Andrea Woo
@andreawoo.bsky.social
Vancouver “steam clock” critic, Globe and Mail journalist. Writes about health, health system pressures, drugs, social issues, politics, climate and all things British Columbia.
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PM Carney and Alberta Premier Smith set to announce MOU on energy Thurs. The Globe reported last week that Ottawa and AB were close to concluding a framework that includes a limited exemption to BC’s north coast tanker ban, setting the stage for a new pipeline
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Carney and Smith to unveil energy deal in Calgary Thursday, source says
Deal has stoked environmental concerns in B.C. and objections from Premier David Eby
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November 25, 2025 at 4:21 PM
PM Carney and Alberta Premier Smith set to announce MOU on energy Thurs. The Globe reported last week that Ottawa and AB were close to concluding a framework that includes a limited exemption to BC’s north coast tanker ban, setting the stage for a new pipeline
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The destruction of one of the world’s great public health agencies is a travesty. RFK Jr. seems determined to replace evidence-based science with quackery and use the CDC as his mouthpiece, by @picardonhealth.bsky.social
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The destruction of one of the world’s great public health agencies is a travesty
RFK Jr.’s latest attack on vaccines shows evidence-based science has been replaced by the ill-informed opinions of a quack
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November 25, 2025 at 11:31 AM
The destruction of one of the world’s great public health agencies is a travesty. RFK Jr. seems determined to replace evidence-based science with quackery and use the CDC as his mouthpiece, by @picardonhealth.bsky.social
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Jeremy Kalicum, convicted of trafficking for his role in operating an illicit-drug compassion club, provided a window into his motivations, telling a BC court about his brother’s addiction and the effects of seeing hundreds of ODs but no meaningful response
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B.C. man who bought dark web drugs for compassion club says he wanted to reduce overdoses
Jeremy Kalicum and Eris Nyx are challenging the constitutionality of Canada’s drug laws, saying they increase the risk of harm or death
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November 25, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Jeremy Kalicum, convicted of trafficking for his role in operating an illicit-drug compassion club, provided a window into his motivations, telling a BC court about his brother’s addiction and the effects of seeing hundreds of ODs but no meaningful response
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The two organizers of an illicit-drug compassion club in Vancouver, convicted this month of trafficking for providing members w/ heroin, cocaine and meth, are back in court challenging Canada’s drug laws as unconstitutional for depriving users of safer options
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Vancouver’s Drug User Liberation Front organizers challenging Canada’s drug laws
Court challenge claims laws are unconstitutional for depriving users of safer options
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November 24, 2025 at 5:48 PM
The two organizers of an illicit-drug compassion club in Vancouver, convicted this month of trafficking for providing members w/ heroin, cocaine and meth, are back in court challenging Canada’s drug laws as unconstitutional for depriving users of safer options
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Thanks you for the kind words and thank you to @samedwards.bsky.social for the support and all the interest in the first place ! Really appreciate it ! Inspires me to do more ! Doot doola doot doo …
No one's cooler than @nardwuarserviette.bsky.social, who's been doing his thing his way for 40 years. @samedwards.bsky.social interviews the human serviette. www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/arti...
How interviewer Nardwuar rose from Canadian cult hero to global phenomenon
The Vancouver native used to sneak around to score interviews. Now, A-listers seek him out
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November 22, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Thanks you for the kind words and thank you to @samedwards.bsky.social for the support and all the interest in the first place ! Really appreciate it ! Inspires me to do more ! Doot doola doot doo …
Aggressive cat distribution system
November 22, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Aggressive cat distribution system
There is an ostrich convoy driving around downtown Vancouver (and other cities) right now, which is not a sentence I have typed before.
November 22, 2025 at 7:42 PM
There is an ostrich convoy driving around downtown Vancouver (and other cities) right now, which is not a sentence I have typed before.
Reporter: “Are you affirming that you think President Trump is a fascist?”
Mamdani: “I’ve spoken about–“
Trump: “That’s okay, you can just say yes.”
Mamdani: “I’ve spoken about–“
Trump: “That’s okay, you can just say yes.”
November 21, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Reporter: “Are you affirming that you think President Trump is a fascist?”
Mamdani: “I’ve spoken about–“
Trump: “That’s okay, you can just say yes.”
Mamdani: “I’ve spoken about–“
Trump: “That’s okay, you can just say yes.”
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Microsoft President Brad Smith says the US plan to charge $100,000 for the H-1B visa, or indeed higher state taxes in Washington, could make it more attractive to hire in Canada.
“You don’t have to look far to find Vancouver,” he said in an interview with my Seattle counterpart Anna Edgerton:
“You don’t have to look far to find Vancouver,” he said in an interview with my Seattle counterpart Anna Edgerton:
Microsoft President Says Progressive Tax Promises Are Putting Washington State’s Tech Jobs at Risk
As job cuts spread gloom through the Seattle-area tech scene, one of Microsoft Corp.’s top executives is warning that state proposals for higher taxes risk devastating the region’s economy.
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November 21, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Microsoft President Brad Smith says the US plan to charge $100,000 for the H-1B visa, or indeed higher state taxes in Washington, could make it more attractive to hire in Canada.
“You don’t have to look far to find Vancouver,” he said in an interview with my Seattle counterpart Anna Edgerton:
“You don’t have to look far to find Vancouver,” he said in an interview with my Seattle counterpart Anna Edgerton:
A very old fashioned term, some would say no one’s ever heard of it before
November 21, 2025 at 8:58 PM
A very old fashioned term, some would say no one’s ever heard of it before
Meanwhile, on the other app: JD Vance says Canada’s “immigration insanity” is to blame for stagnating living standards, not Trump “or whatever bogeyman the CBC tells you to blame.”
November 21, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Meanwhile, on the other app: JD Vance says Canada’s “immigration insanity” is to blame for stagnating living standards, not Trump “or whatever bogeyman the CBC tells you to blame.”
Army major and gynecologist Blaine McGraw accused in possibly largest sexual misconduct scandal in U.S. military history, CNN reports. At least 65 alleged victims to date, could grow to hundreds
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Exclusive: What led the Army to investigate gynecologist described in lawsuit as a ‘predator in uniform’ | CNN Politics
Last month, military officials in Texas suspended Dr. Blaine McGraw, an Army major and gynecologist at Fort Hood, who is now accused in a civil lawsuit of repeatedly groping a female patient and secre...
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November 21, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Army major and gynecologist Blaine McGraw accused in possibly largest sexual misconduct scandal in U.S. military history, CNN reports. At least 65 alleged victims to date, could grow to hundreds
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U.S. Department of Education no longer classifies nursing as a "professional degree" under Trump's "One Big Beautiful Bill," limiting funding for students who want to enter the health care field
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Department of Education says nursing is no longer a professional degree
The education department no longer considers nursing as a professional degree program, which can weaken funding for students wanting to enter the health care field.
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November 21, 2025 at 8:05 PM
U.S. Department of Education no longer classifies nursing as a "professional degree" under Trump's "One Big Beautiful Bill," limiting funding for students who want to enter the health care field
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Are either one of them international kingpins?
November 20, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Are either one of them international kingpins?
Sounds familiar
Is there fentanyl on the boats from Venezuela the Trump administration is blowing up? No. I explain and discuss @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/u...
Venezuela Doesn’t Produce Fentanyl. Trump Is Targeting It Anyway.
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November 20, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Sounds familiar
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Yays: BC Conservative caucus, OneBC caucus and all three Independents (Kealy, Elenore Sturko and Amelia Boultbee)
Nays: BC NDP caucus, BC Green caucus
The bills fails at first reading #bcpoli
Nays: BC NDP caucus, BC Green caucus
The bills fails at first reading #bcpoli
Another bill that would repeal the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act introduced in the BC legislature today
This time by Independent MLA Jordan Kealy
Just like similar legislation put forward by One BC, there's division at first reading #bcpoli
This time by Independent MLA Jordan Kealy
Just like similar legislation put forward by One BC, there's division at first reading #bcpoli
November 19, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Yays: BC Conservative caucus, OneBC caucus and all three Independents (Kealy, Elenore Sturko and Amelia Boultbee)
Nays: BC NDP caucus, BC Green caucus
The bills fails at first reading #bcpoli
Nays: BC NDP caucus, BC Green caucus
The bills fails at first reading #bcpoli
You miss 100% of the shots you don't take!
November 19, 2025 at 9:19 PM
You miss 100% of the shots you don't take!
Call-out: Are YOU Ryan Wedding? If so, please reach out.
November 19, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Call-out: Are YOU Ryan Wedding? If so, please reach out.
The reward for fugitive Ryan Wedding, a Canadian ex-Olympic snowboarder whom US authorities are likening to Pablo Escobar and El Chapo, is now US$15-million.
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U.S., Canadian authorities announce new arrests in efforts to prosecute fugitive Ryan Wedding
Canadian police arrested seven individuals with alleged ties to Wedding’s network, including a lawyer
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November 19, 2025 at 9:05 PM
The reward for fugitive Ryan Wedding, a Canadian ex-Olympic snowboarder whom US authorities are likening to Pablo Escobar and El Chapo, is now US$15-million.
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B.C. ombudsperson reports increase in "crisis-driven" complaints re: access to public services.
Most complaints in: 1. Housing and affordability, 2. Health and health care, 3. Transportation, infrastructure and environment
PDF:
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Most complaints in: 1. Housing and affordability, 2. Health and health care, 3. Transportation, infrastructure and environment
PDF:
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November 18, 2025 at 7:54 PM
B.C. ombudsperson reports increase in "crisis-driven" complaints re: access to public services.
Most complaints in: 1. Housing and affordability, 2. Health and health care, 3. Transportation, infrastructure and environment
PDF:
bcombudsperson.ca/wp-content/u...
Most complaints in: 1. Housing and affordability, 2. Health and health care, 3. Transportation, infrastructure and environment
PDF:
bcombudsperson.ca/wp-content/u...
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OneCity has its first mayoral candidate for their primary: William Azaroff, the CEO of Brightside Community Homes Foundation, and board member of The Tyee, VIFF, and a bunch of other community endeavours.
His campaign video launch, here:
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His campaign video launch, here:
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William on Instagram: "My name is William Azaroff, and I’m proud to be seeking the mayoral nomination with @onecityvancouver
I’m a community housing leader and city builder who knows how to bring peo...
5 likes, 0 comments - williamforvancouver on November 17, 2025: "My name is William Azaroff, and I’m proud to be seeking the mayoral nomination with @onecityvancouver
I’m a community housing leader a...
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November 17, 2025 at 4:52 PM
OneCity has its first mayoral candidate for their primary: William Azaroff, the CEO of Brightside Community Homes Foundation, and board member of The Tyee, VIFF, and a bunch of other community endeavours.
His campaign video launch, here:
www.instagram.com/reel/DRKifvH...
His campaign video launch, here:
www.instagram.com/reel/DRKifvH...
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Many services on Salt Spring Island are experiencing a labor shortage, driven by a lack of housing workers can afford.
It's pushed businesses around the island to offer housing for workers in order to improve recruitment — including illegal trailers.
My latest:
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It's pushed businesses around the island to offer housing for workers in order to improve recruitment — including illegal trailers.
My latest:
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Illegal housing essential to keep Salt Spring Island businesses open, employers say | CBC News
Many services on Salt Spring Island are experiencing a labour shortage, driven by a lack of housing workers can afford.
It’s pushed businesses around the island to offer housing for workers in order t...
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November 17, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Many services on Salt Spring Island are experiencing a labor shortage, driven by a lack of housing workers can afford.
It's pushed businesses around the island to offer housing for workers in order to improve recruitment — including illegal trailers.
My latest:
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
It's pushed businesses around the island to offer housing for workers in order to improve recruitment — including illegal trailers.
My latest:
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
"Khashoggi was injected with a sedative, suffocated with a plastic bag and cut into pieces. His remains were taken to Saudi consul-general’s residence. Saudi Arabia conducted a forensic cleaning of the consulate before Turkish officials were allowed inside."
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November 18, 2025 at 6:39 PM
"Khashoggi was injected with a sedative, suffocated with a plastic bag and cut into pieces. His remains were taken to Saudi consul-general’s residence. Saudi Arabia conducted a forensic cleaning of the consulate before Turkish officials were allowed inside."
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Trump defends Saudi Crown Prince MBS when journo asks about murder of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
"You're mentioning somebody that was extremely controversial. A lot of ppl didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen."
"You're mentioning somebody that was extremely controversial. A lot of ppl didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen."
November 18, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Trump defends Saudi Crown Prince MBS when journo asks about murder of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
"You're mentioning somebody that was extremely controversial. A lot of ppl didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen."
"You're mentioning somebody that was extremely controversial. A lot of ppl didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen."