Andrea Woo

What a message on a hockey stick means for Canada’s women’s team Captain Marie-Philip Poulin’s mission statement sums up the team’s headspace as they play for gold

Marie-Philip Poulin has inscribed a short message on the handle of her stick, a mission statement and a maxim that sums up Team Canada’s headspace at the Milan Cortina Olympics: “Her first. Your last. Our best.”

From Grant Robertson:
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Millions in restaurant tips missing from digital wallets, according to complaints to B.C. association Restaurants were clients of payment processor Everyday Payments

Police and a financial regulator are investigating complaints that millions of dollars’ worth of tips have gone missing from digital wallets belonging to Canadian restaurants that use payment processor Everyday Payments, @alexposadzki.bsky.social reports:
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Fragile U.S. psyche faces trial by sport in Milan American athletes are being pressed hard on how it feels to play for a country no one likes any more

“In the continuum of human stupidity, there are few more extreme contemporary examples than boxer/influencer Jake Paul. Stupid is his business, and business is good,” writes Cathal Kelly. Paul attended Saturday’s U.S. women’s hockey game with JD Vance
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U.S. skiing great Lindsey Vonn crashes in women’s downhill, ending Olympic comeback dreams American Breezy Johnson earned a gold medal in the event that was marred by her teammate’s accident

U.S. skiing great Lindsey Vonn crashes in women’s downhill, ending Olympic comeback dreams, Rachel Brady reports:
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Prosecutors Began Investigating Renee Good’s Killing. Washington Told Them to Stop.

NYT: Federal prosecutors had a warrant to collect evidence from Ms. Good’s vehicle, but Trump administration leaders said to drop it. About a dozen prosecutors have departed, leaving the Minnesota U.S. attorney’s office in turmoil.

Gift link:
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Inside the Far-Right Push to Influence Canadian Political Parties | The Tyee A conference call shows a political operative with past Conservative connections advising several white nationalist groups.

A former OneBC staffer previously participated in a Spaces call with the leaders of white nationalist/"Canadian nationalist" organizations.

They talked about deporting 10 million people and joked about throwing "millions of Punjabis" into the sea. 1/3 thetyee.ca/News/2026/02...

The ICE raids have reshaped daily life in Texas’s Rio Grande Valley. Some construction companies now pouring concrete at 2 a.m. and fencing up job sites to protect workers. Taquerias once packed with blue collar lunch crowds now empty. Business owners in group chats sharing ICE sightings.

Kinda incredible to think about how many decisions you’d have to make in life to end up being booed by the world at the Olympics

People in the building industry described ICE raids on job sites as a daily occurrence. Groups of workers taken at a time. Construction activity down 30-40% since Nov. Labour shortages, people scared to show up for work, projects stalled, soaring costs.

This video of Nov ICE raid in Weslaco, Texas:

In Texas’s Rio Grande Valley, Trump’s immigration crackdown reshapes daily life The threat of enforcement has created a constant undercurrent of fear for residents of the Rio Grand Valley

Spent the week reporting from Texas’s Rio Grande Valley, which flipped red in 2024 on promises of border security and economic strength. It’s now seeing ICE job-site raids that are hurting the economy and stoking constant fears of families being torn apart.
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The Washington Post just laid off its entire award-winning photo team. They were our eyes in places we'll never see. It's a horrifying loss at a time when lying governments, propaganda and AI slop are on the rise.

Trump administration to withdraw 700 immigration agents from Minnesota, border czar says Trump fully intends to achieve mass deportations during this administration, Tom Homan says

Trump administration to reduce number of federal immigration agents in Minnesota by 700, White House border czar Tom Homan said Wednesday
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Epstein entered Canada despite his criminal record, newly released documents show Latest disclosure shows the convicted sex offender made trips to Vancouver and sought to hide his presence on at least one occasion

Convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein made repeated trips to Vancouver, where he came during the TED conference, met with high-profile tech leaders and, on at least one occasion, sought to hide his presence, Nathan VanderKlippe reports:
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Pattison Developments says Virginia warehouse sale to ICE won’t proceed The proposed sale had sparked protests on both sides of the border as the U.S. agency faces intensifying scrutiny

Just in: Jim Pattison Developments says "the transaction to sell our industrial building in Ashland, Virginia, will not be proceeding."
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Yahoo with the frontrunner for Most Insane Social Graphic of 2026

Opioid deaths have declined sharply in Canada. These five factors help explain why Overdoses, driven to new heights in the 2010s, are not killing as many Canadians as they did a few years ago. Health officials aren’t yet sure whether that’s cause for celebration

After a decade into Canada’s toxic drug crisis, recent data show death rates across the country are falling. But national averages can mask profound disparities, and experts caution that it’s too early to draw conclusions.

A look at the recent shift:
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White House gloats after arrest of journalist Don Lemon

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Drug decriminalization is over in B.C. What’s next? B.C.’s pilot program ends on Jan. 31 after criticism from advocates and political opponents alike

B.C.’s drug decriminalization pilot ends with a whimper. The three-year trial that removed criminal penalties for possessing personal amounts of illicit substances formally ends Saturday. I talk to Sherrill Sutherland about it on The Decibel.

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'Disturbing' scenes, record overdoses, as powerful sedative hits B.C. drug supply Last weekend, frontline health workers in Trail, B.C., reported "disturbing" scenes to Dr. Karin Goodison, medical health officer with Interior Health.

“20 people unconscious each night” in Trail, B.C., as veterinary sedative medetomidine gains foothold in illicit opioid supply. Significantly stronger than xylazine, can cause cardiac/respiratory depression and deep prolonged sedation.
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Smith defends Alberta separatists after Eby’s ‘treason’ remarks Alberta Premier says she doesn’t want to demonize or marginalize people when they have legitimate grievances

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith defends those in her province open to separation: “I’m not going to demonize or marginalize a million of my fellow citizens when they’ve got legitimate grievances. What we need to do is we need to give Albertans hope.”

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B.C. ostrich cull saga cost nearly $7-million, gov figures show
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Canadian advertising agency Point Blank suspends business with Jim Pattison Group in response to proposed sale of Virginia warehouse property to ICE.

"We stand firmly against the targeting and terrorizing of immigrants by the Trump administration and ICE..."

B.C. ending its drug decriminalization pilot program Province won’t apply to extend its exemption from federal Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, Health Minister says

After a three year experiment, drug #decriminalization is over in B.C. What’s next? Q+A w/ @andreawoo.bsky.social on The Decibel podcast
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"Treason": BC Premier Eby reax to Financial Times report that separatists w/ Alberta Prosperity Project met w/ Trump officials 3x since April and will again next month seeking $500b line of credit to “bankroll the province” if independence referendum passes
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President Trump speaking at White House now: Prescription drug prices are going down “by a number no one has ever even thought of."

Two-term Vancouver city councillor @ptfry.bsky.social to make announcement on mayoral candidacy on Friday, per @vangreens.bsky.social media advisory

DULF Challenge: Health Canada Official Flounders on the Stand - Filter A senior Canadian bureaucrat struggled on the witness stand to reconcile past statements by the federal government with its claim ...

“Did you do anything to refresh your memory in order to testify meaningfully today?” asked the judge.

At a hearing re DULF's constitutional challenge, a senior Health Canada official struggled to reconcile government claims with past statements on safe supply, reports @godfrey.bsky.social:

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