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Christopher Cheung @bychrischeung.bsky.social · 1d

Incredible that they posed for a photo op for their own capture.

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Winnipeg police seeking 3 of Canada's most wanted fugitives | CBC News

Winnipeg police are searching for three of Canada’s most wanted fugitives, as a countrywide search program updated its Top 25 most wanted list on Wednesday in Vancouver.

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Christopher Cheung @bychrischeung.bsky.social · 5d

Kyber Crystal Mall!

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Justin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · Sep 11

Global News laid off 26 journalists in B.C. and Alberta today.

In B.C. the layoffs include virtually all of the online team, along with many others.

The business is increasingly cruel, and the hollowing out of newsrooms providing fair and reliable information continues to suck.

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Christopher Cheung @bychrischeung.bsky.social · Sep 11

Sigh. So sorry to hear. Thank you for your service!

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Christopher Cheung @bychrischeung.bsky.social · Sep 3

This happens too often.

Jackie Dives @jackiedives.bsky.social · Sep 2

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Christopher Cheung @bychrischeung.bsky.social · Aug 29

The last houses of Whalley, Surrey. On film.

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Christopher Cheung @bychrischeung.bsky.social · Aug 26

Getting ready for back to school season! I'll be teaching journalism at BCIT.

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Christopher Cheung @bychrischeung.bsky.social · Jul 29

Belties! Admiring @climatesteves.bsky.social's cows by the Richmond dyke last night.

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Christopher Cheung @bychrischeung.bsky.social · May 13

according to CBC, he apologized RAW

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Christopher Cheung @bychrischeung.bsky.social · May 5

Found it: 532 East Georgia!

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Christopher Cheung @bychrischeung.bsky.social · May 5

Very Vancouver scene in last night's Last of Us.

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Christopher Cheung @bychrischeung.bsky.social · Apr 29

Crystal Mall Hilton? :P

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Christopher Cheung @bychrischeung.bsky.social · Apr 27

Not our beloved Fraser Street... My heart is broken. I feel so sick reading the horrific details of what people experienced at this evening's attack. This is a violent violation of a special safe place shared by so many, on a day to celebrate Lapu Lapu. Take care of each other.

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Christopher Cheung @bychrischeung.bsky.social · Apr 10

A nice surprise this week! I'm nominated for the Jim Deva Prize for Writing that Provokes alongside these great folks with impactful work. @bcyukonbookprizes.bsky.social

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Christopher Cheung @bychrischeung.bsky.social · Apr 8

What's next? For now, I'm chipping away at my second book. It's a collection of Vancouver stories, out next year!

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Christopher Cheung @bychrischeung.bsky.social · Apr 8

🐟 some news 🐟

I have said goodbye to the Tyee! It's hard to believe it's been 10 years since my first story, and I've been itching for some change. Reporting for the rising outlet has been the richest of adventures alongside the most talented colleagues. Thanks to all who followed along.

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Christopher Cheung @bychrischeung.bsky.social · Apr 4

how is this story six years old 😂

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Christopher Cheung @bychrischeung.bsky.social · Apr 1

The flag was muted during a reckoning with residential schools. Then it was embraced by the convoy protests. Now, it's everywhere as a symbol of Canadian sovereignty.

A vexillologist, an Indigenous artist and a scholar of the right on this recent whiplash of meanings.
thetyee.ca/News/2025/03...

A Whiplash of Feelings about the Maple Leaf | The Tyee

Canada’s flag has been buffeted by winds of controversy. Then Trump levelled his threats.

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Christopher Cheung @bychrischeung.bsky.social · Mar 31

whoaaaaa

Christopher Cheung @bychrischeung.bsky.social · Mar 28

Nathaniel likes the Broadway Plan. He's a nurse who moved to the area to be near VGH, where he works. He knew his building would be demolished, but that he'd have the "strongest renter protections in Canada."

But then he found out he didn't qualify. In @thetyee.ca.
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The Broadway Plan Protects Displaced Renters. But Not All | The Tyee

Some who expect cash and a new unit are surprised to learn they don’t qualify.

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Christopher Cheung @bychrischeung.bsky.social · Mar 26

Abbotsford is home to the oldest gurdwara in the western hemisphere, built with wood men carried on their backs from a mill where they worked. Within that family of lumber barons were two supporters of the KKK.

Here's local historians and the family on that legacy.
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The Case of the Gurdwara, the Lumber Barons and the KKK | The Tyee

In Abbotsford, the first Sikh place of worship holds a complicated history.

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Christopher Cheung @bychrischeung.bsky.social · Feb 25

The Dunsmuir rotted. The Winters burned down. The Balmoral was condemend.

A @thetyee.ca interview with Vancouver's building chief on the lessons learned, negligent landlords, tricky demolitions, quake-proofing SROs, and problems with vacant buildings.
thetyee.ca/News/2025/02...

He Decides Which Buildings Should Live or Die | The Tyee

Vancouver building chief Saul Schwebs on seismic scares, SROs, safeguarding residents and more. A Tyee interview.

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Christopher Cheung @bychrischeung.bsky.social · Feb 20

Thanks so much for reading it!

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Christopher Cheung @bychrischeung.bsky.social · Feb 11

Six progressive parties "blew up" the ballot last Vancouver election with too many candidates.

This byelection, three parties (the Greens, OneCity, COPE) have agreed to limit themselves to one candidate each to prevent a split. Two seats are up for grabs.

In @thetyee.ca.
thetyee.ca/News/2025/02...

Why Three Parties Cut a Deal Before Vancouver’s Byelection | The Tyee

With two seats open, each will run just one candidate, an imperfect ‘formula’ to avoid progressive vote splitting.

thetyee.ca

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Christopher Cheung @bychrischeung.bsky.social · Feb 7

reading the Power 50 list again and there is too much positivity. we need the Power Baddies 50.

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Introducing Vanmag’s 2025 Power 50 List - Vancouver Magazine

To be clear: this list isn’t about highlighting only those in power. […]

www.vanmag.com

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