Rafferty Baker
LightNews LightNews
banner
rafferty.bsky.social
Rafferty Baker
@rafferty.bsky.social
4.3K followers 290 following 230 posts
Radio producer, news reporter, cyclist, enjoyer of outside. Vancouver, BC
Posts Replies Media Videos
rafferty.bsky.social
Voting took about 90 seconds in Mount Pleasant!
A yellow elections Canada “vote” sign near a polling station
April 28, 2025 at 5:42 PM
rafferty.bsky.social
expert level
Two people sit in lawn chairs in a lineup to vote in Vancouver. They brought a cooler.
April 6, 2025 at 3:22 AM
rafferty.bsky.social
Someone is walking the line with a cart of snacks — oranges and granola bars. He says it’s from the community centre.
A hand holding a manderine orange and chewy granola bar.
April 6, 2025 at 2:50 AM
rafferty.bsky.social
Also this from 2019. I tweeted at Joe Keithley to see if it was something DOA had approved but he never replied.
A couple of fake posters made out of plastic for DOA and a jazz show
January 2, 2025 at 8:35 PM
rafferty.bsky.social
the profile pic of katie tightpussy. a crudely drawn smiling figure with grey hair, no eyes or nose and clenched fists
December 4, 2024 at 1:42 AM
rafferty.bsky.social
I'd suggest accounts like this (with 40K followers) are bad when they fail to credit the photographer/source of the stunning images in almost every case and fail to use alt text.
Screen cap of a bluesky account called PICTURES. The pfp is a shutter-type graphic. the handle is @picture1.bsky.social. it has 40K followers, 0 following and 179 posts. the bio says "Gallery of all things aesthetically pleasing [three camera emojis] fair use for educational purposes only. not all pictures are mine Dm for Credit/Removal.
November 27, 2024 at 4:17 AM
rafferty.bsky.social
Do big drug busts actually cause more harm?

www.cbc.ca/1.7390337

Researchers and advocates for drug policy reform argue drug seizures lead to more overdoses and violence.
for figures who are nearly silhouetted are in the background, out of focus. in the foreground there is a pile of evidence bags with powdered drugs and three handguns on a table
November 26, 2024 at 1:55 AM
rafferty.bsky.social
Former B.C. premier John Horgan, Canada's ambassador to Germany, dead at 65

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
John Horgan on election night in 2017. He looks happy at the lectern with a BC flag behind him. He's looking to one side with his mouth open as he speaks. Credit: Rafferty Baker/CBC News John Horgan on election night in 2017. He's photographed fro the back with a crowd of supporters waving orange and blue signs. Credit: Rafferty Baker/CBC News
November 12, 2024 at 9:49 PM
rafferty.bsky.social
This is the situation rn in Vancouver
Daffodils in the foreground on a grassy slope, coniferous trees and blue sky in the background
March 19, 2024 at 9:17 PM
rafferty.bsky.social
Turkey that terrorized Quebec town taken down by slingshot-wielding resident

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
turkey chasing man on snowy streets. Man is half out of the frame. image is thumbnail quality.
March 5, 2024 at 11:55 PM
rafferty.bsky.social
Dramatic cloud action over Vancouver earlier today
Dramatic clouds over a Vancouver skyline with Burrard inlet in the photo
March 1, 2024 at 3:23 AM
rafferty.bsky.social
So cool that Meta still bans news from legit outlets in Canada, and even news shares from regular folks, but keeps cranking out these weird false news posts that may or may not be defamatory. 🙄
Facebook post from Hazal Filiz Küçükköse that says: "Breakfast Television" host Sid Seixeiro called Mary Berg "irresponsible" and said on the air that "financial information of this magnitude could shake the foundation of Canadian society."
February 27, 2024 at 8:55 PM
rafferty.bsky.social
I got my once-a-decade Vancouver outdoor skating in last night…just in the nick of time.
Ice skates while skating A light shines through the ice of a frozen pond, showing mud, rocks and sticks below Frozen pond with a mark made by ice skates, picturesque arched walking bridge across background
January 17, 2024 at 4:27 PM
rafferty.bsky.social
At least 33 Canadian churches have burned to the ground since May 2021. Only 2 were accidents

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
A church (Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Church) is on fire in Redberry, Sask. Photo credit: Lynn Swystun/Facebook
January 10, 2024 at 5:15 PM
rafferty.bsky.social
Big crash on the causeway in Stanley Park. Road will be closed for a while.
Car rolled onto its side Accident scene in Vancouver
December 12, 2023 at 12:31 AM
rafferty.bsky.social
December 11, 2023 at 6:07 PM
rafferty.bsky.social
November 8, 2023 at 7:45 PM
rafferty.bsky.social
Response from BC minister of mental health and addictions, Jennifer Whiteside: “I cannot accept the primary recommendation of this report.”

www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/b...
Non-prescription models for the delivery of pharmaceutical alternatives are not under consideration. Accordingly, I cannot accept the primary recommendation of this report to pursue a non-prescriber model of safer supply.
November 2, 2023 at 5:51 AM
rafferty.bsky.social
BC Coroners Service death review panel urges expanded access to safer supply

news.gov.bc.ca/releases/202...
The panel affirmed the need for a comprehensive and timely approach to the crisis and recommended, in the short term, the fastest way to reduce deaths is to reduce dependence on the unregulated toxic drug supply. This requires creating access to a quality controlled, regulated supply of drugs for people at risk of dying. Current safer supply initiatives in B.C. exist within a medical model and primarily serve individuals with an opioid-use disorder who already have access to the health-care system. There are limits on the types of medications that can be prescribed, and any expansion of the programs would place additional burden on an already strained health-care system in which more than 20% of British Columbians do not have a primary-care provider. The panel noted that, while as many as 225,000 British Columbians are estimated to use unregulated substances, fewer than 5,000 per month receive safer supply prescriptions. Given these and other limitations, the panel questioned the current model’s ability to meaningfully address the ongoing public health and safety crisis. The panel’s report, An Urgent Response to a Continuing Crisis, provides a framework to operationalize the first recommendation from the previous death review panel report issued in March 2022. That recommendation, to “ensure a safer drug supply to those at risk of dying from the toxic illicit drug supply,” advocated for a non-medicalized approach to complement the existing medical model. The new approach would be more nimble, scalable and responsive to the unique needs of people in communities that are rural and remote, and/or that lack the infrastructure required by the medical model.
November 2, 2023 at 5:46 AM
rafferty.bsky.social
“this would fix me” and it’s just two new premium subscription plans
October 28, 2023 at 1:36 AM
rafferty.bsky.social
Got these two weeks before the pandemic started!
October 21, 2023 at 11:42 PM
rafferty.bsky.social
Straight bangers — if I had a dollar for every time I drove up Foothills Blvd listening to this compilation…
October 21, 2023 at 5:41 PM
rafferty.bsky.social
Imagine these young generations completely missing out on this.
October 21, 2023 at 5:33 PM
rafferty.bsky.social
Meta won't show news, but on FB, these lousy fake CBC "news" stories keep popping up, replete with deep-faked Rosie Barton or Ian Hanomansing new reads. It's wild the company allows advertisers to exploit the CBC News brand for this junk.
screenshot of fake CBC News story featuring mugshot of elon musk with headline: Breaking News everyone in Canada should know this today elon musk revealed the shocking truth on live TV this applies to everyone in our country. It even looks like it was posted by cbc.ca (but wasn't) The mugshot board says "Canadian County Jail"
October 16, 2023 at 5:08 PM
rafferty.bsky.social
Apparently you can call the NRC 'talking clock' to get the accurate time.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nationa...
NRC runs two telephone numbers that announce the time of day. Voice announcements of Eastern Time are made every 10 seconds, followed by a tone indicating the exact time. This service is available to the general public by dialing +1 (613) 745-1576 for English service and +1 (613) 745-9426 for French service. The call is automatically cut off after 30 seconds or three announcements. Long-distance charges may apply for those calling from outside the Ottawa/Gatineau area, depending on provider.
October 10, 2023 at 5:22 PM