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I’ve lived in british columbia, ontario, and quebec and im afraid this is uniquely a vancouver thing
Mo Ayato 🌠🐾 操斗モォ @ Cappuverse SFU@redredraccoons
canadians be like "thank you!" to the bus driver
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Dr. Nel Wieman
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Dr. Nel Wieman
@cwieman
Canada's first female Indigenous psychiatrist, advocate, positive disruptor, gets into good & necessary trouble. I’m mostly on here for All. The. Dogs.
Vancouver, British Columbia Katılım Nisan 2009
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Dr. Nel Wieman retweetledi
If you don’t want to see people sleeping on sidewalks, in parks, or in tents, then stop pretending complaints are a solution.
You don’t end homelessness by moving people along, you end homelessness by housing people!
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Happy Birthday @HeyPistol 🥳
Team Servicerottie🇨🇦🐕🦺🦽@servicerotties
I'm probably not supposed to tell anyone, but it's @HeyPistol Dad's birthday. He kinda likes to blend into the background and not attract much attention so he doesn't think anyone knows. He'd sure be surprised if suddenly there were thousands of birthday wishes. 🤭
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I’m into my 60’s & enjoy riding the occasional scooter. Take the bus & walk combo to work even though I own a car. A bit of ageism & NIMBYism @PJReporter?
Paul Johnson@PJReporter
3rd and Trafalgar in Vancouver's Kitsilano neighborhood. Uproar after 4 street parking spaces just lost to a scooter installation. Many people here are 50's and up and need their cars for work. Do they think these people are going to start riding scooters to work?
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Dr. Nel Wieman retweetledi
Hi Caroline,
Recovering addict here with over 13 years sober. I also help people access detox, treatment, recovery housing, and support services every single day.
Whoever is informing you likely isn’t actually working on the frontlines, because people are entering recovery every. single. day.
I’d be more than happy to personally give you a tour of recovery services and introduce you to people rebuilding their lives right now.
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That looks like cinnamon to me. Plausible deniability.
WeRateDogs@dog_rates
This pup was absolutely not digging in the dirt. Everybody knows that would require a permit. Thinks you have a whole lot of nerve accusing him of breaking municipal laws with no evidence. 12/10
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Dr. Nel Wieman retweetledi
In 2021, 619 people died during B.C.’s heat dome.
Now, as B.C. faces more record-breaking temperatures, Vancouver is cutting cooling kits.
We keep acting shocked by preventable tragedies while cutting the very things designed to prevent them.
Extreme heat is not an inconvenience for vulnerable people, it’s a public health emergency.
The Globe and Mail@globeandmail
Vancouver cuts cooling kits as B.C. faces more record-breaking temperatures theglobeandmail.com/canada/article…
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The truth is:
Anyone can become addicted.
Anyone can lose their job.
Anyone can battle mental illness.
Anyone can become disabled.
Anyone can end up homeless.
Anyone can go hungry.
None of these are moral failures, they are HUMAN REALITIES.
The line between stability and poverty is far thinner than most people want to believe.
Most of us are closer to the edge than we realize.
Compassion should never depend on whether tragedy has happened to you yet.
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Surprise, surprise. Evidence shows that overdose prevention sites are “easy pickings” for lazy politicians, “because these facilities are typically located in areas where homelessness is evident and public consumption of drugs is ALREADY OCCURRING.”
“Closing OPS due to public order concerns is kind of like taking away everyone’s umbrella because it’s raining too much.”
Watch for that next: @KenSinCity will blame umbrellas for the abundance of rain in Vancouver and “do everything in his power” to stop us all from using them.
Does that sound stupid? YES. Is calling overdose prevention “a failed experiment” equally stupid? ALSO YES.
Story here: vancouversun.com/opinion/op-ed/…
#VanPoli #ToxicDrugCrisis
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Round of “appaws” for DetectorDog Trio - Dharla, Olga, and Theo at #YYZ for intercepting over 45 kg of meat, plant, and dairy products from 3 travellers arriving from Bangladesh. The goods were seized and a $1300 penalty was issued.
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Is it possible that one of the 11 AI agents @KenSimCity uses to do his work wrote this tweet? Because surely our Mayor understands that if he wants LESS OPEN DRUG USE than he needs an overdose prevention site downtown. Also, no one is talking about decriminalizing anything.
(Actually, WTAF is this politicized conflation of mixed-up ideas? Seems like ChatGPT or Claude let him down. LOL)
Mayor Ken Sim@KenSimCity
The residents of Vancouver want compassionate care, but they also want safe streets, parks, and neighbourhoods. We will not support a return to open drug use and failed decriminalization policies. We've made progress on crime and we'll continue to ensure residents feel safe in their City. The Province needs to lead with a balanced approach focused on treatment, recovery, and community safety. vancouversun.com/opinion/column…
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There are detox, treatment, and recovery services available, and people access them every single day.
But you know what also reduces public disorder?
Places for people to actually go...
Shelters, drop-in centres, and supervised consumption sites.
When people have nowhere to go, the street becomes the default.
Also if people truly believe there’s no hatred or hostility toward people struggling in the community, they should sit in on some of the calls and conversations happening behind the scenes.
If we’re serious about public safety, then we need to be serious about reality:
Harm reduction alone isn’t enough.
Recovery alone isn’t enough.
You need the full continuum of prevention, housing, harm reduction, treatment, recovery, and support.
Because ideology won’t solve this crisis, using every tool available might!
Karm Sumal@KarmSumal
Nobody is arguing for “criminalizing poverty.” People are arguing that compassion without accountability, treatment pathways, safety standards, or measurable outcomes has created a system that to often manages crisis instead of solving it. Housing matters. Treatment matters. Recovery matters. Public safety matters too. Reducing every concern about disorder, addiction, or failed policy to “you hate poor people” is exactly why this conversation keeps going nowhere.
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Conservatives love saying “don’t erase history” right up until the history makes them uncomfortable.
A land acknowledgement is literally just acknowledging reality: Indigenous people were here first, treaties exist, and colonization happened.
That’s not “racist,” that’s history.
What’s actually concerning is how some people are so fragile they hear basic respect for Indigenous peoples and immediately feel attacked.
Imagine being offended by truth, respect, and reconciliation. 🇨🇦
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** the risk to the general public remains low**
Sitka Media@sitkamedia
Dr. Bonnie Henry says the four people potentially exposed to hantavirus returning to BC are asymptomatic, but will be quarantined as a precaution: "At no point do we expect them to be in contact with the public during this arrival process, or during their isolation period."
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When a Conservative Party @CPC_HQ Member of Parliament can’t do something as simple as a land acknowledgement, it tells you everything you need to know about this party’s stance on First Nations people. #FirstNations #cdnpoli
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A land acknowledgement is a history lesson, not a deed transfer. Relax.
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Greatly appreciate all of my colleagues from across the Public Health Agency of Canada who expedited this Rapid Risk Assessment for Andes virus👇
canada.ca/en/public-heal…
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