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Vancouver, British Columbia
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    This week on #thePodcast Meet the South Vancouver neighbours who said no to FIFA -- and won. @bobmackin caught up with them at the Memorial South Park centennial. CLICK. WATCH. SHARE. SUBSCRIBE. #WeAre26 #vanpoli #bcpoli #cdnpoli open.substack.com/pub/bobmackin/…
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    Happening now: students parroting the message of ex-Chrétien chief of staff Eddie Goldenberg await Meng Wanzhou’s arrival at the Law Courts. Are they paid to be here? #cdnpoli #bcpoli #humanrights
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    At the State Funeral in Montreal, Brian Mulroney’s granddaughter Elizabeth Theodora Lapham sang most of “When Irish Eyes Are Smiling.” The last lines are a recording by the late 18th Prime Minister of Canada. 🍁☘️ #cdnpoli
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    In which CTV elevates to expert status the former B.C. premier whose transition team in 2011 included the chair of SNC-Lavalin, who made #bigmoney donations to her campaign (and then she proceeded to award transit and energy contracts to SNC). #bcpoli
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    WATCH: Dramatic message delivery in this afternoon’s #FreeHK protest at Library Square in Vancouver, urging international sanctions against Xi’s China. (via @inamitchellfilm) #vanpoli #bcpoli #cdnpoli #ufwd #vanRE
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    ⛽️ Sticker shock tonight in North Vancouver. #bcpoli #cdnpoli
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    🚨 Exclusive: Inside the WeChat group of @JoyceMurray, Canada’s minister of digital government: Trudeau worship, Liberal propaganda and a real estate-driven campaign to sue reporter @scoopercooper. #cdnmedia #cdnpoli #China #PPE #UFWD #coronavirus #vanRE thebreaker.news/news/murray-we…
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    Meanwhile, on the Nelson Street side of the Law Courts, a protest against China’s mass-jailing of Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang. #cdnpoli #bcpoli #HumanRights
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    According to @theJagmeetSingh, an election in a pandemic is wrong, except for an election the NDP has a chance to win. #bcpoli #cdnpoli #coronavirus
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    Just in: B.C. Supreme Court judge throws out Chinese investor’s constitutional challenge to B.C.’s foreign buyer tax on real estate #bcpoli #vanpoli #vanRE bccourts.ca/jdb-txt/sc/19/…
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    It’s unanimous! Every member of White Rock city council is boycotting the Chinese government reception at @UBCM convention. #vanRE #bcpoli #cdnpoli
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    "As Dr. [Bonnie] Henry said, fatalities are part of life." --@jjhorgan News item: B.C. had Canada's highest excess deaths in 2020-21 under @bcndp. #bcpoli #NotDefeatingPandemic
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    🚨STUNNING admission (though the experts knew it all along). Dr. Bonnie Henry reveals that @bcndp has UNDERCOUNTED #COVID19 case numbers in British Columbia from day 1. #bcpoli #coronavirus 🦠 #omicron 📈
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