Bill Tieleman🍁
@billtieleman.bsky.social
West Star Communications president: strategy, communications, govt relations; won 4 BC referenda; wine & food guy at: http://WineBarbarian.ca 🍁
I join Mike Smyth at 11:05 AM Friday on CKNW AM 730 with Rachael Segal to talk: Trump says Canadians “nasty”, Carney says not interested in narrow deal; BC involuntary care legislation partially derailed; Ken Sim leads #Vancouver mayoralty race. #vanpoli #bcpoli
Chef Bill turned to Spain 🇪🇸 for inspiration with #ZucchiniFlowers. Deconstructed flat in aluminum foil; a layer of Mahon Coinga Spanish cheese🧀from Menorca 🇪🇸; flowers; eggplant & red pepper🌶️bruschetta sauce; flowers; Castelvetrano green olives🫒; flowers Jamon Serrano ham; flowers; 1/2
Metro #Vancouver admits it spilled sewage into Burrard Inlet for 3 days - and it took the GVRDEU to tell the public! Why? I spoke to @GlobalBC and @PJReporter on it here: globalnews.ca/video/12006645… @gvrdeu @PtFry #vanpoli #bcpoli
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NEW - Three BC Conservative MLAs have rejected requests to step down so leader Kerry-Lynne Findlay can run in a by-election. They are Rosalyn Bird (Prince George-Valemount), Lynne Block (West Vancouver-Capilano) and Ian Paton (Delta South). #bcpoli
Friday at 11:05 AM on CKNW AM 730, host Mike Smyth and I talk #bcpoli troubles: BC Conservative Party head Angelo Isidorou turfed by Kerry-Lynne Findlay, MLA Ian Paton quits as her lieutenant; Premier David Eby lets Minister Kelly Greene break Cabinet solidarity to oppose LNG plant #vanpoli #cdnpoli
I talk to Mike Smyth at 9:05 AM on CKNW AM 730 Wednesday about the terrible supertower approved for downtown #Vancouver - over 1,000 feet - dominating skyline, and built by Holburn, a developer with a dubious track record. And the Vancouver villages was thankfully rejected. #vanpoli #bcpoli
Chef Shirley Ross did something that surprisingly we’d never tried in over over 11 years of #zucchiniflowers - a maple 🍁 smoked salmon bagel 🥯w cream cheese, lemon🍋juice & rind! Very tasty and unexpected! Sommelier Bill paired with a fine Culmina Dilemma Chardonnay 2025 from Oliver, BC!
"This isn't a goal, it's poetry. Prettiest goal of the Cup, prettiest play of the Cup, most perfect sequence of passes of the Cup. Hands down." x.com/leonardodias...
this list also emphasizes how we once had competition graphic designs with life and substance. Everything from 98 onwards (barring maybe 2010) has been utterly devoid of interest
Let’s hear it then. 1️⃣ Your first World Cup: 😍 Your favourite*: 😤 Your one to forget: *might be the same as your first but might not!
Socialism is what they called public power. Socialism is what they called social security. Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations. Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people. —Harry Truman, 1952
Chef Bill drew inspiration from Mexico 🇲🇽 for this week’s #zucchiniflowers - deconstructed enchiladas! Rioja chorizo from Oyama Sausage & shiitake mushrooms🍄🟫; blue corn🌽tortillas grilled & sliced; fresh cilantro🌿; jalapeño jack cheese🧀on top🔝; in BBQ & served w Fresh is Best best salsa & sour cream!
Chef Shirley Ross did unusual #ZucchiniFlowers: a dessert version! Stuffed w mascarpone cheese; fresh BC peaches🍑; 12-year-old #KnobCreek Bourbon 🥃; grated ginger🫚; dried Thai purple basil🌿; chile flakes; & ginger pieces! Truly surprising & delicious! #zucchiniflower #stuffedzucchiniflowers
Happy Canada 🍁 Day from my roof in Kitsilano - celebrating with an Empress 1908 Indigo Gin martini🍸from Victoria Distillers! Blue colour from the butterfly pea blossom.
Happy Canada🍁Day! At 10:05 AM I join Mike Smyth on CKNW AM730 to talk: CUSMA Deadline Day - US says they will go to annual reviews; new BC Conservative leader Kerry-Lynne Findlay gives her hard right MLA supporters all the top paid jobs, but leaves most critic roles in place; Alberta pipeline?
What happens to CUSMA on July 1? The paths ahead as review set to begin. globalnews.ca/news/1194293...
What happens to CUSMA on July 1? The paths ahead as review set to begin - National | Globalnews.ca
July 1 is the date set out in CUSMA for the countries to either formally extend the agreement another 16 years or continue under annual reviews for up to a decade.
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Chef Bill made a deconstructed vodka martini 🍸 for this week’s #zucchiniflowers - stuffed with Chavroux goat cheese with chives, chopped olives 🫒& Terra sourdough bread 🥖; then flambéed in Ketel One Dutch vodka & dressed with a lemon 🍋 twist! Very tasty Chef Shirley agreed!😋 #zucchiniflower
I join Mike Smyth at 10:05 AM on CKNW AM 730🎙️to talk: big rents & small rooms - backlash against Senakw high-rises; Canada lost FIFA game, #Vancouver is losing tourists seeing open drug use; coyote kills dog in Trout Lake Park - time for action?🎯#bcpoli #vanpoli
97-year old Lucien Lessard, the last living survivor of the tragic Second Narrows Bridge Collapse that claimed 19 lives, still in fine fettle at the commemoration of Vancouver’s worst industrial accident, which happened 68 years ago today #LestWeForget