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Penny Daflos

Vancouver

@CTVVancouver journalist & coffee enthusiast. Reporting style: confrontation with a smile. On Mast, Post, etc as @pennydaflos.

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  • Police notified as tensions grow over Vancouver school board wage cuts

    3 days ago | ctvnews.ca | Penny Daflos

    The chair of the Vancouver School Board claims district staff have faced bullying and threats after a controversial wage cut to some bus drivers, prompting them to contact Vancouver police. “No one wants to go to work and feel unsafe and I think that that’s what’s happening right now,” said Victoria Jung.

  • Independent B.C. MLAs deny allegations of racism as sovereignty clash continues

    4 days ago | ctvnews.ca | Penny Daflos

    A clash that began in the B.C. legislature earlier this month has escalated into an increasingly public argument between the province’s independent MLAs, the premier, and First Nations groups, with allegations of racism featuring prominently.

  • Is the B.C. government ‘playing with fire’ with fast-track bills?

    1 week ago | ctvnews.ca | Penny Daflos

    A bill aimed at fast-tracking priority projects in British Columbia is a confidence motion, and while the vote isn’t likely to result in a defeat of the NDP government, it does send a message the ruling party is flexing its political muscle. Bill 15, the Infrastructure Projects Act, would allow the cabinet to cherry-pick which infrastructure projects should jump the line for approvals and permitting to get schools, hospitals, roads and other projects built faster.

  • Farmers, tech entrepreneurs, newcomers: Kelowna’s boom prompts calls for support

    3 weeks ago | ctvnews.ca | Penny Daflos

    KELOWNA, B.C. — British Columbia’s iconic wine country is transforming into an economic powerhouse, but with a building boom and influx of new residents come calls for the federal candidates to help to address affordability and core services, while supporting the agricultural industry.

  • Surprises and old patterns: AI and misinformation in the 2025 federal election campaign

    1 month ago | ctvnews.ca | Penny Daflos

    The 2025 federal election campaign hasn’t resulted in a slew of deep fakes and voter confusion as some had feared, but experts and observers are warning Canadian voters to remain vigilant about misinformation as a new era of technological adaptation is underway. A Canada Research Chair for public policy and professor at UBC agrees that anecdotally, there doesn’t appear to be a lot of AI-generated material on social media platforms but she cautions that it may be circulating in smaller circles.

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Penny Daflos
Penny Daflos @PennyDaflos
29 Apr 25

Enthusiastic crowd at the Liberal election viewing party in downtown Vancouver as @WadeGrant is the first MP to arrive https://t.co/mLJLUwTKxU

Penny Daflos
Penny Daflos @PennyDaflos
28 Apr 25

No lineups and a very efficient team at my polling station in east Vancouver Anyone encountering any waits or issues casting your vote in the federal election? https://t.co/efFpFFfRP0

Penny Daflos
Penny Daflos @PennyDaflos
28 Apr 25

BREAKING: Kai-Ji Adam Lo has now been charged with multiple counts of murder 11 people are dead after an Audi SUV plowed into the Lapu-Lapu festival as it was wrapping up in south vancouver The victims range from aged 5 to 65 More here: https://t.co/CL28UntlNd