Kier Junos
@kierjunos.bsky.social
Award-winning journalist. Reporter with CBC News in the Fraser Valley.
I’m on The Early Edition this morning in about 5 mins to talk about extortions in Abby — including an interview with a victim we spoke with recently. Tune in:
www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
The Early Edition with Stephen Quinn | Live Radio | CBC Listen
The Early Edition is Vancouver's connection to the latest breaking local news, interviews that cut through the spin, and community stories and personalities that surprise and delight.
www.cbc.ca
November 19, 2025 at 3:05 PM
I’m on The Early Edition this morning in about 5 mins to talk about extortions in Abby — including an interview with a victim we spoke with recently. Tune in:
www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
In case you missed our extortion town hall in Surrey last night: here’s a bit of post-coverage from me on the thoughts community members have on the multi-police agency response to ongoing violence.
www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
Surrey community members question multi-agency response to extortion
Community members at the town hall event on extortion, hosted by CBC News, grilled police and politicians on their response to the ongoing violence. Many argued that there is a clear lack of leadershi...
www.cbc.ca
November 15, 2025 at 3:19 AM
In case you missed our extortion town hall in Surrey last night: here’s a bit of post-coverage from me on the thoughts community members have on the multi-police agency response to ongoing violence.
www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
The CBC is hosting a townhall on Extortion tonight at the Surrey Arts Centre, 6:30. I’ll be there fielding audience Qs for our live broadcast. Good op for u to hear from policymakers, police (and ask Qs too) about this troubling wave of violence in the Lower Mainland.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca
November 13, 2025 at 8:00 PM
The CBC is hosting a townhall on Extortion tonight at the Surrey Arts Centre, 6:30. I’ll be there fielding audience Qs for our live broadcast. Good op for u to hear from policymakers, police (and ask Qs too) about this troubling wave of violence in the Lower Mainland.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
October closes with another case of avian flu in the Fraser Valley, on Halloween. An Abby chicken farmer shares about some of the tech farmers are testing in the Valley to stop the spread. & BC’s chief vet suggests it’ll be another concerning year of bird flu.
www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
Farmers in B.C.'s Fraser Valley test new technology to stop avian flu
As avian flu cases continue to rise at commercial farms in the Fraser Valley, chicken farmers are scrambling to find ways to protect their animals. As the CBC's Kier Junos reports, this includes testi...
www.cbc.ca
November 3, 2025 at 7:40 PM
October closes with another case of avian flu in the Fraser Valley, on Halloween. An Abby chicken farmer shares about some of the tech farmers are testing in the Valley to stop the spread. & BC’s chief vet suggests it’ll be another concerning year of bird flu.
www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
Latest from the Valley(ish). ‘70s era airspace regs getting in the way of more height in Langley City according to the Mayor.
www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
City of Langley pushes to change height limits imposed by federal airspace laws
With a new SkyTrain extension planned for Langley, the city is trying to build upwards and outwards to meet population growth. But as Kier Junos explains, air-space rules from the 1970s are putting a ...
www.cbc.ca
November 3, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Latest from the Valley(ish). ‘70s era airspace regs getting in the way of more height in Langley City according to the Mayor.
www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
Hey bluesky ppl sorry I haven’t been posting here all that much yet, just getting through that new gig energy/mindgrind so I haven’t had capacity. But I’m gonna aim to start sharing more stuff on here regularly, mostly video reports.
November 3, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Hey bluesky ppl sorry I haven’t been posting here all that much yet, just getting through that new gig energy/mindgrind so I haven’t had capacity. But I’m gonna aim to start sharing more stuff on here regularly, mostly video reports.
Screw it, shameless Valley posting thread. Here’s some pics from 2020. MILL LAKE at SUNSET 😭
July 16, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Screw it, shameless Valley posting thread. Here’s some pics from 2020. MILL LAKE at SUNSET 😭
Skytrain: “This train will terminate at…”
Child: “terminate? Everyone on this train will be terminated?”
One day kid
Child: “terminate? Everyone on this train will be terminated?”
One day kid
July 16, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Skytrain: “This train will terminate at…”
Child: “terminate? Everyone on this train will be terminated?”
One day kid
Child: “terminate? Everyone on this train will be terminated?”
One day kid
A little about me - I grew up in Abby. Journalism journey started here. Interned at Abby News and the Mission city record. Wrote for UFV Cascade. I sold guitars at the local L&M. became a music blogger here. Nice to be back.
July 16, 2025 at 4:02 AM
A little about me - I grew up in Abby. Journalism journey started here. Interned at Abby News and the Mission city record. Wrote for UFV Cascade. I sold guitars at the local L&M. became a music blogger here. Nice to be back.
For real, really proud of what I was able to do at City. this was just the right time for me to move. Lot of coverage needed in the Valley as we’ve seen an attrition in news orgs. it just makes perfect sense to have a bureau in Abby, a commerce hub for the Valley that’s just growing and changing.
Hey what’s up? Programming change. I’m with the CBC in the Fraser Valley now, back in my hometown of Abby. Tell me what’s happening and I’ll try and look into it!
July 16, 2025 at 3:59 AM
For real, really proud of what I was able to do at City. this was just the right time for me to move. Lot of coverage needed in the Valley as we’ve seen an attrition in news orgs. it just makes perfect sense to have a bureau in Abby, a commerce hub for the Valley that’s just growing and changing.
You’ll still find me on the Skytrain though. And fr is someone smoking a brisket on this damn train car right now? Sure smells like it
July 16, 2025 at 3:52 AM
You’ll still find me on the Skytrain though. And fr is someone smoking a brisket on this damn train car right now? Sure smells like it
Hey what’s up? Programming change. I’m with the CBC in the Fraser Valley now, back in my hometown of Abby. Tell me what’s happening and I’ll try and look into it!
July 16, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Hey what’s up? Programming change. I’m with the CBC in the Fraser Valley now, back in my hometown of Abby. Tell me what’s happening and I’ll try and look into it!
Reposted by Kier Junos
Via @ubcoceans.bsky.social - B.C. shipping companies agree to slow boats for killer whales - @kierjunos.bsky.social Vancouver CityNews
vancouver.citynews.ca/2025/06/03/b...
vancouver.citynews.ca/2025/06/03/b...
B.C. shipping companies agree to slow boats for killer whales
The Vancouver Port Authority says several shipping companies have agreed to slow down until November to protect an endangered whale species.
vancouver.citynews.ca
June 5, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Via @ubcoceans.bsky.social - B.C. shipping companies agree to slow boats for killer whales - @kierjunos.bsky.social Vancouver CityNews
vancouver.citynews.ca/2025/06/03/b...
vancouver.citynews.ca/2025/06/03/b...
An arbitrator has ordered five tenants at a West End apartment to be compensated nearly $40,000, with some getting ongoing rent reductions, after they won a dispute against their corporate landlord over an issue with garbage disposal.
vancouver.citynews.ca/2025/04/25/v...
vancouver.citynews.ca/2025/04/25/v...
West End tenants win big after dispute with landlord
A tenancy branch arbitrator has ruled that five tenants at a West End apartment with a history of problems will be paid nearly $40,000.
vancouver.citynews.ca
April 26, 2025 at 4:54 AM
An arbitrator has ordered five tenants at a West End apartment to be compensated nearly $40,000, with some getting ongoing rent reductions, after they won a dispute against their corporate landlord over an issue with garbage disposal.
vancouver.citynews.ca/2025/04/25/v...
vancouver.citynews.ca/2025/04/25/v...
Great write by Dan Fumano on someone who did so much good in the DTES. I’m deeply sad to know that Trey Helten is gone. Last time I talked to him he was doing yard work with his dog and he dapped me up. RIP.
when a person who has saved so many people's lives (and in many different ways) dies, something in all of us (and in all of you, whether you know or not) dies too
love drug users while we're alive
beautiful work ↓ by dan fumano
vancouversun.com/news/obituar...
love drug users while we're alive
beautiful work ↓ by dan fumano
vancouversun.com/news/obituar...
'Boundless care and compassion': Trey Helten was on a mission to help others in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside
"There is nothing to replace him." The sudden death of Trey Helten has shocked the Downtown Eastside, where he was widely known and loved.
vancouversun.com
April 24, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Great write by Dan Fumano on someone who did so much good in the DTES. I’m deeply sad to know that Trey Helten is gone. Last time I talked to him he was doing yard work with his dog and he dapped me up. RIP.
Reposted by Kier Junos
With McBarge in the news again I am finding all of the places that are violating my All Rights Reserved image and who have also purposely cropped out the watermark. The extent, from blogs to news organizations, is disheartening. Even @atlasobscura.com is using it (cropped) & crediting someone else.
March 31, 2025 at 5:35 AM
With McBarge in the news again I am finding all of the places that are violating my All Rights Reserved image and who have also purposely cropped out the watermark. The extent, from blogs to news organizations, is disheartening. Even @atlasobscura.com is using it (cropped) & crediting someone else.
Reposted by Kier Junos
Great trailer for this important and exciting film - written and directed by the talented @kierjunos.bsky.social and hosted by some other guy.
March 25, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Great trailer for this important and exciting film - written and directed by the talented @kierjunos.bsky.social and hosted by some other guy.
I wrote and directed this doc on a scrappy campus station in the Fraser Valley. Free premiere April 5!
Check out this documentary launch at CIVL radio in Chilliwack april 5th & learn more about Canada’s youngest campus radio station (founded 2005). Film narrated by @vancitymike.com & @kierjunos.bsky.social will host a panel after the screening.
(we love a good campus radio stn @johnbollwitt.com)
(we love a good campus radio stn @johnbollwitt.com)
COUNTERCULTURE: 20 Years of CIVL Radio in the Fraser Valley
Celebrate two decades of alternative radio at UFV Chilliwack with the premier of COUNTERCULTURE: 20 Years of CIVL Radio in the Fraser Valley.
miss604.com
March 25, 2025 at 2:56 AM
I wrote and directed this doc on a scrappy campus station in the Fraser Valley. Free premiere April 5!
I was scantily clad on a massage table when the 5.1 quake hit. the RMT still got our full session in though 🫡
February 22, 2025 at 12:53 AM
I was scantily clad on a massage table when the 5.1 quake hit. the RMT still got our full session in though 🫡
Premier Eby is expected to speak to media at YVR about US steel and aluminum tariffs, at 6:45 pm ahead of his flight to DC. We’ll have it live on CityNews 24/7. Apparently weather resulted in moving the flight up earlier which is why this presser is happening tonight.
February 11, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Premier Eby is expected to speak to media at YVR about US steel and aluminum tariffs, at 6:45 pm ahead of his flight to DC. We’ll have it live on CityNews 24/7. Apparently weather resulted in moving the flight up earlier which is why this presser is happening tonight.
if the aluminum tariffs impact coke zero prices I'm gonna go nuclear
February 11, 2025 at 12:12 AM
if the aluminum tariffs impact coke zero prices I'm gonna go nuclear
Earlier this week I caught up with one of the techs at Get Your Drugs Tested on E Hastings, who suggest a heightened awareness of drug checking services and harm reduction may have contributed to a drop in toxic drug deaths in 2024.
vancouver.citynews.ca/video/2025/0...
vancouver.citynews.ca/video/2025/0...
Free drug checking service sees record traffic as B.C. overdose deaths drop
With overdose deaths in B.C. declining last year, one organization is pointing to awareness on how to navigate the province's the toxic drug as a reason why. Kier Junos reports.
vancouver.citynews.ca
February 7, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Earlier this week I caught up with one of the techs at Get Your Drugs Tested on E Hastings, who suggest a heightened awareness of drug checking services and harm reduction may have contributed to a drop in toxic drug deaths in 2024.
vancouver.citynews.ca/video/2025/0...
vancouver.citynews.ca/video/2025/0...
Oh I forgot to mention - when I asked the Coroner’s office about this when it was published and they said “There will be no changes to how we report the data until we have engaged with all our partners.”
Like what??? Immediately walked back Baidwan’s comments. Doesn’t make sense.
Like what??? Immediately walked back Baidwan’s comments. Doesn’t make sense.
New BC Coroner is stopping monthly toxic drug death reports. This is a bad idea. What's next? Are they gonna declare the public health emergency over due to lack of interest? www.timescolonist.com/local-news/n...
New chief coroner seeks to use data to shine a light on B.C.'s deaths
B.C.’s new chief coroner plans to put less focus on the province’s drug deaths, and highlight more of the service’s other work.
www.timescolonist.com
February 4, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Oh I forgot to mention - when I asked the Coroner’s office about this when it was published and they said “There will be no changes to how we report the data until we have engaged with all our partners.”
Like what??? Immediately walked back Baidwan’s comments. Doesn’t make sense.
Like what??? Immediately walked back Baidwan’s comments. Doesn’t make sense.
