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Repair Café: Registration Open for Dunbar Community Centre on April 18th
When: Saturday, April 18, 9:30am-1:30pm
Where: 4747 Dunbar St, Vancouver
#Vancouver #repaircafe

Great to visit with Mark and @… at the @…’s broadcast base #Vancouver

Just in case you get a text message on your phone. The City of Vancouver does *not* send out parking tickets by text message.
Reported and deleted.

RE: https://flipboard.com/@ctvnews/vancouver-kcqp5sutz/-/a-OvdF5ypuR2aCxkb-ZXpmiw:a:2823982346-/0
Winning!

Heading to #Vancouver tomorrow, with some availability from March 19th through 24th. Not sure if any of my old contacts/friends from the linux/hacker community happen to be located there thees days. If yes, and interested in meeting over coffee, lunch, dinner or just drinks, let me know.

Tune in starting now to the annual @wetlandproject 24 hour broadcast for #EarthDay! 🌎
Available on #CommunityRadio stations around the world, started on #Vancouver’s

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #ThroughTheNight
Alexander Borodin, Malcolm Sargent, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra & Bramwell Tovey:
🎵 Notturno (Andante) - 3rd mvt from String Quartet no 2 in D major
#AlexanderBorodin
https://open.spotify.com/track/7B1xrlaP8Vm1RRmgUtfwdS

Time to begin the long trip home from Tokyo 🛫. First to Vancouver and then to Montreal by later this evening.
It’s something like 15 hours of flying… but with timezones it all happens in the same day. 🤪

Rainbow over #Vancouver

Jasper @raedisch.net is joining us at #ATmosphereConf in Vancouver as his first trip to Canada.
Suggested movies or shows referencing Canada and/or Vancouver?
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Boris (@bmann.ca)
Jasper @raedisch.net is joining us at #ATmosphereConf in Vancouver as his first trip to Canada. Suggested movies or shows referencing Canada and/or Vancouver? [contains quote post or other embedded content]

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #Audioasis
Japandroids:
🎵 Rockers East Vancouver
#Japandroids
https://japandroids.bandcamp.com/track/rockers-east-vancouver
https://open.spotify.com/track/0YO8BEcYyRlT4aKcyMFisQ

From Translink
Celebrate Lunar New Year with TransLink’s fiery horse bus
Bus detours in place this Sunday for the Spring Festival Parade
#Vancouver #transit
TransLink is celebrating Lunar New Year by joining the 52nd annual Vancouver Chinatown Spring Festival Parade on Sunday, Feb. 22, with…

Raise my taxes without telling me you’re raising my taxes with illegal tariffs… ( prices have gone up in Vancouver, Canada as well but now many things are cheaper eg coffee gear in Canada for the first time in what 20 years because of the illegal USA tariffs)
From: @…

Good lord.
Throwing it away... because a few of the worst people in the world have said horrible things.
#FirstNations #BCPoli
https://www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/article/bc-tells-first-nations-it-wants-to-suspend-dripa/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

And so the fun begins… Air Canada delays my return flight home today from #IETF125 in Tokyo by an hour…
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Your flight AC4 to Vancouver is delayed because a mechanical issue on an earlier flight caused the scheduled aircraft to arrive late. It will now depart at 18:35. We apologize and are working to get you on your way.

This week‘s episode of @… is a fantasy throwback to what our show would’ve sounded like if we had started when #Vancouver #CoopRadio went on the air with the pl…

Accordion Noir radio playlist 2026-04-15: Co-op Radio’s Fifty-Second Birthday Time Machine
As we approach our parent radio station’s 52nd birthday, Bruce set his mind to wandering and contemplated what our program might have sounded like had it begun airing in that august year of 1…

We are watching (in our own time via streamer) #WinterOlympics Opening Ceremony and I observe that it resembles a Cirque du Soliel show in weird ways.
My husband says they all do, and especially mentions Paris and Vancouver. And that's not how I remember Vancouver at all, even though Cirque was created in Canada -- Quebec is a lot different from BC!

From Translink
Expo Line weekend maintenance work to begin in downtown Vancouver
Service impacts on Saturdays and Sundays until June
#Vancouver #Transit
Starting Sunday, March 22, Expo Line service will be temporarily reduced on weekends in downtown Vancouver until early June. Service will …

is starting to wonder if it would be a good idea to go from Tokyo to Vancouver by boat. 🤔

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #ThroughTheNight
Kazuyoshi Akiyama, Александр Константинович Глазунов & Vancouver Symphony Orchestra:
🎵 Concert waltz for orchestra no 1 in D major, Op 47
#KazuyoshiAkiyama
https://open.spotify.com/track/2GoDhraUmwaVFPC76sTyD4

Vancouver's Handling of False Creek South Is Officially a Scandal via @… https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026/02/17…

Vancouver’s Handling of False Creek South Is Officially a Scandal | The Tyee
The city’s auditor general found ‘serious mismanagement of public funds’ and more to criticize.

Fascist Paramilitary invaders run over a detained man’s legs with a car and then they throw him in the back of their vehicle. (Vancouver, WA 12/4/25)
Video Source:
https://reddit.com/comments/1qw0d8e
Article:

I’ve visited 8 Olympic host cities so far, including Milan, which is currently co-hosting the 2026 Winter Olympics.
1. 🇨🇦 Vancouver*
2. 🇯🇵 Tokyo
3. 🇩🇪 Berlin
4. 🇬🇧 London
5. 🇪🇸 Barcelona
6. 🇳🇱 Amsterdam
7. 🇮🇹 Milan*
8. 🇮🇹 Rome
* I had visited this city before it became a host city
#Olympics

Transit Service Alert
*UPDATE*
The track issue has been resolved and normal West Coast Express service will resume this afternoon.
#Vancouver #Transit

The Night of a Thousand Buttons
Jan 25, 2008
Featuring @… #JasonWebley & #Vancouver’s own Ana Bon Bon ❤️‍🔥🪗
Found this historical poster fr…

No, Gander is not a “rug pull”.
The crowd equity funding is closing, I think with ~2400 or so Canadian investors including myself, all on the same terms.
Some people didn’t sign paperwork when they got the chance at an earlier offering.
Join us at #ATmosphereConf in Vancouver in late March if you’d like to meet the Gander team in person

ATmosphereConf News
News from the ATProtocol Community Conference, aka ATmosphereConf. March 26th - 29th, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Semi-regular query to see if anyone else remembers CBC Vancouver's "The Dog and Trombone", written by Jurgen Gothe and Bill Phillips; and, more to the point, if they've got recordings of it, especially episode 5 featuring Hap Hafner's cousin Hugo?
#CBCRadio #JurgenGothe

TransLink outlines future transit improvements in Vancouver, Burnaby, New Westminster
Burrard Peninsula Area Transport Plan will guide improvements to bus service, active transportation, and goods movement
TransLink has released the Burrard Peninsula Area Transport Plan, outlining recommended transit and transportation improvements across Vancouver, Burnaby, and New Westminster, as well as UBC and the University Endowment Lands, which are part of Electoral Area A.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #ThroughTheNight
Wesley Foster, Nicola Tipton, William Jenkins, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Vancouver Chamber Choir & Jon Washburn:
🎵 4 Notturni
#WesleyFoster #NicolaTipton #WilliamJenkins #WolfgangAmadeusMozart #VancouverChamberChoir

@… or as we say, Vancouver not BC, Washington not DC.

TransLink is scheduling extra transit service this Sunday, April 19 to make it easier to get to and from the 2026 Vancouver Sun Run.

Additional service will include more frequent SkyTrain and SeaBus trips, as well as a special West Coast Express weekend train. Some downtown bus routes will operate on detours due to road closures.

The race begins at West Georgia and Thurlow streets, just a short walk from Burrard Station on the Expo Line,

Two people abducted by fascist paramilitary invaders pretending to be locals, car left in the middle of the street. (Vancouver, Washington - 3/10/2026 - 9:14 am PDT)
Source:
#ice

TransLink fast-tracks major RapidBus expansion from North Shore to Metrotown
New all-day service will connect North Shore, Vancouver, Burnaby
#Vancouver #Transit
TransLink is accelerating the launch of the R2 RapidBus extension to Metrotown, bringing faster, more frequent service between the North…

North America to Welcome Modern Buses and Competition!
Vancouver leaps forward with what may be the best buses on the continent.
From Reece (no relation)
The image shows three doors but earlier communications from Translink indicated that while three door buses were common in Europe they would not be specified in Vancouver. I do not know if Reece has access to information that I don't.

Prepping for @…’s 1,000th episode
Broadcasting on #Vancouver’s #CoopRadio tomorrow night 10–11 PM at 100.5 FM
And then going out on our podcast at

Accordion Uprising
Because "Renaissance" is too hard to spell.

I am riding my 45 pound 1946 Schwinn acoustic bicycle rain or shine :-) slowly (<=18km/h :-)) from East Vancouver to UBC for ATmosphereConf Saturday March 28, 2028. Join me? We can meet at JJ Bean at 715 at 7th and Commercial for East Van folks or at Be Fresh, 1900 W 1st Ave. at 8am for west side folks

#Vancouver
City crews will be dismantling a large construction crane at the site of the Oakridge Park development and the street will be completely closed to drivers between West 41st and West 45th avenues from 7:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #ThroughTheNight
Henriette Schellenberg, Laverne G'Froerer, Keith Boldt, Christoph Bernhard, George Roberts, Vancouver Chamber Choir & Jon Washburn:
🎵 Missa 'Durch Adams Fall'
#HenrietteSchellenberg #LaverneGFroerer #KeithBoldt #JonWashburn

Gosling family
#Vancouver #CanadaGeese

Anyone know if there will be a demonstration/march against the Iran war in Vancouver this weekend?
Back in the day... the 2003 Iraq war march was the first big march I ever witnessed and participated in as an adult.
Anyone know where I could purchase an Iranian flag in Vancouver?
Here are some pictures from back in the day! Taken with a Kodak DC280! Forgot about that old camera!
#BCPoli #Canada #USAIsraelIranWar #Vancouver #pho #IraqWar #USA #March

TransLink unveils game plan for FIFA World Cup 2026 Vancouver
Transit system built for major events, ready for the world’s biggest
With 100 days until the first whistle of FIFA World Cup 2026 Vancouver, TransLink is rolling out a tournament-scale transit plan to move fans, visitors, and residents across Metro Vancouver, while keeping everyday trips reliable for locals.

Fares increase on TransLink July 1st
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/transit-fare-hike-metro-vancouver-9.7144104
adult one-zone fares using stored value on a Compass card will go from $2.70 to $2.85.
Those pay…

Here's how much TransLink is hiking transit fares in Metro Vancouver in 2026 | CBC News
An average rider will likely see their monthly transit bills jump $5 or $10 per month, according to TransLink CEO Kevin Quinn.

#TransLink taps into Canadian comic nostalgia with Captain Canuck Compass Cards
Limited-edition bundles being sold at Fan Expo Vancouver and online, while supplies last
Metro Vancouver transit trips are getting a superhero-sized dose of Canadian pride, with new limited-edition Captain Canuck Compass Cards. In partnership with licensor Lev Gleason Publications Inc., TransLink is releasing sp…

From SPEC #Vancouver
Get Road Ready - FREE Bike Tune-ups at the Repair Café!
Spots for bicycles, computers/electronics/tech support, and textiles are still available.
📍Trout Lake Community Centre
📅 Saturday, March 22
🕤 9:30am–1:30pm

Trout Lake Community Centre Repair Cafe

Oh look! Another Albertan traitor!
Please stay in Milan Ms. McRae!
#Canada #USA #Olympics #TateM
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/tate-mcrae-american-olympic-ad-canada-wants-answers?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Good Morning #Canada
I'm up early, cooking breakfast and got an 80s playlist on in the kitchen. What was happening in Canada in 1983...
- The metric system of weights and measures is officially adopted by the federal government
- Saskatchewan MLA Colin Thatcher resigns as Minister of Energy and Mines and a week later murders his wife, Joann
- Population of Canada hits 25M in November
- Steve Podborski wins Gold at the World Cup of Skiing
- Pierre Trudeau is PM
- Pay television begins operating in Canada
- Bill 101, protecting the French language in Quebec is ruled unconstitutional
- Brian Mulroney replaces Joe Clark as leader of Progressive Conservative Party of Canada
- Gas costs 47 cents/litre
- BC Place in Vancouver opens
- Air Canada flight 143 makes an emergency landing in Gimli, Manitoba
- Jeanne Sauvé is appointed Canada's first female Governor General
- Average house price is $74,500, 5-yr mortgage rate was 13.5%
#CanadaIsAwesome #History #CanadaFlashback
https://youtu.be/IPznPZLNQhI

From Translink
Elevator replacement work starts at Scott Road SkyTrain Station
East elevator closed for replacement; west elevator remains open
#Vancouver #Transit
Work begins Feb. 24 and is expected to take under four months to complete. During construction, an accessible route will remain…

When We Revive Buried Urban Creeks, What Can Happen? via @… https://thetyee.ca/News/2026/03/16/When-We-Revive-Buried-Urban-Creeks/

When We Revive Buried Urban Creeks, What Can Happen? | The Tyee
Spurred by advocates, Vancouver has ‘daylighted’ some paved-over waterways. Ducks, and people, are flocking.

From TransLink
Elevator replacement work starts at Edmonds SkyTrain Station
Customers can still access trains to Waterfront Station during elevator closures
#Vancouver #Transit #Burnaby
During the repla…

The chemical 6PPD was developed by tire companies in the late 1960s. It’s the reason tires that once lasted between 5k and 10k miles now last 60k to 75k miles.
in addition to coho or silver salmon, 6PPD-Q is lethal to brook trout, lake trout, coastal cutthroat trout, rainbow trout, and white-spotted char.
3 billion new tires are produced globally every year, and 800 million are discarded. Every one of those new and used tires contains 6PPD.

'I just love doing it': Meet the B.C. man winning international awards for his maps
Jeff Clark has made maps of Vancouver Island and the Sea-to-Sky, and is planning to explore more parts of B.C.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-col

#Vancouver #cycles
Users of the 29th Avenue & Valley Drive bike routes will be pleased to know that (after much delay) the section of Nanton Avenue between Arbutus and Valley has this afternoon been blacktopped. There are now directional, segregated bike lanes with a narrow street for vehicles leaving no …

Vancouver airport parkade might never be finished, construction halted 6 years ago
#YVR #Vancouver #airport #parking
“We see fewe…

Vancouver airport parkade might never be finished, construction halted 6 years ago
The parkade was part of a $9 billion expansion plan announced in 2018, but construction was halted in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #ThroughTheNight
Imant Raminsh, Vancouver Chamber Choir & Jon Washburn:
🎵 Ave Verum Corpus
#ImantRaminsh #VancouverChamberChoir #JonWashburn

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #ThroughTheNight
Alexander Borodin, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra & Bramwell Tovey:
🎵 Prince Igor (Overture)
#AlexanderBorodin #VancouverSymphonyOrchestra #BramwellTovey

It's official! This Sunday will be the last "leap forward" in BC!
As of next November, the Vancouver time zone in British Columbia, Canada will be referred to as "Pacific Time" and will be -7GMT permanently. (same as Yukon Territory which did this 2 years ago)
The presser was pretty cute actually. They had kids with little clocks, and they danced.
I would have preferred staying at Standard Time, but this will be ok too. It's interesting that Premier Eby made a point of (gently, as there were kids) insisting the delay of 6 years since the overwhelming survey response from British Columbians to eliminate the time change was due to waiting for the US West Coast states to do the same.
Now, BC has decided to push, and to lead by example.
#BCPoli #DST #PacificTime #TimeChange #California #Oregon #Yukon #WashingtonState

Good Morning #Canada
We're only at #11 on our ##CanadaRivers countdown but it's legendary for a number of reasons. The Fraser River is the longest river within British Columbia, rising at Fraser Pass near Blackrock Mountain in the Rocky Mountains and flowing for 1,375 km into the Strait of Georgia just south of the City of Vancouver. The river drains a watershed of 233,100 km2 and each year it discharges about 20 million tons of sediment into the ocean. Named for explorer Simon Fraser, the river courses through more than a half-dozen distinct geo-climactic zones, North America’s most diverse indigenous landscape and the essence of B.C. history.
It's a relatively young river, at just over 9,500 years old, and also virtually pristine through it's upper reaches because of #Salmon. The river attracts millions of spawning Salmon every year and the fishing industry fought to keep the Fraser from being dammed to protect spawning grounds.
#CanadaIsAwesome #Ecosystem
https://youtu.be/CjXgkm49DOI

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #ThroughTheNight
Wesley Foster, Nicola Tipton, William Jenkins, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Vancouver Chamber Choir & Jon Washburn:
🎵 4 Notturni
#WesleyFoster #NicolaTipton #WilliamJenkins #WolfgangAmadeusMozart #VancouverChamberChoir

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #ThroughTheNight
Daniel Swift, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra & Édouard Lalo:
🎵 2 Aubades for orchestra
#DanielSwift #VancouverSymphonyOrchestra #ÉdouardLalo
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🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #ThroughTheNight
Alexander Glazunov, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra & Kazuyoshi Akiyama:
🎵 The Seasons (Op.67) - ballet in 1 act
#AlexanderGlazunov #VancouverSymphonyOrchestra #KazuyoshiAkiyama

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #ThisClassicalLife
Samuel Barber, James Ehnes, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra & Bramwell Tovey:
🎵 Violin Concerto Op. 14: 1st mvmt Allegro
#SamuelBarber #JamesEhnes #VancouverSymphonyOrchestra #BramwellTovey

From Translink
More frequent and reliable transit is coming to Metro Vancouver this spring, as TransLink increases bus service on 42 routes. These changes will help relieve overcrowding on the system, reduce congestion on the roads, and improve customer convenience around the region.

TransLink’s Spring Service Changes take effect Monday, April 20, and include:
Improvements on five of the most overcrowded routes: #99, R4, #335, #240, and #106.
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🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #ThroughTheNight
Samuel Barber, James Ehnes, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra & Bramwell Tovey:
🎵 Violin Concerto, Op 14
#SamuelBarber #JamesEhnes #VancouverSymphonyOrchestra #BramwellTovey