Internal #BCGov polling must've come back with negative results, so the Eby NDP are making changes to the decriminalization of drugs experiment. But they're doing it take-out-the-trash Friday-style. #bcpoli

Several Britons charged in a plot to burn down a warehouse of a Ukrainian shipping company in East London, allegedly on orders of Russia’s Wagner Group. bbc.com/news/uk-688991…

With YVR AP average precip of around 86 mm for April (1981-2010 normals), this pattern shift is a welcome respite. 43 mm so far this month at nearby EC Sea Island climate station. We may get somewhere close to average.

3 babies overdose on fentanyl in Everett in four days king5.com/article/news/l…

Polls show the budget landed with a thud, so someone in Liberal communications suggested a Taylor Swift theme. Polls also continue to show most Canadians aren't buying Government (Justin's version). #cdnpoli

Exclusive: Vancouver Park Board officials concealed Stanley Park train derailment on Easter Weekend #vanpoli #bcpoli #stanleypark #tourism
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April 26th - On This Day in BC Sport History: 1969

Swangard Stadium opens in Burnaby with an opening ceremony attended by Premier WAC Bennett and other dignitaries. The stadium's first event is held afterwards: a BC provincial cup soccer final match between the North.../2

Labour unrest at Suntech, a major solar panel factory in Wuxi, China.

Mexico's chief detective apologizes for saying his country is the 'champion' of fentanyl production apnews.com/article/mexico…

NY Post: George Soros, Maoist fund Columbia's anti-Israel tent city nypost.com/2024/04/26/us-…

AUDIT: Routine irregularities uncovered in hiring of consultants in Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly’s department.
“In the last 5 years the department signed more than 8,000 consulting service contracts totaling $567 million”
blacklocks.ca/26-of-contract… Global Affairs Canada #cdnpoli

Putin announces plans to visit China in May apnews.com/article/putin-…

The Economist: 'In many ways the relationship is defined by oil. China buys roughly 90% of the black stuff produced by Iran, sidestepping American sanctions. It thus provides Iran with an economic lifeline.'
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A reporter asked the PM a simple question.
But a drama teacher delivered the verbose, dramatic and empty answer. #cdnpoli
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BREAKING: Dozens more tents popping up tonight in the heart of the UCLA campus in West LA. Pro-Israel counter demonstrators have gone home, while hundreds of Anti-Israel protesters remain camped out for the night. They are demanding that the university divests its financial ties…

Musqueam's Wade Grant throws his hat in the ring to become the Trudeau Liberals' successor to retiring Joyce Murray in Quadra. Faces in the crowd: VPD's Terry Yung, MP Parm Bains, Aquilini VP Bill Aujla and Mayor Sim's chief of staff Trevor Ford. #cdnpoli #bcpoli #vanpoli #vanRE

Does it do FOI housecalls? #cdnfoi #bcpoli

One shovels-and-hard hats Holborn photo op does not a building make. #vanRE #vanpoli

Exclusive: Vancouver Park Board officials concealed Stanley Park train derailment on Easter Weekend #vanpoli #bcpoli #safety #train #railway #StanleyPark #ParkBoard #vanparks
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“If it makes it any better, I would apologize.”
—Holborn’s Joo Kim Tiah, who chose Donald Trump over getting the social housing job done at Little Mountain #vanRE #bcpoli #vanpoli
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