Adrienne Tanner

We NEED free, accessible, public events and Car Free Days connect many neighbourhoods, community groups, charities, artists, makers, vendors. This would have been such a loss:

Thanks to @lucymaloney.bsky.social & @seanorr.bsky.social for this motion.

Civic Searchlight is now free to use You can sign up right now to access our ever-growing database covering hundreds of Canadian municipalities, no subscription required. Search 59,000 hours and counting of transcribed public meetings, a...

CivicSearchlight is now available for free for everyone, built by the amazing @rorywh.bsky.social for @nationalobserver.com. It allows you to search municipal meetings across the country with keywords, and is really helpful for understanding how a topic has moved through time and jurisdictions. ❗☺️❗

We're lucky good people still choose brutal politics The biggest sacrifice aspiring politicians make in this age of social media is the loss of privacy — or even worse, the incessant nasty trolling from people with differing political views.

It's amazing anyone runs for office. The biggest sacrifice aspiring politicians make in this social media age is the incessant nasty trolling from people with differing political views. www.nationalobserver.com/2026/03/11/o...

Pup and her afternoon cigar

Wait. They are releasing Epstein files to distract Americans from the war in Iran now?

Ugh. Good story.

COPE Councillor Considering Next Steps After Mayor’s False Drug Accusations | The Tyee Ken Sim wrongly accused Sean Orr of dealing illegal drugs and initially let another councillor take the blame.

Within this story from @kehyslop.bsky.social and @jenstden.bsky.social: Former Green councillor Adrianne Carr says she resigned in 2025 in part because of remarks Sim made to her during an in-camera meeting
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Vancouver deserves better than Sim’s lies The readiness of Mayor Ken Sim and Coun. Lenny Zhou to slander a colleague is far worse than any harebrained policy they might propose or past controversial decisions they have made.

Politicians like Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim and Coun. Lenny Zhou who spread lies about a colleague for political gain undermine trust in our political system. They don't deserve our respect or votes, @adriennetanner.bsky.social writes.

Seems like the media should at least express some curiosity about this.

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I've been told that Ken Sim told his team that a stranger waived a physical photo at him during a Chinatown event and falsely claimed that it was Orr dealing drugs on Christmas Day.

The mayor doesn't remember the specific contents or style of the photo, and can't remember who showed it to him.

yes and thank you for the excuse to share one of my all-time favorite tweets (from @longwall26.bsky.social)

Just wild, my goodness #vanpoli

Canada's care package to Cuba feels thin Carney’s aid package to Cuba is a nod to close ties between our two countries and another signal that Canada is not prepared to do the bidding of the US. But we could and should do more.

Carney’s aid package to Cuba is a nod to close ties between our two countries and another signal that Canada is not prepared to do the bidding of the US. But we could do more — helping power their grid would be longer lasting. www.nationalobserver.com/2026/02/25/o...

Kitchen stakeout. Always hopeful. Often successful

Inside the Far-Right Push to Influence Canadian Political Parties | The Tyee A conference call shows a political operative with past Conservative connections advising several white nationalist groups.

There are some troubling undercurrents. I worry that when leaders other certain groups, in this case immigrants, these kinds of sentiments can grow. immigrants thetyee.ca/News/2026/02...

I think countries have a right to set immigration levels. And I agree higher wages would take care of some labour shortages. What I object to is letting people in to work and treating them differently. Charging for services is abhorrent

I know what you say is true... I grew up in Edmonton and no one I know would support this.

Carney must stand up for decency against Smith The Alberta premier's anti-immigrant campaign is an assault on Canada's benevolent national identity. But if Alberta wants to benefit from Canada — they are asking for a new pipeline after all — they ...

The Alberta premier's anti-immigrant campaign is an assault on Canada's benevolent national identity. If Alberta wants to benefit from Canada — they are asking for a new pipeline after all — they must act like Canadians. www.nationalobserver.com/2026/02/21/o...

Where is Canada on this? Despicable treatment of lovely people.... We're happy to go lie on the beach, we should help now.

Danielle Smith keeps feeding the beast If there’s a Pandora’s Box that Alberta's premier hasn’t opened yet, it’s not for a lack of trying.

Most of the premiers in Canada have banded together to face down the threat posed by Donald Trump. Except, that is, for Danielle Smith, who has decided to turn her province's attention to the threat posed by....Ottawa and its immigration policies? www.nationalobserver.com/2026/02/20/o...

Brutal

Canada drains its future while droughts deepen As climate change melts the glaciers and makes droughts more frequent and prolonged, it’s time to become better stewards of water. Unfortunately, in many provinces, the opposite is happening.

As climate change melts the glaciers and makes droughts more frequent and prolonged, Canadians must become better stewards of water. Unfortunately, in many provinces, the opposite is happening. www.nationalobserver.com/2026/02/12/o...

Canada's top court overturns squeaker win by federal Liberals in Quebec riding Liberal Tatiana Auguste was initially declared the winner by one vote over Bloc Québécois candidate Nathalie Sinclair-Desgagné in the 2025 election.

The Supreme Court of Canada has overturned a one-vote win for the Liberals in Quebec's Terrebonne riding www.nationalobserver.com/2026/02/13/n...

I'm not a climate doomer, because that's what the powerful want. They want people to give up and say "it's too late."

Even if it is too late, I'd still rather the world decarbonize if only to fuck up the fossil fuel companies.

If you refuse to believe in a better future, at least believe in spite.

I meant exclamation mark. I thought it was superb

Read this morning. Great piece?

Holy cow, folks.

Archive link to a paywall read, but it’s an astounding op-ed with an outside perspective on American Olympians & the crisis of confidence in representing the “American brand” on the world stage.

This does NOT mince words. Wow. From the searing Jake Paul lede to the end: Oof.

Wild thing chewing something other than me. Which is good.

Absolutely

Hands off the judiciary, Premier Smith Zeroing in on one horrific court case to demand Canada make a wholesale change in the way it appoints higher court judges is cheap politicking that ignores reforms to the bail system already in the wo...

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is zeroing in on one horrific court case to demand Canada give her a say in the way Canada appoints higher court judges. This is cheap politicking that risks undermining trust in Canadian courts. www.nationalobserver.com/2026/02/05/o...