Robyn

Trying not to project existential fears about climate change on this beautiful day with my kiddo ❤️

If your perspective is that Canada should only voice support for international law when it has an narrow self interest in doing so, we're no longer discussing international law.

I hope your next piece is about malls in small towns!

I don’t think anyone is going to be satisfied with these answers. Apologies for the lop sided video.

Vancouver council paves way for new school in Olympic Village Vancouver city council voted Thursday night in favour of a move that will allow for an elementary school to be built in Olympic Village.

Olympic Village is finally getting its school.

It should not take decades to break ground on any promised amenities let alone a neighbourhood school.

No more delays. We need massive reinvestments in social infrastructure in neighbourhoods across Vancouver.

vancouver.citynews.ca/2026/02/27/v...

Do you think this could be built for non-market housing? I work for a local community land trust interested in this type of built form, but I'm not sure if the pro forma would work for a non-market rental or co-op.

Some of those apologies you linked to don't actually say the words "I'm sorry"... Not a knock on you, but on the players' inability to actually acknowledge the hurt they caused. Did they listen to Hilary Knight's comments, I wonder?

I, for one, am relieved that the office towers are continuing to recover. Thank you, human beings, for the sacrifice you and your families are making.

We're bringing champagne to the ground breaking 🥂

Very engaged with the proceedings

One of the main talking points for school opponents was the increase in traffic. Ironically I biked here with my 8-year old and they all drove

Bringing some reading material

Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim started false claim councillor 'handed out illegal drugs' Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim accused city Coun. Sean Orr of "handing out illegal drugs on Christmas Day" in a briefing for Chinese-speaking reporters.

I'm headed up to City Hall for the vote on the Olympic Village school and very curious what the vibes will be like in the chamber...

vancouver.citynews.ca/2026/02/26/v...

To any Democrat who ever said about any issue, "Maybe if we agree with Republicans just this far, they'll stop there," remember that you were wrong, it was obvious at the time, and you really should never believe that again about any issue, ever.

"I thought the joke was distasteful & unfortunate, & I think the way women are represented, it's a great teaching point to really shine light on how women should be championed for their amazing feats. Now I have to sit in front of you and explain someone else's behavior? It's not my responsibility."

Hilary Knight got the question re: that phone call and the laughter at the Torrent presser. Her answer:

After getting one side of the story, media members, including yours truly, headed upstairs to the lobby outside the Mayor’s offices in hopes of speaking with Lenny Zhou before council went into a private session after lunch. Justin McElroy stopped an elevator full of city councillors and staff for us by putting his foot in the door. We saw Mayor Sim (who said he didn’t have time to talk), lots of senior city staff (“what’s going on,” they whispered), and most of the other councillors, but Zhou never showed. The effort didn’t bear much fruit, but it’s a window into the wiliness and collegiality of the city’s journalists, who work in a unique grey zone between competitors and comrades.

In the Vancity Lookout newsletter (which you should all subscribe to!) @natevl.bsky.social records a nice moment of #vanpoli journalism co-operation. Hope your foot is ok @jmcelroy.bsky.social!

On top of this, I think Lenny owes an apology to everyone who lives in supportive housing, as well as their providers

One day, at least some of these hockey players will have to explain to their children why they allowed themselves to be used by a fascist.

housing is the only solution for homelessness

Wasn’t he upset at Pete’s Mean Tweets™️ just a couple of weeks ago?

It's hard for me to stay negative when Vancouver is sunny. Oh no, my oceans too blue, my mountains too high.

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US AI giant accuses Chinese rivals of mass data theft Anthropic says three Chinese firms used ‘distillation’ technique to extract information from its Claude chatbot

please…my stolen data…it’s been stolen www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

It is interesting the way she happens to pull the mic away every time he says it

So if you were of the "never again" mindset -- if you wanted to prevent a situation where, for instance, the US government put thousands of innocent people into torture camps -- the time to intervene was *then*, when it was starting, when it was popular, when all the social pressure was to conform.

Some day we'll all regret this & we'll hold hearings & rend garments & pledge "never again" & we'll be just as full of shit as we were last time.

The spoils of the Lunar NY parade. A Chinese woman adopted my kids to make sure they got their arms out and got their share of red envelopes ❤️🧧

Hockey fans watching the gold medal game in Toronto loudly booing Gretzky whenever he appears on screen is very pleasing to me.

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