Mark Carney is about to announce more of his “elbows up” major projects. But under the surface, one that’s being sold as an Indigenous-led LNG project is actually — spoiler — American as hell. That’s not even the worst part! @emilylowan.bsky.social joined me to discuss:

I recently learned Plantitude in #Ladysmith is closing at the end of December and me and the partner decided to forego our weekend chores and drive up there for a late brunch linner. Glad to learn the new biz taking over the space will keep some of the vegan menu items and baked treats. #yyj

#UVic we are hosting a special on campus Volunteer Info Session on Friday, Nov 28 at David Turpin B255 at 4pm in partnership with the Environmental Studies Student Association. If you’re interested in volunteering with us or learning more about what we do, come on out. No registration required!

Why are these headshots in “advertise with us section” of a Shoppers Drug Mart Ai generated cartoons in two different styles. Do Beatriz and Gaby exist?

Yay! It’s night again. I was getting tired of the pesky sun with its life-giving forces anyway. Me and my worms (in my worm compost bin and brain) we love darkness.

Stoked about Mamdani's win and want to build the same energy here in BC? RSVP for our AGM today - November 14-16th in Vancouver, link below. We'll dig into strategy, organizing and social media with the best brains in the biz. C’mon out! #bcpoli bcgreens.ca/event/novemb...

I finally got the cold that all my parent friends had 6-8 weeks ago. Thanks a lot Hallowe’en shenanigans! The Other Guise butcher themed Haunted House on Johnson St (extremely spooky already to this vegan) was well worth it.

New Reel up on my special birthday dinner Wild Mountain in Sooke last month. Can I share a Reel here? I dunno so click here: www.instagram.com/reel/DQvGlcx... #yyj #sooke #victoriabc

Influence Boardshop on Quadra in #Saanich needs community support! They recently posted that they are struggling. If you need new gear, helmets, padding, skates or are thinking about holiday shopping for your kids and grandkids, go shop here ASAP! #yyj #vancouverisland #skateboarding #victoriaBC

We need YIMBYs to show up and support this development tonight in Gordon Head. St Dunstan’s Church tonight at 7pm. I saw this post on Nextdoor. #yyj #housingcrisis #affordabilitycrisis #urbandensity

Halibut House in the Saanich Core makes this tofu and veggie black bean stir-fry on rice for a fresh lunch option Tuesday-Sunday. Their dinner menu is vegan-friendly and they will even make some off-menu favourites like mapo tofu. Just ask! #yyj #saanich #halibuthouse #veganfood #blackbeantofu

If you participated in @victoria.ca’s BYO Cup stamp collecting contest, today is the last day to submit your card via email or drop it off in person. Email: zerowaste at victoria dot ca #yyj #bringyourowncup #reuse

Vegan tacos on the Sunshine Coast last month. This were from a spot called Aquí Es Mexico in a tiny strip mall in Madeira Park. Lacking protein and smaller portions but 10/10 on flavour. #sunshinecoast #veganfood #travelBC

Homemade Filipino kaldereta stew on a cozy fall day. This is a vegetable broth, mushroom powder, and tomato based stew either carrots, potato, garlic, peppers, chilis and soy-mushroom mock beef from King’s Vegetarian Cafe in Toronto (Taiwanese imports). #veganfood #filipinofood #stew #soupseason

Community Food Support will be tabling at the upcoming ‘Reducing Food Waste: A Circular Economy Event’ hosted by @victoria.ca Tickets are free but limited remain. 📅 November 10 | 🕠 5:30 to 8:30pm 📍 Ambrosia Banquet, 638 Fisgard St. Register now: linktr.ee.com/CommunityFoodSupportVictoria

Still looking for more skilled folks to join the Back End of CFS!

Community Food Support is desperately seeking more Back-End Volunteers to keep the program alive. We deliver 80+ free food hampers to recipients in #YYJ each week from the Quadra Village Community Centre gym, but much takes place behind the scenes beforehand to make that possible.

Remember this, whenever someone says "alternative proteins - yuck!" www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The local Victoria Nextdoor community is insular and overrun with bike and pedestrian-hating retirees, it is basically an alternate reality. If you are under 60 and have the fortitude, please make an account on that app and stick up for bike lanes and walkability. #yyj #nextdoor #carbrain

As a Torontonian, I should be going wild but I remember seeing them win the 1993 World Series on TV while up at the cottage and that’s good enough for me. I don’t watch a lot of men’s sports these days.

A friend has just launched a mobile car detailing business and she does a great job. She made my car sparkle like it was straight off the lot. If need your car cleaned, give her a shout! She’s offering an unbeatable deal right now. #yyj #supportlocal #victoriabc

One of my favourite things about living in Cali was that my birthday was never on Thanksgiving weekend and I didn’t have to smell dead bird flesh as part of a hybrid celebration. Thanksgiving is one of those pivotal holidays in many people’s journey to ethical veganism. #thanksliving #iloveturkey

Some current vegan items on sale at Jeffy Spaghetti’s (Whole Foods). Late stage capitalism is really necessitating a return to DIY. #yyj #thanksliving #wholepaycheque #notturkeyday

Signed! We are not doing enough to discourage reckless driving. The person who killed Xavier should lose their license for life imo. No second chances. Driving is a privilege, not a right.

Another glorious sunset on the Breakwater. I only wish it were going down a little later. #yyj

About 400 new units of non-market housing are closer to becoming a reality in #Saanich, with help from the Saanich Affordable Housing Reserve Fund (SAHRF): www.saanich.ca/EN/main/news...

If you don’t have your vegan-friendly holiday roast yet for Thanksgiving this wknd, there’s a chance you’ll be SOL if you wait until Saturday. The big cooler at WF is now empty and the remaining items moved to the standing freezer (sale and not on sale) area. #vegan #thanksgiving #thanksliving

I couldn't resist poking my head in on my lunch break to see how packed in the Bike Valet was today. Over 200 bikes, scooters, cargo bikes and other devices. If this were car parking it would require a surface lot the size of the Royal Athletic Park lot. #yyj

I spotted #Hallowe’en decor going up today - besides the year-round season agnostic 12’ skeleton my neighbour keeps. It would be great if we could pool together the best displays into a #YYJ map. I’ll nominate this group of homes on Cedar Hill Rd across from Edgeware (sidenote: great name).

Since posting about the rebar closure/new ownership/rebrand to Urban Rebar yesterday it’s been interesting to see how the news spread on Facebook, IG, and Reddit. Does this officially make me a breaking news journalist in #YYJ?

I met Dr Jane Goodall in 2014 at an animal welfare conference after her talk and asked her why she advocated for vegetarianism over veganism. She said it was more accessible to most people but I had been vegan more 3 years at that point and knew she was vegetarian.

A beautiful moment on the breakwater last night when the half-moon revealed itself from the clouds.

Today is the Songhees Nation's 4th annual South Island Powwow at Royal Athletic Park. Admission is free & everyone is welcome. On this National Day of Truth and Reconciliation, celebrate Indigenous cultures and resiliency, and recognize Survivors, through song, dance & education. #yyj

Did reBar close? Google says it is permanently closed but I don’t remember hearing anything along those lines and their Instagram account has posted since 2023. #yyj

PSA: Green Cuisine in Market Square is now open until 8pm every night of the week! And they are a rare #VictoriaBC business that is open daily. I’m so happy about this change because the idea of eating dinner before 7pm is foreign colonial standby to me, as an urbanite. #yyj #eatlocal #govegan

Has anyone ever done a Nanaimo 🔁 Sunshine Coast ferry round trip via Horseshoe Bay and caught the 12:10pm boat to Langdale when the Departure Bay boat arrives only 10mins earlier at noon? This is walk on. Is that do-able? #BCferries #sunshinecoast #horseshoebay #departurebay

Had a lot of fun on the Pacifica Paddle Glow tour out of Brentwood Bay for my partner’s birthday. The #bioluminescence of the #plankton in Tod Inlet was incredible under the clouds and low wind. One of those earthly magics that has to be experienced. Our cameras caught nothing. #yyj #moonjelly

Silly question but is regular mail being collected right now? I’m supposed to postmark something by tomorrow but if workers are on strike and I’m not crossing a picket line and tomorrow’s a holiday, am I fucked?

I took out an old unused notebook to write a handwritten letter to enter a contest without purchase yesterday and I found $480 cash stuffed inside by me years ago. So I basically already won. 💰

Today in #yyj!

Victoria-area friends: Come rally at NOON TODAY at the BC Legislature, and support @unitehere40.bsky.social Coast Victoria Hotel workers who've been locked out for demanding a living wage! #BCLab #yyj #solidarity

“This campaign was electrifying. It was a lightning rod of hope.” British Columbia Green Party members have chosen Emily Lowan, a climate activist and former student politician who turned 25 last week, as their next leader. #bcpoli

Congrats to @emilylowan.bsky.social the NEW LEADER of the @bcgreens.bsky.social! 🎉 💃🏻 🍻 🥳 👏 LFG!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The work starts now. #dumptheoligarchs #canpoli #bcpoli #greennewdeal #greenparty #yyj

FOUND! By me. I trapped Goldie on Sunday night with the help of her 85 year old human, her son and some kind strangers who texted and phoned me from the signs I put up around campus.

I’m starting to think fishing is bad for the oceans and sea life in it. If only there were readily available plants from which to get our protein, DHA, and omegas.

A beautiful evening for the annual Garden to Table fundraiser dinner at A Home for Hooves! 36 of us dined outdoors and enjoyed a southeast Asian-inspired feast provided by chef David Isbister (formerly of PlantBase seitan). #veganfood #farmsanctuary #ahomeforhooves #canadiancharity #fundraiser

Missing the Soul of Vietnam Fest at Ship’s Point today to head to Duncan for the A Home for Hooves Garden to Table fundraiser dinner and sanctuary tour. A friend tells me there’s an all-vegetarian Vietnamese vendor w/ vegan modifications! Go check it out. #yyj #yyjevents #victoriaBC #veganfood

Happy to have cast my vote for Emily Lowan, the future B.C. Greens leader and donated! The B.C. NDP are acting like the federal Liberals and the LPC are governing like Conservatives. We need real opposition in this province that represents the people’s interests and not Epstein billionaire pals.

A full spread of treats at Bunny’s Kitchen today in #Esquimalt. Get here before 3pm or miss out!! Not shown, peach lavender scones, gf triple chocolate cookies, mint chocolate chip cupcakes, borscht soup to go, chickpea salad, lemon bars and so much more! #yyj #yyjlocal #victoriaBC #shoplocal

Crave is promoting a new show called High Potential starring (almost unrecognizable, thanks a lot Ryan Reynolds) Kaitlin Olson and in typical Crave fashion the only episode available is S2 E1. I made it a minute in before pulling the plug. It was presuming I was bought into the cockamamie premise.