Anna TR
@annaft.bsky.social
Orton-Gillingham Practitioner & Learning Specialist - Nature lover - Artist - Punster - Bookworm - Appreciator of kindness & common sense - Still cares about Covid😷
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The focus of yesterday’s Whitecaps/City of Vancouver press conference was a new home for the team.
But if you looked closely, the real story was a big development play that could accelerate the transformation of Hastings Park.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
But if you looked closely, the real story was a big development play that could accelerate the transformation of Hastings Park.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
ANALYSIS | How the City of Vancouver's deal with the Whitecaps could transform the Hastings Park area | CBC News
The City of Vancouver’s history began with a land deal between a government desperate for a product and a private corporation with plenty of perceived leverage.
www.cbc.ca
December 12, 2025 at 5:36 PM
The focus of yesterday’s Whitecaps/City of Vancouver press conference was a new home for the team.
But if you looked closely, the real story was a big development play that could accelerate the transformation of Hastings Park.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
But if you looked closely, the real story was a big development play that could accelerate the transformation of Hastings Park.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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But their landlord, a company called Plan A owned by Anoop Majithia, has a long, long history of rental act violations and using various flimsy reasons to evict tenants.
The tenants now want to know why this company is still being allowed to evict people. thetyee.ca/News/2025/12...
The tenants now want to know why this company is still being allowed to evict people. thetyee.ca/News/2025/12...
A Vancouver Landlord Keeps Being Allowed to Evict Tenants. Why? | The Tyee
Residents want to know why BC’s Residential Tenancy Branch keeps siding with Plan A.
thetyee.ca
December 5, 2025 at 5:04 PM
But their landlord, a company called Plan A owned by Anoop Majithia, has a long, long history of rental act violations and using various flimsy reasons to evict tenants.
The tenants now want to know why this company is still being allowed to evict people. thetyee.ca/News/2025/12...
The tenants now want to know why this company is still being allowed to evict people. thetyee.ca/News/2025/12...
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The tenants of Park Beach have been fighting aggressive eviction threats for nearly two years.
Their landlord has painted them as criminals and thieves - and to their dismay, some Residential Tenancy Branch arbitrators have accepted that characterization. thetyee.ca/News/2025/12...
Their landlord has painted them as criminals and thieves - and to their dismay, some Residential Tenancy Branch arbitrators have accepted that characterization. thetyee.ca/News/2025/12...
A Vancouver Landlord Keeps Being Allowed to Evict Tenants. Why? | The Tyee
Residents want to know why BC’s Residential Tenancy Branch keeps siding with Plan A.
thetyee.ca
December 5, 2025 at 5:01 PM
The tenants of Park Beach have been fighting aggressive eviction threats for nearly two years.
Their landlord has painted them as criminals and thieves - and to their dismay, some Residential Tenancy Branch arbitrators have accepted that characterization. thetyee.ca/News/2025/12...
Their landlord has painted them as criminals and thieves - and to their dismay, some Residential Tenancy Branch arbitrators have accepted that characterization. thetyee.ca/News/2025/12...
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What was treasured by local Vancouverites, tourists and all, has been disappearing fast. Not just views but also trees, landscaping, & wildlife, since Sullivan #EcoDensity & Gregor #GreenestCity b/c rampant relentless development & spec www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... #vanre #vanpoli
Opinion: Vancouver must go wild – for the good of us all
The city needs to make a real effort to preserve its forest canopy
www.theglobeandmail.com
December 8, 2025 at 12:10 AM
What was treasured by local Vancouverites, tourists and all, has been disappearing fast. Not just views but also trees, landscaping, & wildlife, since Sullivan #EcoDensity & Gregor #GreenestCity b/c rampant relentless development & spec www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... #vanre #vanpoli
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The bodies are piling up
RIP Repair Cafes run by spec.bc.ca
ABC’s budget death count thus far: summer fireworks, community repair cafes
@lucymaloney.bsky.social @seanorr.bsky.social
ABC’s budget death count thus far: summer fireworks, community repair cafes
@lucymaloney.bsky.social @seanorr.bsky.social
November 27, 2025 at 2:10 AM
The bodies are piling up
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My rent is going up regardless of property tax increases.
458: business council of B.C. supported zero per cent tax increase. 94% increase in property tax since 2010. Landlords pass this on to renters. Excess spending of 3.8 billion in last decade.
November 19, 2025 at 12:48 AM
My rent is going up regardless of property tax increases.
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Ok folks we are back at it again from 1-5. Yesterday was a lot. Heard from so many passionate Vancouverites.
Unfortunately I heard the mayor say it was a waste of time. But I assure you, I’m listening.
Unfortunately I heard the mayor say it was a waste of time. But I assure you, I’m listening.
Budget hearing continued after short recess. 157: environmental lawyer (?)Reads poem. 158: raised in east van. This is austerity and hasn’t been asked for. I’ve been lucky enough to use public services. Breaks my heart to think they won’t get same quality. Few people asked for this police budget.
November 13, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Ok folks we are back at it again from 1-5. Yesterday was a lot. Heard from so many passionate Vancouverites.
Unfortunately I heard the mayor say it was a waste of time. But I assure you, I’m listening.
Unfortunately I heard the mayor say it was a waste of time. But I assure you, I’m listening.
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say “fiscal responsibility” three times in the mirror at midnight, and five ken sim supporters will appear behind you to tell you about the struggles of being a landlord
November 13, 2025 at 5:01 AM
say “fiscal responsibility” three times in the mirror at midnight, and five ken sim supporters will appear behind you to tell you about the struggles of being a landlord
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One thing to watch for on Day 1 of Vancouver Budget-palooza, which begins in five minutes: this staff proposal to raise fees for having events outside the Vancouver Art Gallery by 2400%.
Additional big increases for Robson Square and the plaza on Davie Street.
We'll see if it gets clawed back.
Additional big increases for Robson Square and the plaza on Davie Street.
We'll see if it gets clawed back.
November 12, 2025 at 5:27 PM
One thing to watch for on Day 1 of Vancouver Budget-palooza, which begins in five minutes: this staff proposal to raise fees for having events outside the Vancouver Art Gallery by 2400%.
Additional big increases for Robson Square and the plaza on Davie Street.
We'll see if it gets clawed back.
Additional big increases for Robson Square and the plaza on Davie Street.
We'll see if it gets clawed back.
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As usual, those with zero agency are being hit the hardest by our society's callous public health decisions.
Infants younger than six months old get hit the hardest with respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, making up almost half of all patients hospitalized for the illness in Canada, according to a new study. @michellegamage.bsky.social reports.
Infants Bear the Brunt of RSV Hospitalizations, UBC Study Finds | The Tyee
Researchers say the province should do more to protect the very small and vulnerable.
thetyee.ca
November 5, 2025 at 4:45 PM
As usual, those with zero agency are being hit the hardest by our society's callous public health decisions.
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This is a great point. There's so much resistance to increasing ventilation/air purification in classrooms to lower levels of Covid & other illnesses for kids & staff, & so much resistance to masking in healthcare
BUT they'll get busy ventilating chicken barns against avian flu
because profit
BUT they'll get busy ventilating chicken barns against avian flu
because profit
We'll protect chickens from H5N1 but not kids in schools and patients in clinics from Covid?
Sound about right....
'He pointed to one research project studying air filtration in barns.'
#BCpoli #H5N1 #Covid #Covid19
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Sound about right....
'He pointed to one research project studying air filtration in barns.'
#BCpoli #H5N1 #Covid #Covid19
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Avian flu strikes farms in B.C.'s Fraser Valley, with 7 outbreaks this month | CBC News
Avian flu has broken out in at least seven locations across B.C.’s Fraser Valley this month, with six cases cropping up since Thursday, and local farmers are doing all they can to protect their flocks...
www.cbc.ca
November 3, 2025 at 5:42 AM
This is a great point. There's so much resistance to increasing ventilation/air purification in classrooms to lower levels of Covid & other illnesses for kids & staff, & so much resistance to masking in healthcare
BUT they'll get busy ventilating chicken barns against avian flu
because profit
BUT they'll get busy ventilating chicken barns against avian flu
because profit
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Absolutely amazing: they've got so much solar in Australia that they need more people to use more of it, so the gov't has instructed energy retailers to offer *at least three hours of free power* during the middle of the day.
Meanwhile fossil-addled US struggles with an energy-price crisis ...
Meanwhile fossil-addled US struggles with an energy-price crisis ...
Energy retailers to be directed to offer free power three hours a day
Saying there is enough solar power for everyone in the daytime, Climate Change Minister Chris Bowen will direct retailers to provide three hours of free power every day to consumers.
www.abc.net.au
November 3, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Absolutely amazing: they've got so much solar in Australia that they need more people to use more of it, so the gov't has instructed energy retailers to offer *at least three hours of free power* during the middle of the day.
Meanwhile fossil-addled US struggles with an energy-price crisis ...
Meanwhile fossil-addled US struggles with an energy-price crisis ...
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@christineboyle.bsky.social @seanorr.bsky.social @lucymaloney.bsky.social would council please direct police and fire to start enforcing this ban? I think people have had more than enough time to adjust to the five year old law.
Here’s my elderly dog Sofia enjoying Vancouver Halloween where fireworks have supposedly been banned since 2021.
November 1, 2025 at 3:50 AM
@christineboyle.bsky.social @seanorr.bsky.social @lucymaloney.bsky.social would council please direct police and fire to start enforcing this ban? I think people have had more than enough time to adjust to the five year old law.
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The pandemic has, and continues to have, significant effects on global politics. I am certain that in the future entire books will be written on this subject, but these effects can be distilled to one concept: the vast majority of people have normalised that which is abnormal.
October 24, 2025 at 12:11 PM
The pandemic has, and continues to have, significant effects on global politics. I am certain that in the future entire books will be written on this subject, but these effects can be distilled to one concept: the vast majority of people have normalised that which is abnormal.
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I try to be professional on this platform but there are times, like now, when it hits me hard on a visceral level that we are in the midst of a catastrophic global public health crisis and it seems, as a species, we've somehow decided that ignoring it is the best plan we've got.
October 28, 2025 at 12:42 AM
I try to be professional on this platform but there are times, like now, when it hits me hard on a visceral level that we are in the midst of a catastrophic global public health crisis and it seems, as a species, we've somehow decided that ignoring it is the best plan we've got.
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💯 Masking is a good litmus test for many things you'd want in a partner
-science literacy
-intelligence
-empathy
-community minded
-values health > conformity
-weirdly super cool
-science literacy
-intelligence
-empathy
-community minded
-values health > conformity
-weirdly super cool
October 28, 2025 at 1:42 AM
💯 Masking is a good litmus test for many things you'd want in a partner
-science literacy
-intelligence
-empathy
-community minded
-values health > conformity
-weirdly super cool
-science literacy
-intelligence
-empathy
-community minded
-values health > conformity
-weirdly super cool
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I just want to make this *abundantly clear*.
When “experts” say COVID-19 is mild for kids…
THEY HAD, AND HAVE NO IDEA WHAT TEN YEARS WORTH OF INFECTIONS WILL CAUSE.
When “experts” say COVID-19 is mild for kids…
THEY HAD, AND HAVE NO IDEA WHAT TEN YEARS WORTH OF INFECTIONS WILL CAUSE.
October 28, 2025 at 10:20 AM
I just want to make this *abundantly clear*.
When “experts” say COVID-19 is mild for kids…
THEY HAD, AND HAVE NO IDEA WHAT TEN YEARS WORTH OF INFECTIONS WILL CAUSE.
When “experts” say COVID-19 is mild for kids…
THEY HAD, AND HAVE NO IDEA WHAT TEN YEARS WORTH OF INFECTIONS WILL CAUSE.
👏👏👏
I'm going to try to change your perspective on COVID in under 2 minutes.
October 28, 2025 at 8:54 PM
👏👏👏
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Fruit platter making its way around the Jays dugout.
Apples. Watermelon. Pineapple.
These are amazing scenes in the 16th inning
Apples. Watermelon. Pineapple.
These are amazing scenes in the 16th inning
October 28, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Fruit platter making its way around the Jays dugout.
Apples. Watermelon. Pineapple.
These are amazing scenes in the 16th inning
Apples. Watermelon. Pineapple.
These are amazing scenes in the 16th inning
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From M. Night Shyamalan, comes the baseball game that makes you old.
October 28, 2025 at 5:58 AM
From M. Night Shyamalan, comes the baseball game that makes you old.
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pitching to ohtani
darth vader holding a red light saber in a dark room
ALT: darth vader holding a red light saber in a dark room
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October 28, 2025 at 6:22 AM
pitching to ohtani
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the year is 2047. water is currency. emperor dwayne ‘the rock’ johnson is humankind’s last hope against the army of octopus that walked out of the seas three years ago. the dodgers and blue jays are starting the 17,432nd inning of game 3 of the 2025 world series.
October 28, 2025 at 5:22 AM
the year is 2047. water is currency. emperor dwayne ‘the rock’ johnson is humankind’s last hope against the army of octopus that walked out of the seas three years ago. the dodgers and blue jays are starting the 17,432nd inning of game 3 of the 2025 world series.
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seems unfair that watching an all time world series game with your favourite team and seeing the greatest player ever doing things never before seen in a world series game is not, in fact, “fun”
October 28, 2025 at 5:11 AM
seems unfair that watching an all time world series game with your favourite team and seeing the greatest player ever doing things never before seen in a world series game is not, in fact, “fun”