Michael John Lo

No, no it doesn't.

Former UVic president to lead university in United Arab Emirates Zayed University, which has campuses in Abu Dhabi and Dubai, says Kevin Hall will be its new president and CEO effective Nov. 1.

Well. Now we know where Kevin Hall ended up:

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extremely jealous

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...

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!

Oh I'm excited

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??

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

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.

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.

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The one time we were fast enough with breaking news coverage

Thanks. Had been working on this one for a while

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.

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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...

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

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.

🧵 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...

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

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

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.

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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‘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

sobering stuff:

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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.

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.

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

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...

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

'BREAKING' is almost always a tell

View Royal council calls for arms embargo in Israel-Hamas war The motion also calls for a humanitarian corridor for the delivery of food and essential aid in Gaza.

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Former MP used fabricated documents to accuse reporter David Pugliese of being a Russian asset A July report that solicited input from leading experts in typography and graphology determined that the the documents Chris Alexander submitted to a parliamentary committee are forgeries.

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Great work from @readtheorchard.org

!! I hope you followed up

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Strike discipline was good — picket captains didn't stray from messaging and referred all questions to union media spox. We'll see if that lasts. /5

Workers on strike shifts often roamed in groups with signs and banners from their worksites and into more visible locations, including on the Galloping Goose Trail and on Douglas and Blanshard streets.

Some picket lines were expected to go until 10 p.m., and pickets are expected tomorrow too. /4