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Monday, January 26, 2026

Before You Share That “The World Is

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 📣 Before You Share That “The World Is Dumping the USA” Post… Read This I just came across one of those long, angry viral posts claiming: ...
Thursday, January 22, 2026

Imagine If We Spent the Money on Healing 💔

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  Imagine If We Spent the Money on Healing 💔 Today I read a sentence that stopped me cold. “Canada is quadrupling its defence spending.” ...
Monday, January 19, 2026

When the Sun Sneezes and Humans Feel It

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When the Sun Sneezes and Humans Feel It Yesterday I didn’t feel like doing anything . No errands. No plans. No ambition. Just paint. So I...

When Your Tongue Gets Lazy: The Curious Case of Spanish “R”s

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When Your Tongue Gets Lazy: The Curious Case of Spanish “R”s Ever noticed how a single letter can be a whole workout for your mouth? Welco...
Sunday, January 18, 2026

The Rising Cost of Tortillas in Zipolite

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 🌞 The Rising Cost of Tortillas in Zipolite If you’re visiting Zipolite, you might notice something small but important at the local torti...

When People Go Missing Between the Lines 💔➡️💙

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 By Tina Winterlik (Zipolita) This week I read a statement from The Vanished Project about the end of drug decriminalization in BC. It was...
Saturday, January 17, 2026

When a Banking Error Becomes an Eviction: Why Tenants Must Stand Together

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When a Banking Error Becomes an Eviction: Why Tenants Must Stand Together Over the holidays, a Vancouver tenant named Pat — a 29-year resid...
Thursday, January 15, 2026

The Hidden Story Behind a West Vancouver Mansion — Why Zhang vs. Lin/Yin Matters to Everyone

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  When a West Vancouver Mansion Becomes the Center of an International Legal Battle A lavish mansion perched above English Bay in West Vanc...
Wednesday, January 14, 2026

When Policy Meets the Pavement: What I Saw During B.C.’s Decriminalization Pilot

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I didn’t learn about B.C.’s drug crisis from policy papers. I learned it from sidewalks. I learned it from bodies slumpEternal pdoorways. ...
Monday, January 12, 2026

Canada’s Foreign Interference Law Exists — But Democracy Is Still Unprotected

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  Canada’s Foreign Interference Law Exists — But Democracy Is Still Unprotected Canada is not facing a hypothetical threat. Foreign interfe...
Sunday, January 11, 2026

Last Sunday

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 Last Sunday morning I was wandering the airport ✈️, sketching the Bill Reid and Don Yeomans sculptures ✏️🗿 while waiting for my 8:30 direc...

Amazing Axolotls & Birthday Traditions

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  Amazing Axolotls & Birthday Traditions 🦎🎂 There’s a new exhibit at the Vancouver Aquarium, and somehow it feels like it belongs in ...
Saturday, January 10, 2026

When Statistics Don’t Match the Streets:

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When Statistics Don’t Match the Streets: Why I Question Vancouver’s “Improving” Narrative By Tina Winterlik (Zipolita) Recently, CBC publi...

When You Break the Rules and Become a Pariah 🚫🏠

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 When You Break the Rules and Become a Pariah 🚫🏠 I didn’t start out trying to break the rules. Like many of my generation, I was sold a ...
Friday, January 9, 2026

When “The Perfect Gift” Isn’t: Why Many Canadians Quietly Skipped Gift Cards This Christmas

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When “The Perfect Gift” Isn’t: Why Many Canadians Quietly Skipped Gift Cards This Christmas This year, something subtle happened in my fami...
Thursday, January 8, 2026

When Journalism Escapes the Gatekeepers

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 When Journalism Escapes the Gatekeepers How a Canadian Broadcast Undermined a Quiet Act of Censorship For years, people have warned that ...
Wednesday, January 7, 2026

There Was No “24-Hour Rule” — There Was Neglect

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  There Was No “24-Hour Rule” — There Was Neglect And People Are Still Missing For years, many of us believed there was a rule: that you ...
Tuesday, January 6, 2026

This Didn’t Surprise Me — And That’s the Problem

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  This Didn’t Surprise Me — And That’s the Problem A recent report reveals hundreds of founded misconduct cases involving CBSA employees ....
Monday, January 5, 2026

Vacancy Didn’t Rise. Affordability Failed.

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  Vacancy Didn’t Rise. Affordability Failed. Why CMHC’s “good news” on Vancouver rentals doesn’t match lived reality For the first time in...
Sunday, January 4, 2026

Floating Saunas, Beached Barges, and Our Housing Priorities

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  Floating Saunas, Beached Barges, and Our Housing Priorities Vancouver knows how to move money when it wants to. A few years ago, a massi...