WBN Burnaby City News @wbnburnadycitynews.bsky.social Burnaby City News is the official Burnaby edition of WBN News Corp., delivering local news, business updates, events, and community stories while connecting residents, organizations, and businesses.
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Susan Thompson 🇨🇦 (she/her) @susanthompson.bsky.social Commercial real estate analyst and commentator across Canada | Mom to anyone who needs one | moved from AB to BC in 2023
Pete Fry @ptfry.bsky.social Vancouver City Councillor. Fighting corruption and greed.
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Sage Aaron @sageaaron.bsky.social Comms professional, sci-fi fan, will probably try to pet your dog or cat. Kermit with a Fozzie rising.
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Michael O’Shaughnessy @mdnoshaughnessy.bsky.social takesman and jokesman
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Urban Development Institute @udibc.bsky.social BC's voice for development since '72. Non-partisan, non-profit, paving the way for tomorrow's cities.
Lori Culbert @loriculbert.bsky.social Mother. Hiker. Skier. North Shore enthusiast. Canada lover. Newspaper reporter. Story ideas: lculbert@postmedia.com
Steve Ewen @steve-ewen.bsky.social Vancouver Province/Vancouver Sun reporter. Working on this cancer thing.
Katie Mercer @katiemercer.bsky.social Helping news orgs grow at Blue Engine Collaborative. Canadian. Human and dog parent. Still human myself (most days).
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Thompson Rivers University @thompsonriversu.bsky.social Community-minded with a global conscience, we boldly redefine the university as a place of belonging. Find our community at #myTRU
SEAN ORR @seanorr.bsky.social Vancouver city councillor
Doug Saunders @dougsaunders.bsky.social International-Affairs Columnist, The Globe and Mail. Richard von Weizsäcker Fellow at the Robert Bosch Academy. Author of Arrival City, The Myth of the Muslim Tide, Maximum Canada, etc. http://dougsaunders.net 
Patrick Johnstone @pjnewwest.bsky.social Mayor of New Westminster, though nothing here is Official City Communications.
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John Cassidy @earthquakeguy.bsky.social NRCan earthquake seismologist + University of Victoria Adjunct Professor. Works with engineers, emergency managers, and communities to help minimize the impact of #earthquakes. Also, posts on Nature and Gardening (Zone 9a). 🌱 🧪⚒️ 🏞 🇨🇦
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Michael de Adder @deadder.bsky.social Editorial cartoonist for the Globe and Mail and the Hill Times.
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Aaron Demes @aarondemes.bsky.social Government Relations for TransLink.
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Gritty Smitty @ebheater.bsky.social Actor, Musician, Writer,
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Rhi Faux @rhifaux.bsky.social MSc Environmental & Forest Science. Active transportation, climate, nature, parenting, running, social justice, urbanism. Work for a national health-focused environmental nonprofit. Volunteer with Vision Zero Vancouver.
Jim Britton🇨🇦 @britt4.bsky.social Canadian 🇨🇦 West Coast. Retired from Unifor the Union. Live on the Left side of life.
Wendy Penner CA @thepainteddairy.bsky.social Artist | Cat & Dog lover | Illustrator | Oil painting | Charcoal drawing | Plenair
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Squamish Chief @squamishchief.bsky.social Squamish's award-winning newspaper, in print every week and online all the time.
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Historica Canada @historicacanada.bsky.social Historica Canada is a charitable organization that offers educational programs in both official languages. / Historica Canada est un organisme de bienfaisance qui offre des programmes éducatifs dans les deux langues officielles.
On this Day in Canadian History 🇨🇦 @on-this-day-canada.bluesky.bot Exploring Canada’s Past: Sharing daily insights and stories about events, milestones, and remarkable moments in Canadian history.
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Canadian History Ehx @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social Host of the podcast\radio show Canadian History Ehx. Author of "Canada's Main Street: The Epic Story of The Trans-Canada Highway" Sharing Canada's history daily!
BC Labour Heritage Centre @bclhc.bsky.social Working people and their unions in BC. https://www.labourheritagecentre.ca
BC Entertainment Hall of Fame @starwalkbc.com Stay connected with over 300 talented and celebrated inductees of the BC Entertainment Hall of Fame through our tours and events. Browse the StarWalk, StandingOvations, and Vancouver Favourites on our website BCEntertainmentHallofFame.com / StarWalkBC.com
Vancouver Archives @vanarchives.bsky.social 
Museum of Vancouver @museumofvan.bsky.social Vancouver's story begins here. #AtMOV
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Christine Hagemoen @vanalogueyvr.bsky.social Vancouver heritage advocate, researcher, writer, photographer, walking tour guide, and flâneur (flâneuse). Author: Mount Pleasant Stories: Historical Walking Tours - 2023 City of Vancouver Heritage Award recipient. Contributor at Scout Magazine.
Metro Vancouver @metrovancouverorg.bsky.social Delivering services and solutions for a livable region. Metro Vancouver is a federation of 21 municipalities, one electoral area, and one treaty First Nation.
Mayor Linda Buchanan @mayorlindabuchanan.bsky.social 🇨🇦 Mayor, City of North Vancouver. Public Health Nurse. Chair of Invest Vancouver. My vision is to build 'the healthiest small city in the world.'
Canadian Paintings @canadianpaintings.bsky.social "Above all, we loved this country and loved exploring and painting it." ~ Lawren Harris
Jas Johal @jasjohal.bsky.social 730 CKNW Radio Host. Former Global National East Asia Bureau Chief (Beijing), Former South Asia Bureau Chief (New Delhi), former MLA, and former Director of Communications, BC LNG Alliance
John Ackermann @jackermann.bsky.social Writer, broadcaster — formerly 1130 NewsRadio - CityNews - CHEK News — seeking new opportunities
Tyler Hamilton @50shadesofvan.bsky.social A coffee drinking cyclist who happens to be a meteorologist.
Aaron Chapman @theaaronchapman.bsky.social Vancouver BC Historian, Author, Musician, & even Voice Actor lately! 2 time BC Book Prize Winner. Elected to Royal Historical Society in 2020. Co-host of the Chat Room on Sportsnet 650am. Canadian/UK citizen .
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Tarnjit Parmar @tarnjitparmar.bsky.social Born & raised somewhere in South Vancouver. On air at CBC Vancouver.
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Mel Woods @melwoods.me Senior Editor, Content Development at xtramagazine.com 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
(they/them) from the prairies, now in Vancouver
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Coast Reporter @coastreporter.bsky.social The voice of the Sunshine Coast.
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Cathy Browne 🇨🇦 @cathybrowne.bsky.social Proud Canadian 🇨🇦 Award-winning journalist/host at CBC Vancouver. Creator #AccessDenied #BetterLate. Blind photographer, disability advocate, speaker, hugger. Loves curling, cats, politics and trivia. She/her.
Rob Freeman 🇨🇦 @robfreeman.bsky.social Public servant | former radio news anchor 🎙️📻 | owl photog/videog | pro cat cuddler | pub quiz veteran | chocolate stan | HQ Trivia winner | #afol | He/Him
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Victoria BC Canada
Steffani Cameron 🇨🇦 @snarkysteff.bsky.social I do words. Canadian, so… funny-ish? Victoria, BC. Foodie. Oxford commas. Anti-Nazi. Antifa. Pro-science. Once sold everything to play nomad for 4+ years & 25 countries. Worth it. She/her. Loathe rage-bait. Team FuckYou/MakeMe. Free Palestine. AuDHD.
drex @drexellent.bsky.social Hi, I’m Drex 👋
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Museum of Anthropology at UBC @moaubc.bsky.social Where Cultures Connect
Open daily 10–5 | Thursdays until 9 pm
Located on xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) territory.
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karen ward @kwardvancouver.bsky.social once called «Canada's only public intellectual»
drug policy researcher ⁕ historian ⁕ artist ⁕ schemer ⁕ disorganizer ⁕ ephemera
vancouver bc canada
institute for the history of possible futures
https://free-futures-society.org/
Lucy Maloney @lucymaloney.bsky.social City Councillor with OneCity Vancouver. Road safety advocate, former environmental lawyer, cyclist, parent. Working for you.
Trish @traffictrish.bsky.social I report traffic and post aerial photos around #Vancouver 🚁
Alanna Kelly @alannakellynews.bsky.social Journalist, based in Squamish
• Covering the Sea-to-Sky & Sunshine Coast
Stir Arts & Culture Vancouver @createastir.ca Vancouver’s freshest hub for local arts and culture—music, dance, theatre, film, visual arts, books, and much more
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SFU Linguistics & Indigenous Languages @sfulinguistics.bsky.social Diverse, interdisciplinary, research-focused. Approachable, unconventional, fearless. Follow to pick the brains of the Linguists at Simon Fraser University.
https://linktr.ee/lingcomm
UBC Journalism @ubcjournalism.bsky.social News on student life, teaching and research at the UBC School of Journalism, Writing, and Media.
Penny Daflos @pennydaflos.bsky.social CTV News Vancouver journalist & coffee enthusiast 🇨🇦
Reporting style: confrontation with a smile
Big on BC issues, including healthcare #bcpoli #vanpoli
Downtown Van @downtownvan.bsky.social You've Arrived! 
The East Village BIA @eastvillagevan.bsky.social A vintage neighbourhood with a progressive attitude.
Grandview-Woodland & Hastings-Sunrise.
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@mountpleasantbia.bsky.social @mountpleasantbia.bsky.social Welcome to Vancouver's coolest neighbourhood 💙
The West End @westendbia.bsky.social Three great streets. One amazing neighbourhood.
Vancouver Writers Fest @writersfest.bc.ca Connecting people to exceptional books, ideas, and dialogue.
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Jeff Lee @jeffwlee.bsky.social Beekeeper, writer, recovering journalist. Once stood in Babylon between Tigris and Euphrates rivers and felt very, very small.
Joseph Planta @joeplanta.bsky.social I start my twenty-third season of interviewing people at http://www.TheCommentary.ca on 23 September 2026. I also collect buttons, busts, and books.
Kelly Sinoski @ksinoski.bsky.social Writing my life away in the beautiful Cariboo as co-publisher of the Clinton Lariat and The Buzz. Aspiring beekeeper and small-time gardener. Lover of the outdoors, good reads and lazy Sundays.
Bridgitte Anderson @bridgitteanderson.bsky.social President and CEO of the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade
Anitra Freeman @anitrafree.bsky.social Reader/Writer/Rabblerouser/Raging Granny
Part of organizing efforts of homeless & formerly homeless people in Seattle Omnivorous bookworm
Ally 🏳️🌈 ADD/BD2
My banner is part of the Day of the Dead ofrenda we created for homeless people who died unsheltered
Lani Russwurm @thelani.bsky.social pedestrian, mudlark, historian, proletarian, downtown eastsider, old bottle collector, writer, union member (cupe 5536), vancouverite, friend, addict, cyclist, cat owner, researcher, flaneur, and probably a few other things.
Alberta Tech @albertatech.bsky.social I make funny videos about tech + AI
ex-google engineer (but in a fun and chill way)
beacons.ai/albertatech
Dan Woynillowicz @danwoy.bsky.social Principal Polaris Strategy + Insight | Navigating the energy transition | Climate policy & politics | coffee & bicycles | “charter member of the climate-energy wonk club”
Wazir Khan Isakhail @wazirkhanafg.bsky.social Education Activist.
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Eve Lazarus @evelazarus.bsky.social Eight-time award losing author and true crime podcaster with a passion for history. Latest book: Beneath Dark Waters: The Legacy of the Empress of Ireland Shipwreck http://evelazarus.com/
Citizens’ Climate Lobby Canada @citizenslobbyca.bsky.social Empowering citizens to advocate for pollution pricing and climate-aligned finance. Building a liveable world since September 2010. Focus is our superpower.
canada.citizensclimatelobby.org
Arjun Singh @arjunkam.bsky.social Community building, local government policy, facilitation. Collaboration, resilience, and long term thinking. Finding joy in reviving community newspaper.
Dana Mah @cityview1987.bsky.social Living in unceded Coast Salish Nations territories, light and night capturer, fascinated with built and natural environs.
Mike Buda @mikebuda.bsky.social A transit and municipal guy. Lots of climbing and skiing in BC. Executive Director at the TransLink Mayors' Council in Metro Vancouver.
TransLink Mayors' Council @mayorscouncil.bsky.social The collective voice of Metro Vancouver mayors on transit and transportation. For more info and our meeting calendar and agendas, go to: https://www.translink.ca/about-us/about-translink/mayors-council-on-regional-transportation
Ben Dooley @bentdooley.bsky.social Jill Bennett Show Lead Producer Got a tip or story idea? ben.dooley@cknw.com. Born with Spina Bifida
Paul Doroshenko / Prairie Paul🇺🇦🇨🇦 @pauldoroshenko.com Distiller. Small town lawyer in the big city. Country and blues singer. Supporter of Ukraine in their battle with evil. Anti theist. Music on Apple and Spotify.
I went from a prince, now I’m a toad.❤️🇺🇦NAFO 🇨🇦
Kishone Roy ✍🏾 @kishone.bsky.social 🇨🇦 Pacific Canadian Author & Executive
Dan Baisden @midwestplanner.bsky.social Community Development Practitioner | Urban Sociologist and Embedded Urban Planner focused on building healthy, safe, and vibrant neighborhoods. Research focus on Sociology and Psychology of the American Rust Belt.
Penn State | Arizona State
Nathan Griffiths @njgriffiths.bsky.social Graphic/data journalist 📈 📉 Currently @vancouversun 📰 Formerly @AP, @nytimes, @scmp 🗞️🗞️🗞️ Contributing photographer for thehub.vancouver, a social documentary project in east Vancouver. 📸
Jay Hightman @jay.hightman.org I am an advocate in the United States for infrastructure & transportation improvements which will save lives, for not just for the drivers of motor vehicles, but also the most vulnerable road users such as bicyclists, pedestrians and the disabled.
Don Denton @dondenton.bsky.social Photography, writing, publishing from Canada. Side interests in photographer history, punk rock, road trips, mail art and zines. More photos on IG.
TREC at PSU @trecpdx.bsky.social Portland State University's Transportation Research and Education Center (TREC). Home to the Initiative for Bicycle and Pedestrian Innovation (IBPI), transportation data programs PORTAL & BikePed Portal, Better Block PSU, and PSU's membership in PacTrans.
Denis Agar (he/him) @denisagar.bsky.social Transit polls well. We use that popularity to push for more reliable & abundant transit. Let's make it better than driving.
I'm in Vancouver, unceded xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh, and səlilwətaɬ land.
ED @movementyvr.bsky.social
cohost @dwelltime.ca pod
Gav @oakridge604.bsky.social Working from home with my dog. Still a weather whiner. Vancouver 🇨🇦
Scott Andrews @sjandrews.bsky.social Sleep deprived working dad on Songhees, Esquimalt and W̱SÁNEĆ territory. #bcpoli mostly
Andrea Woo @andreawoo.bsky.social Journalist at The Globe and Mail, based in Vancouver.
AndreaWoo@globeandmail.com
instagram.com/andreawoo
Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social Global advisor on better cities, city planning, transportation & urban change. City planner + urbanist leading @ToderianUW.bsky.social. Past Chief Planner for Vancouver BC. Past/founding President of @CanUrbanism.bsky.social. International speaker & media.
@sandyjamesplanner @sandyjamesplanner.bsky.social West Coast, Advocating best practices walkable, livable spaces, accessibility & micro-mobility.I write original content.
Managing Director of Walk Metro Vancouver Society.TEDx speaker
City planner, writer, lapsed master gardener, public space champion.
Brent Richter @brentrichter.bsky.social Reporter for the North Shore News in North Vancouver and West Vancouver.
Stanley Q Woodvine @sqwabb.bsky.social Formerly an artist (commercial sort); not much of a dog lover; always an avid reader. Currently a homeless binner in Vancouver, BC Canada. He/him. sqwabb@gmail.com
http://sqwabb.wordpress.com
Gregor Craigie @gregorcraigie.bsky.social Sleep-deprived early morning radio host of CBC On the Island. Author of Our Crumbling Foundation, On Borrowed Time, Walls, Radio Jet Lag & Why Humans Build Up.
Jill Atkey @jfatkey.bsky.social Housing advocate by day and night. CEO at BCNPHA, Director at Rental Protection Fund, Community Housing Transformation Centre, Boann Social Impact, Community Housing Coverage, and Chartered Institute of Housing Canada.
Christopher Cheung @bychrischeung.bsky.social Vancouver writer. Punctuation patrol at BCIT j-school. Author of "Very Vancouver" and "Under the White Gaze."
www.christophercheung.net
Matt Galloway @mattgalloway.bsky.social I ask questions on the radio for a living. Also like running.
Jen St. Denis @jenstden.bsky.social Vancouver, B.C. journalist covering politics and housing for TheTyee.ca
Instagram and TikTok: @jenstdenis
Email: jstdenis at thetyee dot ca