We have added paramedics in 7 more ambulances & 2 supervisor vehicles to help address call volumes after many staff reached out and offered to come in.

Heartbreaking tragedy at Vancouver's Filipino festival, where a man drove a car into the crowd, killing and injuring innocent people. On this sad day, Ukrainians deeply share the pain of Canadians, Vancouver residents, and the Canadian Filipino community. Our condolences to the

To the poll workers who are making this happen: Thank you! See more of our voting stories: x.com/ElectionsCan_E…

Same for Canada. Not a single Canadian outlet covered this.

That’s exactly why Putin started a full-scale war against Ukraine – he got away with his earlier wars like a thug who never had to answer for anything. That must never happen again. Today, in front of you is a decision to create a mechanism that can help prevent future wars –

Happy BC Child and Youth in Care Week! This week, let's celebrate amazing young people in and from care across the province! #YouthInCareAreAwesome #BCCYICW

The BCGEU wildfire fighters currently taking on this fire do excellent work and are dedicated to the safety of the community Also, most of them earn ~$28/hour The public service is not overpaid.

The Court has dismissed an appeal from a judicial review of a labour relations matter, finding a BC Labour Relations Board’s cease and desist order involved a proper application of the statute to prevent an unfair labour practice in response to a lawful strike action (1/2).

The order required Gate Gourmet Canada to cease and desist from using out-of-province replacement workers to perform catering work that would otherwise have been done by striking employees at YVR Airport: bccourts.ca/jdb-txt/ca/25/… (2/2).

5/ Mochrie is Vancouver’s 4th city manager in 17 years. Gregor Robertson replaced Judy Rogers ($572K severance) with Penny Ballem ($556K severance) then replaced her too. A pricey tradition of turnover continues. #vanpoli #bcpoli

The final two Surrey Rides events are coming up this weekend! Fri, August 8 South Surrey Skatepark Sat, August 9 Fraser Heights Skatepark Youth are invited to come out with their skateboard, scooter, or bike and ride at the park from 4-7pm for free snacks and prize giveaways.

Dear Air Canada, your employees should obviously be paid for all of required at-work time. Unpaid work is b*s. They are workers, not volunteers – and you’re a for-profit company with high-paid executives, not a charitable organization.

Forced free labour is illegal, Patty Hajdu. This is a *commercial* airline among many — labour law doesn't exist to protect their profits. Legislating back-to-work and forcing binding arbitration shows no regard for workers, and they're right to fight back.ipolitics.ca/2025/08/18/can…

The Times Colonist has an editorial claiming BCGEU is being offered 14% over 3 years This is untrue - last gov offer is equivalent of 4% over 2 years (or 2%/year).

UPDATE: "In the wake of the strike vote, the government did not come forward with a revised offer," union president Paul Finch said. vancouver.citynews.ca/2025/09/01/bcg…

Iceland is the world’s biggest consumer of SSRIs. They’ve had less than 10 gun homicides since 2020; in the US, there have been over 90,000. Japan is one of the largest video game markets in the world. They have 10 gun deaths per year; the US has nearly 50,000. It’s the guns.

I’m thinking about my friend Cam today. He was sober for years, had a beautiful family, a good job … from the outside everything seemed great. Years ago, he reached out to say he was struggling and wanted to go out for coffee and talk. We planned to get together the next day.

We value Japan’s decisive actions in increasing pressure on Russia. Japan has joined the lowered price cap on Russian oil at the level of $47.60. This will significantly hit the Kremlin’s financial capacity. I also thank Japan for the sanctions against companies of the Russian