Vancouver, By The Sea
A few dozen local accounts worth following to engage with the pulse of this city. Leans a little to the left. 😉
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@kurtiskolt.bsky.social
@backstagerider.bsky.social
Mikala (Mih-Kay-La, She/Her). I created music memoir site BackstageRider.com (which got hacked & I need to rebuild it but am alive on socials @backstagerider). I am a 🇨🇦🇩🇰Music-Obsessed-Writer-Photog-GigGoer-Pagan-Goth-Spoonie-Foodie-Traveller-Settler.🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🍉🧡✊🏿🤘🏼
@whitecapsfc.com
This is the official account of Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Voyageurs Cup Champions 2015, 2022, 2023 & 2024 🏆 #VWFC #FIFTYTGTHR Single match tickets now on sale! 🎟️ https://bit.ly/2025SingleTicketsSocial
@vanalogueyvr.bsky.social
Vancouver heritage advocate, researcher, writer, photographer, walking tour guide, and flâneur (flâneuse). Author: Mount Pleasant Stories: Historical Walking Tours - 2023 City of Vancouver Heritage Award recipient. Contributor at Scout Magazine.
@premgill.bsky.social
@krug.bsky.social
Techartist, quasi-sage, cyberpunk anti-hero from the future. Sandboxing AI w/ Kris Krüg - The Early Edition - CBC Radio One Vancouver Founder, CEO - Future Proof Creatives Host - Vancouver AI Community Meetups
@bowinnma.bsky.social
BC Minister of Infrastructure. BC NDP MLA for North Vancouver-Lonsdale. A professional engineer and working mom, Bowinn has served North Vancouver since 2017. #bcpoli
@ubcjournalism.bsky.social
News on student life, teaching and research at the UBC School of Journalism, Writing, and Media.
@nikisharma.bsky.social
Deputy Premier and Attorney General of BC. MLA for Vancouver-Hastings. Lawyer. Advocate for people & the planet, star gazer💫
@visionzerovancouver.ca
Every year in Metro Vancouver, car crashes kill 100 people. We can get to zero by demanding that governments design transportation systems to put safety first. http://linkin.bio/visionzeroyvr
@jj-mccullough.bsky.social
Award-winning Canadian YouTube man who has not won any awards.
@timothytaylor.bsky.social
Novelist, journalist, creative writing professor. New novel 2024: The Rise and Fall of Magic Wolf. Podcast 2025: The Hidden Holocaust Papers
@jmcelroy.bsky.social
Vancouver journalist. Currently decompressing after going to 52 countries in 52 weeks. Strives to tell unique stories. http://moremcbarges.ca http://instagram.com/justindmcelroy
@pfbvan.bsky.social
YVR's legendary independent bookstore. Est. 6/00. 'The pessimism of the intellect, the optimism of the will.' (Gramsci). 2025 Living Wage employer.
@guyfelicella.bsky.social
I support both harm reduction and recovery. Overcame decades of homelessness and addiction. I Breakdown misinformation. Inspirational speaker. ADHD is my gift 🎁. Opinions are my own.
@meaghanthumath.bsky.social
Clinician Scientist. Humanitarian (WHO, Red Cross). Clinical Assistant Prof at the University of British Columbia. Trudeau Scholar & Member of Wolfson College, University of Oxford.
@andreawoo.bsky.social
Vancouver steam clock critic, Globe and Mail journalist AndreaWoo@globeandmail.com instagram.com/andreawoo
@pennydaflos.bsky.social
CTV News Vancouver journalist & coffee enthusiast 🇨🇦 Reporting style: confrontation with a smile Big on BC issues, including healthcare #bcpoli #vanpoli
@greatdismal.bsky.social
Author of Neuromancer and, most recently, Agency (still above from “Kill Switch”, The X-Files, Season 5, Episode 11, co-written with Tom Maddox)
@khelsilem.bsky.social
Posting live from Squamish Nation territory (Vancouver, BC). Posts are my opinion, which is subject to change based on new information.
@sterritt.bsky.social
Investigative journalist. Author of national bestseller #Unbroken. Land Back podcast host. TV reporter at CBC. https://greystonebooks.com/products/unbroken
@fabulavancouver.bsky.social
Cities are life! Writing about Vancouver region urban issues, politics, housing + more for Globe and Mail mainly, BCBusiness, Vancouver mag, and a few more. Grand-daughter of Saskatchewan farmers, mom/step-mom to four millennials coping with housing market
@sqwabb.bsky.social
Formerly an artist (commercial sort); not much of a dog lover; always an avid reader. Currently a homeless binner in Vancouver, BC Canada. He/him. sqwabb@gmail.com http://sqwabb.wordpress.com
@lidsville.bsky.social
Writer. Upcoming book on UN Habitat ‘76: http://habitat76.ca Lidsville was a psychedelic 70s kids show about surreal cartoon villains, which feels apropos. Comms/strategy on climate, forests, Site C dam, housing speculation. PS Covid is not over
@dorothywoodend.bsky.social
Culture Editor for The Tyee. Instagram animal: https://www.instagram.com/dorothywoodend/
@danmanganmusic.com
Natural Light - May 16 // txt me “😇” @ 310-347-4597 to join back end effort
@miss604.com
Vancouver blogger Miss604.com 🦋 Co-Author: Bluesky for Dummies (May 2025) 💻 Managing Partner sixty4media 📰 Columnist & Photographer 📚 Author & Technical Editor ⭐️ Nonprofit Board Vice President 💟 @johnbollwitt.com
@vancolour.bsky.social
📺TV: “This is VANCOLOUR” on CHEK + 📻Radio: CBC’s On The Coast - "Soapbox Social" The most bleeped political commentator in B.C. https://chekplus.ca/m/xPrh1pKc/this-is-vancolour
@ptfry.bsky.social
Vancouver City Councillor. Fighting corruption and greed. UBCM Director, planning commission, arts/culture, dog-guy. Green.
@christineboyle.bsky.social
BC Minister of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation. BC NDP MLA for Vancouver-Little Mountain. Community builder.
@jenstden.bsky.social
Vancouver journalist covering politics and housing for TheTyee.ca Instagram and TikTok: @jenstdenis Email: jstdenis at thetyee dot ca
@viawesome.bsky.social
Keeping Vancouver in the know about news, food, Canucks hockey, and events since 2008. Miss us on Meta? Sign up for our newsletters: http://bit.ly/47G6jjw
@theaaronchapman.bsky.social
Vancouver BC Historian, Author, Musician, & Voice Actor lately! 2 time BC Book Prize Winner. Elected to Royal Historical Society in 2020. Co-host of the Chat Room on Sportsnet 650am. Ask around, my story checks out.
@thetyee.ca
Independent BC-based journalism swimming against the current. Paywall-free since 2003. support.thetyee.ca
@vancityreynolds.bsky.social
owner: Aviation Gin - Mint Mobile - Maximum Effort - Wrexham AFC
@kurtiskolt.bsky.social
Giving this a whirl. Vancouver. Food. Wine. Culture. Opinion. Instagram.com/KurtisKolt