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Rebecca Bollwitt @miss604.com · 25d

Ten years later, some progress has been made but only 15/94 Truth and Reconciliation Commission Calls to Action are complete.

33 more are underway
29 projects are proposed
17 are not started

www.cbc.ca/newsinteract...

A blanket hung up with a sign “Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada” and the 94 Calls to Action printed on papers and pinned to the blanket.

An orange shirt hanging from the corner of a booth with an Indigenous design on the front and the number 275

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The Walrus @thewalrus.ca · 24d

In 2015, Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission issued ninety-four Calls to Action for repairing the Crown’s relationship with Indigenous peoples. A decade later, most remain unfulfilled. Seven Indigenous writers reflect on the work still to be done: thewalrus.ca/truth-and-reconc...

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Vancouver Is Awesome @viawesome.bsky.social · 24d

Q&A: Vancouver’s director of Indigenous relations on ‘decolonizing a colonized space’

Michelle Bryant-Gravelle urges action beyond symbolic gestures

dlvr.it

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Rebecca Bollwitt @miss604.com · 24d

National Day for Truth and Reconciliation events and resources - September 30th and beyond

National Day for Truth and Reconciliation – Vancouver Events 2025

National Day for Truth and Reconciliation - Orange Shirt Day events around Vancouver on September 30, 2025 and beyond

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Rebecca Bollwitt @miss604.com · 24d

Note: If you plan on attending that National Day for Truth and Reconciliation event at Grandview Park in Vancouver on September 30th they will be moving it inside the gym at Britannia Community Centre in anticipation of rain ☔🧡
www.facebook.com/events/78206...

A graphic for NATIONAL TRUTH & RECONCILIATION DAY EVENT
Honouring the Past, Healing the Present, Inspiring the Future
HOST - LAURA LEWIS, with Curtis Clear Sky & the Constellationz, and Hayley Wallis
Cultural & Contemporary Performances + Sacred Fire + Indigenous Market
GRANDVIEW PARK 1657 Charles St. & Commercial Drive Vancouver, BC
HONOUR WALK
Meet at 10:00am Vancouver Aboriginal Community Policing Centre
1719 Franklin Street - 11:00am walk begins to Grandview Park
BRING YOUR DRUMS - WEAR ORANGE

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Rebecca Bollwitt @miss604.com · 24d

Admission to the @billreidgallery.ca Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art is free tomorrow (September 30th) between 10am and 2pm.

Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art

This gem of an art gallery is located in the heart of downtown Vancouver. The Bill Reid Gallery is the only public gallery dedicated to contemporary Indigenous Art of the Northwest Coast & the extraor...

www.billreidgallery.ca

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Howie Hua @howiehua.bsky.social · Aug 12

If we subtract all the digits from any number, we will always get a multiple of 9. Let's see why!

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Xtra @xtramagazine.com · Jul 20

20 years ago today, Canada became just the fourth country in the world to legalize same-sex marriage nationwide xtramagazine.com/power/activi...

20 years of Canada’s same-sex marriage revolution | Xtra Magazine

The dream of a handful of queer couples to have their love recognized in law catalyzed a global movement

xtramagazine.com

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krh @tinybytes.bsky.social · Jun 3

The next in-person speed puzzle is on July 12 at Raincity Games (International Village)! Want to do the novice one with me? www.raincity.games/speed-puzzli...

Speed Puzzling Events

Puzzlers, start your engines! Compete in pairs and see who can assemble the puzzle first. Don't have a puzzling partner? Not a problem - sign up solo and we'll

www.raincity.games

krh @tinybytes.bsky.social · Jun 2

Until this past month, I had no idea that there was an official community for Canadian jigsaw puzzle enthusiasts. Now, I’ve competed in the BC regional speed puzzle comp and spent the evening working on a 500pc during a Zoom social with folks across the country. Happy to have this in my life 🧩

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krh @tinybytes.bsky.social · May 11

My views for the week 🏖️

#playadelcarmen #mexico #iberostarquetzal

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · May 9

NEW: @nbcnews.com confirmed last night that the Trump admin almost sent a dozen men from Vietnam, the Philippines, Laos, and Mexico to Libya, a country described as a “hellscape” for migrants where some have been SOLD INTO SLAVERY and many have been subjected to extraordinary horrors.

May 8, 2025, 6:37 PM EDT
By Kimmy Yam and Laura Strickler
A Filipino immigrant detained in Texas described being woken up at 2:30 a.m. on Wednesday by armed guards in tactical gear, being told he was being sent to Libya, and then waiting for hours on a bus at a military base outside a military plane, his lawyer said.
The flight never took off and he was sent back to solitary confinement in the Texas facility along with the other 12 detainees, mostly from Asian countries, the immigrant's lawyer, Johnny Sinodis, told NBC News. The immigrant requested anonymity due to fear of retaliation.
The immigrants, including people from the Philippines, Vietnam, Laos and Mexico, would later learn that their attorneys filed an emergency motion after reports that the Trump administration had planned to send a group of immigrants to Libya.

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krh @tinybytes.bsky.social · May 3

Emotional reflection during the event that Holy Duck Chili hosted at Chinatown Storytelling Centre this afternoon. The event pivoted to fundraise for the victims and families of the Lapu Lapu festival tragedy. There was grief, but through it, a strong sense of community. #vancouver

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krh @tinybytes.bsky.social · May 2

Reason no. 76 that I am grateful to have 2 cats: Max drops some pretty stinky 💩 and never buries it, to the dismay of the household. But after a while, Min would come in with the assist.

I just caught her giving him fierce sideeye as she left the litter box 😂

#catsky #maxandmin

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Rebecca Bollwitt @miss604.com · May 2

Today, the City of #Vancouver and the Province of British Columbia mark May 2 as a day of remembrance and mourning for the victims of the tragic violence that followed the Lapu Lapu Day celebration.

Rebecca Bollwitt @miss604.com · May 1

The public is invited to sign a condolence book for victims of the tragic incident that took place at the Lapu Lapu Day Festival.

Messages will be collected and bound into a single book of condolence to honour those affected.

📍 #Vancouver City Hall, Main Lobby, May 1–15 from 9am–5pm.
Or online:

Condolence book for victims of the tragic events at the Lapu Lapu Day Festival

survey.vancouver.ca

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sean s. n. murphy @seansnmurphy.ca · Apr 28

hope you're all ready to refresh this every 10 seconds 🇨🇦

Get live results from the Canadian federal election

Who will form the next government in Canada? Follow live election results on April 28, with breakdowns from your riding and races across the country.

newsinteractives.cbc.ca

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Dan @dan-taat.bsky.social · Apr 28

#gofundme links in the aftermath of the #lapulapu tragedy

tinyurl.com/llgfmlink

Lapu Lapu Festival GoFundMe Links

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Chris Mathieson @cognoscento.bsky.social · Apr 28

Vote like someone’s life depends on it.

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krh @tinybytes.bsky.social · Apr 27

Me and my extended family are safe—most of us didn't go to Lapu Lapu festival today.

My heart is shattered for the people who are hurt or are grieving for a loved one.

What a senseless tragedy 💔💔💔💔💔

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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · Apr 8

Tariffs xkcd.com/3073

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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · Apr 25

PhD Timeline xkcd.com/3081

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krh @tinybytes.bsky.social · Apr 25

Don’t have a sufficient dose of word gaming these days, and I miss it. Does anybody still play Boggle on the app or IRL? Challenge me online 🙏 boggle.onelink.me/olxO/jzmyl1ux

#boggle #needmorewordyfriends

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Penny @digitaltransient.bsky.social · Apr 23

I want to contextualize what this means for me if everything in the Con platform were to come to pass:

My existence will be criminalized.

Again per the Con platform, the sentence for my crimes would be a *rape camp*.

This is not an exaggeration. It is a raw, terrible truth.

Diaries of a Pen-a-Lope 🦌 @pennystwocents.bsky.social · Apr 23

Unsurprisingly the Canadian Conservative party platform contains radical culture war anti-trans commitments.

Please sign this petition to tell Conservatives that hate has no place in Canada:

www.momentumcanada.net/conplatform?...

Join the call - add your name here:

www.momentumcanada.net

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krh @tinybytes.bsky.social · Apr 23

Signed the petition. I am sorry that this work is even necessary. Thank you for bringing this to my attention so I can act on it and share it around ❤️

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krh @tinybytes.bsky.social · Apr 22

Upgraded b/c heels now slip out of my 3yo Evolv Elektras on volumes (toe down, heel down). Hard to find wide toebox, narrow heel, low volume for street size W5. Tried ~30 sizes, ~12 models 💀 Lucky to find BD Methods on clearance for $125!

#climbing #150cmproblems #catsky #maxandmin

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