Andrea Woo
@andreawoo.bsky.social
Vancouver “steam clock” critic, Globe and Mail journalist. Writes about health, health system pressures, drugs, social issues, politics, climate and all things British Columbia.
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SCMP: Hong Kong fire death toll hits 128, with 79 injured, status of 200 unclear.
“Highly flammable styrofoam cloaking lift windows on every floor… mesh netting and sheeting used outside the buildings also did not meet fire safety standards.”
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“Highly flammable styrofoam cloaking lift windows on every floor… mesh netting and sheeting used outside the buildings also did not meet fire safety standards.”
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Hong Kong fire death toll hits 128, with 79 injured, status of 200 unclear
Some 80 bodies ‘cannot be identified’, authorities say, while confirming styrofoam on windows caused heated panes to shatter and spread blaze.
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November 28, 2025 at 8:24 AM
SCMP: Hong Kong fire death toll hits 128, with 79 injured, status of 200 unclear.
“Highly flammable styrofoam cloaking lift windows on every floor… mesh netting and sheeting used outside the buildings also did not meet fire safety standards.”
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“Highly flammable styrofoam cloaking lift windows on every floor… mesh netting and sheeting used outside the buildings also did not meet fire safety standards.”
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Hong Kong police raid construction company responsible for renos at public housing estate engulfed in flames yesterday, @jamestgriffiths.com reports. At least 83 dead, hundreds still unaccounted for, in territory's worst fire disaster since Second World War
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Hong Kong police raid company linked to Wang Fuk Court fire
At least 83 dead, hundreds missing in territory’s worst fire disaster since the Second World War
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November 27, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Hong Kong police raid construction company responsible for renos at public housing estate engulfed in flames yesterday, @jamestgriffiths.com reports. At least 83 dead, hundreds still unaccounted for, in territory's worst fire disaster since Second World War
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Steven Guilbeault, career environmentalist, resigns from Carney cabinet after announcement of energy deal with Alberta
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Liberal MP Steven Guilbeault resigns from cabinet after Carney, Smith sign energy deal
Mr. Guilbeault is a career environmentalist who has been serving as the Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture
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November 27, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Steven Guilbeault, career environmentalist, resigns from Carney cabinet after announcement of energy deal with Alberta
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Grand Chief Stewart Phllip, Union of BC Indian Chiefs president, on Alberta-Ottawa MOU: "No bilateral deal can extinguish our inherent title and rights and no federal legislation can erase the Crown’s obligation to obtain free, prior, and informed consent. The answer is still no and always will be.”
November 27, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Grand Chief Stewart Phllip, Union of BC Indian Chiefs president, on Alberta-Ottawa MOU: "No bilateral deal can extinguish our inherent title and rights and no federal legislation can erase the Crown’s obligation to obtain free, prior, and informed consent. The answer is still no and always will be.”
Premier David Eby, speaking now, cites PM Carney's comments from earlier this week that pipeline would have to have agreement from B.C. and First Nations.
"This project does not have the support of Coastal First Nations," he says. Adds no proponent, no route, no money.
"This project does not have the support of Coastal First Nations," he says. Adds no proponent, no route, no money.
November 27, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Premier David Eby, speaking now, cites PM Carney's comments from earlier this week that pipeline would have to have agreement from B.C. and First Nations.
"This project does not have the support of Coastal First Nations," he says. Adds no proponent, no route, no money.
"This project does not have the support of Coastal First Nations," he says. Adds no proponent, no route, no money.
Coastal First Nations pres Marilyn Slett now: "Coastal FNs along w/ prov of BC will do everything in our power to protect our coast from the real threat of an oil spill... We will never consent to allowing oil tankers in our coastal waters. We will never tolerate exemptions to an oil tanker ban."
November 27, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Coastal First Nations pres Marilyn Slett now: "Coastal FNs along w/ prov of BC will do everything in our power to protect our coast from the real threat of an oil spill... We will never consent to allowing oil tankers in our coastal waters. We will never tolerate exemptions to an oil tanker ban."
Alberta and Ottawa have signed a new energy accord that includes a pledge for a new bitumen pipeline to the West Coast with Indigenous co-ownership and the suspension of clean energy regs for Alberta w/ the proviso that it increase its industrial carbon price.
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Carney, Smith sign sweeping energy deal, pledge new pipeline to West Coast
Federal government won’t implement its oil and gas emissions cap, and both sides will consult with B.C. on project, MOU says
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November 27, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Alberta and Ottawa have signed a new energy accord that includes a pledge for a new bitumen pipeline to the West Coast with Indigenous co-ownership and the suspension of clean energy regs for Alberta w/ the proviso that it increase its industrial carbon price.
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Vancouver Fire Rescue Services responded to 54 overdoses last Friday - the most in a single day in the department's history. Averaged 16 per day in May.
There has been a surge in ODs reported all across the province in the past few weeks.
There has been a surge in ODs reported all across the province in the past few weeks.
November 26, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Vancouver Fire Rescue Services responded to 54 overdoses last Friday - the most in a single day in the department's history. Averaged 16 per day in May.
There has been a surge in ODs reported all across the province in the past few weeks.
There has been a surge in ODs reported all across the province in the past few weeks.
Three arrested in Hong Kong after fire engulfs multiple apartment blocks, @jamestgriffiths.com reports
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Three arrested in Hong Kong after fire engulfs multiple apartment blocks, killing 36
At least 279 people were still unaccounted for after a blaze quickly spread on bamboo scaffolding set up for tower renovations
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November 26, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Three arrested in Hong Kong after fire engulfs multiple apartment blocks, @jamestgriffiths.com reports
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As DULF's compassion club was forced to close, its operators worked to get its 43 members legal Rx alternatives, successfully transitioning only 2 or 3 – a point that piqued the interest of the judge, who asked about the barriers to safer supply programs
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Legal safer supply programs inaccessible to most, B.C court hears
Jeremy Kalicum and Eris Nyx were convicted of trafficking earlier this month for having operated an illicit-drug compassion club
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November 26, 2025 at 7:28 PM
As DULF's compassion club was forced to close, its operators worked to get its 43 members legal Rx alternatives, successfully transitioning only 2 or 3 – a point that piqued the interest of the judge, who asked about the barriers to safer supply programs
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At least 36 dead, 279 missing in massive housing estate fire in Tai Po, Hong Kong
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Breaking | 36 dead, 279 missing in Hong Kong housing estate blaze
Another 29 people have been hospitalised, with seven in a critical condition as inferno ravages housing estate in Tai Po.
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November 26, 2025 at 5:58 PM
At least 36 dead, 279 missing in massive housing estate fire in Tai Po, Hong Kong
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Oof. Vancouver’s annual Celebration of Light fireworks competition cancelled indefinitely due to funding.
November 26, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Oof. Vancouver’s annual Celebration of Light fireworks competition cancelled indefinitely due to funding.
PM Carney and Alberta Premier Smith set to announce MOU on energy Thurs. The Globe reported last week that Ottawa and AB were close to concluding a framework that includes a limited exemption to BC’s north coast tanker ban, setting the stage for a new pipeline
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Carney and Smith to unveil energy deal in Calgary Thursday, source says
Deal has stoked environmental concerns in B.C. and objections from Premier David Eby
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November 25, 2025 at 4:21 PM
PM Carney and Alberta Premier Smith set to announce MOU on energy Thurs. The Globe reported last week that Ottawa and AB were close to concluding a framework that includes a limited exemption to BC’s north coast tanker ban, setting the stage for a new pipeline
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The destruction of one of the world’s great public health agencies is a travesty. RFK Jr. seems determined to replace evidence-based science with quackery and use the CDC as his mouthpiece, by @picardonhealth.bsky.social
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The destruction of one of the world’s great public health agencies is a travesty
RFK Jr.’s latest attack on vaccines shows evidence-based science has been replaced by the ill-informed opinions of a quack
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November 25, 2025 at 11:31 AM
The destruction of one of the world’s great public health agencies is a travesty. RFK Jr. seems determined to replace evidence-based science with quackery and use the CDC as his mouthpiece, by @picardonhealth.bsky.social
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Jeremy Kalicum, convicted of trafficking for his role in operating an illicit-drug compassion club, provided a window into his motivations, telling a BC court about his brother’s addiction and the effects of seeing hundreds of ODs but no meaningful response
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B.C. man who bought dark web drugs for compassion club says he wanted to reduce overdoses
Jeremy Kalicum and Eris Nyx are challenging the constitutionality of Canada’s drug laws, saying they increase the risk of harm or death
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November 25, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Jeremy Kalicum, convicted of trafficking for his role in operating an illicit-drug compassion club, provided a window into his motivations, telling a BC court about his brother’s addiction and the effects of seeing hundreds of ODs but no meaningful response
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The two organizers of an illicit-drug compassion club in Vancouver, convicted this month of trafficking for providing members w/ heroin, cocaine and meth, are back in court challenging Canada’s drug laws as unconstitutional for depriving users of safer options
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Vancouver’s Drug User Liberation Front organizers challenging Canada’s drug laws
Court challenge claims laws are unconstitutional for depriving users of safer options
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November 24, 2025 at 5:48 PM
The two organizers of an illicit-drug compassion club in Vancouver, convicted this month of trafficking for providing members w/ heroin, cocaine and meth, are back in court challenging Canada’s drug laws as unconstitutional for depriving users of safer options
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Thanks you for the kind words and thank you to @samedwards.bsky.social for the support and all the interest in the first place ! Really appreciate it ! Inspires me to do more ! Doot doola doot doo …
No one's cooler than @nardwuarserviette.bsky.social, who's been doing his thing his way for 40 years. @samedwards.bsky.social interviews the human serviette. www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/arti...
How interviewer Nardwuar rose from Canadian cult hero to global phenomenon
The Vancouver native used to sneak around to score interviews. Now, A-listers seek him out
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November 22, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Thanks you for the kind words and thank you to @samedwards.bsky.social for the support and all the interest in the first place ! Really appreciate it ! Inspires me to do more ! Doot doola doot doo …
There is an ostrich convoy driving around downtown Vancouver (and other cities) right now, which is not a sentence I have typed before.
November 22, 2025 at 7:42 PM
There is an ostrich convoy driving around downtown Vancouver (and other cities) right now, which is not a sentence I have typed before.
Reporter: “Are you affirming that you think President Trump is a fascist?”
Mamdani: “I’ve spoken about–“
Trump: “That’s okay, you can just say yes.”
Mamdani: “I’ve spoken about–“
Trump: “That’s okay, you can just say yes.”
November 21, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Reporter: “Are you affirming that you think President Trump is a fascist?”
Mamdani: “I’ve spoken about–“
Trump: “That’s okay, you can just say yes.”
Mamdani: “I’ve spoken about–“
Trump: “That’s okay, you can just say yes.”
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Microsoft President Brad Smith says the US plan to charge $100,000 for the H-1B visa, or indeed higher state taxes in Washington, could make it more attractive to hire in Canada.
“You don’t have to look far to find Vancouver,” he said in an interview with my Seattle counterpart Anna Edgerton:
“You don’t have to look far to find Vancouver,” he said in an interview with my Seattle counterpart Anna Edgerton:
Microsoft President Says Progressive Tax Promises Are Putting Washington State’s Tech Jobs at Risk
As job cuts spread gloom through the Seattle-area tech scene, one of Microsoft Corp.’s top executives is warning that state proposals for higher taxes risk devastating the region’s economy.
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November 21, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Microsoft President Brad Smith says the US plan to charge $100,000 for the H-1B visa, or indeed higher state taxes in Washington, could make it more attractive to hire in Canada.
“You don’t have to look far to find Vancouver,” he said in an interview with my Seattle counterpart Anna Edgerton:
“You don’t have to look far to find Vancouver,” he said in an interview with my Seattle counterpart Anna Edgerton:
Meanwhile, on the other app: JD Vance says Canada’s “immigration insanity” is to blame for stagnating living standards, not Trump “or whatever bogeyman the CBC tells you to blame.”
November 21, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Meanwhile, on the other app: JD Vance says Canada’s “immigration insanity” is to blame for stagnating living standards, not Trump “or whatever bogeyman the CBC tells you to blame.”
Army major and gynecologist Blaine McGraw accused in possibly largest sexual misconduct scandal in U.S. military history, CNN reports. At least 65 alleged victims to date, could grow to hundreds
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Exclusive: What led the Army to investigate gynecologist described in lawsuit as a ‘predator in uniform’ | CNN Politics
Last month, military officials in Texas suspended Dr. Blaine McGraw, an Army major and gynecologist at Fort Hood, who is now accused in a civil lawsuit of repeatedly groping a female patient and secre...
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November 21, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Army major and gynecologist Blaine McGraw accused in possibly largest sexual misconduct scandal in U.S. military history, CNN reports. At least 65 alleged victims to date, could grow to hundreds
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U.S. Department of Education no longer classifies nursing as a "professional degree" under Trump's "One Big Beautiful Bill," limiting funding for students who want to enter the health care field
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Department of Education says nursing is no longer a professional degree
The education department no longer considers nursing as a professional degree program, which can weaken funding for students wanting to enter the health care field.
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November 21, 2025 at 8:05 PM
U.S. Department of Education no longer classifies nursing as a "professional degree" under Trump's "One Big Beautiful Bill," limiting funding for students who want to enter the health care field
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Sounds familiar
Is there fentanyl on the boats from Venezuela the Trump administration is blowing up? No. I explain and discuss @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/u...
Venezuela Doesn’t Produce Fentanyl. Trump Is Targeting It Anyway.
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November 20, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Sounds familiar
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Yays: BC Conservative caucus, OneBC caucus and all three Independents (Kealy, Elenore Sturko and Amelia Boultbee)
Nays: BC NDP caucus, BC Green caucus
The bills fails at first reading #bcpoli
Nays: BC NDP caucus, BC Green caucus
The bills fails at first reading #bcpoli
Another bill that would repeal the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act introduced in the BC legislature today
This time by Independent MLA Jordan Kealy
Just like similar legislation put forward by One BC, there's division at first reading #bcpoli
This time by Independent MLA Jordan Kealy
Just like similar legislation put forward by One BC, there's division at first reading #bcpoli
November 19, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Yays: BC Conservative caucus, OneBC caucus and all three Independents (Kealy, Elenore Sturko and Amelia Boultbee)
Nays: BC NDP caucus, BC Green caucus
The bills fails at first reading #bcpoli
Nays: BC NDP caucus, BC Green caucus
The bills fails at first reading #bcpoli