Alex Burton
@AlexSBurton
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engaged citizen, prosecutor, father, husband. Tweets are my own, (he/him) on the traditional lands of xʷməθkʷəy̓əm Sḵwx̱wú7mesh & səlilwətaɬ
Vancouver, British Columbia
Joined July 2012
Have no posted here since end of July. When the brand was changed to X I decided it was time to go - just can't support a platform run by someone who's behaviour, opinions, & language is so damaging. You can find me on the other platform run by the other guy (it's not perfect).
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Hello @ParkBoard. A coyote was seen in Douglas park. Not sure if someone else reported this, but it is next to a playground for little kids and not a natural habitat for coyotes. I am hoping something can be done to address the situation before someone is hurt. Thanks.
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It is the Day of Commemoration of the Great Upheaval. This day remembers the Acadian Expulsion, which began on this day in 1755. From 1755 to 1764, 11,500 Acadians were deported from the Maritimes. Of those, over 5,000 died. Learn more 👇 https://t.co/HAXGsK6bGg
canadaehx.com
Donate to Canadian History Ehx at The Duke William was travelling across the Atlantic Ocean in October 1758, towards France, in a convoy of nine other vessels, loaded with 360 people who had been t…
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Terry Fox would have turned 65 today. Just saying his name still makes hearts fill with pride. More than 40 years after he ran his final steps. 🇨🇦💪🏻
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75% of Canadian Jews oppose the judicial overhaul. The largest Jewish institutions in the US, UK, and everywhere else -- including JFNA -- have come out opposed to the judicial overhaul. What on earth are @UJAFederation @JewishVancouver @FederationCJA waiting for?
Six months of protest. Of pleading with the international community. Save Israeli democracy. In Canada, our institutions remain silent. We say enough is enough. Join us in writing to your local @jfederations leaders to tell them: silence is complicity! https://t.co/iwXHT7fNU0
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Disappointed by this statement from the @jfederations. One of Israel's great response to criticism is that it is a liberal democracy, under the rule of law, w/ an independent judiciary. The present gov't action undermines that & makes defending the Zionist project harder.
.@jfederations are deeply pained over the growing polarization we have witnessed in Israeli society as a result of the judicial reform process. It’s clear that the work of building our Jewish State continues, and we reaffirm our commitment to this work.
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We join @ukrcancongress in condemning the vandalism against a Canadian-Ukrainian summer camp. Targeting a place young people frequent makes this crime even more despicable.
Appalling act of hate against Ukrainian camp in Quebec, sign to the Sainte-Sophie camp was vandalized with the letter “Z” – and “Wagner” #cdnpoli
https://t.co/XFbvhzJrMp
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May today be a time of deep reflection and unity. Today, we also recommit ourselves to the fight against antisemitism, ensuring that prejudice and hatred have no place in our society. Together, let us work towards a future where tolerance, understanding, and respect prevail.
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CONDOLENCES: Holocaust survivor David “Dugo” Leitner was born in Nyíregyháza, Hungary in 1930. He was just 14 when the Nazis invaded his hometown and sent him and his family to Auschwitz-Birkenau. Dugo was assigned sewage duty and narrowly escaped the gas chamber numerous times,
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This nonsense is just wrong. Fact check it from any reliable source from any country except Russia. Putin never officially sent troops in (remember the men in green!), so how does he withdraw troops in good faith. #RFK Jr. is ad dangerous as Trump.
RFK Jr: Because of our pushing the Ukraine into the war— Hannity: We pushed them to it or did Putin invade—
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An underrated part of the problem with B.C. Ferries is that in the last 30 years the province gained an extra 1.5 million people, but the number of sailings and the size of the ships is pretty much what it was in the 1990s
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Not like @acoyne to miss a news cycle... like the one where this exchange took place after the winning candidate made an ill-advised & provocative statement suggesting the governing party is beholden to the Communist Party of China. Maybe he just felt it was best to look forward.
Bravo to both of you. More of this spirit, please.
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Great (and funny) thread from @robgermain about the new (and old) @CHEK_News logo. What an incredible success story they are and proof there is a lot of demand for good, local, content.
In 2001, our former corporate bosses thought it was a good idea to shorten CHEK's name to 'CH'. To add insult, they created a horrible CH logo that resembled a sad face 😕. The new brand flopped. They reluctantly reverted back to using @CHEK_News after 5 years.
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With all these Fed. Liberal ministers announcing they won't be running again, the guessing game of who won't be in the new cabinet got a lot easier. #cdnpoli
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@LGJanetAustin @kbolan Excellent choice. Selection of one of the best journalists in the province adds to the prestige of the award itself.
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I'm pleased to share the second recipient of the Lieutenant Governor's BC Journalism Fellowship is Kim Bolan, an experienced & award-winning journalist who has covered gangs in British Columbia for the past 25 years @kbolan @JackWebsterFdn
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Just a fantastic idea. Thabks to @LesliBoldt for sharing. #FoodSecurity #hunger #poverty #foodwaste
https://t.co/XhVe7IjxJe
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Tony Colley describes Be One To Give (B12Give), an app he founded to combat food waste insecurity in the Greater Toronto Area, as an "UberEats-style delivery platform, but strictly for surplus food."
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This statement is not worthy of a newly elected MP: "I wanted to go over to Liberal headquarters to invite them to participate in our celebration here tonight. The only problem was there were no direct flights from Calgary to Beijing."
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The federal Conservatives coasted to victory Monday to fill a seat left vacant after MP Bob Benzen called it quits last year.
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