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karen ward @kwardvancouver.bsky.social · 3m

the National Police Federation (the RCMP 'union') spends a LOT on advertising how important and necessary the police are

this is for the past week. check out the dashboard.
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ad spending stats for National Police Federation

233 total advertisement
$123.3K - $164.2k total spend
15.29M impressions

karen ward @kwardvancouver.bsky.social · 22m

ken sim accepting the endorsement of the Vancouver police union on October 5 2022

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karen ward @kwardvancouver.bsky.social · 2h

that is an accurate description of any report commissioned by the UCP government of Alberta

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karen ward @kwardvancouver.bsky.social · 2h

and we should increase the property tax rate too.
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karen ward @kwardvancouver.bsky.social · 3d

the residential property tax rate in Vancouver is 0.296818%

lowest in Canada

Local BC News Headlines - Curated by CivicInfo BC @bcheadlines.bsky.social · 3d

#VancouverBC - Vancouver council votes for 0 per cent property tax increase in 2026 www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...

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karen ward @kwardvancouver.bsky.social · 2h

“the part of the constitution that allows provinces to ignore the constitution is THE GLUE THAT HOLDS OUR CONSTITUTION TOGETHER“

Dale Smith @journodale.bsky.social · 6h

The emails from the former Manning Centre are getting increasingly unhinged.

CANADA STRONG & FREE NETWORK

Dale,

The Liberals are playing a DANGEROUS game with our country! They’re pushing the Supreme Court to SLASH the Notwithstanding Clause.

THIS IS THE GLUE THAT HOLDS OUR CONSTITUTION TOGETHER.

We’re really worried, Dale. This could spark a crisis and tear our nation apart!

Even the experts are warning this is a “SHOCKING” move that could lead to a full-blown CONSTITUTIONAL MELTDOWN!

Tell Us Where You Stand!
Should the Radicals mess with our Constitution?
No way! Protect Provincial Rights!
Yes, Let Ottawa Rule
I’m Concerned – Need More Info

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Andrew Walsh @andwalsh.bsky.social · 18h

Now is not the time for austerity!

karen ward @kwardvancouver.bsky.social · 1d

world cup of garbage strikes is gonna be awesome

sponsored youtu.be thing from ABC Vancouver

Zero means zero: 0% property tax increase in Vancouver for 2026

then all their silly clown in a row

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Gonzales Neighbourhood Dissociation @gndissociation.bsky.social · 3h

RCMP disrupts local drug supply...further putting people in danger.

Then,
"RCMP warns public after slate of overdose deaths."

www.cbc.ca/player/play/...

Feeling guilty there guys, or?

#bcpoli

RCMP warns public after slate of overdose deaths in Campbell River

Campbell River RCMP issued a rare public warning this month after 11 suspected deaths occurred in the area during a five-week span. Overdose deaths had dipped earlier in 2025 in B.C. but toxic supply ...

www.cbc.ca

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alec karakatsanis @equalityalec.bsky.social · 9h

First the basics: The vast bulk of physical and sexual violence in our society is *not* perpetrated by strangers, but by people who know each other. Obscuring this fact is a critical feature of copaganda in the news. People are shocked to hear it. Why?

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karen ward @kwardvancouver.bsky.social · 17h

fuck all this.

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Kevin Foster @kevinhfoster.bsky.social · 20h

Massive escalation at the Portland ICE facility. Worst I’ve ever seen. More pepper balls than I can count. Teargas in the middle of crowd. Violent arrests. Some type of either noise or rubber bullet shotgun fired into the air then later aimed at protesters chests/heads at near point blank range.

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karen ward @kwardvancouver.bsky.social · 19h

"we thought of the people we've been ignoring, and decided to do EVEN LESS for everyone, so it will be fair. EQUITY!"

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Gil (Guillermo) Penalosa @penalosag.bsky.social · 1d

We need to be honest on climate movement. We are failing.

- The temperature keeps rising.
- True problem is structural, NOT individual behavior!
- Industry has masterfully marketed individual's fault.
- Collective civic action to change policy
- Say pollution, not emissions
Prof. Katharine Hayhoe

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Critical Criminology @critcrim.bsky.social · 21h

IIO report raises serious questions about Surrey death

www.surreynowleader.com/letters/lett...

LETTER: IIO report raises serious questions about Surrey death

Vanessa Rentera Valencia's death shows gaps in the system, this criminologist says

www.surreynowleader.com

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karen ward @kwardvancouver.bsky.social · 21h

thread.
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karen ward @kwardvancouver.bsky.social · Jan 25

this went on for years in plain sight and nobody did anything because DRUUUUUUUG USERS

He also objected to the amount of unpaid labour the program allegedly required from its residents. While work experience is a common part of residential drug and alcohol treatment programs, Hayward wrote that all residents, regardless of their health or fitness, were required to do unpaid work for JVA businesses a minimum of six days a week, eight hours a day, with additional hours sometimes bringing their weekly total to 56 hours a week.

"Registry staff were informed that if a resident does not fulfill additional periods of work requirements imposed by JVA, they will not receive a completion certificate from JVA stating that they have completed the required years of work," Hayward wrote. That would leave them with no proof of their work experience after two years.

The work was also strenuous and physical, either for John Volken Academy Moving, a moving company based in Surrey, at the now-closed Volken Market and Furniture Store, or at the Volken Academy Farm, which raises bison and water buffalo in Langley.

"One resident interviewed in October 2023 stated, 'there is no recovery going on here, and all we do is work,'" Hayward wrote.

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karen ward @kwardvancouver.bsky.social · 21h

went on for years.

www.langleyadvancetimes.com/local-news/b...

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karen ward @kwardvancouver.bsky.social · 21h

"People who talk about revolution and class struggle without referring explicitly to everyday life, without understanding what is subversive about love and what is positive in the refusal of constraints, such people have a corpse in their mouth."

– Raoul Vaneigem

Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 21h

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

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karen ward @kwardvancouver.bsky.social · 21h

more police

News headline

'Not enough income' is leading cause of homelessness

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Jen Raso @jenraso.bsky.social · 1d

I often urge law students to be precise when and where they use passive language, and to notice the work it does when used by others (judges, politicians, reporters, and anyone describing actions being done without actors). This is a great, but awful, example.

Nora Loreto @nolore.bsky.social · 3d

Classic CBC. "Bill could lead to law enforcement acting more freely in Canada"

How does a US bill lead to this, without Canada actively allowing this? Can we use the active voice? Can we actually use words the way that journalists are supposedly able to?

www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

U.S. bill calls for more integration between Canadian, American border agents | CBC News

The U.S. Congress is being asked to adopt legislation that could lead to Canada and the United States further integrating their enforcement of the border — including allowing U.S. officers to more fre...

www.cbc.ca

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karen ward @kwardvancouver.bsky.social · 22h

and, the democrats are *really* bad at politics

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karen ward @kwardvancouver.bsky.social · 22h

no no come on

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Harms Committed @harmscommitted.com · 1d

"Some people regard [the War on Drugs] as a success because it's doing what it's designed to do, which is destroy communities and [..] lives in order to have political control."

"[E]very harm we associate with drugs is either caused by or exacerbated by prohibition."
#Maryland #USA #Drugs #Policing

Baltimore is watching the consequences of prohibition unfold before its eyes

The Baltimore Police Department's enforcement of prohibitionist policies continues to get drug users killed. Yet city officials have mostly sat on their hands as the drug supply wreaks havoc on…

mobtownredux.news

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Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 23h

After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation

Depraved.

www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him

Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.

www.miamiherald.com

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karen ward @kwardvancouver.bsky.social · 23h

last VPD board meeting

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isabella zavarise @isabellazavarise.bsky.social · Sep 11

Chief Rai: Says recruiting and retention is big issue in region. July 4, swore in 20 new officers. Had 32 regular police officers sworn in at new facility. Hired over 50 new civilian professionals, and 6 experienced officers.

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Labour for Palestine 🍉YVR🍉 @labour4palyvr.bsky.social · 23h

Yes Dallas, we are ALL ANTIFA. ✊🏻✊🏽✊🏿 WE ARE LEGION. EXPECT US. 🤫

😂😂😂

Snapshot of dallas brodie tweet:

"ANTIFA is a leftwing terrorist organization."

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Brad on Bluesky @theonlystowie.bsky.social · 23h

OpenAI wants to "help" Canadians by allowing another nation to support this fuckin Ponzi scheme. The return on initial capital investment is forever going to be negative, so new victims is the only way to support it.

It's not intelligence, it's just really fast googling, and it's pathetic.

Jeff Doctor @jeff.doctor · 1d

I am once again asking Canadian journalists to ask the most basic-ass question of "on whose land will these be built?" How is it that every other major industry must consider Indigenous rights but with tech it's like "meh".
www.cbc.ca/news/busines...

ANALYSIS | Why OpenAI wants to help Canada build homegrown artificial intelligence | CBC News

OpenAI wants to help Canada build a sovereign digital infrastructure for artificial intelligence, putting the country in a tough spot as it tries to distance itself from overreliance on U.S. tech comp...

www.cbc.ca

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