Charlie Smith

VIFF 2025: Director Solara Thanh Bình Đặng highlights risks and rewards of arranged marriage in "chin (ripe)" - Pancouver Her new 19-minute short,  “chin (ripe)” , revolves around a young, rural Vietnamese woman played by Hayley Ngọc Mai.

VIFF 2025: Director Solara Thanh Bình Đặng highlights risks and rewards of arranged marriage in “chin (ripe)” pancouver.ca/viff-2025-di...

VIFF 2025: Skillful filmmaker Mayumi Yoshida delves into deep emotional terrain in Akashi - Pancouver If you’re planning to visit a theatre to watch Akashi, make sure you bring some hankies.

VIFF 2025: Skillful filmmaker Mayumi Yoshida delves into deep emotional terrain in Akashi. Here's a review in @pancouver.bsky.social: pancouver.ca/viff-2025-sk...

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Memo to self: Never post anything on social media when you're angry over someone denigrating your hard work for the sake of a misleading marketing message. Fortunately, I listened to this advice today.

B.C. drivers visit U.S. less for eighth straight month in September B.C.-plated passenger-vehicle traffic to the U.S. via four border crossings dropped 40% last month versus September 2024

Looked into border data for September.
B.C. drivers visited the U.S. 40% less than they did in September 2024. It's the eighth straight month of y/y monthly declines.
#travel #tourism

David Eby was counsel for United Native Nations Society when Justice William H. Davies held an inquiry into Frank Paul's death. In the link below, you can read what the report says about Larry Campbell's decision not to order an inquest. iiobc.ca/app/uploads/...

The Washington Post Accused Me of “Gross Misconduct.” Here's My Response. This fight isn’t just about my job — it’s about who gets punished for telling the truth, and who gets protected for spreading hate and violence.

My latest in my fight against the Washington Post.

I’ve filed a grievance against the Post through the WaPo Guild— and have sent a letter to Washington Post challenging my firing.

Proud to have @normeisen.bsky.social + @katiephang.bsky.social in my corner.

karenattiah.substack.com/p/the-washin...

More on the Frank Paul death and lack of an inquest here: www.straight.com/article-1193...

Commissioner explains how former chief coroner Larry Campbell thwarted inquest for Frank Paul An inquiry commissioner has shed some light into why Senator Larry Campbell—in his former role as B.C.’s chief coroner—did not order an inquest into the death of Frank Paul after he was dumped in an a...

Here is something I wrote in 2009. @kwardvancouver.bsky.social www.straight.com/article-2060...

This paranoid message is reminiscent of the so-called Doctors' Plot in final years of Stalin's life. After the old man died, other Soviet leaders ended Doctors' Plot conspiracy. Stalin's wicked henchman, Lavrentiy Beria, freed surviving imprisoned doctors. Soon after, he was executed for treason.

U.S. ambassador says he takes 'great offense at Canadians saying Trump is uninformed' The U.S. ambassador also said numbers "were down" for Canadians using preclearance at airports to travel to the U.S.

@lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com @nicollewallace.bsky.social @charlieangus104.bsky.social U.S. ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra takes “great offence at Canadians saying our president is uninformed, our president is untrustworthy, and those types of things.” nationalpost.com/news/canada/...

Hegseth puts us all at risk Why put all the American commanders in one room?

Hegseth is putting all of the American generals and admirals from around the world into a single room. Why might Hegseth do such an extraordinary thing? Here I discuss four possible reasons.
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Did Tom Homan declare the $50K as income? If not, is he guilty of tax evasion? @lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com @nicollewallace.bsky.social

Hundreds of Alligator Alcatraz detainees drop off the grid after leaving site As of the end of August, the whereabouts of two-thirds of more than 1,800 men detained at Alligator Alcatraz during the month of July could not be determined by the Miami Herald.

Why would any Canadian want to visit the United States after reading an article like this? www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

Sinclair owns KOMO in Seattle, which means Vancouver TV viewers won't be able to watch Jimmy Kimmel Live tonight on Channel 2 on cable. I'm guessing many folks here will stay up to turn on the station, only to see local news. Meanwhile, the Washington Post still hasn't reinstated Karen Attiah.

Ron Verzuh reviews Unceded: Understanding British Columbia’s Colonial P Ron Verzuh reviews Unceded: Understanding British Columbia’s Colonial Past and Why It Matters Now, by George M. Abbott (Vancouver: UBC Press [Purich Books], 2025) $29.95 / 9780774881159

BC Review published this review of George Abbott's new book. #bcpoli thebcreview.ca/2025/09/18/2...

It's so much easier for the U.S. media to focus on the fate of a multi-millionaire comedian than what Trump and Musk did to the poorest people in the world.

Judging from Mark Carney's actions, it makes me think that he might have already read Upheaval by Jared Diamond. It includes a lengthy section on how Finland managed to retain its autonomy beside the old Soviet Union...The Finns were the ultimate "Elbows Up" nation in the Winter War of 1939-40.

Why Washington Post fired me Read the official termination letter for yourself.

New from me:

There's a lot of misinformation around the reasons I was fired from WaPo.

Here's the official termination letter I got sent by Washington Post.

Read and judge for yourself.

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How sugary drinks loaded with fructose and glucose may promote colon cancer metastatic potential
www.nature.com/articles/s42...

Jimmy Kimmel, Charlie Kirk and the Fall of America How easily they crumbled.

My piece on how the Jimmy Kimmel firing is indicative of the growing authoritarian nature of the American regime.
The American century is over and it collapsed so quickly.

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Thank you @lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com for putting @jimmykimmel.com story in perspective. Impact dashboard has exceeded 500,000 adult and child deaths as a result of Musk-Trump attack on USAID. I agree that Jimmy is likely more horrified by millions losing health coverage than him losing a TV show.

3/3 False claims about WMDs in Iraq
Hoekstra was a proponent of the claim that the Saddam Hussein regime in Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction (WMDs), and held onto this belief even after no WMDs were found in the wake of the Iraq invasion.[16]

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Gun laws
Hoekstra consistently opposed gun control during his tenure, earning an A rating from the NRA Political Victory Fund.[14][13] In 2005 he voted to prohibit product lawsuits against gun manufacturers.[13] In 1994 he voted against the Federal Assault Weapons Ban.[15]...

Wikipedia: Hoekstra...opposed abortion rights, opposed expanding health care benefits for children, opposed gay adoption rights and gay marriage, and voted against paid parental leave for federal employees. However, he also opposed amending the Constitution to prohibit flag desecration.[13] 1/3...

How long will it be before the fascists try to get @lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com pulled off the air? I appreciate that he's using every minute of time left on his program to raise the alarm. He's the modern-day equivalent of the Münchener Post—and we should be thankful for his public whistle-blowing.

I wish there was as much media outrage over firing of @karenattiah.bsky.social as there is over @jimmykimmel.com. Her dismissal demonstrates that real truth is no longer permitted at any newspaper owned by a Trump-fearing billionaire. Nothing will change if Yarvin-admiring Vance becomes president.

Mayor Kennedy Stewart still has three years to try to get rid of Vancouver's at-large voting system In the past, he's said that it discriminates against concentrated minorities—and that point has been upheld in several U.S. court rulings.

I'm glad about a new campaign to end the at-large voting system in Vancouver civic politics. But it's comical that Kennedy Stewart is the spokesperson, given that he did nothing as mayor to address this racially discriminatory way of electing politicians. www.straight.com/news/1320961...

Clean Air Festival takes place on Sunday from 1 to 7 pm at Slocan Park in East Van. It's also being livestreamed. It's an immuno-inclusive hybrid event. Folk singer and songwriter Zeo Boekbinder (Justin Nunnink photo) is the headliner.

B.C. residents reduce trips to U.S. for seventh straight month The 39% decline in B.C.-plated passenger vehicles into Washington state across four border crossings was a steeper decline than was shown in July

From @glenkorstrom.bsky.social at Business in Vancouver: www.biv.com/news/transpo...

David Suzuki: Want climate action? You’re part of a silenced majority - Toronto Spark Many people who support robust climate action simply don’t know they’re part of a large majority.

David Suzuki: Want climate action? You’re part of a silenced majority torontospark.ca/david-suzuki...