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Justin McElroy

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Vancouver guy travelling to 52 countries in 52 weeks. On a break from this website. Strives to tell unique stories.

Vancouver, B.C.

Joined March 2010

Don't wanna be here? Send us removal request.

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Justin McElroy

7 months

Alright, it’s time to wrap things up. I’ll be getting on a train to Toronto at 3pm, and at about 3:15 a friend will be changing my Twitter password and locking me out of here for a year. But if you want to follow along on my travels, here’s where to find me.

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Justin McElroy

4 years

nobody: me: in the history of disney animated movies there have been exactly 18 types of songs, and i'm going to tell you about each of them

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4 years

This is the Disney Songbook Table of Elements. It contains every single original Disney animated song, put in categories, organized by time era, and colour-coded for specific films.

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just to be very clear about why many people seem upset about this comparison: - in the video, the pedestrian is not breaking any laws but the driver is - the driver can be moderately inconvenienced for 2-3 seconds while the pedestrian can be killed

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Pedestrian safety is a two-way street. What pedestrians and drivers can do to make our roadways safer

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3 years

Lytton's Main Street, before and after yesterday's devastating fire. (Photo from a Chilliwack Fire Department member)

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3 years

I just want to point out that the convoy protestors chose a route that involves going down a 2km road where there’s no possible exit or detour through side streets. And the counterprotestors stopped them at the very end of it.

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3 years

Convoy protesters now trying to back out of Terminal

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3 years

@JustinMcElroy today's chart

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Justin McElroy

5 years

If you won't listen to Justin Trudeau, Ryan Reynolds, or any other public figures right now, then at least heed the words of true Canadian royalty.

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1 year

A little update on this: - The marketer deleted the video from their company's TikTok and Instagram accounts - The property management company deleted their posting on Craigslist for the $2000 rentals - We'll be doing a story on this, and I understand other media are as well

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Justin McElroy

1 year

hahahahaha we’re doomed

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1 year

hahahahaha we’re doomed

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Justin McElroy

3 years

A small town in B.C. has the hottest recorded temperature in Canadian history one day, then eclipses that record the very next day, then eclipses it again for a 3rd straight day, and on the 4th day it has a catastrophic fire. It's terrifying.

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Justin McElroy

3 years

a bunch of teenagers added me to a group twitter dm chat and asked me to prom because they thought i was the other justin mcelroy honestly, highlight of the week

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Justin McElroy

3 years

you could write thousands of words about British Columbia's floods happening in the aftermath of a world climate conference full of warnings that we're running out of time or you could look at a single @Ben_Nelms photo

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arguing that a disaster that hit merritt, princeton, vancouver island and the fraser valley isn't connected to climate change because 70 years ago there was a big flood in one of those four regions in an entirely different time of the year isn't the gotcha moment you think it is

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4 years

This Is The Movie (26 entries): - It summarizes the theme of the film or says its title several times - It is at the beginning of the film (exception: Beauty and the Beast, Pocahontas) - It is first sung by a chorus, or an unseen or minor character (exception: Pocahontas)

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Justin McElroy

4 years

Alex Trebek got to live to 80, got to say his final goodbyes to those he loved, got to entertain and educate people around the world, and got to do what he loved until he died. May we all be so blessed.

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Justin McElroy

1 year

does any other millennial vaguely remember listening to tons of warnings in the late 90s/early 2000s about aging baby boomers and the risks to our health care system when they all became seniors unless we made massive reforms? anyway i'm glad we figured it all out

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4 years

anyways that's how i spent my long weekend

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Justin McElroy

3 years

i will never get tired of using this song (credit to @MikePHager and @vangardea for the videos)

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4 years

The Drug Song (7 entries) - Trippy as heck, maybe nightmare inducing? - More an excuse for animators to be creative than advance the plot - Supernatural powers displayed by characters in song are never explained - One could argue every Alice In Wonderland song should be here

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4 years

a "milkshake duck" is when somebody unknown is momentarily loved online but shortly after is found to have awful takes, a "bean dad" is when somebody *known* tweets something dumb, and in trying to defend that dumbness is subsequently found to have awful takes, in this essay i wi

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I Want (26 entries): - It is sung by the main character (exception: the Frozens, Ralph Breaks the Internet) - It is a monologue, sung alone — or to animals! — expressing their greatest desires

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Justin McElroy

2 years

if the rest of canada could politely avert their gaze in a few hours when vancouver gets six inches of snow and we all struggle to function that would be much appreciated

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Justin McElroy

3 years

@JustinMcElroy Justin.

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Justin McElroy

2 years

Hello. I've identified 185 communities in the province of British Columbia that have welcome signs. And in this thread, I'm going to rank every single one.

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Justin McElroy

4 years

hope new followers enjoy my other content: - here's a detailed play-by-play of a public hearing in a suburban town - let's get really excited about a small piece of culture a few thousand people are aware of - my provincial leader makes dumb dad jokes and it annoys me so

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Justin McElroy

2 years

the thing about male privilege is that i have greying hair, receding hair, a beer gut and a weird way of walking, and at no point have i been like "this is worrying for my career as a tv journalist!"

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Justin McElroy

3 years

I have tremendous news about Prince Rupert. In March, the B.C. city of 12,000 had the highest #COVID19 transmission rate in the province. Every adult was offered the chance to be vaccinated. At the peak, there were more than 100 weekly cases. Last week, there were 3.

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4 years

is anyone else struggling with trying to work at the moment

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4 years

The core songs of great Disney movies are in the This Is The Movie/I Want/I'm The Villain/We Should Bone/Cheer Up Kid! categories, particularly once the Disney Renaissance starts. But there are five other song types that are very important to the Disney canon.

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Justin McElroy

1 year

there's a new best human in british columbia and it's 12 year old will from the city of vernon

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Justin McElroy

3 years

2020 Canucks post-draft offseason: resign Virtanen, sign Holtby, trade a 3rd for Schmidt 2021 Canucks post-draft offseason: buyout Virtanen, buyout Holtby, trade Schmidt for a 3rd legitimately hilarious

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Justin McElroy

4 years

Bonnie Henry: "I have no time for people who believe wearing a mask somehow makes them ill or is a lack of freedom."

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Justin McElroy

4 years

Every single song in a Disney animated feature fits into one of these 18 categories. And there are 18 columns in the Table of Elements. I think you know what that means.

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Justin McElroy

3 years

Programming note: today will be the last day of charts. After 18 months, I’ll be heading back to my job of reporting on local politics in Metro Vancouver. I'll do some analysis of the pandemic now and again, but providing the daily numbers ends today.

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2 years

my platform for ceo of bc ferries: - arcade machines that work - buffet brought back or turned into a nap lounge - build a giant hammer that smashes every car that has an alarm go off - shock collars on all high school sports teams - three words: unlimited soft serve

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Justin McElroy

4 years

These 10 song types are the most common in the Disney canon, and they're generally the best at creating memorable moments and moving along the plot. But there are eight other, lesser types of Disney songs that pop up from time to time.

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4 years

okay WOW I HAVE ONE THING AND HE JUST TAKES IT LIKE THAT

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Justin “Hoops” McElroy

4 years

Quick reminder for @WVGovernor . COVID is worse than it has ever been in WV and climbing. Schools reopen on Tuesday. People will die, and it’s on you.

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the government giving us a pandemic trauma game of bingo where crying is the free centre square was not the level of dystopia i was ready for today

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Justin McElroy

1 year

curious how in the middle of the clearing of the tent encampment on hastings street the hastings traffic cameras aren’t working

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Here’s A One Note Character (7 entries) - Is sung by or a minor character who usually only appears once (exception: the harp in Fun and Fancy Free) - Is essentially a short “I Want” or “Here’s My Deal” song by someone you don't care about - Three Alice in Wonderland songs!

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Justin McElroy

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Package Movie Shorts (13 entries): - Hey, remember Melody Time and Make Mine Music? - No? Well they were Disney movies that were just a bunch of shorts jammed together - Lots of those shorts had songs - Nobody cares about those songs - But we're including EVERY SONG, so

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Justin McElroy

3 years

(delighted that my one and only contribution to the current discourse involves an intimate knowledge of local geography)

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Justin McElroy

3 years

YOU'LL HAVE TO EXCUSE ME BUT THE WINNER OF THE BRITISH COLUMBIA SONG BRACKET BY SPIRIT OF THE WEST IS HOME FOR A REST

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3 years

thanks i hate it

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3 years

i would like to end this timeline and fast forward to the one where i run a retirement community's newspaper for the purposes of spreading gossip and waging war on the strata council

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Justin McElroy

3 years

schitt's creek really timed it perfectly: - got all the american adulation in its final season - won all the awards - was finished before everyone overanalyzed the inherent limitations of nicecore tv to death - catherine o'hara is now properly recognized as an icon

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my friend ordered a pirate pack with a fat tug beer on bc ferries and i feel she’s unlocked a new level of bc excellence

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2 years

Last weekend I went to the weirdest ghost town in Canada, a time machine to 1981, hundreds of kilometres from any major city. Here's what it was like in Kitsault, British Columbia.

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3 years

i like how a wizard put a curse on anyone who wanted to replace alex trebek

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Justin McElroy

3 years

We're all excited for summer hangs but let's remember the little trauma landmines built up from the last 14 months that are going to set off at random moments and give people the space and support they need

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Justin McElroy

3 years

what is the funniest named street in bc and why is it jingle pot road

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Justin McElroy

4 years

american super bowl commercials: mini-movies, celebration of the human spirit, unique gags, bruce springsteen canadian super bowl commercials: the jon hamm appearances will continue until morale improves

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Justin McElroy

3 years

You know what's cool? B.C. will be receiving 1.62 million vaccine doses from Pfizer and Moderna in the next two weeks. That's nearly half the number of people in this province who require a second dose. Things are moving quickly, in a very good way.

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Justin McElroy

4 years

“Six months into the pandemic, just a few days after the moths appeared, the sky filled with smoke and the sun turned red,” a real sentence from a really fun year

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4 years

I'm happy that I'm able to share my story, and hopeful that it helps a few people

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It's important to tell more stories about autism — including my own | CBC News

The word "spectrum" is an important part of understanding autism, because the neurodevelopmental conditions people have can vary wildly.

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2 years

WHERE IS OUR STRATEGIC GRAVY RESERVE

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3 years

what a difference nine hours makes

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3 years

vancouver is doing that thing where it traps you here forever again tonight

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3 years

good morning british columbia who is ready to find out today whether their christmas plans are legal I know we did this four days ago but uh we're doing it again!

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3 years

am i crankier today because bc is seeing cases explode 17 months into a pandemic, or because we've gone 45 straight days without rain and it's too hot to function? whatever the answer it's a bummer

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3 years

he's got a point

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3 years

For the first time in more than seven months, B.C. has had under 200 #COVID19 cases in a day. Charts to come!

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3 years

OH COME ON

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Justin McElroy

4 years

🚨 CIRCUIT BREAKER IN B.C. 🚨 For the next three weeks, the provincial government is banning indoor dining, group fitness activities, indoor worship services, and shutting down Whistler ski resort.

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Justin McElroy

5 years

There are 65 federal ridings in Canada with at least 2,500 people per square kilometre. The Conservative Party didn't win a single one.

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2 years

if you were like “Justin’s ghost town story was neat but he didn’t act nearly enough like a child” do i have a treat for you

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pretty grim that it's taken just seven years to go from "whoa smoke in vancouver that's craaaaaaaaaaazy" to "it's mid may and there's smoke in vancouver and this is how we live now"

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In 1991, Metro Vancouver's population was 1.6 million people. There were 118,749 primary rental units in the region. In 2021, Metro Vancouver's reached 2.6 million people. There were 117,168 rental units. A million more people in 20 years, and rental supply decreased.

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Justin McElroy

3 years

the vancouver police department put up giant billboards in and around the downtown eastside telling people to be cautious of strangers and you’ll never guess what happened next

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Justin McElroy

2 years

olympic village planner: this will be the perfectly crafted urban neighbourhood of the future vancouver: very cool planner: first we start with some giant birds vancouver: wait what planner: all three restaurants are the same brewpub vancouver: but planner: also no schools

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Justin McElroy

3 years

It’s World Autism Awareness Day. I’m grateful people appreciate me for who I am, without judgement, and hope you do the same for all the autistic people in your life. Now, here’s a short story on how I was scared of hugging new people for nearly 20 years.

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Justin McElroy

4 years

bless the 50 souls who just passed my house screaming "what do we want? freedom!" while protected by police forces in a province without a lockdown and with incredibly low mortality rates

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5 years

@JustinMcElroy not sure about this one tbh

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Justin McElroy

4 years

Neat sky in a neat city tonight. Grateful for all the kind words from folks. Always blown away by people appreciating who I am and the things I do.

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Justin McElroy

4 years

Here's the chart showing that B.C. has the lowest #COVID19 deaths per capita of any jurisdiction with at least five million people in Canada, the United States and western Europe

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Justin McElroy

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okay now i’m done

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Justin McElroy

4 years

if you've waited nine years for the canucks to play in the second round and five months for the league to return i promise you can survive the next couple of days

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Justin McElroy

4 years

Only 29 new cases of #COVID19 announced in B.C. today. That's the lowest number in a week, and the number of active cases remains flat. Today's chart.

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7 months

a true vancouver special

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Justin McElroy

1 year

Situation between Sorrento and Chase, where there’s a number of smaller communities north and west of Shuswap Lake, looks quite bad

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Justin McElroy

7 years

For the record the average price of a detached home in Greater Vancouver in Feb. 1993 was $337,100. Adjusted for inflation, that's $522,306.71 today. The average price of a detached home is now $1,732,992. Scrimping on "vacations & dinners out" won't make up that difference.

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For the record it was the same in the early 90’s. So I left, worked hard, bought where I could afford, sacrificed having nice cars & vacations & dinners out, fixed up & sold 13 houses & worked my way back.

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3 years

hackers come in all shapes and sizes

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Justin McElroy

2 years

This was B.C.’s third “once in a century” climate event in 16 months but this one didn’t involve a town burning down, multiple communities under water or hundreds of people dead, so yeah it’s still a wee bit terrifying

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Justin McElroy

4 years

covid19 translations for the "how are you doing?" question "i'm doing ok!" = barely keeping it together "there's been unexpected challenges" = i hate my family now "managing pretty well" = self-medicating "doing great, honestly" = actually psychotic

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Justin McElroy

6 years

Overheard in the newsroom: "you actually don't want to come across as pro-otter"

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Justin McElroy

1 year

Friendly reminder that the mountain, lake and provincial park are all named for a 19th century Italian revolutionary who never set foot in B.C., for no other reason than a British captain who was surveying Howe Sound thought he was a pretty cool dude

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Squamish Nation (Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw) has officially requested that the name of Mount Garibaldi be changed.

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Justin McElroy

4 years

Hey folks! Tomorrow on @CBCEarlyEdition , at around 7:10, I'll be speaking with @CBCStephenQuinn about being on the autism spectrum, and how it helps inform who I am. I don't talk about it a lot, but if you're interested, you're welcome to tune in.

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