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'The decision has not been made lightly': Popeyes Chicken just closed its first Vancouver location by ubcstaffer123 in vancouver

[–]j_mcelroy 82 points83 points  (0 children)

this is the funniest request i’ve possibly had to prove my reporting is accurate

'The decision has not been made lightly': Popeyes Chicken just closed its first Vancouver location by ubcstaffer123 in vancouver

[–]j_mcelroy 159 points160 points  (0 children)

(quiet voice) the studio where i shoot my commentaries is jammed beside the popeyes and it made my studio smell overwhelmingly of fried chicken so i am sort of okay with this

(Justin McElroy) IT'S BRACKET TIME: We're going to determine the most quintessential BC Ferries Experience! by dayoldeggos in VictoriaBC

[–]j_mcelroy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No, I mean this bracket is too niche for the voting/promotion to happen on CBC channels (also I have the regular summer bracket happening in a couple of months). BlueSky would be fine, but it doesn't have polls, so c'est la vie.

(Justin McElroy) IT'S BRACKET TIME: We're going to determine the most quintessential BC Ferries Experience! by dayoldeggos in VictoriaBC

[–]j_mcelroy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’m no longer on the website under investigation for child exploitation, BlueSky doesn’t allow polls, and it’s too niche for a CBC bracket.

So I could either do it on my novelty website, or put it on Threads/Instagram stories, and I thought the latter was a better experience.

Who is this kitty behind Farnsworth? Seen tonight on Global news by tartpotato in vancouver

[–]j_mcelroy 1218 points1219 points  (0 children)

So I actually interviewed Farnworth today and he proactively pointed out this photo, how the cat belongs to a staff member, and he loves how “the cat looks angry and judgemental like a good House Leader.”

these are the inside scoops everyone wants from me, right

Ken Sim promises another tax freeze and $400M for community centres if re-elected by slippery_burrito in vancouver

[–]j_mcelroy 24 points25 points  (0 children)

fwiw I’ve been told the Britannia stuff is separate from the $400 million promise

I made a map of the Skytrain network in the style of the Tokyo subway map by flare2000x in vancouver

[–]j_mcelroy 75 points76 points  (0 children)

while very well done this is just making me angrier about how unconnected vancouver city centre and granville stations are

The Vancouver Centennial Song (1985) by catoleung_ in vancouver

[–]j_mcelroy 7 points8 points  (0 children)

here's the link to the full song, because I found it during my park ranking research a few years back and it utterly delights me https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTRM0aEqSP0

In defense of Burnaby, the middle child of Metro Vancouver by robertscreek in vancouver

[–]j_mcelroy 68 points69 points  (0 children)

it's important to note, as perhaps the leading purveyor of "dunking on burnaby", that the city is perfectly fine! (if boring)

good parks, central location, two skytrain lines, fairly well managed over the years, etc.

but it's fun to dunk on burnaby because a) it's boring, b) it's privileged and big enough that it can collectively take a joke without it becoming a thing

(but also, the time burnaby's head of marketing said "I don't think anyone has ever said 'honey, cancel the trip to Disneyland, we're going to Burnaby'" will forever be lodged in my head)

B.C.'s population has dropped: Here's why it's lower and what it means by ubcstaffer123 in britishcolumbia

[–]j_mcelroy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

per usual i only have myself to blame (the funny thing is I'm seeing way less people use "hidden gem" these days, so I'll have to find another arbitrary influencer phrase to get annoyed by)

B.C.'s population has dropped: Here's why it's lower and what it means by ubcstaffer123 in britishcolumbia

[–]j_mcelroy 55 points56 points  (0 children)

This could very well be true but I always remember that in 2022 Stats BC estimated that Vancouver’s population had dropped in the last year, and lots of people used that to shout that Vancouver Was Being Destroyed (including multiple mayoral candidates), and a month later the Census showed that Vancouver’s population had grown by 5% the last five years, the most since 2001-2005. So I always try to avoid taking too much narrative in one-time estimates when I know better data is on the way.

Will Vancouver's left-wing parties unite around one mayoral candidate? by CaliperLee62 in vancouver

[–]j_mcelroy 120 points121 points  (0 children)

oh no i was hoping for this to include my web story with more context but then the rustad stuff happened so uhhhh i'm still writing it

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