On this Vancouver Pride weekend just want to recognize all my family and friends who recognize the importance of showing up for the LGBTQIA+ community. "Unapologetically Queer" is the theme this year. ❤️
Derek Kwan
@dgk1969.bsky.social
Foodie. Techie. Runner. Swimmer. Canucks fan. Electric Unicycle rider. Happy. Always working on strengthening the fabric of goodwill that exists in the world. BC guy!
Hello Summer! Whether it's Burnaby city hall, a senior's living residence, or the Parkcrest Diner - everyone's excited for the newest @freshetnews.bsky.social issue, out yesterday! . #july23rd #freshetnews #burnaby #newwest #tricities
Minute 10 of watching sardine can people stuck at Waterfront Station behind closed train doors because of a stalled train somewhere else along the Expo Line.. can only see 'delayed' on the message board. When will they start eating each other?
2 short windows of time for people to donate clothes and gift cards and money for people displaced by a devastating fire in #NewWest and the donation centre has had to pause because they are overwhelmed with donations. If you want to help e-tran to admin@newwestnh.ca
Hey #NewWest. The call went out; you delivered! Thank you! The volume of donations at Kelvin is a bit overwhelming & they need to pause taking more in until the Neighbourhood House volunteers can organize, sort, & start distributing it all. Gift cards & monetary donations still appreciated!
New West Neighbourhood House is accepting donations of cash, gift cards ($25 denominations preferred) and clothing at Lord Kelvin Elementary in #NewWest today from 1 to 5. You can also e-transfer donations to admin@newwestnh.ca
Brad Cavanagh@canspice.bsky.social · 4w agoIt's pretty shitty to see people losing their homes due to a pretty major apartment fire in #NewWest. www.reddit.com/r/NewWest/co...
336 hours since the last issue the wait is over new issue of @freshetnews.bsky.social today! . #freshetnews #burnaby #newwest #tricities #july9
BlueSky interaction circle coming in hot, if you're there, you earned it 😂
New Freshet News issue today, your helpful Burnaby volunteers will make sure you can pick it up at the usual distribution locations! . @freshetnews.bsky.social #freshetnews #burnaby #newwest #tricities #june25
my colleague @grantbrisbee.bsky.social with an excellent take on the Giants’ pitchers loudly shouting their bigotry on Pride Night: www.nytimes.com/athletic/735...
Giants pitchers’ Bible verses on Pride Night caps show how they’ve missed the point (Gift Article)
To focus on the perceived sin, Landen Roupp and other Giants pitchers had to step over so much that they professed to believe.
nytimes.com
New June 11th Freshet News @freshetnews.bsky.social issue available at Queen's Park Arena for you to peruse while checking out the #FiredUp FIFA World Cup match today between Canada and Bosnia and Herzegovina! #NewWest
@tiffstwisted.bsky.social reminded me that today has been 15 years exactly since Kevin Bieksa's stanchion goal in OT against the Sharks sent the Vancouver Canucks to the 2011 Stanley Cup finals.. and I was there! What a time it was to be a fan! #Canucks
Every summer I repost this article on how to spot drowning. Please read it and pass on. In the last few years I’ve had SIX messages from people who saved a kid’s life after clicking on the link from my feed. slate.com/technology/2...
Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning
Drowning is not the violent, splashing call for help that most people expect.
slate.com
Former Canucks head coach Adam Foote talks about the advice Marc Crawford gave him about coaching, how Ken Hitchcock was to play for, and then about Pat Quinn's presence before some work the team was then doing on defense. It didn't help and now the team is looking for a new head coach. #Canucks
When I took this picture at a team practice last December, I thought I was just taking pictures of Vancouver Canucks legends Henrik and Daniel Sedin, not future co-presidents of hockey operations Henrik and Daniel Sedin.. #Canucks
Connor McDavid and the Oilers have been eliminated from the Stanley Cup playoffs. www.nytimes.com/athletic/724...
I wrote about how I probably wouldn’t be a journalist if not for this program. But this is just one of hundreds of post-sec programs that have been cut in an ongoing national funding crisis. thetyee.ca/News/2026/05...
A 60-Year-Old Vancouver Journalism School Is Shutting Down | The Tyee
Langara’s program offered an affordable, practical education to generations of BC reporters.
thetyee.ca
Flashback to July 2023 and a time when Na-Re Korean Kitchen was still open on Edmonds (before they abruptly closed this year on January 6th) so I could order their gungjung tteokbokki and some KFC on the side (FYI they do offer kimchi via IG now!) #NewWest #NewWestfood #NewWestborderiscloseenough
It's been a fortnight since the last @freshetnews.bsky.social issue came out.. new one hot off the presses today! #freshetnews #localnewscoverage
This is coming from a place of warmth and acceptance… -It’s ‘sleight of hand’ -It’s ‘bated breath’ -It’s ‘lo and behold’ -It’s ‘one fell swoop’ -It’s ‘brass tacks’ -It’s ‘free rein’
Flashback to March 2019 and a time when Pho Pho You was still open on Columbia (before the building they were in burnt down in 2021) so I could order their brisket and meatball pho #NewWest #NewWestfood
Taking a break from my posts of New West food options gone and never to return.. in their place, this all-local special of Rocky Point cinnamon bun ice cream atop a slice of Dan's Diner banana bread. Absolutely decadent. #NewWest #NewWestfood
Low event period for the Canucks and the Blues unless you count the number of times @ralphintheridge.bsky.social got up for more helpings of that suite suite food.. #Canucks #VANvsSTL