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Happy Victoria Day and National Patriots' Day! Victoria Day is the oldest official holiday in Canada, dating back to before Confederation. It has a long and fascinating history. This is the story of the holiday that starts summer for Canadians! 📸 Hulton Archive 🧵 1/12

Punch in playing mood with his toy mother 😎❤️

Now that’s commitment to a cause!

@CraigBaird And when architecture had design

On this day in 1939, Hotel Vancouver opened. One of Canada's Grand Railway Hotels, it was the third hotel in the city to use the name "Hotel Vancouver. The hotel is 17 floors and was the tallest building in Vancouver until the TD Tower was built in 1972. 📸 Ken Walker

@kjmaiff @mattycakes79 @katiekait17

@YouTravel @CloverdaleRodeo Definitely the white hat! 🤠

Calgary white hat, or a black one from … I forget where …for @CloverdaleRodeo this weekend ? Or maybe, no hat!! #letsrodeo #cloverdale #events

@Kal_Dosanjh That’s a tragic story Sounds like he was full of hope but chose the wring firm in the road Prayers of comfort to the family. 😞🙏🏻

Three years ago, a mother called me asking for help for her son. She was a single parent working multiple jobs, doing everything she could to keep him on the right path. She knew the influences around him were dangerous, and she didn’t want to lose her child to the streets. I took him under my wing, and over time he became part of our KidsPlay family. He started showing up regularly, helping with programs, playing soccer with the younger kids, and building connections. I’ll always remember one summer camp when he picked up a little girl, put her on his shoulders, and ran around laughing with her. In that moment, you saw the innocence still inside him. He tutored that same little girl for a local spelling bee. She did well. The first person she hugged after the competition was him. The kids adored him. He was standing at a crossroads, searching for identity, acceptance, and a place to belong. We tried to give him that. But the streets were offering him something too — false promises wrapped in money, status, and belonging. In the end, he made a choice. And now he’s gone. He was one of the two killed in the double homicide on Mother’s Day in Surrey. This one hurts deeply. Not because we didn’t try. We did. Our entire team treated him like family and gave him everything we could. But sometimes love, mentorship, and support are still fighting against forces far bigger than one organization or one person. Behind every headline is someone’s child. Someone who laughed, who carried pain, who still had good in them. Someone whose mother once stayed awake at night praying they would make it home safe. Today, my heart is with every mother grieving a child lost too soon. We have to keep fighting for our youth before the streets claim them first. My deepest condolences to both families. Rest in Peace. @KidsPlayFounda1 #gangs #homicide #restinpeace

@FixingEducation @TheJourneyGenie Why do parents allow this type of behaviour. Let’s get to the source.

Last year, I ran into a former substitute teacher who used to sub at our school all the time. They were excellent at what they did. They told me they stopped subbing because of the constant disrespect from students…often with little to no consequences. Serious question: Why do so many schools allow students to disrespect substitutes with no accountability? And then districts wonder why it’s becoming so hard to find subs.

@sarobertson_ GG Simon should be proud of her accomplishments She served our country well

Outgoing Governor General Mary Simon: "We know that Indigenous languages are not part of the Official Languages Act, but to me they are just as important as English and French ... every day there are languages across the country that are being lost. To me that's not something we should just ignore. I think we need to do more for Indigenous languages."

@Darlene96704527 @kbolan @NinaKriegerBC @bcndp @mikefarnworthbc You are spot on! An absolute disaster by pigheaded politicians

@kbolan Really? What was the point of the board @NinaKriegerBC ? I thought they were supposed to be responsive to the needs of the community. I think the @bcndp sold the citizens of Surrey a lot of BS. Thanks @mikefarnworthbc and the #worstmayorever Doug McCallum

Final story today on the latest double murder. SPS Chief Norm Lipinski said that the Surrey gang unit should be back in action next month. Officers were reassigned in January as I reported last month. vancouversun.com/news/two-surre…

An old factory in Welland, Ont., sat abandoned for years — until someone discovered it could be worth billions.

If you are debating whether to get your kids the chicken pox vaccine, I would like to tell you a story. When I was 5 I got chicken pox. No big deal. I was sick for a couple of days and then went on with my life. But what I didn’t know as a 5 year old kid was I had been entered into the world’s shittiest lottery. 30 years later, my number came up. If you don’t know about shingles, it is a condition that causes a horrible blistery rash and fiery, stabbing nerve pain. Most people get theirs on their torso. If you are unlucky you might get it on your face. If you are EXTREMELY unlucky like I am, you can get it on your genitals. So there I was (on my goddamn birthday) at the first of two consecutive ER visits, crying in pain when I was diagnosed with shingles. I was given antiviral medication and each day a shot of fentanyl. That’s right, fentanyl. The pain was so egregious they gave me the same pain reliever they gave my stepfather after OPEN HEART Surgery! I CANNOT overstate the excruciating agony I was in. I was given a prescription for Vicodin. I spent the next 7 days curled into a fetal ball on my mother’s couch. I did not eat and I barely drank because otherwise I would have to use the bathroom. Let’s say, that was something I would do anything to avoid. 7 days of absolute, unrelenting misery. I am telling you this story because if you can spare your children from being entered into the shingles lottery, you really should. The chicken pox vaccine prevents more than just chicken pox. Chicken pox is not a problem. Shingles most definitely is.

Bravo to P.K. Subban @PKSubban1 for keeping his commitment to Montreal Children's Hospital, especially after getting traded from Montreal to Nashville #Habs

WATCH: A nesting goose has become a fan favourite at one Surrey School. Our Sarah Jones (@sarahdoesnews) has more on how teachers and students have found a creative way to keep a watchful eye on the mom-to-be. vancouver.citynews.ca/video/2026/05/…

@AMacOnAir All the best ! Sorry to see you leave.

And that’s a wrap after more than 6 yrs at Global BC & more than 22 yrs as a BC Broadcaster! Thx for tuning in, for letting me interview you over the years, or for letting me be a part of your day in some way. Looking ahead to a new chapter w/more details to come. Stay tuned!❤️

@TheJourneyGenie Bang on! Thus should be a must watch for parents who don’t quite understand why the teacher has concerns.

While filming a movie in 2014, Jackie Chan sang "Rolling in the Deep" with a group of Mongolian locals after finding out that they knew the song by heart, even though they don’t speak English 😁 It was never part of the movie script.

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@WestVanPolice @JanetBrown980 It was handled very well. Prayers to the person who is in so much mental pain 🙏😔

West Vancouver Police Release Details of Sunday's Horseshoe Bay Ferry Terminal Incident File: 26-3621 On April 19, 2026, at approximately 11:56 a.m., West Vancouver Police Department responded to an incident involving an individual in distress at the BC Ferries terminal in Horseshoe Bay. As the event progressed, WVPD coordinated a response with partner agencies, including the Vancouver Police Department Emergency Response Team, the VPD Marine Unit, Royal Canadian Marine Search and Rescue Station 1, and BC Emergency Health Services. In order to eliminate the risk to public safety and support the emergency response, the BC Ferries terminal was temporarily restricted and several ferry routes were required to hold. The individual was apprehended under the Mental Health Act and transported to hospital for assessment. West Vancouver Police thank the involved partner agencies for their collaboration, and the public for their patience and cooperation during the response. #WestVan #WestVancouver #WVPD