David Finnis
@yvrcyclist.bsky.social
Safe Cycling Advocate Retired library worker Former Municipal councillor Grandfather, organ donor Urbanist living in Vancouver, B.C Threads & Instagram: @davidfinnis EH! (social) eastvanbikeguy
If you are riding through John Hendry (Trout Lake) Park this evening, there's a barrier on the piece of the BC Parkway bicycle path adjacent to the soccer field. There's a leak in the irrigation system. #bikeyvr #Vancouver
I’ll be on CKNW at 2:34pm today.
Vision Zero Vancouver@visionzerovancouver.ca · last wk.Great coverage on the current Broadway closure featuring @margiesanderson.bsky.social & @yvrcyclist.bsky.social. TLDR: the Cambie closure is going better than Main St. It's not perfect but we appreciate the City consulting with us & HUB and taking proactive steps. vancouversun.com/news/advocat...
My #FIFA hydration break is the perfect beverage for tonight's USA vs Belgium game. A Belgian-style beer brewed in #Burnaby- @dageraadbeer.bsky.social Go #Belgium 🇧🇪
What a beautiful Canada 🇨🇦 Day afternoon for riding along the West Dyke Trail in Richmond.
Do we really care about #RoadSafety in #Vancouver ? Once again, while riding my eBike at #30kmh in a "park" zone on Victoria Drive, I was passed by a driver. This time between me & the sidewalk. We must do better @visionzerovancouver.ca @hubvancouverubc.bsky.social @cityofvancouver.bsky.social
“Climate change is increasingly acting to reduce productivity, erode living standards and drive up the prices of essentials. Food production and prices are on the front line. This won’t change until we collectively get serious about climate action.” www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com...
Opinion: However bad your grocery bill is, it will get worse
A confluence of pressures as a result of El Niño and climate change is creating the storm for further rapid price hikes
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I'm looking forward to hearing my wife and her West End Singers choir colleagues at this performance tomorrow evening.
I never expected to see a "UFO" when riding the SeaBus.
The on again, off again ceasefire with Iran adds to Trump’s collection of FIFA peace prizes.
www.nationalobserver.com/2026/06/11/n... “Corn is one of the most demanding fertilizer crops there are, and we’re using so much of it in a car engine,” …. “We really have to move away from biofuels coming from food crops.”
Iran war jeopardizes global food security
Transitioning to sustainable practices could boost resilience to compounding geopolitical and climate threats, experts say.
nationalobserver.com
My wife and I love having the Commercial St Cafe within walking distance of our home.
Once again, drivers block an intersection because they proceed into it when there are no empty lanes on the other side. Note the 3 drivers on Broadway blocking people crossing on Lakewood Drive. @visionzerovancouver.ca @theicbc.bsky.social @hubvancouverubc.bsky.social @cityofvancouver.bsky.social
'Egregious': Feds race to destroy key organic research fields www.nationalobserver.com/2026/05/28/n.... WHY??
'Egregious': Feds race to destroy key organic research fields
Field crews at the federal agricultural research station in Swift Current, Sask., have destroyed Canada's only public organic research plots and are planning to plant the fields with non-organic wheat...
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www.nationalobserver.com/2026/05/15/n... As we face a hot summer & water restrictions why does Mayor Sim want to increase GHG emissions? #Vancouver
Mayor Ken Sim tries to kill Vancouver's popular gas ban. Again
Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim is trying to get rid of the city's ban on natural gas heating in new buildings as well as a suite of other rules designed to reduce emissions.
nationalobserver.com
Having recently spent a lot of $$ shopping on Broadway I really don't understand why council and businesses want to make it difficult for people to #ShopByBike
You can see BC Place & the decorated cement pillar with a FIFA peace prize logo. If you're attending World Cup games you'll see this view as you'll need to walk from Mainstreet/Science World SkyTrain Station to the stadium since the Beatty St exit at Stadium/Chinatown Station is closed. #FIFAlogic
www.nationalobserver.com/2026/05/08/n... And I thought Stephen Harper’s attacks on science were bad and dangerous. Little did I know that Canada’s “new” government would do the same thing.
Ottawa's plan to shutter farm research facilities, food safety lab draws Parliamentary rebuke
The 10-person committee unanimously recommended in a Wednesday report that Ottawa immediately pause its decision to close the centres and consult with farmers, researchers, advocates and industry grou...
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Ontario municipalities face the consequences of Ford's speed camera ban www.nationalobserver.com/2026/04/23/n... Doug Ford loves to talk about "safety" except for #RoadSafety & protecting kids.
Ontario municipalities face the consequences of Ford's speed camera ban
Car wrecks, speeding surges and financial messes: Six months into Ontario's speed camera ban, here's what cities and towns across the province are saying.
nationalobserver.com
This remains the greatest piece of persuasive advertising ever made about electrification. It's insane to me that Nissan dropped it & it's insane that no one on the green left has picked it up to make it a national PSA.
Nissan LEAF: Gas Powered Everything commercial
YouTube video by Motor1
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When faced with the death of a loved one, British Columbians can only choose between burial and fire cremation. There is another alternative, already offered in other provinces and that is alkaline hydrolysis, aka aqua nation. Please sign the petition on www.aquamationbc.ca
AQUAMATIONBC COALITION
Alkaline Hydrolysis, Aquamation British Columbia, Bio Cremation, Water Cremation, Human Funeral, Sustainable Cremation, Greener
aquamationbc.ca
There was a good crowd today at Champlain Square in #Vancouver (Housing Minister Gregor Robertson has his MP office there) to demand an end to subsidies to #LNG polluters and instead to invest in clean, #RenewableEnergy.
The way too common #Vancouver "tradition" of blocking crosswalks at intersections. Main St at 5th Ave
