CORRECTION: Huge events are OPENING UP Metro Vancouver roads this weekend to people from all segments of our society.

Today, people in #India will be celebrating the 79th anniversary of independence from the barbaric British #colonialism after a 200-year+ fight for independence. www.britannica.com/video/Indian...

Gaza has been failed by silence and impunity. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Do it. Do it now. You can find contact info for you MP here: www.ourcommons.ca/Members/en/s...

My friend @navdeepsingh.bsky.social sums up how many racialized Canadians feel about Victoria Day. He does it with eloquence and insight. Read it in @pancouver.bsky.social. pancouver.ca/victoria-day...

An estimated 1,650,000 people could die within a year without American foreign aid for H.I.V. prevention and treatment. Refugees on the Sudan-South Sudan border are at particular risk.

In 1908, about 50 Sikh mill workers decided to build a gurdwara in Abbotsford. The owners, the Trethewey family with links to KKK, donated whatever lumber they could carry on their backs. So the Sikh men lugged the lumber from Mill Lake to the property site, an uphill trek of about 2 km.

'I view the conduct as extremely serious involving racism directed towards Indigenous women' - Justice Michael Tammen, BC Supreme Court.

Indigenous people make up 5% of the population of Greater Victoria but were involved in 17% of the Victoria Police Department's 1,685 use-of-force incidents between 2018 and 2023. Black people were the subject of 3% of incidents, while they account for 1.3% of the population.

💔 ... we were dealing with a specific VPD officer who told us he had better things to do rather than work on missing people. vancouversun.com/news/vancouv...

“As an editorial cartoonist, my job is to hold powerful people and institutions accountable. For the first time, my editor prevented me from doing that job. So I have decided to leave the Washington Post” — Ann Telnaes, after drawing this cartoon, which included the image of a supplicant Jeff Bezos

Racialized communities are often forced to be more dependent on 🚗 because of where they live. These barriers are far worse for Indigenous peoples. Nearly one million people living in the eight largest 🇨🇦 cities were at risk of transport poverty, meaning they can't access or afford transportation. 🧵

In the 2024 US presidential election, widely characterized as one of the most consequential political contests, it is estimated that nearly 90 million Americans, roughly 36% of the eligible voting-age population, did not vote. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...

This #BlackFriday, get a deal on #education. kotn.com/black-friday...

The benefits of urban green space aren’t evenly spread among the populace. “Leafy” is an adjective often reserved for affluent neighbourhoods, and racialized communities are relegated to paved and sparsely planted neighbourhoods. How can we build greener and healthier cities for EVERYONE?

“I find it extremely offensive that they are considering placing an Indigenous name on it,” Chief Roland Willson. BC Hydro flooded 83 km of the Peace River that partially flooded seven tributaries, destroyed traditional hunting, fishing & trapping grounds, culturally & spiritually important sites.

A very well done film. I recommend everyone give it a watch #Israelism #Israel #Palestine #antisemitism #FreePalestine www.israelismfilm.com/screenings

Reminder: EV subsidies not a solution to address climate change, congestion or affordability. 10 postal codes with the highest rate of EV adoption in BC all had median, after-tax incomes of $99,000 or higher, while the median, after-tax incomes for BC is $61,272. vancouversun.com/news/local-n...