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Jennifer Moreau
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Unifor National Representative, former reporter, climate activist, North American rep for International Federation of Journalists.
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Looking back at 2025, here is the first in my Top 10 (in no particular order) #NewWest accomplishments for 2025.
December 22, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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What an embarrassing stunt by the NWP members of #NewWest Council today. These are not serious people. Afraid to tell the community what they would cut (except a couple of small items that have no real impact on our taxes) but talking out of both sides of their mouths while demanding tax cuts.
December 8, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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Do you have a business in New Westminster, Burnaby or the Tri-Cities? Get more foot traffic by being a drop-off spot for Freshet News! Email your business address for our inaugural newspaper on Dec. 18: [email protected]

#newwest #burnaby #coquitlam #portmoody #portcoquitlam
December 10, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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pjnewwest.bsky.social
Practiced three times, already comfortable pronouncing it. Welcoming stal̕əw̓asəm to my #NewWest vocabulary! (pronunciation example included in link) www.pattullobridgereplacement.ca/bridge-name/
Bridge Name: stal̕əw̓asəm – Pattullo Bridge
www.pattullobridgereplacement.ca
December 8, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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pjnewwest.bsky.social
The spirit was strong tonight at the annual Union Gospel Mission Christmas Dinner - dozens of volunteers served a bountiful turkey dinner to hundreds of wonderful #NewWest locals.
Four volunteers in UGM aprons and Christmasy hats smile for a photo. Tables set out for Christmas dinner. Ruby and Patrick hold loaded plates while someone loads them with gravy.
December 13, 2025 at 5:21 AM
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pjnewwest.bsky.social
Have to admit, seeing faceless Facebook politicos posting character attacks against me while using the great photo Mario Bartel took of me for a story about me winning *Citizen of the Year* puts things in perspective.
Proudly serving the #NewWest community in one capacity or another for 20 years!
A much younger Patrick stands in front of a very high-mileage Rocky Mountain Blizzard with drop bars and fenders. Still have that bike!
December 11, 2025 at 6:08 AM
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Attention New Westies: @communityfirstnw.bsky.social Community First New Westminster is seeking council and school board candidates for the 2026 election! Email [email protected] to apply. #newwest
Candidate Search Launched
Community First New Westminster has a hopeful, positive vision for our city, where we care for our community and our neighbours. With the rise of right-wing populism in New West, we need leaders who a...
www.communityfirstnw.ca
December 14, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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ifjglobal.bsky.social
#Palestine: [UPDATE 3.12.2025] Photojournalist Mahmoud Wadi was killed by an Israeli drone strike in Khan Yunis, southern Gaza, on 2 December. We condemn his killing and call for justice. The perpetrators of crimes against journalists must not go unpunished.
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December 3, 2025 at 9:50 AM
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newsguild.org
2/ NewsGuild members are fighting hard for AI protections and now it’s YOUR turn.

Visit: NewsNotSlop.org and sign the petition now!
Graphic titled “Here’s how you can take action right now:” followed by three steps:     1.    Visit NewsNotSlop.org     2.    Sign and share the petition     3.    Join an AI Townhall on December 4th. Logos for The NewsGuild and News Not Slop appear at the bottom along with the website URL.
December 2, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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newsguild.org
Workers can regulate AI with strong contract language. Full stop.

Unionized journalists just proved this at POLITICO. @pen-guild.bsky.social
Graphic announcing that NiemanLab reported Politico management violated AI adoption safeguards. Large text reads: “NewsGuild Journalists won their AI arbitration against POLITICO… but why does that matter?” Below is a red button stating “Let’s talk about it.” At the bottom are the logos for The NewsGuild and “News Not Slop.” Graphic explaining the significance of the AI arbitration ruling. Section heading reads: “The ruling marks one of the first major tests of an AI clause in a newsroom union contract.” Social media screenshots quote PEN Guild posts discussing Politico’s use of AI tools and emphasizing that AI isn’t held to human editorial standards. Large red box states that NewsGuild journalists fought for AI protections because robots are not subject to the same editorial rigor. Graphic stating that the Politico arbitration proves union contracts protect workers from unethical AI implementation. A large quote from the US Congressional Research Service notes that no broad federal AI regulatory framework exists. Text below explains that government hasn’t caught up to regulating AI, leaving workers vulnerable to cost-cutting by employers. Graphic with heading “This is a blueprint for workers everywhere.” Text explains that strong contract language on AI at Politico sets a model for all industries facing unregulated AI. Another line reads: “If workers can enforce AI protections here, we can enforce them anywhere.” Below is a photo of a woman holding a megaphone at a labor rally, and a “News Not Slop” block inviting viewers to sign a petition.
December 2, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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newsguild.org
RELEASE: NewsGuild journalists are sounding the alarm – media companies are undermining public trust with unethical AI in the newsroom.

Today, we launch #NewsNotSlop, a national campaign kicking off a Week of Action on AI, December 1–5.

newsguild.org/release-stan...
RELEASE: STANDING UP TO PROTECT JOURNALISM FROM AI SLOP | The NewsGuild - TNG-CWA
On the heels of a ground-breaking arbitration win at POLITICO, NewsGuild-CWA members launch national campaign and week of action on AI.
newsguild.org
December 1, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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I heard great things about this North Van coffee shop, so I went to visit a friend today to grab coffee and was delighted to see the way it was set up with the Mind Flayer on the roof, thinking it was a permanent fixture only to find out it was just a part of their Halloween decorations still up.
Coffee shop, one storey, with the business name United Strangers to the left in the same font as the “stranger things” Netflix show. Some seating is at the front and on the roof is a large black Mind Flayer (looks like a giant spider alien) on the roof and in the background to the right is a large tree, some bicycles and a bus stop.
November 23, 2025 at 11:53 PM
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jmcelroy.bsky.social
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.
September 11, 2025 at 12:30 AM
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simonplittle.ca
It's incredible I somehow made it 10 years in the news biz without being laid off but my luck ran out today. Sad to see a quality team torn apart. Spare a thought for your local journos who are ever being asked to do more with less, especially if you're tempted to dunk on the MSM.
September 11, 2025 at 12:37 AM
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jmcelroy.bsky.social
There are folks who like to take "sides" in local media, cheering for or against organizations or journalists like they're heroes or villains in the ongoing struggle for truth.

But in B.C., it's more like an ecosystem. There are places you might like less or more, but they all contribute.
jenstden.bsky.social Jen St. Denis @jenstden.bsky.social · Sep 11
Global is a really important part of BC’s news ecosystem

Just to name one example, they were able to break a series of important stories about the Noelle O’Soup case globalnews.ca/news/9032414...
September 11, 2025 at 1:55 AM
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motherjones.com
The babies who were conceived during the famine and whose mothers were undernourished while their brains were being built—those brains were smaller. When those people were adults, their brains were wired in a different way.
How famine and starvation can affect Gazans for generations to come
Research on WWII's Dutch “Hunger Winter” has terrifying implications for the region's children—and for their children.
www.motherjones.com
July 24, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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newyorker.com
Recently ICE agents appeared on a Little League field in Manhattan. Coach Youman Wilder told a group of kids who were being interrogated to get behind him and said to the officers, “You don’t have more rights than they do.”
ICE Agents Invade a Manhattan Little League Field
Youman Wilder has coached local kids for twenty-one years—including four who have gone pro. When masked agents tried to interrogate his players, he told them, “You don’t have more rights than they do....
www.newyorker.com
July 24, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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IDF soldiers tell @haaretzcom.bsky.social that they were ordered to fire on unarmed civilians in Gaza who were trying to access aid. Shocking read: www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
IDF soldiers ordered to shoot deliberately at unarmed Gazans waiting for humanitarian aid
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www.haaretz.com
July 25, 2025 at 6:50 AM
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A Quebec fisherman who was fishing 15 kilometers north of the US border was essentially kidnapped by US Border Patrol, who capsized his boat and dragged him to an American prison cell.

In any normal time this'd be quite the international incident, y'know?

www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/art...
Lallemand said he borrowed his friend’s boat and was fishing near Venise-en-Québec, which is roughly 15 kilometres north of the U.S. border at the northern tip of Lake Champlain. He says he has been fishing for decades and is adamant that he was in Canadian waters when the Coast Guard showed up and told him to turn off his engine, to which he complied. The three officers told him he was in U.S. territory. “I said, ‘No, I’m very sorry, I’m in Canada.’ And I said I’m polite enough to talk to you guys but you cannot arrest me. ‘You can’t come across the border and pick me up’ but they did,” he recalled. Lallemand started his engine and said he wanted to talk with the officers by the shore, but the Coast Guard followed and tried to push him into the U.S., which is what caused him to go overboard. “They’re tying my boat to their boat. They’re not even taking care of me. The third time I went down, coming out with water in my mouth, spitting it out, I said throw me a buoy,” he said. Once on their vessel, he said he was aggressively put in handcuffs. “I never saw somebody so angry,” he said. He was then handed over to U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers, who fingerprinted him, put him in a jail cell with his clothes soaking wet, and gave him a “dirty” blanket.
July 24, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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Your Prime Day reminder that half of Amazon warehouse workers struggle with food & housing costs.

A third have had to rely on government assistance like SNAP — which is about to get cut.

If Bezos can spend $50M on a wedding, Amazon can afford to treat its workers with dignity.
July 8, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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Kicking off the @ifjglobal.bsky.social Executive Commitee meeting in Montreal, hosted by the CSN.
June 9, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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Unifor Local 3000 members are striking for fair wages at Vancouver’s Arbutus Club. They charge $85,000 in initiation fees yet can’t afford to pay staff a living wage.
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Strike begins at Arbutus Club
VANCOUVER—More than 200 unionized workers at Vancouver’s exclusive Arbutus Club have begun job action for fair wages.“The affordability crisis is front and centre with this labour dispute,” said Unifo...
www.unifor.org
May 4, 2025 at 2:28 AM
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wired.com
They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop paywalling* articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.
Wired is dropping paywalls for FOIA-based reporting. Others should follow
As the administration does its best to hide public records from the public, Wired magazine is stepping up to help stem the secrecy
freedom.press
March 18, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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Reminder: if you freelance, whether 5 hours per week or full time, join the Canadian Freelance Union.

Http://www.canadianfreelanceunion.ca
nolore.bsky.social Nora Loreto @nolore.bsky.social · Mar 17
If we look to history, or to global contemporary movements, there is one constant: the only way to stop tyranny is through workers walking off the job.

And yet, the lack of union density in the US has primed it for a fascist take-over.

noraloreto.substack.com/p/the-only-t...
The only thing that can stop Trump is a general strike
Unions are a bullwork against fascism. That means that Canadians have to build our labour militancy too.
noraloreto.substack.com
March 17, 2025 at 9:41 PM