I’ve been told around a 15 minute queue (11am) for people voting in the #Vancouver City Council by-election at Coal Harbour Community Centre. Global BC Darya Zargar Jennifer Palma

Keane Gruending No voting cards. Taking forever to check ID.

Keane Gruending City of Vancouver Currently at Creekside in the Olympic Village. Been here 30 minutes, looks like it could be another 30 atleast.

2+ hour line-up at Coal Harbour. Reminder, if you fit a priority category like having a kid, being pregnant, or senior, + you can skip the line #Vancouver #vanpoli

Reminder: if you are in the voter line by 8 pm tonight, it is a legal requirement that you are able to vote, even after 8 pm. #Vancouver #vanpoli

Ways a local government can project what election day voting will look like: - Review advanced voting rates - Run a representative poll asking residents about their intention to vote - Social media sentiment analysis #Vancouver

What's crazy: in order to see the list of "priority" voters (pregnant, senior, disabled, w/ kid), who can skip the queue, you had to wait for 2 hours in the line to see that sign posted at station. #vanpoli #Vancouver

After the dust has settled on #Vancouver's municipal by-election, here is where the different parties stand in terms of vote share. As always, thanks to all candidates who ran. These come from unoffical voting results available here: buff.ly/7KgM1sZ #vanpoli

$6 Canadian strawberries versus $4 U.S. strawberries at a grocery store. Americans underestimated our incredible capacity for pettiness.

Incredibly damning RAND report on the differences in the cost of building income-restricted, subsidized housing (statutory term: affordable), in TX vs CA. 1) CA projects take 22 months longer to build on avg than TX 2) Fees + taxes 29x higher in CA vs TX (12 vs CO).

"Paris said au revoir to cars. Air pollution maps reveal a dramatic change." The plans had seen pushback, but apparently Parisians voted overwhelmingly in a referendum to turn 500 streets over to pedestrians. washingtonpost.com/climate-soluti…

I actually don't mind this. Get Canadians engaged in politics.

On climate, will the real Mark Carney please stand up? theglobeandmail.com/business/artic…

Voting with housing in mind this election? We've made a handy guide on what the parties plan to do to build more homes. Full details and methodology at morehomescanada.ca/election2025 #cdnpoli

Memo to all the tough-talking Western / Alberta separatist keyboard warriors: In 2021 you had a real life Western separatist party running against *Justin Trudeau,* and all you could muster was 29 candidates from the absurdly named Maverick (formerly Wexit) Party, who

Yep — Level 1 #EV charging will work for a huge segment of the population. If you drive <60 kilometres per day, you should be just fine with a household plug-in. cbc.ca/news/science/s…

Like it or not, this is the index fund of children’s toys. You wouldn’t expect it from the extreme low cost but it outperforms—not even on a cost-adjusted basis, but overall; its simple strategy for fun is genuinely superior to much more complex options.

This comparsion in the NYTimes today is pretty stark. China is racing ahead to be a high-tech exporter of 21st century technologies, while the US is doubling down on being a petro-state exporting the technologies of the 19th century: nytimes.com/interactive/20…