I am truly blessed to have a nine-year-old in my life who will take pictures of me and then do creative things with that picture

Dear Crows of East Vancouver: shut the fuck up.

I hate being a Canucks fan. As the great Tony Gallagher once wrote, this most cursed of franchises. Toronto getting number one being the ultimate kick in the fucking nuts. #nhldraftlottery

When @Rogers is pestering you to renew your expiring 2-year plan, but won't send you in writing the offer laying out a new package. Which will cost $2000-plus over the next two years. Instead you have to "accept it" and then you have 10 days to look it over and cancel. WTF

I spoke with @MikeUsinger about the past, and possible future of the @TheWaldorfHotel in this months March 2026 @georgiastraight. #VancouverHistory #VancouverAfterDark #VancouverBC #EastVan

That’s a damn good question.

Thank you @georgiastraight & @MikeUsinger for this feature about @604Records artist FLOORPLAN & their awesome new music video for PAYBACK directed by former @604Records head of videography Emma Higgins. Check out the story and the video HERE: tinyurl.com/yeym7ere

Evander Kane, standing there banging his stick on the boards while watching Max Domi beat the shit out of his Swedish teammate. And Toronto beat the shit out of the Canucks on the scoreboard. And that will be all he does tonight. Stop the ship. I want off. Again...... #canucks

Do fantastic if you entire “lineup” is composed of stone-cold losers!!!

Fuck Off-you aren’t running a bank

Have you seen our cool new video ⁦@MikeUsinger⁩ ? youtu.be/r5rFMfh9-jY

You know it's truly peak summer on Commercial Drive when the entire hood smells like a polecat's ass from 8am until dusk. Ahh, the rendering plant and chicken processing facilities @MetroVancouver

The federal Conservative Party leader spoke in Surrey Wednesday, promising an action plan to address the crisis of extortion crimes affecting the South Asian community. vancouver.citynews.ca/2025/0…

Pick up the Straight (out now) for a story on The Cobalt (Fought for this headline; the discussion was it was maybe too obscure a reference) Ps. later realized there were at least two threads that could be connected to the inspiration for that headline. And those are..guess.

Anyone know why, off and on since 4am this morning including right now, east van has sounded like a train applying its brakes in slow motion.....? @PortVancouver

BREAKING: The Catholic Church enrages MAGA world by coming out forcefully against the "big, beautiful bill" as twenty bishops sign an interfaith letter stating that its "passage would be a moral failure for American society as a whole." There is nothing less Christ-like than cutting healthcare and food stamps or the poor.... "First, it provides tens of billions of dollars to the government to undertake a mass deportation campaign which will separate US families, harm US-citizen and immigrant children, and sow chaos in local communities," the letter reads. "It will spur immigration raids across the nation, harming hard-working immigrant families essential to our economy and causing widespread unrest like we recently witnessed in Los Angeles." The legislation would funnel over $150 billion towards Trump's border policies and immigration crackdowns, with the ICE budget alone ballooning from $3.4 billion to $45 billion until the end of 2029. It amounts to a 365% increase which Professor Donald Moynihan of the University of Michigan has pointed out is more than the combined funding for all 50 federal prisons. In addition to being a gross waste of taxpayer money, this funding will create a self-perpetrating deportation industrial machine just like our private prison system and military complex. Just like pouring money into military contractors incentivizes new wars, pouring money into this fledgling deportation industry will incentivize more crackdowns and family separations. The more you feed the monster, the bigger and hungrier it gets. "This funding also will be used to target faith communities, as the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has removed places of worship from its sensitive locations list, allowing ICE agents to enter them for enforcement purposes," the letter continues. "We have already witnessed a reduction in attendance at many of our religious services in our denominations, as the threat of enforcement has deterred many families from practicing their faith." The signatories include numerous prominent bishops such as Cardinal Robert McElroy, Cardinal Joseph Tobin, Bishop John Dolan, Archbishop Paul Etienne, Archbishop Mitchell Rozanski, and Bishop Jaime Soto. In addition to the Catholic leaders, the letter was signed by the leaders of the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas as well as respected faith leaders of the Episcopalian, Jewish, Lutheran, Presbyterian, and Muslim communities. "Moreover, the bill provides funding for a border wall along the US-Mexico border which we believe will drive migrants into the most remote regions of the border and lead to an increase in migrant deaths," the letter goes on. "It also would hurt the local environment along the border and force desperate asylum-seekers seeking safety to increasingly rely on human smugglers." "As you should know, our faith organizations have long favored the creation of legal avenues for migration and a legalization program for immigrants who have lived in the US for years and contributed their hard work to our economy," the signatories wrote. "We believe the adoption of these policies, instead of the implementation of a mass deportation campaign, would not only benefit immigrant workers and their families, but be in the best interest of our nation." "Second, the legislation makes severe cuts in health-care coverage and food assistance to millions of both low-income citizens and legal residents, including asylum-seekers and refugees, driving them deeper into poverty," the letter adds. "According to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO), the bill transfers wealth from those in the bottom 10 percent of income to those in the top 10 percent of income in our nation, increasing the already large gap between the rich and the poor." The bill will slash nearly $1 trillion in funding from Medicaid, a move that will directly result in the death and suffering of countless Americans. People will go blind, see their life expectancies cut in half, and end up bankrupt and homeless. Nursing homes and hospitals will shut down. It also guts funding for crucial food programs like SNAP by roughly $186 billion by 2034. Americans are literally going to starve to death so that billionaires can afford a few new yachts. "From our various faith perspectives, the moral test of a nation is how it treats those most in need of support. In our view, this legislation will harm the poor and vulnerable in our nation, to the detriment of the common good. Its passage would be a moral failure for American society as a whole," it concludes. In a separate statement, Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, said that the bill "takes from the poor to give to the wealthy." "It provides tax breaks for some while undermining the social safety net for others through major cuts to nutrition assistance and Medicaid," he continued. "It fails to protect families and children by promoting an enforcement-only approach to immigration and eroding access to legal protections. It harms God’s creation and future generations through cuts to clean energy incentives and environmental programs." "I underscore what my brother bishops said in their recent letter to find a better way forward and urge Senators to think and act with courage and creativity to protect human dignity for all, to uphold the common good, and to change provisions that undermine these fundamental values," he added. Please retweet and ❤️ to thank these bishops for speaking out!

Six essential undercard acts you need to catch at Khatsahlano Street Party @khatsahlano (and don't forget to check out cherry pick). straight.com/music/six-essen… via @georgiastraight

Our $450,000,000 Alligator Alcatraz in Florida Everglades is already flooding. Wonder what’s going to happen in a hurricane. Don’t worry! 17,000,000 are set to lose their health care to help pay for it. We are not a serious country.

Like seriously, what the fuck.... Vancouver Canucks' trade for Evander Kane justifiably enrages a long-suffering fan base straight.com/city-culture/va… via @georgiastraight

What kind of a clown organization would trade for an unregulated and overpaid clown like Evander Kane. That's it. I'm done. @Canucks

The man. The legend... @nardwuar Nardwuar the Human Serviette nails it as he throws out the first pitch at a Chicago Cubs game straight.com/music/nardwuar-… via @georgiastraight