A small group of us in Victoria BC is sponsoring a refugee parent and young child who fled persecution in East Africa. We’re raising $24,000 to cover their first year of housing and essentials in Canada. Every donation or share helps bring them to safety: my.charitableimpact.com/groups/help-...

Reconciliation begins with the truth. For The Tyee, @tyolsen.bsky.social provides a summary of crucial facts from Canada’s TRC report.

🧵 A couple of years ago I was interviewed by @thetyee.ca for a story about the legacy of the Sisters of St Ann. I was encountering resistance to identifying their convent in Victoria as a residential school… thetyee.ca/News/2022/07...

I was very, very disappointed in my employer today. @bcnewdemocrats.bsky.social

I planted some Babington's perennial leek bulbils today, from Cicada Seeds. I am so excited to try growing them! And I also received some beautiful fava bean seeds that I can't wait to grow. And meadow garlic! Cicada is such a great little seed company! cicadaseeds.ca/products/bab... 🌱

So the Victoria tourism sector saw its best season in 10 years, yet apparently Victoria is a cesspool of disorder and no one goes downtown anymore.

I can find the BC government nearly $4 billion: 1) Reinstate the carbon tax ($2.8B) 2) Cancel electrification funding for LNG ($200M) 3) Cancel 7 soccer games in Vancouver ($650M) That was easy. Maybe I should be the Minister of Finance.

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Please help Ibrahim and his family if you are able: gofund.me/44ee9092

This post continues to be so relevant to my life haha

La journaliste indépendante basée à Montréal, Rachel Gilmore, a été ciblée par des militants d’extrême droite qui l’accusent de s’être réjouie de l’assassinat de l’influenceur ultraconservateur Charlie Kirk. On en discute avec elle après la pause #TLMEP www.ledevoir.com/actualites/s...

I love all the fall critters.

One of the picket lines in Victoria has been bear maced & attacked by a man using his bicycle as a weapon in the last week… we went down to see if they needed anything and all they wanted was bublys like they are so pure to be treated so poorly 😩😩😩

This is a ten minute video broken up into parts for Bluesky from two australian doctors who made it into Gaza. The video starts with them saying the baby formula they brought with them was taken away and that Israel bombing the hospital in front of them and lying about giving warnings

💔Yesterday Mona had her surgery,please pray it heals her 😭 Now tanks approach and families flee on foot under the sun. But after Mona’s surgery we cannot walk We need 5,000 shekels ≈ 1,500$ to rent a minibus to rescue Mona,injured husband,children 🙏Please, don’t leave us alone🖤 gofund.me/2f942387

“In memory of Charlie Kirk” written on a shell that’ll get fired into a family home

Join us tonight for our another North Park Open Mic night. Hosted by Wes Carroll & our friends at Abbey Church. Songs, stories & poems of all genres are welcome, we will have light refreshments and a community craft table. We are looking forward to sharing an intimate evening of art and music! #yyj

This is super helpful — if only I'd done this in 2020!

Reminder that the BC government silently cut the only funding that made it even remotely possible for low-income families to... ...have good schools supplies ...go on field trips ...access lunch programs ...and basically everything else that only wealthy families in schools get to do. Thanks BCNDP!

Ew, Sidney.

And, you know, it's real funny. The last time BCGEU went on strike, money was really tight for the government too. They barely had anything to spare. Then a couple months later... Fool me once @davidebybc.bsky.social shame on you. It's not happening twice. globalnews.ca/news/9304799...

Strike Day 4 @davidebybc.bsky.social

The Van Park Board has made a misguided decision to bring a trademarked Harry Potter experience to Stanley Park this winter. As a Queer woman and a strong Trans ally, this is unacceptable. JKR pours her fortune into actively harming Trans Folks. #TransRights #ProtectTransKids #FuckJKRowling

MoveUP stands in full support of BCGEU and PEA members, and all public sector workers, who need a fair deal. Our members in the public sector are also prepared to take action if the BC government does not come to the table with a fair wage package. #bclab moveuptogether.ca/the-latest/m...

Also, wild that provincial funding for libraries is so lacking in BC! www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... "Public library directors in British Columbia say they are reaching a breaking point with rising demand and costs as provincial funding remains stagnant." @davidebybc.bsky.social

Shoutout to the Greater Victoria Public Library, specifically the librarians in the children's section. We completed 2025 #SummerReadingClub today, my 5 yr old's first & she received a medal! It was so special to her & brought back so many amazing memories of being a 1990s summer reading club kid.

To fight the inaction and greed that have brought us to the greatest wealth gap in our history, we’re going to take back worker power, tax the 1%, and create thousands of good, green jobs. Together, we’re sending a message to the oligarch class: our labour — our economy. (2/4)

After years of government complacency and corporate profiteering, working British Columbians know one thing — this economy wasn’t built for us. (1/4)

Omg a replacement for Yves! 💖💖 www.lapresse.ca/affaires/ent...

A single retired police chief looking honestly at their career in destroying the lives of people who use drugs could sell stocks and cover DULF’s legal defence. But that’s fantasy. It’s up to us, the community, to make this happen. Please donate.

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Want to shout out @dsdp.ca, Lisa Lapointe, Dr Perry Kendall (PHO before Dr Henry), PEERS, PHS, BC Poverty Reduction, PEERS, Moms Stop the Harm, individual city residents for writing in asking Council to maintain support of decriminalization. I love y'all.

Hind Rajab.

Frustrated & depressed. Shit governments, genocides, attacks on trans people, people who use drugs dying from garbage government policy, wild cost of living, it's too much. But back to school was good, the cool nights are good, Ms Rachel is good, my favourite city councillor continues to be rad.

Find your MLA: www.leg.bc.ca/members/find... Email Minster Bailey: [email protected]

Please consider writing to your MLA along with Minister of Finance Brenda Bailey if you support striking BCGEU members. The BC Government estimates they'll spend $624 million on FIFA, but won't pay their workers a fair wage. My wages aren't keeping up with housing food and basic needs. #bc

HAHAHAHA UHHHH WHAT THE EVERLOVING FUCK??????

I just emailed mayor & council about Marg Gardiner’s harmful motion to oppose harm reduction & decriminalization. The motion is going to Victoria City Council tomorrow. I encourage anyone who cares about saving lives & building safe communities to write to council today: [email protected]

BC NDP allowing rent to raise 2.3% next year but only offering BCGEU a 1.5% wage increase is a slap in the face. That's a pay cut.

First day of school, first day of strike action. Was great to spend time on the BCGEU picket line! How long will we strike for fair wages? As long as at takes! Thanks @bcgeu.bsky.social for everything you do to support us members!

Please help this grandad feed his grandchildren in Gaza ❤️

BCGEU livestream with Paul happening now. www.youtube.com/live/aRYWZzS...

Sorry, vulnerable children, we’ve got 7 soccer games in Vancouver to pay for!

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Meanwhile 300,000 Ukrainians were able to find safety here. Palestinians, Congolese, Sudanese, Haitians, and probably people from many more BIPOC countries are intentionally and systemically denied their humanity and safety by @liberalca.bsky.social. Shameful. #cdnpoli #CanadaSoRacist

“A deeply racist system.” A program to bring Palestinians to Canada was capped at 5,000, quickly reached its limit and has been closed since March. Only 1,750 applicants have passed security screenings and 864 have actually arrived in Canada. @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/08...

Amen to all of this.