bay (population 200) got their COVID-19 vaccinations with the Moderna vaccine today. They don’t have a hospital and the only way in is by floatplane or boat. ❤️
I've been inside a couple of Vancouver heritage buildings with nice staircases this week and figured instead of leaving the photos I randomly shot of them hidden on my camera roll I'd share them here.
Ladies and gentlemen, the Dominion Building and the Rogers Building.
Residential school survivor and pro skateboarder Joe Buffalo took advantage of the weather today and got this trick which he just posted to his Instagram
BREAKING:
@drex
and I have a commitment from the owner of the English Bay Barge that they'll give us a piece of it to be cut into small chunks, then sold to the public, with proceeds going to charity. Watch this space,
@JACK969van
and
@VIAwesome
in the coming weeks.
#buythebarge
A group of Vancouver conservationists have created images that offer before and after views of Stanley Park and Capilano Park, if both were to be logged. They hope to raise awareness around potential old-growth logging at Fairy Creek on Vancouver Island.
B.C.'s first-ever Indigenous woman to be elected as an MLA
@melaniejmark
delivers a powerful speech today at the
#NDTR
event, Xweýene:msta:m ?əkwəsqwel seýeḿ, outside the Vancouver Art Gallery.
Heres a video of my 14-year-old dog Frankie wearing a sweater and eating a piece of watermelon to brighten your timeline. Turn up the volume so you can hear his cute little crunching noises. ❤️
There's something odd about wearing a poppy to commemorate the war dead, when we're currently in a global war against poppy users which kills ever-increasing numbers each year.
Yes! The Ogopogo drawing I commissioned Bailey Zussman to create was on
@GlobalBC
news this morning! What a great depiction of this B.C. lake monster.
As payment I've made a donation to the food bank in Victoria in Bailey's honour. ❤️
This guy pumped 29.998 litres of gas today (just below the 30-litre limit right now) so we thanked him with a surprise $50. He works at the
@VanFoodBank
. ❤️