47 VPD officers made over $100K in OT last year — and one banked $239K, FOI data shows | CBC News A single Vancouver police sergeant was paid $239,258 in overtime alone last year, on top of the rank's base pay of up to $158,000. The figure comes from a freedom of information request filed with the...

47 VPD officers were paid more than $100K in OT last year, including 7 constables who more than doubled their possible $140K salaries. One sergeant raked in $239K in OT on top of possible $158K salary.

Meanwhile, the force went $6.5M over its $400M+ budget.

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Opinion: B.C. has a revenue problem, not a spending problem Experience from early 2000s shows that underfunding public services and failing to address poverty leads to higher economic and social costs

BC folks! Outstanding piece here by @iglikaivanova.bsky.social, co-ED of @bcpolicy.bsky.social.

BC has a revenue problem, not a spending problem

The solution to BC’s fiscal challenges isn’t spending cuts. Instead, BC needs progressive revenue measures.

Read on 👇
vancouversun.com/opinion/op-e...

Evidence should speak for itself.

It should never be smothered.

This is a sample of Carla 's Anderson's baking. Up The River is the the name of her bakery. They're at the Come Toward The Fire Festival this weekend.

B.C. library directors warn of service cuts, call on province to double funding | CBC News Public library directors in British Columbia say they are reaching a breaking point with rising demand and costs as provincial funding remains stagnant.

Sorry, public libraries, we’ve got 7 soccer games in Vancouver to pay for! www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

4/ Just maybe you could rally for support under an "elbows up" strategy (this would have some logic - tarriff-reduced economic slowdown is partially responsible for the huge deficit)

But nothing we're seeing on the trade file suggests he's prepare to keep his elbows up. So now how do you sell it?

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So here's the thing Bluesky..... for a site that swears up and down it's better than Twitter, you're falling into the same bullshit as Twitter.

If you are a scientist and interested in outreach, this is a great opportunity to reach an interested public! And if you are a science teacher, it’s a great way to bring the experience of working scientists into the classroom!🧬⚛️🧪🥽🎢

Mount Polley Dam Exceeded Authorized Height When It Failed: Lawyers | The Tyee The Xatśūll First Nation wants BC to quash the mine’s expansion permits and start over.

Mount Polley’s tailings dam was 12 metres above the max height defined in its environmental certificate when it collapsed in 2014.

Current construction will raise it to 19 metres above EAC-specified height.

A First Nation is fighting the expansion in court.
@thetyee.ca
thetyee.ca/News/2025/06...

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several people at a press conference in front of a Uniform background

former Burnaby Now, New West Record and Tri-City News reporters announcing a campaign to launch a cooperatively owned and run publication covering the communities that have lost their local news publications

When we outsource our thinking to algorithms, we surrender our intellectual autonomy to systems that shape not just our answers, but how we think and who we become as thinkers. Critical thinking in the age of AI means understanding how these tools work and what limitations they possess.

You all tore me up on this app when I said this man was right-wing and a closet Conservative. This bill is worse than anything the Conservatives have ever tabled
Question: is this why Carney is bullish on AI?

BC government faces legal challenge as national news media promote forced abstinence Two long-form articles in national news outlets are promoting the BC government's "secure care" policy the same week that the government faces a pivotal legal challenge on its expansive interpretation...

Pleeeeease read this 👇

“Two long-form articles in national news outlets are promoting the BC government's "secure care" policy the same week that the government faces a pivotal legal challenge on its expansive interpretation of the Mental Health Act.”

#bcpoli

drugdatadecoded.ca/bc-governmen...

BC Involuntary Treatment Taking Place in a Solitary Confinement Unit It raises pressing questions about the wellbeing of people being subjected to a form of treatment to which experts already object.

“Nobody thinks it’s a good idea,” Dave Webb, of the Surrey Union of Drug Users, tells @godfrey.bsky.social. “I thought in treatment we were supposed to reconnect with our loved ones and friends. If we’re putting somebody in segregation, how is that going to work?”

Male gyne refused a hyster for my daughter bcz she might regret it. She has Adenomyosis, pcos , hx ovarian tumor, monthly rupturing bleeding cyst & a bleeding disorder. She is 26. Does not want kids. He is “willing” to send for 2nd opinion. She is bawling
#womenshealth #bchealth
#mybodymychoice

A screenshot of a Twitter post featuring a vibrant graphic with text overlay. The post includes engaging visuals related to social media strategies, emphasizing key points in an eye-catching design.

marvel at today's wonder of a rage poem from Ly Faulk!!

https://www.havehashad.com/i97ck

A neon colored squid on the phone, drawn in cartoon style, glued to a wall, that says Get Squid Facts text SQUID to 1-833-SCI-TEXT

a very cute cuttlefish, a giant australian cuttelfish, looks at the camera, swimming in front of algae covered rocks

a poster that says Plant Native Plants, with an illustration by meg lemieur of purple coneflower, with a bunch of clips with seed bags attached on the bottom labeled "take one and plant"

Sarah holds up a zine that says Philly Biopdiversity Zine in front of a little free library covered in squid, painted blue and pink, shoved in some planters. The zine has a raccoon skateboarding in crocs in front of the love statue (philly icon) with a pigeon sitting on the sign, with the art museum in the background

Back to book pitching, so here I am caring about the # of followers I have 🤦‍♀️

HELLO! I'm a 🦑 scientist on a mission to get people to take action to protect earth's biodiversity.

Alongside others, I use street art, zines, photography, collabs, & more to encourage action.

Tell ur friends 😅

#WorldPressFreedomDay 🔥

@froomkin.bsky.social

Crackdown by Garth Mullins | Penguin Random House Canada *NATIONAL BESTSELLER*Part memoir, part manifesto, Crackdown is a story of the drug war, told from the frontlines.

I'm thrilled so many profs use @crackdownpod.bsky.social episodes in their curriculum. Might I suggest including my book by the same name? Learning outcomes include: harm reduction, decrim, methadone, safe supply, HIV, PTSD, sex work, advocacy, research, etc www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/700597...

How do we achieve nature positive? A vision and targets for the UK residential and commercial development sector - npj Urban Sustainability npj Urban Sustainability - How do we achieve nature positive? A vision and targets for the UK residential and commercial development sector

🌿 How do we achieve nature positive development? 🌿

Our new study in npj Urban Sustainability lays out a bold roadmap for transforming the UK’s residential and commercial development sector to achieve a nature positive future.

doi.org/10.1038/s429...

#NaturePositive 1/4

'Boundless care and compassion': Trey Helten was on a mission to help others in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside "There is nothing to replace him." The sudden death of Trey Helten has shocked the Downtown Eastside, where he was widely known and loved.

when a person who has saved so many people's lives (and in many different ways) dies, something in all of us (and in all of you, whether you know or not) dies too

love drug users while we're alive

beautiful work ↓ by dan fumano

vancouversun.com/news/obituar...

The 2025 federal election is the biggest NDP fumble in history because I quite literally don't know a single Canadian that isn't concerned about the unsustainable cost of living + the pandemic got every day people considering UBI.

This is classic NDP territory and they failed to seize the moment.

neither the Liberal or the Conservative party bothered to respond.

#cdnpoli

@cpha-acsp.bsky.social
@candrugpolicy.bsky.social
@docs4saferdrugs.bsky.social

The Conservative plan is out and, ooof, is this costing a disaster.

There's a whole bunch of phantom revenues booked here, and the GST housing pledge is costed at under $2B. Given their proposed eligibility criteria, it should be more in the 4-6B range.

I don’t experience the same fear but I am trying to find ways to talk with people that are scared about policy solutions that will make everyone in our communities be and feel safer.

I live in a smaller town where I hear a lot of people talking about fear of violence and theft much more than a decade ago. I think this fear is being very effectively used to push voters and politicians to the right, and the reversal of harm reduction supports is an example of this.

Studies: 1 in 7 US working-age adults report long COVID, with heaviest burden on the poor

Long COVID’s Ongoing Toll

New data show 1 in 7 working-age adults in the U.S. have experienced Long COVID, hitting low-income and marginalized groups the hardest. Lost wages exceeded $200B in 2023 alone. Urgent investment in research and policy is needed to address this growing crisis.

A black and white photo of Vera Rubin measuring spectra

Vera Rubin has been selected to be featured on the back of a quarter. She is the first astronomer to be honored this way. Read about her research on the Andromeda galaxy and how it led to the discovery of dark matter in this article written by Rubin herself. doi.org/10.1063/1.24...
🔭 #WomenInStem