Justin McElroy 🇨🇦
@jmcelroy
Vancouver journalist. Strives to tell unique stories.
the great thing about not working fridays is you have plenty of time to do emotionally fulfilling things like enjoy a liminal space untouched since christmas in a dying mall for your niche podcast
vancouver's first ai election is still three months away but we're starting out incredibly strong
"Now, this is not totalitarian. Democracy is happening. The democratically elected mayor of Vancouver announced this idea three years ago." Here's my story on Day 1 of the public hearing for Vancouver's villages rezoning proposal, and why it looks like an uphill battle. www.cbc.ca/listen/cbc-p...
a fun example of how Charts Can Lie: the first image is how our software automatically formatted the numbers I entered about Vancouver home sales the last three years and the second image is what it looks like if you show the baseline as zero
enough of you asked me about the politician in the speedo at yesterday's press conference so here is some ACCOUNTABILITY JOURNALISM
newest social media obsession is vancity vibe, a context free image outlet that among standard engagement posts is increasingly doing “ken sim is a big strong mayor fighting for you” content being shared by abc councillors it’s probably nothing
It’s Pierre Berton vs. Nardwuar in the quarterfinals of UBC’s famous alumni bracket and I know who’s gonna win and I love the Serviette BUT as a proud Ubyssey alum I am obligated to rep it against CITR and remind people of how vast Breton’s influence is magazine.alumni.ubc.ca/2026/most-fa...
your periodic reminder that real estate associations are always trying to tell you that the market is HEATING UP and you need to get in NOW a 0.9 per cent increase in sales compared to the same month the previous year after three years of sales being flatter than a pancake is close to meaningless
counter press conference the man in the speedo is park board vice chair vancouver
Ken Sim says that if re-elected he will stop trying to get rid of the independently elected park board. He says ABC will run a slate of candidates and try and reform the park board — which was his plan four years ago until he tried to get rid of it and lost his majority.
Vancouver's Stanley Park has a pop-up mini golf course for the summer, but at $25 per adult, is it worth it? here is my very important journalism
we've got a new WORST MALL in metro vancouver! Congratulations to Bentall Mall, who get out of the bottom spot by virtue of having a decent food court
ho hum, another mountain and lake a couple hours from my home where the main complaint is too many people enjoy unparalleled access to nature’s wonder in a way the rest of world would kill for anyway lindeman lake was nice
reminder to ask councillor mike klassen what part of my reporting is "moronic" next time i chat with him
If the Vancouver police can’t explain why they need an extra $200,000 a week on top of their $497 million budget to police five blocks of car free activities, then I can make videos pointing out how much that works out to every hour for every block. We’ll update if they provide more information.
Vancouver approved $4.75 million to make five blocks of Granville Street car free for seven more weeks. But the organizations they gave the money to — the VPD and BIA — can't say what that money will be spent on. Here's our story on a plan being made up on the fly. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
I hate seeing another bad local day in my industry every six months and feeling the need to write down my thoughts about it. I am so lucky that a lot of people really appreciate what I do. But I am continually sad about what's happened around me.
We asked the Vancouver Police Department why it will cost $200,000 per week, on top of their $497 million budget, to police a car-free Granville strip for six additional weeks this summer. They refused to answer.
every politician talking about the last vancouver game like it’s the end of high school and vitamin c is playing
Saturday morning I watched Canada vs. Morocco in a Squamish bar and Sunday evening I’m watching England vs. Mexico in a Squamish bar and in between I hiked 27km and camped in the middle of the backcountry and anyway you cut it that’s a great weekend
but the point is audiences can tell when someone has jumped the shark! this video has LAYERS and is definitely not self indulgent in any way
the instagram election is here here’s my video about local politicians pivoting to short form video it also includes an elaborate parody of subway takes for one simple reason: i found it very funny
Lenny does this thing where every two months he'll do a monologue that his opponents are rabid partisans, but he is a good person that loves Vancouver and only cares about facts instead of feelings And then every once in a while he posts stuff like this It tires both his opponents, and his team
excited for the content leaders of tomorrow to learn about our complex patchwork of regional government!!!1!1!!!