Andrea Woo
@andreawoo.bsky.social
Vancouver steam clock critic, Globe and Mail journalist. Often covers health, health system pressures, drugs, social issues, politics, climate and all things British Columbia.
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VPD: An eight-year-old girl has died after falling from the balcony of a residential building near Nelson Street and Expo Boulevard on Tuesday.
November 12, 2025 at 9:45 PM
VPD: An eight-year-old girl has died after falling from the balcony of a residential building near Nelson Street and Expo Boulevard on Tuesday.
Effectively immediately, B.C. employers "cannot ask for a sick note for a worker’s first two health-related, short-term absences of five consecutive days or fewer in a calendar year."
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New rules on sick notes eliminate unnecessary paperwork
Effective immediately, new rules limit when employers can ask for sick notes and will allow more time for health-care providers to spend with patients.
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November 12, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Effectively immediately, B.C. employers "cannot ask for a sick note for a worker’s first two health-related, short-term absences of five consecutive days or fewer in a calendar year."
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Vaxxed?
The American penny died on Wednesday in Philadelphia. It was 232. The cause was irrelevance and expensiveness, the Treasury Department said. Nothing could be bought any more with a penny, as the cost to mint the penny had risen to more than 3 cents. nyti.ms/48bFd5K
November 12, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Vaxxed?
Health Minister Josie Osborne in Surrey now announcing opening of province's 19th Foundry centre, offering low-barrier mental-health and substance-use support for young ppl ages 12-24.
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Expanded supports coming for Surrey youth with new Foundry opening next week
More young people in Surrey have better access to essential mental-health and substance-use services with the opening of Foundry Surrey Central on Monday, Nov. 17, 2025.
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November 12, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Health Minister Josie Osborne in Surrey now announcing opening of province's 19th Foundry centre, offering low-barrier mental-health and substance-use support for young ppl ages 12-24.
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Live stream of Vancouver city council staff presentation on 2026 capital and operating budget. More than 600(!) people have registered to speak.
Presentation: tinyurl.com/3r26dmxh
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Presentation: tinyurl.com/3r26dmxh
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November 12, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Live stream of Vancouver city council staff presentation on 2026 capital and operating budget. More than 600(!) people have registered to speak.
Presentation: tinyurl.com/3r26dmxh
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Gvb...
Presentation: tinyurl.com/3r26dmxh
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Gvb...
Since early September, the U.S. military has killed 76 people in 19 strikes on alleged drug boats in the Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea. Amnesty International and other groups have called the strikes illegal, extrajudicial killings.
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Opinion: The big lie behind Donald Trump’s boat strikes
Despite fentanyl’s origin story, the President needs Americans to believe the addiction crisis is an attack from outside
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November 12, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Since early September, the U.S. military has killed 76 people in 19 strikes on alleged drug boats in the Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea. Amnesty International and other groups have called the strikes illegal, extrajudicial killings.
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New: OneCity Vancouver announces it will run a mayoral candidate in the 2026 municipal election. Several candidates expected to launch mayoral campaigns in coming weeks; nominee will be selected by OneCity members in February, followed by council, school board and Park Board nominees by May.
November 12, 2025 at 4:41 PM
New: OneCity Vancouver announces it will run a mayoral candidate in the 2026 municipal election. Several candidates expected to launch mayoral campaigns in coming weeks; nominee will be selected by OneCity members in February, followed by council, school board and Park Board nominees by May.
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Great that top Canadian universities are hiring top scholars (why wouldn't they?) but the Ontario Progressive Conservative government has starved the post-secondary sector and the province has the lowest per-student funding of any Canadian province. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/educa...
U of T hires three top U.S. scholars, plans for 100 new postdocs
Canadian-born MIT astrophysicist Sara Seagar among those joining the university
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November 12, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Great that top Canadian universities are hiring top scholars (why wouldn't they?) but the Ontario Progressive Conservative government has starved the post-secondary sector and the province has the lowest per-student funding of any Canadian province. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/educa...
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In 2021 I asked the Canadian government how much it was spending fighting First Nations in court - one access-to-info request specifying four cases. Today they got back to me.
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November 12, 2025 at 3:58 PM
In 2021 I asked the Canadian government how much it was spending fighting First Nations in court - one access-to-info request specifying four cases. Today they got back to me.
Jeffrey Epstein wrote that Donald Trump “spent hours at my house” with one of Epstein’s victims and “knew about the girls,” according to newly released emails from congressional Democrats.
From @adrianmorrow.bsky.social:
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From @adrianmorrow.bsky.social:
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November 12, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Jeffrey Epstein wrote that Donald Trump “spent hours at my house” with one of Epstein’s victims and “knew about the girls,” according to newly released emails from congressional Democrats.
From @adrianmorrow.bsky.social:
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From @adrianmorrow.bsky.social:
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NEW: Councillors and sources inside the City of Vancouver say the city's mayor, Ken Sim, will put forth a budget Wednesday that will eliminate the city's celebrated climate and sustainability department.
Vancouver mayor plans to eliminate city's climate and sustainability department
Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim is planning to eliminate the city's sustainability and climate department under the guise of a push to prevent increases to property taxes. Canada's National Observer learned a...
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November 11, 2025 at 1:47 AM
NEW: Councillors and sources inside the City of Vancouver say the city's mayor, Ken Sim, will put forth a budget Wednesday that will eliminate the city's celebrated climate and sustainability department.
US airlines cancelled 1,700 flights Monday (and 2,950 flights Sunday) to comply with Federal Aviation Administration's mandate to reduce air traffic during gov shutdown that has forced 13,000 air traffic controllers and 50,000 TSA agents to work without pay
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Trump demands air traffic controllers return to work as flight cancellations continue to soar
Shutdown has forced 13,000 air traffic controllers and 50,000 Transportation Security Administration agents to work without pay
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November 10, 2025 at 8:07 PM
US airlines cancelled 1,700 flights Monday (and 2,950 flights Sunday) to comply with Federal Aviation Administration's mandate to reduce air traffic during gov shutdown that has forced 13,000 air traffic controllers and 50,000 TSA agents to work without pay
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Canada stripped of measles elimination status, an accomplishment it held for 27 years, @alannasmith.bsky.social and @kkirkup.bsky.social report:
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Canada officially loses its measles elimination status
The return of measles in the country has been largely attributed to lower childhood vaccination rates
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November 10, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Canada stripped of measles elimination status, an accomplishment it held for 27 years, @alannasmith.bsky.social and @kkirkup.bsky.social report:
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My dispatch from the Global Health Security Forum in Vancouver this week, where several public health leaders from around the world spoke on common themes: trust, and the threat of misinformation to global health
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COVID-19 pandemic took a toll on trust, public-health experts say
Experts from around the world share lessons from the pandemic at a forum in Vancouver
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November 8, 2025 at 7:28 PM
My dispatch from the Global Health Security Forum in Vancouver this week, where several public health leaders from around the world spoke on common themes: trust, and the threat of misinformation to global health
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Founders of Vancouver’s Drug User Liberation Front Eris Nyx and Jeremy Kalinin have just been found guilty of drug trafficking.
Justice Murray rules CDSA exemption didn’t include procurement & distribution.
“There is no doubt all of DULF’s actions were for one purpose.”
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Justice Murray rules CDSA exemption didn’t include procurement & distribution.
“There is no doubt all of DULF’s actions were for one purpose.”
@pressprogress.ca
November 7, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Founders of Vancouver’s Drug User Liberation Front Eris Nyx and Jeremy Kalinin have just been found guilty of drug trafficking.
Justice Murray rules CDSA exemption didn’t include procurement & distribution.
“There is no doubt all of DULF’s actions were for one purpose.”
@pressprogress.ca
Justice Murray rules CDSA exemption didn’t include procurement & distribution.
“There is no doubt all of DULF’s actions were for one purpose.”
@pressprogress.ca
New: The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says cull of 300+ ostriches in Edgewood, BC, is complete.
“After consulting with experts, CFIA concluded that the most appropriate and humane option was to use professional marksmen in a controlled on-farm setting…”
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“After consulting with experts, CFIA concluded that the most appropriate and humane option was to use professional marksmen in a controlled on-farm setting…”
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Cull of B.C. ostriches moves ahead after Supreme Court declines to hear farmers’ appeal
Canada’s food regulator is now able to restart a cull it began preparing for in September while the case was before the court
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November 7, 2025 at 6:41 PM
New: The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says cull of 300+ ostriches in Edgewood, BC, is complete.
“After consulting with experts, CFIA concluded that the most appropriate and humane option was to use professional marksmen in a controlled on-farm setting…”
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
“After consulting with experts, CFIA concluded that the most appropriate and humane option was to use professional marksmen in a controlled on-farm setting…”
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Edmonton Conservative MP Matt Jeneroux resigns
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Conservative MP Matt Jeneroux resigns
Edmonton MP says he is not crossing the floor and did not provide a reason for his resignation
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November 6, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Edmonton Conservative MP Matt Jeneroux resigns
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Vancouver's PWHL team is named
November 6, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Vancouver's PWHL team is named
Canada's highest court declines to hear appeal re: the planned cull of 300+ ostriches exposed to bird flu nearly a year ago, @mikehager.bsky.social reports:
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Supreme Court declines to hear appeal of ostrich cull
Canada’s food regulator is now able to restart a cull it began prepping for in September while the case was before the court
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November 6, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Canada's highest court declines to hear appeal re: the planned cull of 300+ ostriches exposed to bird flu nearly a year ago, @mikehager.bsky.social reports:
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Mamdani’s “turn the volume up” remark to Trump in his acceptance speech was a KRS-One reference, right?
November 6, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Mamdani’s “turn the volume up” remark to Trump in his acceptance speech was a KRS-One reference, right?
Watching Dr Maria Van Kerkhove from WHO present on pandemic and health security
“I am flabbergasted by the politicization of what happened and the extreme hate that we had seen, particularly as public health professionals. I think a lot of that was a reflection of fear, of needing someone to blame…”
“I am flabbergasted by the politicization of what happened and the extreme hate that we had seen, particularly as public health professionals. I think a lot of that was a reflection of fear, of needing someone to blame…”
November 5, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Watching Dr Maria Van Kerkhove from WHO present on pandemic and health security
“I am flabbergasted by the politicization of what happened and the extreme hate that we had seen, particularly as public health professionals. I think a lot of that was a reflection of fear, of needing someone to blame…”
“I am flabbergasted by the politicization of what happened and the extreme hate that we had seen, particularly as public health professionals. I think a lot of that was a reflection of fear, of needing someone to blame…”
Nova Scotia MP Chris d’Entremont on why he crossed floor to join Liberals: “It’s time to actually try to lead a country, to try to make it better, and not try to knock it down, not to continue to be negative.”
November 5, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Nova Scotia MP Chris d’Entremont on why he crossed floor to join Liberals: “It’s time to actually try to lead a country, to try to make it better, and not try to knock it down, not to continue to be negative.”
Nova Scotia MP Chris d’Entremont crosses floor to join to Mark Carney’s caucus, putting Liberals two seats shy of a majority. Liberals now pursuing other Conservatives:
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Liberals pursue Conservative MPs after Chris d’Entremont joins Carney’s caucus
Federal government sources say party has been in talks with a number of Tories
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November 5, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Nova Scotia MP Chris d’Entremont crosses floor to join to Mark Carney’s caucus, putting Liberals two seats shy of a majority. Liberals now pursuing other Conservatives:
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Zohran Mamdani received roughly 50 per cent of the vote to 41 per cent for former NY governor Andrew Cuomo
From @adrianmorrow.bsky.social:
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From @adrianmorrow.bsky.social:
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Zohran Mamdani wins New York mayoral race
Mamdani received roughly 50 per cent of the vote to 41 per cent for Andrew Cuomo, the former New York governor who ran as an independent
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November 5, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Zohran Mamdani received roughly 50 per cent of the vote to 41 per cent for former NY governor Andrew Cuomo
From @adrianmorrow.bsky.social:
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From @adrianmorrow.bsky.social:
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“Zohran Mamdani, the 34-year-old democratic socialist whose focus on working-class issues and personal magnetism propelled a once-underdog campaign into the national spotlight, will win NYC’s mayoral race, CNN projects. He will be the Big Apple’s first Muslim mayor.”
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Election live updates: Zohran Mamdani will become New York City’s next mayor, CNN projects | CNN Politics
Voters in multiple states on Tuesday are participating in the first major elections of President Donald Trump’s second term. Follow here for live news updates, results, analysis and more.
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November 5, 2025 at 2:59 AM
“Zohran Mamdani, the 34-year-old democratic socialist whose focus on working-class issues and personal magnetism propelled a once-underdog campaign into the national spotlight, will win NYC’s mayoral race, CNN projects. He will be the Big Apple’s first Muslim mayor.”
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