@moonlyfe.bsky.social
Travel, politics, and Vancouver Island things. Unapologetically #Indigenous. Difficult woman. Opinions are my own.
#adoptee #60sScoop activist 🥚
#adoptee #60sScoop activist 🥚
25% Tariffs on US steel also means higher costs for wind turbine projects underway. Not exactly helping clean energy transition, creating sustainable jobs, etc. either. Sigh.
PM Carney subsidizes Big Oil to pump carbon to increase production.
He walks back greenwashing rules allowing Big Oil to lie.
He cuts a deal on planet killing methane.
Now his team is walking.
The CEO isn't smartest guy in the room when it comes to a burning planet.
www.thestar.com/politics/fed...
He walks back greenwashing rules allowing Big Oil to lie.
He cuts a deal on planet killing methane.
Now his team is walking.
The CEO isn't smartest guy in the room when it comes to a burning planet.
www.thestar.com/politics/fed...
Climate change advisers quit over Carney government’s energy deal with Alberta
Two departing members of Canada's Net-Zero Advisory Body say the Carney government is shredding any hope the country will meet its climate goals.
www.thestar.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:11 PM
25% Tariffs on US steel also means higher costs for wind turbine projects underway. Not exactly helping clean energy transition, creating sustainable jobs, etc. either. Sigh.
Seems like a missed opportunity to use AI for good. No shade, but I'd love to see more Indigenous content and writers in local journalism
December 5, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Seems like a missed opportunity to use AI for good. No shade, but I'd love to see more Indigenous content and writers in local journalism
It was a beautiful show of solidarity and support for Survivors 🧡🧡🧡
December 4, 2025 at 3:39 AM
It was a beautiful show of solidarity and support for Survivors 🧡🧡🧡
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The Senate’s Indigenous Peoples committee is reviewing Bill S-2 and adding an amendment to get rid of the second-generation cut-off in the Indian Act with a one-parent rule.
Cierra Bettens breaks it down with Pam Palmater on APTN News InFocus.
Listen: pod.fo/e/35bf65
Cierra Bettens breaks it down with Pam Palmater on APTN News InFocus.
Listen: pod.fo/e/35bf65
InFocus: Who gets status? Inside the fight over the second-generation cut off
On this edition of APTN News InFocus, host Cierra Bettens looks at the debate over the second-generation cut-off in the Indian Act. The Senate's Indigenous Affairs committee is reviewing Bill S-2, ...
pod.fo
December 1, 2025 at 5:59 PM
The Senate’s Indigenous Peoples committee is reviewing Bill S-2 and adding an amendment to get rid of the second-generation cut-off in the Indian Act with a one-parent rule.
Cierra Bettens breaks it down with Pam Palmater on APTN News InFocus.
Listen: pod.fo/e/35bf65
Cierra Bettens breaks it down with Pam Palmater on APTN News InFocus.
Listen: pod.fo/e/35bf65
This poor baby. It's reminiscent of Phoenix Sinclair. Her life, and the inquiry into her torture and slow murder, cannot be for nothing. Do better Manitoba.
*WARNING: This video contains details of child abuse*
Manitoba's families minister is
conducting an internal investigation into
the circumstances that led to a 6yr old girl in foster care suffering life-altering injuries that search warrant documents say could lead to her being paralyzed for life.
Manitoba's families minister is
conducting an internal investigation into
the circumstances that led to a 6yr old girl in foster care suffering life-altering injuries that search warrant documents say could lead to her being paralyzed for life.
December 2, 2025 at 3:26 PM
This poor baby. It's reminiscent of Phoenix Sinclair. Her life, and the inquiry into her torture and slow murder, cannot be for nothing. Do better Manitoba.
This morning's visitors 🦌
November 30, 2025 at 5:33 PM
This morning's visitors 🦌
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A new study finds many adult adoptees face challenges in health care because clinicians lack training on adoption and its lifelong impacts, highlighting the need for adoption‑competent care. 🥚
Clinicians' lack of adoption knowledge interferes with adoptees' patient-clinician relationship, analysis indicates
Researchers examined health care challenges faced by adult adoptees and how being adopted affects relationships with their clinicians. U.S. adult adoptees completed a mixed-methods online survey. A…
medicalxpress.com
November 29, 2025 at 2:01 PM
A new study finds many adult adoptees face challenges in health care because clinicians lack training on adoption and its lifelong impacts, highlighting the need for adoption‑competent care. 🥚
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It feels really performative at this point, but a reminder that it’s National Day of Mourning for Native folks
Relatedly, thousands of Native women are still disappearing and agencies are doing fuck all about it
Learn more here:
www.niwrc.org/mmiwr-awaren...
And here:
notournativedaughters.org
Relatedly, thousands of Native women are still disappearing and agencies are doing fuck all about it
Learn more here:
www.niwrc.org/mmiwr-awaren...
And here:
notournativedaughters.org
Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Relatives (MMIWR) | NIWRC
www.niwrc.org
November 27, 2025 at 11:39 PM
It feels really performative at this point, but a reminder that it’s National Day of Mourning for Native folks
Relatedly, thousands of Native women are still disappearing and agencies are doing fuck all about it
Learn more here:
www.niwrc.org/mmiwr-awaren...
And here:
notournativedaughters.org
Relatedly, thousands of Native women are still disappearing and agencies are doing fuck all about it
Learn more here:
www.niwrc.org/mmiwr-awaren...
And here:
notournativedaughters.org
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This is a very concerning story. Cold Lake First Nation is living in 3rd world conditions. They have been completely frozen out by Mark Carney/Danielle Smith's plan to drive a 400 km pipeline carbon capture facility on their land.
This won't end well Mark.
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/26/n...
This won't end well Mark.
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/26/n...
Carney-Smith deal will bring carbon capture to Cold Lake. They don't want it
Alberta First Nations are being shut out of a sprawling carbon capture and storage project on their traditional territories that is a key part of Thursday's Alberta-Ottawa pipeline deal, chiefs say.
www.nationalobserver.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:58 PM
This is a very concerning story. Cold Lake First Nation is living in 3rd world conditions. They have been completely frozen out by Mark Carney/Danielle Smith's plan to drive a 400 km pipeline carbon capture facility on their land.
This won't end well Mark.
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/26/n...
This won't end well Mark.
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/26/n...
The Look West plan is lazy and misses the mark for renewable projects, child care, and for industries led by women. Report Card score = D-
“Look West,” the B.C. government’s new economic strategy, looks more like a public relations brochure than a serious and detailed plan. Marc Lee writes. #bcpoli
How BC’s New Economic Plan Gets It All Wrong | The Tyee
The government’s ‘Look West’ strategy doubles down on resource extraction at the expense of smarter spending.
thetyee.ca
November 26, 2025 at 4:03 PM
The Look West plan is lazy and misses the mark for renewable projects, child care, and for industries led by women. Report Card score = D-
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Danielle Smith just suckered Mark Carney into reviving the Northern Gateway pipeline.
This is the antithesis of "nation-building."
There is no economic, political or environmental case for Stephen Harper's dream.
This won't end well.
For Canada or Carney.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
This is the antithesis of "nation-building."
There is no economic, political or environmental case for Stephen Harper's dream.
This won't end well.
For Canada or Carney.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Ottawa, Alberta agree to broad outlines of energy deal, including path to pipeline | CBC News
Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith have agreed to the broad outlines of a memorandum of understanding that would give Alberta special exemptions from federal environmental l...
www.cbc.ca
November 25, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Danielle Smith just suckered Mark Carney into reviving the Northern Gateway pipeline.
This is the antithesis of "nation-building."
There is no economic, political or environmental case for Stephen Harper's dream.
This won't end well.
For Canada or Carney.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
This is the antithesis of "nation-building."
There is no economic, political or environmental case for Stephen Harper's dream.
This won't end well.
For Canada or Carney.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
It should never have passed in the first place 🤦♀️
After BC NDP convention delegates passed a resolution calling on the government to repeal restrictions it made last year on people changing their names, Premier Eby says the government will review the law.
Andrew MacLeod reports. #bcpoli
Andrew MacLeod reports. #bcpoli
BC to Revisit Controversial Law Barring Some Name Changes | The Tyee
The goal was to block offenders from creating new IDs. Critics say it goes too far.
thetyee.ca
November 24, 2025 at 3:07 PM
It should never have passed in the first place 🤦♀️
Hoo boy the nons are big mad on this post on the I Am Adopted FB page. I haven't read all of the comments but they've been trolling my wall.
Adoptees👏 Do👏Not 👏Owe👏 Their👏Caregivers👏Anything. Not loyalty, not gratitude, not anything. I will die on that hill. 🥚
Adoptees👏 Do👏Not 👏Owe👏 Their👏Caregivers👏Anything. Not loyalty, not gratitude, not anything. I will die on that hill. 🥚
November 23, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Hoo boy the nons are big mad on this post on the I Am Adopted FB page. I haven't read all of the comments but they've been trolling my wall.
Adoptees👏 Do👏Not 👏Owe👏 Their👏Caregivers👏Anything. Not loyalty, not gratitude, not anything. I will die on that hill. 🥚
Adoptees👏 Do👏Not 👏Owe👏 Their👏Caregivers👏Anything. Not loyalty, not gratitude, not anything. I will die on that hill. 🥚
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Green Party of Canada 🇨🇦 -
Fact check: No, U.S. oil tankers do not pass through the Hecate Strait. Elizabeth May shows exactly why the tanker ban exists, and why protecting it matters. #cdnpoli
Fact check: No, U.S. oil tankers do not pass through the Hecate Strait. Elizabeth May shows exactly why the tanker ban exists, and why protecting it matters. #cdnpoli
November 22, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Green Party of Canada 🇨🇦 -
Fact check: No, U.S. oil tankers do not pass through the Hecate Strait. Elizabeth May shows exactly why the tanker ban exists, and why protecting it matters. #cdnpoli
Fact check: No, U.S. oil tankers do not pass through the Hecate Strait. Elizabeth May shows exactly why the tanker ban exists, and why protecting it matters. #cdnpoli
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If you're keeping score this week, Carney is:
* Negotiating backroom deals on pipelines with Alberta and without BC or Indigenous folks.
* Undermining anti-greenwashing laws.
* Making deals with the UAE despite their role in Sudan.
* Cutting funding for infectious disease work in Africa.
* Negotiating backroom deals on pipelines with Alberta and without BC or Indigenous folks.
* Undermining anti-greenwashing laws.
* Making deals with the UAE despite their role in Sudan.
* Cutting funding for infectious disease work in Africa.
November 21, 2025 at 8:55 PM
If you're keeping score this week, Carney is:
* Negotiating backroom deals on pipelines with Alberta and without BC or Indigenous folks.
* Undermining anti-greenwashing laws.
* Making deals with the UAE despite their role in Sudan.
* Cutting funding for infectious disease work in Africa.
* Negotiating backroom deals on pipelines with Alberta and without BC or Indigenous folks.
* Undermining anti-greenwashing laws.
* Making deals with the UAE despite their role in Sudan.
* Cutting funding for infectious disease work in Africa.
"Providing First Nations access to the economy creates stability, not conflict."
The BC government has missed an opportunity to step up and show how it's done, but it's not too late to change that - if they wanted to.
The BC government has missed an opportunity to step up and show how it's done, but it's not too late to change that - if they wanted to.
For the citizens of British Columbia, the Cowichan Tribes v. Canada decision in the B.C. Supreme Court has pulled back the curtain to reveal more of the historic land dispossession in our province.
@adampolsen.bsky.social writes. #bcpoli
@adampolsen.bsky.social writes. #bcpoli
Indigenous Relations: Letting Go of Zero-Sum Thinking | The Tyee
Responses to the Cowichan decision have stoked fear about private property. There’s a more just and hopeful way forward.
thetyee.ca
November 21, 2025 at 4:02 PM
"Providing First Nations access to the economy creates stability, not conflict."
The BC government has missed an opportunity to step up and show how it's done, but it's not too late to change that - if they wanted to.
The BC government has missed an opportunity to step up and show how it's done, but it's not too late to change that - if they wanted to.
"Indigenous populations disproportionately experience housing adversity and homelessness, whether urban, rural or on-reserve."
The irony.
The irony.
What does housing as a human right actually mean in a housing crisis that is only getting worse? 🏘️
BC Cities Declared Housing Is a Human Right. Now What? | The Tyee
Some municipalities are still voting against policies that could help end homelessness. Here’s a better way forward.
thetyee.ca
November 21, 2025 at 3:53 PM
"Indigenous populations disproportionately experience housing adversity and homelessness, whether urban, rural or on-reserve."
The irony.
The irony.
While I doubt either Brodie's or Sturko's bills will pass, it is gross that they're feeding off each other in an attempt to erode DRIPA and undermine Indigenous rights in BC. What's even more gross is that they supporters 🤮
peacearchnews.com/2025/11/20/e...
peacearchnews.com/2025/11/20/e...
Elenore Sturko wants legislative amendment to change Interpretation Act - Peace Arch News
Cloverdale MLA introduced a Private Members Bill to repeal Section 8.1 of the Act
peacearchnews.com
November 20, 2025 at 9:59 PM
While I doubt either Brodie's or Sturko's bills will pass, it is gross that they're feeding off each other in an attempt to erode DRIPA and undermine Indigenous rights in BC. What's even more gross is that they supporters 🤮
peacearchnews.com/2025/11/20/e...
peacearchnews.com/2025/11/20/e...
“The real barriers for businesses and trading across Canada are distance and transportation costs.”
...let's agree to everything but that 🤦♀️
...let's agree to everything but that 🤦♀️
All people wanted was intraprovinical trade on food and alcohol! And cheaper goods.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Provinces sign agreement to drop interprovincial trade barriers on goods except food, alcohol | CBC News
An agreement, signed today, between all Canadian provinces, territories, and the federal government, will drop interprovincial trade barriers on many goods except food and alcohol. It's part of an eff...
www.cbc.ca
November 20, 2025 at 2:40 PM
“The real barriers for businesses and trading across Canada are distance and transportation costs.”
...let's agree to everything but that 🤦♀️
...let's agree to everything but that 🤦♀️
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Representatives of the Métis Nation British Columbia visiting the legislature Monday got up and left the public gallery in disgust as OneBC Leader Dallas Brodie asked a question rooted in residential school denial.
Andrew MacLeod reports. #bcpoli
Andrew MacLeod reports. #bcpoli
OneBC Leader’s Comments Drive Indigenous Delegation from Legislature | The Tyee
Dallas Brodie called reports of residential school graves the ‘worst lie in Canadian history.’
thetyee.ca
November 18, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Representatives of the Métis Nation British Columbia visiting the legislature Monday got up and left the public gallery in disgust as OneBC Leader Dallas Brodie asked a question rooted in residential school denial.
Andrew MacLeod reports. #bcpoli
Andrew MacLeod reports. #bcpoli
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Gladys Radek, a B.C. activist is worried about the potential impact an influx of workers would have on the safety of women and girls in the region. She's calling for criminal record checks in the hiring of any workers.
www.aptnnews.ca?p=279933
www.aptnnews.ca?p=279933
Potential influx of workers at Ksi Lisims LNG project concerning
A social justice activist from British Columbia is calling for criminal record checks for anyone hired to work on any federally approved "major project."
www.aptnnews.ca
November 17, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Gladys Radek, a B.C. activist is worried about the potential impact an influx of workers would have on the safety of women and girls in the region. She's calling for criminal record checks in the hiring of any workers.
www.aptnnews.ca?p=279933
www.aptnnews.ca?p=279933
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A court win for Cowichan Tribes and a wave of misinformation.
On the latest APTN News InFocus, Cierra Bettens looks at what the Aboriginal title ruling really says and why it sparked fear in B.C.
Listen: pod.fo/e/352bb6
On the latest APTN News InFocus, Cierra Bettens looks at what the Aboriginal title ruling really says and why it sparked fear in B.C.
Listen: pod.fo/e/352bb6
InFocus: The Cowichan win and what it really means for Richmond, B.C. residents
On this episode of APTN News InFocus, host Cierra Bettens takes a closer look at the B.C. court decision that recognized Aboriginal title rights for Cowichan Tribes and the misinformation that foll...
pod.fo
November 17, 2025 at 3:23 PM
A court win for Cowichan Tribes and a wave of misinformation.
On the latest APTN News InFocus, Cierra Bettens looks at what the Aboriginal title ruling really says and why it sparked fear in B.C.
Listen: pod.fo/e/352bb6
On the latest APTN News InFocus, Cierra Bettens looks at what the Aboriginal title ruling really says and why it sparked fear in B.C.
Listen: pod.fo/e/352bb6
"He told police he felt like a "nobody coming from nowhere," being picked up by two strangers and brought to a new country thousands of miles away from his homeland." He goes on to say how he made his adoptive parents' lives hell. 🥚
www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/c...
www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/c...
Dima Tower found guilty in Florida trial, stabbed parents 140 times. What to know
Dima Tower was found guilty in the brutal stabbings of his adoptive parents, Jennifer and Robbie Tower at their North Port, Florida home.
www.heraldtribune.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:01 AM
"He told police he felt like a "nobody coming from nowhere," being picked up by two strangers and brought to a new country thousands of miles away from his homeland." He goes on to say how he made his adoptive parents' lives hell. 🥚
www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/c...
www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/c...
His release is a systemic and public safety failure. He is a danger to society and esp to Indigenous women. No more #stolensisters
Families of the victims of Shawn Lamb say they weren't notified that the killer was being released.
Hear more on APTN News Brief:
Hear more on APTN News Brief:
APTN News Brief: November 13, 2025—Release of convicted killer catches First Nations victims' families by surprise
Our lead story: following news of the statutory release of Shawn Lamb—convicted in 2013 for killing two First Nations women in Winnipeg—family members of the victims are in shock, saying they h...
pod.fo
November 13, 2025 at 3:51 PM
His release is a systemic and public safety failure. He is a danger to society and esp to Indigenous women. No more #stolensisters