Raincouver Millennial
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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 1:32 AM
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
Kind of ironic that we needed to increase the VPD budget to buy all the equipment to support these events which now we have to cancel.
…Or is that Alanis Morissette ironic?
…Or is that Alanis Morissette ironic?
Turns out, austerity means we can’t have nice things
You can like or dislike fireworks, enjoy the post-show exodus from downtown or abhor the crowds, but the Celebration of Light is probably the biggest event that celebrates Vancouver's Vancouverness.
Traditions die, but this one hits bigger than most.
Traditions die, but this one hits bigger than most.
November 27, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Kind of ironic that we needed to increase the VPD budget to buy all the equipment to support these events which now we have to cancel.
…Or is that Alanis Morissette ironic?
…Or is that Alanis Morissette ironic?
Crap so right after the budget passed Vancouver lost its big summer event, we’re going to get blamed, what can we do right away to seem effective?
A town hall?
Cool cool sure, but on what?
Extortion in Surrey?
Perfect! 🙄
vancouver.citynews.ca/2025/11/26/v...
A town hall?
Cool cool sure, but on what?
Extortion in Surrey?
Perfect! 🙄
vancouver.citynews.ca/2025/11/26/v...
VPD to hold public anti-extortion community forum
The Vancouver Police Department will host a public event on Wednesday for residents who wish to learn more about extortion crimes.
vancouver.citynews.ca
November 26, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Crap so right after the budget passed Vancouver lost its big summer event, we’re going to get blamed, what can we do right away to seem effective?
A town hall?
Cool cool sure, but on what?
Extortion in Surrey?
Perfect! 🙄
vancouver.citynews.ca/2025/11/26/v...
A town hall?
Cool cool sure, but on what?
Extortion in Surrey?
Perfect! 🙄
vancouver.citynews.ca/2025/11/26/v...
So. The stanley park train is gone. We have no new years celebration, no big summer fest, we can’t publicly gather for sporting events because we are still in time out… what civic events are left? Pride?
Well at least ALL OF OUR NEIGHBOUR cities have a bunch
Well at least ALL OF OUR NEIGHBOUR cities have a bunch
November 26, 2025 at 11:51 PM
So. The stanley park train is gone. We have no new years celebration, no big summer fest, we can’t publicly gather for sporting events because we are still in time out… what civic events are left? Pride?
Well at least ALL OF OUR NEIGHBOUR cities have a bunch
Well at least ALL OF OUR NEIGHBOUR cities have a bunch
OH OH! With this gone, then there is exactly *checks calendar* yep ZERO events in Vancouver that require VPD Horses.
Cut 👏 the 👏 VPD 👏 Budget 👏
Cut 👏 the 👏 VPD 👏 Budget 👏
You can like or dislike fireworks, enjoy the post-show exodus from downtown or abhor the crowds, but the Celebration of Light is probably the biggest event that celebrates Vancouver's Vancouverness.
Traditions die, but this one hits bigger than most.
Traditions die, but this one hits bigger than most.
Vancouver's Celebration of Light fireworks festival cancelled indefinitely | CBC News
Organizers of a public fireworks festival, which has brought millions of people to Vancouver's English Bay over the past three decades, says it can’t go ahead without long-term government and private-...
www.cbc.ca
November 26, 2025 at 11:47 PM
OH OH! With this gone, then there is exactly *checks calendar* yep ZERO events in Vancouver that require VPD Horses.
Cut 👏 the 👏 VPD 👏 Budget 👏
Cut 👏 the 👏 VPD 👏 Budget 👏
This announcement the day after the new Vancouver budget… who would’ve guessed that? I think about 600 people at the very least.
vancouver.citynews.ca/2025/11/26/v...
vancouver.citynews.ca/2025/11/26/v...
Vancouver's Honda Celebration of Light fireworks cancelled indefinitely
It's a summer tradition in Vancouver, but the annual fireworks festival has now been indefinitely cancelled.
vancouver.citynews.ca
November 26, 2025 at 4:17 PM
This announcement the day after the new Vancouver budget… who would’ve guessed that? I think about 600 people at the very least.
vancouver.citynews.ca/2025/11/26/v...
vancouver.citynews.ca/2025/11/26/v...
I’m kinda for the social media ban BUT I’m glad the kids are pushing back. The balance of what they are banning and what they are allowing is off. And the debate around silencing them is a good one that should be challenged. All in all will be interesting to observe
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Australia social media ban: Teens challenge law before High Court
They argue the law - which will block users under 16 from having social media accounts - is unconstitutional.
www.bbc.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:41 PM
I’m kinda for the social media ban BUT I’m glad the kids are pushing back. The balance of what they are banning and what they are allowing is off. And the debate around silencing them is a good one that should be challenged. All in all will be interesting to observe
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
I always thought it was weird that my high school had three teachers marry former students…
… so I’m guessing that is not supposed to be normal…
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
… so I’m guessing that is not supposed to be normal…
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
B.C. teacher disciplined after talking to student on Grindr, engaging in sexual contact: regulator | CBC News
A B.C. teacher will not be allowed to be certified for eight years after messaging a student on the Grindr dating app and engaging in sexual relations with them.
www.cbc.ca
November 26, 2025 at 4:08 AM
I always thought it was weird that my high school had three teachers marry former students…
… so I’m guessing that is not supposed to be normal…
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
… so I’m guessing that is not supposed to be normal…
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Do you realize that teens today are the next generation of millennials?
Millennials, we had an analog childhood and an Internet enabled adolescence. Kids these days had a pre-AI childhood, and will have an AI-enabled adulthood.
Millennials, we had an analog childhood and an Internet enabled adolescence. Kids these days had a pre-AI childhood, and will have an AI-enabled adulthood.
November 26, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Do you realize that teens today are the next generation of millennials?
Millennials, we had an analog childhood and an Internet enabled adolescence. Kids these days had a pre-AI childhood, and will have an AI-enabled adulthood.
Millennials, we had an analog childhood and an Internet enabled adolescence. Kids these days had a pre-AI childhood, and will have an AI-enabled adulthood.
I know I harp on about the VPD horses, it’s not about the money…
It’s because my grandmother told me back in her time, they were primarily used to oust indigenous people from Stanley Park. And they were seen as a symbol of safety for white people.
So yeah, I don’t think we should fund that anymore
It’s because my grandmother told me back in her time, they were primarily used to oust indigenous people from Stanley Park. And they were seen as a symbol of safety for white people.
So yeah, I don’t think we should fund that anymore
Horses WITH their own social media accounts. 🤦♂️
November 26, 2025 at 12:04 AM
I know I harp on about the VPD horses, it’s not about the money…
It’s because my grandmother told me back in her time, they were primarily used to oust indigenous people from Stanley Park. And they were seen as a symbol of safety for white people.
So yeah, I don’t think we should fund that anymore
It’s because my grandmother told me back in her time, they were primarily used to oust indigenous people from Stanley Park. And they were seen as a symbol of safety for white people.
So yeah, I don’t think we should fund that anymore
November 25, 2025 at 11:44 PM
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Congrats to the VPD on defunding the City.
November 25, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Congrats to the VPD on defunding the City.
I’m in Whistler today and I’m reminded about the time when my four year-old went up to a set of visitors in a coffee shop and asked “excuse me why is your snowboard in two pieces?”
They were skis.
They were skis.
November 25, 2025 at 6:04 PM
I’m in Whistler today and I’m reminded about the time when my four year-old went up to a set of visitors in a coffee shop and asked “excuse me why is your snowboard in two pieces?”
They were skis.
They were skis.
Yes, they did. They absolutely did. They believe more money should be in their voters pockets and we should provide less public services. That’s their model.
They have given our city nothing that they can put their names to.
Except maybe the concrete that’s falling out of the aquatic center.
They have given our city nothing that they can put their names to.
Except maybe the concrete that’s falling out of the aquatic center.
I have profound disagreements with ABC. But I'd like to believe that they didn't run for office to cut this deep and do this much damage.
There's still time left. I'm calling on two of them to break ranks and send this back to staff so a budget that meets our city's needs can be prepared. 2/2
There's still time left. I'm calling on two of them to break ranks and send this back to staff so a budget that meets our city's needs can be prepared. 2/2
November 25, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Yes, they did. They absolutely did. They believe more money should be in their voters pockets and we should provide less public services. That’s their model.
They have given our city nothing that they can put their names to.
Except maybe the concrete that’s falling out of the aquatic center.
They have given our city nothing that they can put their names to.
Except maybe the concrete that’s falling out of the aquatic center.
They should have to give their vote in the middle of a packed BC place stadium of 55000 residents.
How confident are you that you are representing the wishes of your constituents and acting as conscientious stewards of this city? could you exit unescorted?
vancouver.citynews.ca/2025/11/25/v...
How confident are you that you are representing the wishes of your constituents and acting as conscientious stewards of this city? could you exit unescorted?
vancouver.citynews.ca/2025/11/25/v...
Vancouver city council to vote on 2026 budget
Hundreds of city jobs and services likely hang in the balance as Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim's 'Zero Means Zero' budget faces its final vote.
vancouver.citynews.ca
November 25, 2025 at 4:08 PM
They should have to give their vote in the middle of a packed BC place stadium of 55000 residents.
How confident are you that you are representing the wishes of your constituents and acting as conscientious stewards of this city? could you exit unescorted?
vancouver.citynews.ca/2025/11/25/v...
How confident are you that you are representing the wishes of your constituents and acting as conscientious stewards of this city? could you exit unescorted?
vancouver.citynews.ca/2025/11/25/v...
I want Canada post to open a bank and then we can have credit/debit cards/online login pages with stamp designs :)
Canada is releasing a set of stamps celebrating the nation's graphic novelists.
These stamps feature Kate Beaton, Jimmy Beaulieu, Guy Delisle, Julie Doucet, Bryan Lee O’Malley and Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas, alongside some of their famous works.
These stamps feature Kate Beaton, Jimmy Beaulieu, Guy Delisle, Julie Doucet, Bryan Lee O’Malley and Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas, alongside some of their famous works.
November 25, 2025 at 4:37 AM
I want Canada post to open a bank and then we can have credit/debit cards/online login pages with stamp designs :)
I was today years old when I learned of the cabbage patch mania.
I named my child after my cabbage patch kid. She was also a cabbage patch doll for her first Halloween. She has my cabbage patch doll.
My husband didn’t find out about all of that until she was 2.
www.bbc.com/culture/arti...
I named my child after my cabbage patch kid. She was also a cabbage patch doll for her first Halloween. She has my cabbage patch doll.
My husband didn’t find out about all of that until she was 2.
www.bbc.com/culture/arti...
November 25, 2025 at 1:36 AM
I was today years old when I learned of the cabbage patch mania.
I named my child after my cabbage patch kid. She was also a cabbage patch doll for her first Halloween. She has my cabbage patch doll.
My husband didn’t find out about all of that until she was 2.
www.bbc.com/culture/arti...
I named my child after my cabbage patch kid. She was also a cabbage patch doll for her first Halloween. She has my cabbage patch doll.
My husband didn’t find out about all of that until she was 2.
www.bbc.com/culture/arti...
So maybe we should actually build these going to schools.
We need someone to rebrand bike lanes to better reflect all users of them.
We need someone to rebrand bike lanes to better reflect all users of them.
November 24, 2025 at 8:17 PM
So maybe we should actually build these going to schools.
We need someone to rebrand bike lanes to better reflect all users of them.
We need someone to rebrand bike lanes to better reflect all users of them.
Spare a moment for this poor boy, Jeevan
…a 19 year old from Surrey facing the possibility of taking a penalty kick (not his thing) in that high stakes game, playing for your childhood club, with your family and 55000 other people watching
trying to not throw up on the field
…a 19 year old from Surrey facing the possibility of taking a penalty kick (not his thing) in that high stakes game, playing for your childhood club, with your family and 55000 other people watching
trying to not throw up on the field
November 24, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Spare a moment for this poor boy, Jeevan
…a 19 year old from Surrey facing the possibility of taking a penalty kick (not his thing) in that high stakes game, playing for your childhood club, with your family and 55000 other people watching
trying to not throw up on the field
…a 19 year old from Surrey facing the possibility of taking a penalty kick (not his thing) in that high stakes game, playing for your childhood club, with your family and 55000 other people watching
trying to not throw up on the field
Reposted by Raincouver Millennial
A map of all instances where a driver has hit a pedestrian in Vancouver in the past 5 years. The largest circle on this map (Main & Hastings) represents 37 crashes. Source: ICBC
November 22, 2025 at 8:08 PM
A map of all instances where a driver has hit a pedestrian in Vancouver in the past 5 years. The largest circle on this map (Main & Hastings) represents 37 crashes. Source: ICBC
Ok I did more math.
Replacing Langara Golf Course with *that* would boost daily use from ~300 to ~4900 visits/day, about 23× more activity than current assuming a mid size rec centre and just whitecaps games in the stadium with avg attendance. PLUS house ~22000
But lease away school grounds 👀
Replacing Langara Golf Course with *that* would boost daily use from ~300 to ~4900 visits/day, about 23× more activity than current assuming a mid size rec centre and just whitecaps games in the stadium with avg attendance. PLUS house ~22000
But lease away school grounds 👀
After the excitement of the whitecaps win I looked at Langara golf course again. We could put a 25k person stadium, 8 public soccer fields, 1 indoor soccer field, a giant community centre/training facility and about 10k homes.
…or support an average of 300 golfers per day
NOT A PLAN just saying
…or support an average of 300 golfers per day
NOT A PLAN just saying
November 23, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Ok I did more math.
Replacing Langara Golf Course with *that* would boost daily use from ~300 to ~4900 visits/day, about 23× more activity than current assuming a mid size rec centre and just whitecaps games in the stadium with avg attendance. PLUS house ~22000
But lease away school grounds 👀
Replacing Langara Golf Course with *that* would boost daily use from ~300 to ~4900 visits/day, about 23× more activity than current assuming a mid size rec centre and just whitecaps games in the stadium with avg attendance. PLUS house ~22000
But lease away school grounds 👀
With a ticket stub from last night‘s game, we should all get 50% off therapy
NEW: The clash between the Vancouver Whitecaps and LAFC was one of the wildest soccer matches I've ever watched.
So many moments it could have fallen either way.
A quick hit for @SInow on all the craziness.
www.si.com/soccer/crazi...
So many moments it could have fallen either way.
A quick hit for @SInow on all the craziness.
www.si.com/soccer/crazi...
Craziest MLS Playoff Game Ever? Son Heung-min Goes From Hero to Villain in Historic Clash
Thomas Müller’s Vancouver Whitecaps made history despite Son Heung-min’s standout game for LAFC.
www.si.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:50 PM
With a ticket stub from last night‘s game, we should all get 50% off therapy
After the excitement of the whitecaps win I looked at Langara golf course again. We could put a 25k person stadium, 8 public soccer fields, 1 indoor soccer field, a giant community centre/training facility and about 10k homes.
…or support an average of 300 golfers per day
NOT A PLAN just saying
…or support an average of 300 golfers per day
NOT A PLAN just saying
November 23, 2025 at 4:59 PM
After the excitement of the whitecaps win I looked at Langara golf course again. We could put a 25k person stadium, 8 public soccer fields, 1 indoor soccer field, a giant community centre/training facility and about 10k homes.
…or support an average of 300 golfers per day
NOT A PLAN just saying
…or support an average of 300 golfers per day
NOT A PLAN just saying
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We did the thing. Tonight we finally defeated LAFC the playoffs and advanced to the Western Conference Final.
#VWFC @whitecapsfc.com #MLSCupPlayoffs
#VWFC @whitecapsfc.com #MLSCupPlayoffs
Whitecaps Advance to Western Conference Final
Vancouver Whitecaps advanced to the MLS Cup Playoffs Western Conference Final on November 29th after defeating LAFC.
miss604.com
November 23, 2025 at 7:01 AM
We did the thing. Tonight we finally defeated LAFC the playoffs and advanced to the Western Conference Final.
#VWFC @whitecapsfc.com #MLSCupPlayoffs
#VWFC @whitecapsfc.com #MLSCupPlayoffs
Ok. I know we have a history of these kinds of protests in Canada. BUT as much as I can tell a person protesting is protected, but those rights do NOT extend to vehicles. So a slow driving truck can be ticketed. A parked one can be towed. A person can stand tho
vancouver.citynews.ca/2025/11/22/v...
vancouver.citynews.ca/2025/11/22/v...
Downtown Vancouver drivers face heavy congestion due to convoy Saturday
Drivers in downtown Vancouver were faced with heavy congestion Saturday afternoon as a slow-moving convoy made its way from Langley to Kitsilano.
vancouver.citynews.ca
November 23, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Ok. I know we have a history of these kinds of protests in Canada. BUT as much as I can tell a person protesting is protected, but those rights do NOT extend to vehicles. So a slow driving truck can be ticketed. A parked one can be towed. A person can stand tho
vancouver.citynews.ca/2025/11/22/v...
vancouver.citynews.ca/2025/11/22/v...