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Michael John Lo @michaeljohnlo.bsky.social · 12h

extremely jealous

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Jimmy Thomson @jameswsthomson.com · 21h

Today, @nationalobserver.com is launching a tool to search municipal meeting transcripts across Canada. The tool has already helped us unearth a climate denial network targeting towns and cities, report on AI data centers, measure our impact and more.

Journalists and researchers, sign up for free!

Canada’s National Observer unveils a powerful tool for fighting disinformation

Civic Searchlight brings together municipal meeting transcripts from across Canada into a searchable database for the first time. It has already been used to fight disinformation, report on impact, di...

www.nationalobserver.com

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Michael John Lo @michaeljohnlo.bsky.social · 21h

Oh I'm excited

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Michael John Lo @michaeljohnlo.bsky.social · 1d

It's also interesting how they chose to focus on the TV outlets (sans Chek) but also managed to mention the TC for some reason, while omitting reports from the Sun, CP and Black Press/Carpenter Media. What is this guy's media diet??

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Michael John Lo @michaeljohnlo.bsky.social · 1d

Fascinated by this reddit post on our local subreddit. Some users have accused it of being astroturf-y but I decided to respond anyways. Sometimes reporters just report on what they see and can't be an all-knowing eye in the sky.

Reddit post text: Rob Botterell, sitting MLA for Saanich North and the Islands and the House Leader of the Green Party of BC joined the BCGEU rally today in support of workers: link to his insta reel. Green Party of BC leader Emily Lowan was there as well.

How is this not news worthy? Isn't that the sort of thing that should be mentioned in any news article discussing today's BCGEU rally at the Legislature by default? Am I crazy to think this type of omission could be made on purpose to ease pressure on the NDP and maintain the status quo?

Interestingly the Times Colonist at least made reference to Emily Lowan being there, but they oddly omitted Rob Botterell's presence too.

Links to articles: CBC News BC, CTV News, Global News, City News

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Michael John Lo @michaeljohnlo.bsky.social · 2d

www.timescolonist.com/local-news/t...

The one time we were fast enough with breaking news coverage

Thousands of striking government workers, supporters rally at legislature

Workers and supporters marched through downtown Victoria on Monday to demonstrate at the B.C. legislature on the first day of the fall session.

www.timescolonist.com

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Michael John Lo @michaeljohnlo.bsky.social · 4d

Thanks. Had been working on this one for a while

Michael John Lo @michaeljohnlo.bsky.social · 4d

www.timescolonist.com/local-news/x...

Xavier's Law: Island family pushes for change after son, 12, killed while rollerblading

The parents of Xavier Rasul-Jankovics, who was inline skating on a country road when he was struck and killed by a 17-year-old driver, say drivers who kill should immediately be taken off the road.

www.timescolonist.com

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Mike Hager @mikehager.bsky.social · 7d

Here's a screengrab of the incident in question (which unfortunately is obscured by a cell door). Head to the @theglobeandmail.com to watch the full video of the interaction Amber Bracken FOIed and received from the Prince George jail: www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

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Mike Hager @mikehager.bsky.social · 8d

Amber Bracken's lawyer says she pushed a finger into the sheriff's chest. The sheriff told RCMP she “struck him in the left shoulder with an aggressive punching/pushing motion." He said that evening that his shoulder hurt but he declined medical attention. Crown never approved a charge. #cdnpoli

The Globe and Mail @theglobeandmail.com · 9d

RCMP tried to get photojournalist Amber Bracken charged and detained without bail, documents show

Bracken was arrested in 2021 after Mounties removed protesters blocking access to a Coastal GasLink construction site in B.C.

www.theglobeandmail.com

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Times Colonist @timescolonist.bsky.social · 8d

Naming rights: Island place names contain hints of rich and varied First Nation languages

Names of Indigenous origin include municipalities such as Saanich (W̱SÁNEĆ), Nanaimo (Snuneymuxw) and Woss (Wa’s), as well as geographical areas like the Cowichan Valley (Quw’utsun).

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Kelly B @kellyblack.ca · Jul 31

🧵 A couple of years ago I was interviewed by @thetyee.ca for a story about the legacy of the Sisters of St Ann. I was encountering resistance to identifying their convent in Victoria as a residential school… thetyee.ca/News/2022/07...

Revisiting the Record of the Sisters of St. Ann | The Tyee

‘It’s an ugly history.’ Survivors call for accountability, responsibility and transparency. A Tyee special report.

thetyee.ca

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Michael John Lo @michaeljohnlo.bsky.social · 9d

Wouldn't call it good news, but it ain't all bad

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Michael John Lo @michaeljohnlo.bsky.social · 9d

Expecting a substantial story to come out this Thursday... Stay tuned

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Michael John Lo @michaeljohnlo.bsky.social · 19d

Hearing that the cyclist who assaulted a bystander at the RBCM picket line on Sunday may previously harassed pickets at other sites. Please get in touch if you have any more information to share.

Times Colonist @timescolonist.bsky.social · 19d

Violent attacks on picket lines 'will not be tolerated,' BCGEU says after Victoria incidents

Striking workers at the Royal B.C. Museum were attacked with bear spray on Tuesday, while on Sunday, a bystander was assaulted after trying to stop a cyclist from harassing picketers.

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Michael John Lo @michaeljohnlo.bsky.social · 22d

bidoun.org/articles/hou...

House Arab

I was working at the magazine as a fact-checker and my parents no longer considered me a failure, not because they read or admired it, but because when they said its name to friends and relatives it s...

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Michael John Lo @michaeljohnlo.bsky.social · 26d

sobering stuff:

www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

‘Forever chemicals’ in tap water leave these communities in a toxic limbo

Residents are waiting for the government to say how long their drinking water has been contaminated, and what can be done to fix it

www.theglobeandmail.com

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Justin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · 28d

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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Simon Little 🍁 @simonplittle.ca · 28d

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.

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Mike Hager @mikehager.bsky.social · 29d

This story was a lot of fun to report and write. It also had me sending wild requests to Toronto's mayor and a former premier of British Columbia to see if they too had eschewed "deadbeds" and wanted to sing the praises of flopping onto fluid furniture www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

Canada’s last waterbed salesmen still try to make waves in a dozing industry

After marketing made them a cradle of countercultural kink, the beds fell out of style in the 1980s. But a Don Quixote of dozing has hope the masses will embrace them once again

www.theglobeandmail.com

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Michael John Lo @michaeljohnlo.bsky.social · Sep 8

Just saw a vehicle run over a bird(geese?) on Douglas Street near fisgard.. good start to the week I suppose

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · Sep 7

'BREAKING' is almost always a tell

Boo!-per Lund @cooperlund.online · Sep 7

Make note of the people lying to farm followers from outrage. The relatively short history of Online tells us this a great indicator of who not to trust in the future.