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Justin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · 9h

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Justin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · 21h

Here's my story on how the conversation on bringing a SkyTrain to UBC is almost old enough to be a student on a B-Line trying to get to UBC

17 years and counting: Why plans for a rapid transit line to UBC have barely left the station | CBC News

Why has this long-debated project not come to fruition?

www.cbc.ca

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Jason Markusoff @markusoff.bsky.social · 22h

DEADLINE TODAY: Apply for a CAJ mentorship, the program i wish wish wish existed when I was getting my feet under me in journalism.
Fall mentors include:
💥Kristin Nelson (Boston Globe's Spotlight podcast)
💥Michelle Cyca (The Narwhal)
💥Nathan Vanderklippe (Globe and Mail)
caj.ca/programs/men...

Mentorship - Fall 2025 - Canadian Association of Journalists

Fall 2025 Mentor Bios Below you will find an alphabetic list of mentors for the Fall 2025 round of the mentorship program. Each mentor has their bio, who they are looking to mentor, the languages they...

caj.ca

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Justin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · 22h

Richard hasn't posted on X in seven months, so I'd suggest you do research in the future instead of posting at him, accusing him of things that aren't true, and denigrating his integrity.

Take care!

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Justin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · 22h

can't wait to create website where i take all the information and pictures and sentences of scientific american and post it as my own and then say "growing pains!" if my illegal actions are highlighted and then not change anything

Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 2d

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

Want to See Marilyn Monroe in Game of Thrones? AI Could Make It Soon

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

www.scientificamerican.com

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Justin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · 23h

Vancouver in peak fall: when the Blundstones and heavy jackets still aren’t needed, the last mountain hikes and snowfalls happen simultaneously, and the sunrise is nice and slow as the morning commute begins in earnest

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Justin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · 1d

step 1: i ask ken to come on cbc to further explain his thoughts (very ethical)

step 2: i poison stephen quinn and the 16 other people in our newsroom who also host things

step 3: i am forced to host the ken jennings interview

step 4: me and ken become friends and i also am invited on jeopardy

Ken Jennings @kenjennings.bsky.social · 1d

British Columbia, it’s not too late to come over to the right side of history. The Blue Jays play 2,500 miles away. They are not your home team!

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Justin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · 1d

vancouver planning in the 21st century is developers and the city patting themselves on the back for a sustainable mixed-used community that pays homage to the industrial past while using modern best practices where a two bedroom condo costs a million dollars and there are no schools

Justin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · 1d

cool, awesome, inspiring, just one question where are the schools or buses or community centres

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Justin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · 1d

cool, awesome, inspiring, just one question where are the schools or buses or community centres

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Justin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · 1d

mini metro come to life

Jens von Bergmann @jensvb.bsky.social · 2d

Finally got around to playing with TransLink realtime GTFS data. Kind of fun. Transit in Vancouver is looking pretty good, especially considering this is an hour midday on a holiday weekend, with some lines not running (hello 44) and not all buses reporting real-time information.

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Justin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · 2d

bc ferries car alarm announcements are inching closer to “hey dumbass, stop sucking”, and frankly i’m here for it

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Jen St. Denis @jenstden.bsky.social · 2d

The Mariners have the salmon run and I would like to humbly suggest the Bluejays borrow the Vancouver Canadians’ sushi race

This would help with national unity youtu.be/SGTph11oTrU

The ins and outs of the Vancouver Canadians’ sushi race

YouTube video by CBC British Columbia

youtu.be

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Justin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · 4d

(if your response is not to chuckle at hypocrisy of society, the multitudes of humanity, the weirdness of sports broadcast availability in the pacific northwest prior to 2000, or the nostalgia of curb your enthusiasm absurdity, then all the power to you)

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Justin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · 4d

thousands of british columbia baseball fans considering breaking their u.s. boycott next week

a man wearing glasses and a black suit is standing in front of a sign that says ' the ' on it

ALT: a man wearing glasses and a black suit is standing in front of a sign that says ' the ' on it

media.tenor.com

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Justin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · 5d

START PLANNING THE POTENTIAL PARADE ROUTES

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Justin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · 5d

excuse me my white whale is the municipal oversight for people living at the university of british columbia, which actually i did mention that in the story so you got me

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Justin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · 5d

oh no

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Justin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · 5d

have reached my final form: doing a story on a train

vt.tiktok.com/ZSUrDdajG/

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Justin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · 5d

language is it would just be a basic bylaw, so just basic majority, but if they do that, removing a park's permanent designation in the future would require a unanimous council vote

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Justin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · 5d

is jas johal in the room with us right now

Shannon Waters @sobittersosweet.bsky.social · 5d

Whew, what a morning!

BC Conservative leader John Rustad confirmed to reporters that MLA phones were searched during a caucus meeting after concern about leaks

"Not every single MLA expressed interest, but the vast majority said, 'Yes, let's do this,'" Rustad said #bcpoli

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Justin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · 5d

Not gonna lie, pretty happy with how my immediate analysis on Ken Sim's attempt to kill the park board reads 22 months later.

And it's another reminder to be cautious with the procedural nature of local government reform, and not claim things have "happened" when they haven't.

Vancouver's mayor makes a bold step to eliminate the park board — at the risk of dividing his party | CBC News

Since it was created in 1888, the Vancouver Park Board has been a source of discussion and division. But the decision by Mayor Ken Sim to try and eliminate it could make its final chapter its most dra...

www.cbc.ca

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Justin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · 5d

My breaking file on the province requiring a referendum to kill Vancouver's Park Board.

Sim is avoiding criticism of the province on this decision — but he was originally hopeful to get rid of the park board in six months.

But he lost political capital, and the province wasn't inclined to help.

B.C. government says Vancouver requires a referendum to eliminate its park board | CBC News

The B.C. government has put forward legislation that would only allow the City of Vancouver to eliminate its independently elected parks board if it is approved by local voters in a referendum.

www.cbc.ca

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Michael O’Shaughnessy @mdnoshaughnessy.bsky.social · 5d

this is amazing news for weirdos who LOVE elections and campaigns

(i'm weirdos)

Justin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · 5d

BREAKING: B.C. Municipalities Minister Christine Boyle has put forward an amendment to the Vancouver Charter that will only allow the city to eliminate the Vancouver Park Board through a referendum.

Buckle your seatbelts, folks.

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Justin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · 5d

BREAKING: B.C. Municipalities Minister Christine Boyle has put forward an amendment to the Vancouver Charter that will only allow the city to eliminate the Vancouver Park Board through a referendum.

Buckle your seatbelts, folks.

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Justin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · 6d

In 2022, Ken Sim said line item budget comparisons were the cornerstone of his budget policy if he got elected mayor.

In 2025, he voted against it happening for a budget presentation with potentially $100 million in cuts because his newly appointed city manager told him no.

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