Chef Bill drew inspiration from Mexico 🇲🇽 for this week’s #zucchiniflowers - deconstructed enchiladas! Rioja chorizo from Oyama Sausage & shiitake mushrooms🍄‍🟫; blue corn🌽tortillas grilled & sliced; fresh cilantro🌿; jalapeño jack cheese🧀on top🔝; in BBQ & served w Fresh is Best best salsa & sour cream!

Coming up at 11:05 AM on CKNW AM 730 w guest host Rob Fai & Rachael Segal to talk Pierre Poilievre-Caroline Elliott fight over Ontario Conservatives ; condo, buyout, or bailout; Massey Tunnel & more! #bcpoli #vanpoli #cdnpoli

Chef Shirley Ross did unusual #ZucchiniFlowers: a dessert version! Stuffed w mascarpone cheese; fresh BC peaches🍑; 12-year-old #KnobCreek Bourbon 🥃; grated ginger🫚; dried Thai purple basil🌿; chile flakes; & ginger pieces! Truly surprising & delicious! #zucchiniflower #stuffedzucchiniflowers

I join Mike Smyth at 11:06 AM to talk Mark Carney-David Eby deal for billions - oil pipeline to South Coast; North Coast tanker ban remains; Massey Tunnel money; Red Chris Mine; BC Nurses Union job action #bcpoli #vanpoli

Happy Canada 🍁 Day from my roof in Kitsilano - celebrating with an Empress 1908 Indigo Gin martini🍸from Victoria Distillers! Blue colour from the butterfly pea blossom.

Happy Canada🍁Day! At 10:05 AM I join Mike Smyth on CKNW AM730 to talk: CUSMA Deadline Day - US says they will go to annual reviews; new BC Conservative leader Kerry-Lynne Findlay gives her hard right MLA supporters all the top paid jobs, but leaves most critic roles in place; Alberta pipeline?

Chef Bill made a deconstructed vodka martini 🍸 for this week’s #zucchiniflowers - stuffed with Chavroux goat cheese with chives, chopped olives 🫒& Terra sourdough bread 🥖; then flambéed in Ketel One Dutch vodka & dressed with a lemon 🍋 twist! Very tasty Chef Shirley agreed!😋 #zucchiniflower

Time to join Mike Smyth at 11:05 AM Friday on CKNW AM 730 to talk 24 Sussex restoration go-fund-me; condo bailout/buyout details; and CUSMA deadline July 1 - will Trump walk? #bcpoli #vanpoli

I join Mike Smyth at 10:05 AM on CKNW AM 730🎙️to talk: big rents & small rooms - backlash against Senakw high-rises; Canada lost FIFA game, #Vancouver is losing tourists seeing open drug use; coyote kills dog in Trout Lake Park - time for action?🎯#bcpoli #vanpoli

I’m on CKNW AM 730 at 10:05 AM Wednesday with host Mike Smyth to talk water 💦 to Point Roberts despite Stage 3 restrictions here; more condo bailout controversy; and David Eby to China trade mission #bcpoli #vanpoli

Many thanks to Kyle and www.theJunkHaulers.ca crew of hard working pros for restoring our garden 🪴- after moving it over a year ago! I highly recommend them!

I am a happy man! Shirley is a happy woman! Our beautiful roof deck garden has returned after a literal year in storage at a kind friend’s backyard while our building got a new roof; everything has survived the year away and the move, including my giant windmill palm tree and I in the elevator!

Sommelier Bill paired with Tantalus Bear Chardonnay 2025 from East Kelowna – lovely!

Chef Shirley Ross used traditional fresh English peas🫛with a twist – #zucchiniflowers in sauce with Empress 1908 Gin, which is infused with indigo, giving it the blue colour! Chef used both burrata and Parmesan cheese🧀,bacon bits, bacon, jam, and mint🌿, giving them a delicious flavour!😋

I join guest host Robin Gill at 10:05 AM on CKNW AM 730 to talk about Trump “not needing”CUSMA & trying to stop the Gordie Howe Bridge opening; & new BC Conservative Leader Kerry-Lynne Findley hiring ex-BC Unity Party Leader Chris Delaney as chief of staff #bcpoli #vanpoli #cdnpoli

Chef👨🏼‍🍳Bill went Italian for this week stuffed #zucchiniflowers - arancini style! Stuffed with burrata cheese; wild rice;🍚fresh basil🌿& chives; lemon 🍋 rind and Limoncello liquor; egg🥚washed; dipped in panko breadcrumbs and fried! Delicious!😋 Paired with Borrigiano 2019 Il Borro🍷 #zucchiniflower

I join host Mike Smyth at 11:05 AM Friday on CKNW AM 730 radio 📻 with Rachael Segal on the new KLF era for BC Conservatives; sexual assault charges against an ex-BC Con MLA who planned to rejoin caucus; FIFA hoses World Cup fans who want water 💦 #bcpoli #vanpoli #cdnpoli

I join Mike Smyth at 10:05 AM Tuesday on at CKNW AM 730 to talk Kerry-Lynne Findley - new BC Conservative leader; possible new pipeline route in BC - north or south?; Surrey Police Service Chief Constable Norm Lipinski fired #bcpoli #vanpoli

Thank you BC Conservative Party for granting the #BCNDP its wildest dream! 💭The most conservative, hard-right, dubious, divisive candidate - is now the leader of the Official Opposition!😈 #bcpoli #cdnpoli #vanpoli

It’s your last chance today – Sunday, May 31 till 5 PM - to visit my talented artistic wife, Shirley Ross at the Artists in our Midst art show across #Vancouver! Shirley has wonderful jewelry, hand, dyed scarves and photography for sale! www.artistsinourmidst.com

Joining the ArleneBynonShow on SiriusXM @AtCanadaTalks167 at 8 a.m. Tuesday BC time to talk Alberta separatism, Western Premiers' Conference and much more with Geoff Norquay - and could Liberal MP Steven Guilbault resign this week? #cdnpoli #bcpoli

Joining host Mike Smyth Friday at 11:05 AM on CKNW AM 730 with Rachael Segal to talk: Alberta referendum on referendum; Mark Carney warning David Eby; Pierre Poilievre property rights pitch #bcpoli #vanpoli #cdnpoli

I join host Mike Smyth Thursday at 10:05 AM on CKNW AM 730 radio 📻 to talk Mark Carney vs David Eby on resource projects; more bad FIFA news - no #Vancouver conventions during games period; will Alberta Premier Danielle Smith put her own separation question on a referendum? #bcpoli #vanpoli

It’s about choice & it’s about affordability - #Vancouver City Council will vote May 20 on a critical motion to end the imposition of expensive & ineffective measures to heat your home or business, and restore choice. Read my op-ed: billtieleman.blogspot.com/2026/05/vanc... #vanpoli #bcpoli

Joining Jas Johal at 3:05 PM Thursday to talk about supporting a new #Vancouver City motion to repeal ban on natural gas water heater replacements, remove unnecessary cost for stratas, increase housing, small business affordability! #bcpoli #vanpoli BCCADE.ca

I join host Mike Smyth on CKNW AM 730 at 11:05 AM Friday to talk: duelling #BCPoli polls: is the BC NDP 4% ahead or 10% behind BC Conservatives? New #Vancouver overdose prevention site opposed, supported; Alberta uproar over separatists’ actions, data breach #vanpoli #cdnpoli

I join host Mike Smyth Wednesday on CKNW AM 730 at 10:05 AM to talk New Angus Reid Pole with BC NDP 10% behind BC Conservatives; US First Nations try to use DRIPA in BC resource decisions; Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim blocks safe injection site downtown #bcpoli #vanpoli

I talk #bcpoli w guest host Scott Shantz at 10:05 AM Tuesday on CKNW AM 730 about a new Angus Reid poll with the BC NDP 10% pts behind the BC Conservatives; Alberta separatists claim enough signatures for a referendum; & BC softwood lumber shut out of Ottawa tariff relief fund🤬#vanpoli

I join guest host Robin Gill Monday at 10:05 AM on CKNW AM 730 to talk: 3rd “left” mayoral candidate adds to crowded #Vancouver field despite deal; municipalities highly critical of BC government, cutting planned hospital & long term care facilities #bcpoli #vanpoli

I join host Mike Smyth at 10:05 AM Thursday on CKNW AM 730 to talk #FIFA security costs; #Vancouver #Whitecaps popping off? And BC‘s big project plans worth up to $88 billion #bcpoli #vanpoli