Richard Dal Monte
@richdalmonte.bsky.social
Journalist / Writer / Editor / Ghostwriter
This is one of the most holy sh*t stories I’ve ever read in my life. www.vanityfair.com/story/jared-...
The Art of the Deal: Jared Kushner’s Hacked Phone Revealed More Than $700 Million in Transfers
An exclusive excerpt from ‘Princes and Thieves: Jared Kushner and Mohamed bin Zayed’s Secret Plot to Remake the Middle East’ examines how bank accounts linked the president’s son-in-law—and former sen...
vanityfair.com
ding ding ding (Or maybe they're afraid.)
Tyler Olsen@tyolsen.bsky.social · 3h agoThe door-knocking excuse/focus is notable. Parties keep trying to do end runs around the media, seemingly unaware that thousands of people read these stories and talking to a reporter for 15 minutes might actually be a pretty darn efficient use of their time.
Please support Toronto’s protestors if you’re able. The harder they fight, the less appealing it will be for other provinces to copy Doug’s plan.
The Biking Lawyer LLP@thebikinglawyer.bsky.social · 2d agoPlease donate to our Bike Lane Protest Fund: gofund.me/4b115029b 4 have been arrested & require criminal lawyers, daily protests need snacks & hot coffee etc. Be among the first 50 to donate & get a free hi vis vest (email info@thebikinglawyer.ca with proof of donation - no min amount) 1/2
Queer organizations SAGAH and @queermomentum.ca are warning voters about anti-trans rhetoric and voting history from the B.C. Conservatives. And, uh, they've compiled a pretty concerning list of things the party leader and members have been up to. Today for @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2026/10...
Queer Organizations Sound Alarm over Conservative Anti-Trans Rhetoric | The Tyee
MLAs have tried to pass legislation that would strip away human rights and limit access to health care.
thetyee.ca
Yesterday’s announcement that the Carney government will delay vehicle emissions standards steepens the climb to reach its own commitments on electric vehicles, affordability, and energy security. Read our statement 👇 https://ow.ly/hiXF5100cK1
BC Conservative leader Lorne Doerkson voted to allow bills: calling for the ban of gender-affirming care for minors; prohibiting youth from using new names & pronouns in school; abolishing the human rights code. @michellegamage.bsky.social for @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2026/10...
Queer Organizations Sound Alarm over Conservative Anti-Trans Rhetoric | The Tyee
MLAs have tried to pass legislation that would strip away human rights and limit access to health care.
thetyee.ca
I will note that in @tcitiesdispatch.bsky.social published questionnaires for the Tri-Cities' *four* ridings, only *one* BC Conservative candidate responded despite being given five days to do so.
Shannon Waters@sobittersosweet.bsky.social · 8h agoAgain, I say: if you want to be an elected representative, you should be willing to engage with media Especially local reporters, who are absolutely critical to informing their communities Public profile and power comes with accountability. Get used to it #bcpoli
I mean, I'm 63, and I know people like this. And if you think you're going to live to 58 or 63 or 76 or whatever and shit's *not* going to change and you're *not* going to have to learn new things along the way, well (throws up hands in despair/exasperation).
Allison Hantschel@allisonhantschel.com · 10h agoAnd the answer to this is to tell anyone who invites us to commiserate about The Kids These Days or Oww My Hemorrhoids or I'm Too Old to Learn Things to directly and emphatically fuck themselves.
This video camera study showed that less than 5% of people on bikes broke traffic laws while riding bikes, yet 66% of people did so while driving. And perhaps even more importantly, if you REALLY want even MORE bike-riders to obey laws, build more protected bike infrastructure. Via @carltonreid.com
Cyclists Break Far Fewer Road Rules Than Motorists, Finds New Video Study
Busting the myth of the "scofflaw cyclist" Danish Road Directorate studies reveal that while 66% of motorists routinely break road traffic laws only 5% of cyclists do so. Law breaking by cyclists is h...
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David Eby went looking for an expanded majority government. He might end up finding himself and his party on the opposition benches after Saturday. And they have nobody to blame but themselves. #bcpoli www.nationalobserver.com/2026/10/21/o...
David Eby might have played himself
Move aside, David Peterson. Canadian politics might be about to have a new stand-in for the dangers of calling a snap election.
nationalobserver.com
Anti-immigrant sentiment in Alberta has hit a majority, and that province is hardly an outlier. That's what happens when we fail to blame a lack of planning and instead blame people who are just trying to find a place to live securely. My latest ... noraloreto.substack.com/p/the-invent...
The invented immigration problem
How Canada’s failure to plan has mainstreamed far right sentiment
noraloreto.substack.com
Made it back home to Etobicoke for another protest #biketo
This is how you do it. Frame automatic traffic cameras as a safety solution (which they are), and ignore drivers who get mad that they can no longer break the law with impunity.
Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani@mayor.nyc.gov · yesterday
If you pretend to die they will show up with 100 police officers, but if you actually die they will show up with 1 to fill out the paperwork.
Mark Shaw 🇨🇦✌️🇪🇺@markshawtoronto.bsky.social · 24h agoMade it back home to Etobicoke for another protest #biketo
“…the Villages Plan, as clunky as it was, should give folks a little bit of a signal where we probably need to go, which I think is four- to six-storey, wood-framed construction, single egress staircase apartments. We need to build a lot more of that because we can build that faster and cheaper.”
Justin McElroy 🇨🇦@jmcelroy.bsky.social · yesterdayGood, comprehensive interview by @iamkennethchan.bsky.social with Fry on managing his governing coalitions, first priorities, and much more as Mayor of Vancouver dailyhive.com/vancouver/pe...
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Coquitlam Pilots New Curbside Collection Battery Recycling Program
COQUITLAM, B.C., October 21, 2026 – Coquitlam is launching a new battery recycling program in partnership with Call2Recycle, giving residents a safe and convenient way to dispose of household bat
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Vancouver's new mayor and council can ignore this bad faith scapegoating plebiscite and instead, address reality improve people's material conditions: housing, incomes, food
Dan Fumano@fumano.bsky.social · yesterdayJust in: In Vancouver's "public safety plebiscite," voters supported both measures by margins of more than 2-to-1, despite roundly rejecting ABC, the party that added the questions to the ballot. Now up to Green-COPE-OneCity majority council how to deal with these non-binding results.
We live in a culture that dehumanizes and delegitimizes bike riders and normalizes hatred towards them for merely causing occasional short delays in someone's drive. And the product of this is as clear as day: More impatient drivers, more intolerance, more crashes, more injuries, more deaths.
Some BC government webpages and online services will be temporarily offline today as a precaution following a new global cybersecurity vulnerability. Teams are working to restore services as soon as possible. We're sorry for the disruption, and thank you for your patience.
Umm, this is bad. Like really bad, RIGHT? - @cycletoronto.bsky.social h/t @kayehm.bsky.social Cc: @spacing.bsky.social @thelocal.to @thestar.com @theglobeandmail.com @thegreenlineto.bsky.social #BikeTO
Kanchan@kayehm.bsky.social · 2d agoI know no one gives a F about safety or the law when the province is involved - but those workers & police should be wearing PPE for this work. Did they cover the catchbasins? Did they warn residents to close windows? The city would never get away with this. www.gazzolapaving.com/files/employ...
✊🚲 via @cbcnews.ca "A week after cyclists first blocked construction crews from Bloor Street West, the fight over #Toronto 's bike lanes hasn't let up. Crews returned under heavy police presence Tuesday, along with protesters who gathered for a rally" w/ @cycletoronto.bsky.social #bikeTO #ONpoli
Protesters, construction crews stand off in Toronto bike lane rally
YouTube video by CBC News Toronto
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Ed Schatz@edwardschatz.bsky.social · 2d agoThanks to toronto cyclists and allies, we sent another crew packing #savebloor #bikelanessavelives
Good, comprehensive interview by @iamkennethchan.bsky.social with Fry on managing his governing coalitions, first priorities, and much more as Mayor of Vancouver dailyhive.com/vancouver/pe...
'Don't be scared': Vancouver mayor-elect Pete Fry vows to be a moderate leader | Daily Hive | Urbanized
An in-depth interview with Vancouver mayor-elect Pete Fry on his leadership style, priorities, and insights.
dailyhive.com
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"In 2025, 1.185 million people on the island of Montreal cycled, including 941,000 adults and 244,000 children. The report shows 58 percent of the adult population cycled – 68 percent in the central area of Montreal."
Report: More than half of Montreal adults' cycle
Over a million Montrealers are choosing to cycle, according to the 2025 “State of Cycling” report by cycling advocacy group Vélo Québec. In 2025, 1.185 million people on the island of Montreal cycled,...
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