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Brendan Kergin

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Vancouver is Awesome reporter, covering news, quirk and history.

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I love the idea that *this* US government, which has been nabbing landscapers and five year olds knows where Iranian sleeper cells are but just hasn’t gotten around to doing anything about it yet.

12.03.2026 01:21 πŸ‘ 11732 πŸ” 3101 πŸ’¬ 369 πŸ“Œ 92

Part of all this is other words do go with the double ee, like reevaluate, reengage, and reeducation. And to be honest, I've never looked at the evolution-revolution etymology, but that seems odd

12.03.2026 00:22 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I guess it would be the structure, it's re-enforce in my mind

11.03.2026 21:16 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Photos: Big float home off remote part of Vancouver Island for sale It might be off the grid but it still comes with some luxury.

Photos: Big float home off remote part of Vancouver Island for sale

06.03.2026 15:20 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Gallery: Historic photos show Vancouver's Granville Street in 1880s From the earliest days of the city.

Gallery: Historic photos show Vancouver's Granville Street in 1880s

08.03.2026 16:24 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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5 more things you probably didn't know about food in Vancouver From Dad's Cookies to Conviction Kitchen to sliced bread, here are a few fun food facts.

5 more things you probably didn't know about food in Vancouver

08.03.2026 23:35 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Raccoons like puzzles according to Vancouver researchers They kept solving puzzles even though there weren't any marshmallows.

Raccoons like puzzles according to Vancouver researchers

09.03.2026 21:11 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I did know there were other words that fit the pattern; those two just worked out well

11.03.2026 16:16 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Reenforce

11.03.2026 16:16 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I think we should reevaluate that and reengage later.

11.03.2026 02:38 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

It's always bothered me that reinforced is spelled with an 'I.'

Anyone else?

No?

10.03.2026 23:49 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

If you follow "1 4 3 Canada" anywhere, please stop.

AI slop like this literally steals the work of local journalists. My friend's livelihood depends on readers seeing and sharing his work.

#Canada #Journalism #NoAI

10.03.2026 17:34 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It's 1 4 3 Canada, btw, and they're ripping off lots of material from everyone

10.03.2026 16:44 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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A peek at what media faces; I did a community weather story recently, and just came across an AI rip-off of it.
AI isn't just being used to rip off the big news outlets, but at the community level, too.
BTW, the page is verified with 20k followers on Facebook, where I can't post my own story

10.03.2026 16:43 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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β€˜WILL YOU LEAD IRAN?’

08.03.2026 23:52 πŸ‘ 174 πŸ” 35 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 3
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'Bigger and Weirder': Weird Al to play Vancouver show this summer The parody king will be bringing his accordion and a sad clown.

'Bigger and Weirder': Weird Al to play Vancouver show this summer

09.03.2026 18:29 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Inside a Surrey β€˜Local News’ Site Run by AI | The Tyee Surrey Speak published fake news about a mayoral candidate and an AI-generated picture of a real murder victim.

Inside a Surrey 'Local News' Site Run by AI via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2026/03...

04.03.2026 20:35 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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This image, viewed millions of times on Instagram, X and Telegram, purports to show an attack on a US base near Erbil International Airport.

The image is AI-generated. Google's SynthID finds watermarks in the image indicating it was made with Google AI.

03.03.2026 06:19 πŸ‘ 178 πŸ” 49 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 4

'There are too many raisins in the world,'
- @courtneydickson.bsky.social

02.03.2026 04:45 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Guardian has identified the Columbia student abducted by DHS as Ellie Aghayeva. She posted the IG story below:

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

26.02.2026 17:22 πŸ‘ 1903 πŸ” 769 πŸ’¬ 22 πŸ“Œ 24
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WTF

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

26.02.2026 17:36 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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TIL

25.02.2026 20:14 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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B.C. house inspired by Frank Lloyd Wright selling for $5M Does it look Wright-like to you?

Neat!
www.vancouverisawesome.com/real-estate-...

25.02.2026 18:47 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

I could see it going on TikTok or something, at least the call, if not the visuals

18.02.2026 19:29 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Watch the Inuktitut call of Mitch Marner's overtime goal vs Czechia on Day 12 of Milano Cortina 2026
Watch the Inuktitut call of Mitch Marner's overtime goal vs Czechia on Day 12 of Milano Cortina 2026 YouTube video by CBC Sports

Amazing call (no, I don't speak Inuktitut):
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFol...

18.02.2026 19:05 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

Every late night TV show writer in the world is sharpening the knives for this one.

18.02.2026 00:15 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Gallery: Historic aerial photos show downtown Vancouver in the 1960s The photos show the city as towers began to be built.

Gallery: Historic aerial photos show downtown Vancouver in the 1960s

04.02.2026 00:03 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Vancouver museums heating up on Valentine's Day with adults-only events Guess who's breaking out the 'graphic, R-rated artifacts' they keep out of the displays?

Vancouver museums heating up on Valentine's Day with adults-only events

04.02.2026 20:45 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A google earth view of Vancouver Harbour, Digital Orca

A google earth view of Vancouver Harbour, Digital Orca

People of Google Earth 1

#peopleofgoogleearth

05.02.2026 22:34 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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They also blacked out portions of this newspaper article

05.02.2026 20:09 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0