From the Vancouver Green Party
"Last night, Vancouver elected its first Green mayor. We are honoured, and grateful to every one of you who made it possible.
Every one of our Green candidates was elected, and we are ready to start the hard work of representing this city.
Your elected Vancouver Greens are:
Mayor: Pete Fry
City Council: Annette Reilly, Stephanie Smith, Camil Dumont, Bridget Burns
Park Board: Tom Digby, Spencer Van Vloten, Breanne Smart
RE: https://mastodon.social/@vincefried/117457406185106374
Ok this almost makes me want a duo.
TransLink replacing 40-year-old elevator at Patterson SkyTrain Station
Upgrade will improve accessibility and reliability
#Vancouver #Transit #SkyTrain
What's happening: Starting Nov. 3, the nearly 40-ye…
There’s a LOT of water between Sydney, Australia, and Vancouver, Canada!
14.5 hours in a metal tube making my way home from #ICANN87. (And then one more 5-ish hour flight to Montreal.)
Gesucht: AfD-Politiker, die eine einzige Regel befolgen. Nichts sagen, was auch ein SS-Obersturmbannführer gesagt hätte. Bewerbung bitte ohne Reichskarte hinterm Schreibtisch, ohne „Stürmer“-Zitat auf Instagram und ohne Theorie, wonach die Rothschilds die Titanic versenkt haben. Justus Bender kommentiert im FAZ Newsletter und hat die Absagen gesammelt. #AfD #Rechtsextremismus #Antisemitismus https://view.nl.faz.net/?qs=ACJ7ImQiOjUwMzYsInQiOjY0ODgsInAiOiJWVyIsInMiOjd9AAcAAAAACCMbnYJ0COQgLXWuBIB_n8q0TU3r_VDGE-VfC1uQyn3z8BqmXdyFfbY6Q7vMbcbgpZQc-_VMKvRZpMExOOpHW68QdWIwcHg61X4UNxAJmAqtRGg
From The Columbian
Plan for high-speed rail from Portland to Vancouver, B.C. advances
Project aims to determine viability of new train system
The route would not replace the Amtrak Cascades trains that run between Vancouver BC and Eugene OR
The high speed rail line could someday offer trains capable of traveling 160-250 mph between "the other Vancouver" in Canada, Seattle and Portland.
The rest of the article is behind a paywall. And picture they have …
Vancouver elects a green mayor.
i wonder if the bike lanes return to Stanley Park?
50 meter pool returns to Aquatic Center
#vanpoli
From Translink
Bruno Mars becomes the first musical artist to lend his voice to a SkyTrain station announcement.
The special announcement will play at Stadium–Chinatown Station on five concert days, from October 14 to 21.
The collaboration with Warner Music Canada generates additional advertising revenue to help support transit service in Metro Vancouver.
SkyTrain customers are in for a surprise this week as global superstar Bruno Mars becomes the latest celebrity gue…
Time to 🛫 from Montreal -> Vancouver. From there it is a 15 hour flight to Brisbane, then another 6-ish hour flight to Bali, Indonesia.
It turns out it takes a long time to fly to the other side of the world! 😃
#ICANN87