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Erin

@erindraws.bsky.social
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Illustrator ✏️ Surface + Product Designer 🪩 Gardener + Native Plant Enthusiast 🌱Settler living on Snuneymuxw land (Nanaimo BC) 🌲She/Her 😷 COVID competent 🇵🇸

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Nico Mara-McKay 🦇 (they/iel) @nicomaramckay.com · 18h
This Truth and Reconciliation Day, get in touch with your MP and let them know what you think about how they've failed to meet the plan outlined for them. Be specific and reference one or two Calls to Action that touch on issues that speak to you. Get personal. nctr.ca/about/truth-...
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BC Policy Solutions @bcpolicy.bsky.social · 17h
This National Day for Truth and Reconciliation we're highlighting comments from Dr. Lorna Wanosts’a7 Williams around how Indigenous knowledge can help settlers rethink their relationship with the land and to each other.
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Rethinking the settler-land relationship in BC (with Dr. Lorna Wanosts’a7 Williams)
Dr. Lorna Wanosts’a7 Williams is an esteemed member of the Lil’wat First Nation and a Professor Emerita of Indigenous Education, Curriculum and Instruction and the first Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Knowledge and Learning at the University of Victoria. She spoke at a BC Policy Solutions webin
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Michelle Cyca @michellecyca.com · 17h
recommended reading today — Aaron Hemens’ interview with Phyllis Webstad, published two years ago on @indiginews.bsky.social. Webstad is not even mentioned on the federal government’s webpage for NDTR/Orange Shirt Day indiginews.com/news/orange-...
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Orange Shirt Day’s founder fears Sept. 30 is being co-opted from residential ‘school’ survivors
‘I don’t want Orange Shirt Day to be forgotten — it was started by a survivor,’ says Phyllis Webstad, whose 11-year-old event now coincides with National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
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CHEK News @cheknews.ca · 27/09/2026
At first glance, the executive director of the Comox Valley Land Trust, doesn’t look like a typical superhero. But, according to him (and a King Charles III Coronation medal), he sometimes feels like…
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Comox Valley, Nanaimo land trusts raising funds to support Deep Bay land conservation purchase
At first glance, the executive director of the Comox Valley Land Trust, doesn’t look like a typical superhero. But, according to him (and a King Charles III Coronation medal), he sometimes feels like one.
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Erin @erindraws.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
A little late, but 6 months with Bertie! He loves to snuggle + nap, but only when he isn’t: meowing, yowling, galloping, running, sneaking, somersaulting, jumping, biting, scratching, eating. Fave toys are: golf ball, dented ping pong ball, tattered red ribbon, a sushi-shaped mini stuffie.
Close up front facing photo of a tabby tuxedo cat. The right side of his mouth is smooshed up from snapping too hard on it. His ears are back a bit. He has green-blue eyes and a pink nose. He’s on a cream faux-sheepskin blanket. He looks quite cranky but is actually a bit stunned from being awoken from his nap. Less close up photo of a tabby tuxedo cat. His ears are perky and his nose is very pink.
He’s on a cream faux-sheepskin blanket and has a multicolour pillow behind him.A tabby tuxedo cat lying on his side on a sheepskin on a grey couch. He faces the camera with a confused expression.
One of his back paws is pushed up near his chin. His front right leg is angled up and the paw is touching the couch arm rest. What a cute cat! 
Distance photo of a tabby tuxedo cat lying on a mini trampoline. His body from front armpits back to his tail is on the trampoline. His forelegs drop dramatically straight down towards the floor which highlights his bright white front paw socks. He looks a bit stunned and his pupils are big! There are dark blue mats under the trampoline and a white wall behind.
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Emily Lowan (she/her) @emilylowan.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
David Eby just called a snap election, right on top of local municipal elections. #bcelection2026
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Erin @erindraws.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
This native plant talk looks really great for folks on so-called Vancouver Island: Grow Healthy & Beneficial Native Plants in Urban Spaces with Kyle Clarke of PEPAKEṈHÁUTW̱. Scroll for in-person info or online reg (yay for accessible events!) npsg.ca Victoria Nanaimo Duncan British Columbia
GROW HEALTHY &
BENEFICIAL NATIVE PLANTS 
IN URBAN LANDSCAPES WITH
KYLE CLARKE
Vancouver Island is home to a vast diversity of native plants, many of which are edible! Learn with Kyle how to grow healthy and beneficial native foodplants in the urbanscape of your own backyard or balcony. Let's explore the amazing gifts native plants have to offer in the form of food all while
supporting the surrounding environment through our food growing practices. 

SEPT 17 2026
THURSDAY 7:00PM
AT SWAN LAKE NATURE
HOUSE AND ONLINE
3873 SWAN LAKE ROAD
Visit our website for more info:
npsg.ca | by donation
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Erin @erindraws.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Yes! Native plants belong in urban areas. They provide biodiversity, cooling + reinforce our part as humans in the larger system of Nature. We aren’t separate from Nature! Excited to see how these bus shelters test + if they’re a success.
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CHEK News @cheknews.ca · 08/09/2026
The only known pelt of an extinct woolly dog, a species raised for its thick coat by Coast Salish and Makah peoples, has returned to British Columbia for the first time. cheknews.ca/only-known-woolly-dog-p…
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Only known woolly dog pelt returns to B.C. after more than 160 years
The only known pelt of an extinct woolly dog, a species raised for its thick coat by Coast Salish and Makah peoples, has returned to British Columbia for the first time.
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caroline cash @cashbrowns.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Nancy 9/7/26 … Happy Labor Day 🛠️
8 Hours for Work, 8 Hours for Rest, 8 Hours for What We Will. Based on a screenprint by Ricardo Levins Morales after the organizing work done by Robert Owen.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
pay living wages for all workers. tax the shit out of billionaires. happy labor day.
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Donate A Mask Canada @donatemask.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Don’t forget to stock up on #masks and clean air tools before school starts! You can do your back-to-school shopping at our charity fundraising store. buymask.ca All proceeds from our store support our Free Request Program. This means your purchase will keep you AND others safe! #CleanAir4All
Back to School Sale: Two students wearing white respirator masks against a colourful background.
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Erin @erindraws.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Good news! Would like to see officials encouraging folks to wear proper respirator masks / N95 to protect against the wildfire smoke and ash.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
I enjoyed this. ordinaryabundance.com
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Ordinary Abundance
A walk through a modern apartment, through the eyes of the people for whom everything in it was new.
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Tarnjit Parmar @tarnjitparmar.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
From the Penticton Sikh gurdwara … hundreds of meals prepared by volunteers and sent to people who have been evacuated by the fire. Delivered to parking lots where people were camped out and other spaces evacuees have gathered.
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Erin @erindraws.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
This event in Harewood at Five Acre Community Park in Nanaimo looks lovely. C'tasi:a of the Snuneymuxw First Nation, will share knowledge, stories, and teachings about local plants, the land, and Indigenous perspectives. www.eventbrite.ca/e/friends-of...
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Friends of Harewood Plains & C'tasi:a w. Snuneymuxw First Nation
Friends of Harewood Plains and Nanaimo Foodshare welcome C'tasi:a of the Snuneymuxw First Nation at the Five Acre Community Park.
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Erin @erindraws.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Donations to support the incredible migrant workers who pick the delicious Summerland fruit you enjoy can be made here: chuffed.org/project/1945...
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Migrant Worker Wildfire Relief Fund
Over 8000 migrant workers are located in the Okanagan and power BC's agriculture industry. They often live in substandard and overcrowded housing.
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Castanet.net @castanet.net · 08/08/2026
Call centre opened after more than 230 Summerland care home residents evacuated #SummerlandBC
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Call centre opened after more than 230 Summerland care home residents evacuated - Summerland News
UPDATE 1:50 p.m. Interior Health has opened a call centre for families seeking updates on the location of seniors who were evacuated from two Summerland care homes.
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Dragonfly @dragonfly.eco · 08/08/2026
August's newsletter is out: buttondown.com/dragonfly.ec.... See an interview with Wildfire Verses author Sakiru Adebayo, news about The Dog Stars movie and the upcoming Season 2 of 3 Body Problem, plus more. #ecofiction #climate #summertime
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I believe climate change and the Sixth Great Mass Extinction are the stories of our time
Films of the month The entire quote is “I believe climate change and the Sixth Great Mass Extinction—which we are in the middle of, and which has been caused...
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Jen the Feisty Librarian @feistywaters.com · 08/08/2026
My heart hurts for all the people being evacuated from towns burning down from wildfires and rages at politicians and shareholders who continue with pipelines and data centres like it’s business as usual.
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Erin @erindraws.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Terrifying and heart-breaking. This is because of climate change, unfettered oil and gas development and logging. My family is safely evacuated. Thinking of everyone there, including the domestic and wild animals plus all of the places that make Summerland special. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Full evacuation order of Summerland, B.C., issued due to out-of-control wildfire | CBC News
The Bald Range fire grew to 50 square kilometres in three hours after it was first detected at 5:30 p.m. PT on Friday evening, said Erick Thompson with the Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen's ...
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Tara Moriarty @moriartylab.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Canadian COVID Forecast Aug 1 - Aug 14, 2026 BRITISH COLUMBIA MODERATE [no change] About 1 of every 188 people is infected. Compared to lowest point of pandemic in Canada: -Infections: 3.0 x higher -Long COVID: 3.7 x higher -Hospitalizations: 2.7 x higher -Deaths: 2.5 x higher
This image describes the Canadian COVID Forecast for the fourteen-day period between Aug 1 - Aug 14, 2026, which is produced by COVID-19 Resources Canada. British Columbia's COVID Forecast outlook is MODERATE [no change] with a COVID INDEX SCORE of 2.7

About 1 of every 188 people is infected.

Estimated infections this week: 25,200-40,500
What these numbers mean: MODERATE 1-5, HIGH 5-10, VERY HIGH 10-15, SEVERE >15 COMPARED TO THE LOWEST POINT IN THE COVID PANDEMIC IN CANADA
How much higher are key indicators compared to the lowest point in the COVID pandemic in Canada?
Waste water, infections: MODERATE; 3.0X higher
Long COVID: MODERATE; 3.7X higher
Hospitalizations: MODERATE; 2.7X higher
Deaths: MODERATE; 2.5X higher
HOW TO HELP:
EVERYONE:
UPDATE vaccines every 6 months
WEAR N95-type masks

Who is HIGH RISK?
People 60 and older, babies < 1 year, pregnant
ALL AGES: immunocompromised OR medically at-risk OR no vaccine or infection in the last 6 months

Recommendations are based on the COVID-19 Risk Index from the Peterborough ON Public Health Unit
COVID-19 Resources Canada is a grassroots organization of volunteer scientists supporting Canadian COVID responses. Sources, data and methods for the COVID Index are available at www.Covid19Resources.ca
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CHEK News @cheknews.ca · 05/08/2026
Hazy skies over southern Vancouver Island caused by wildfires are expected to bring “moderate” health risks to locals on Wednesday. cheknews.ca/wildfire-smoke-forecast…
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Wildfire smoke forecast to cause ‘moderate’ health risks in Greater Victoria
Hazy skies over southern Vancouver Island caused by wildfires are expected to bring “moderate” health risks to locals on Wednesday.
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Plague Poems @plaguepoems.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Due to the wildfires currently burning in the Pacific Northwest it is being projected that smoke will once again blanket many regions, which is a reminder yet another important reminder that as long as you’re breathing there’s still time for you to start masking again.
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Jen the Feisty Librarian @feistywaters.com · 31/07/2026
The most infuriating thing about all the Fauci stuff this week is that everyone is past tensing a pandemic that is still happening. Covid is still disabling and killing people.
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Erin @erindraws.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
This is one of the few remaining Garry Oak Ecosystems left in Nanaimo as we insist on razing every last inch of this type of beautiful ecosystem instead of protecting it. This spot needs the same sort of public outcry as we’ve seen in protecting Cable Bay and Rocky City Wetlands.
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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Not all heroes wear capes. Some meant to but wind up in gorilla masks instead. Thank you to Joyce Kozloff and all the other Guerrilla Girls, whether or not you ever come forward. What you did was so, so important.
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Founding member of Guerrilla Girls reveals her identity
One of the founding members of feminist art collective Guerrilla Girls has revealed herself to be American painter and sculptor Joyce Kozloff.
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Erin @erindraws.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Same. Screams quietly though due to sinus pain / migraine.
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Emily Lowan (she/her) @emilylowan.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
We need to ban foreign ownership of BC farmland immediately. The super-billionaire heir to the Walmart fortune, Stan Kroenke, now controls over 13% of BC’s farmland - this is a threat to BC’s sovereignty, food security and farmers. Read the Tyee’s in-depth coverage on this issue.
A Tiny BC Farming Town's Fight Against Billionaire Speculators
A US company's pursuit of land near Dunster has reignited calls for stiffer foreign ownership rules.The purchase of dozens of farm properties by two U.S. billionaires has prompted a small B.C. community to call for restrictions on foreign ownership of agricultural land.
Since 2008, a company co-owned by American billionaires Bobby Patton Jr. and Mark Walter has bought 25 properties in Dunster, an unincorporated community of approximately 240 people located 40 minutes north of Valemount.Patton Jr. and Walter are co-owners of the Los Angeles Dodgers through their company
Guggenheim Baseball Management, and were estimated to have a combined net worth of more than $5 billion in 2020. By contrast, the average household income for those living in the Dunster area is about $60,000 per year.Unlike many other provinces, British Columbia has no restrictions on foreign ownership of agricultural land.
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Sonja Boon @storiedselves.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Canadian arts and culture folks: the federal government has launched a (methodologically flawed) survey on "the Cultural Sector's readiness for Artificial Intelligence". If you're ready to resist or refuse genAI, here's your chance to let them know. pch.research-recherche.ca/f/s.aspx?lan...
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National Survey on the Cultural Sector’s Readiness for Artificial Intelligence
Powered by SimpleSurvey.com | Build and manage your own online survey, voting, form and panel management applications.
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BC Wildfire Weekly - Wildfires + More @bcwildfirewkly.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
“The Regional District of Nanaimo is moving all of its water service areas to Stage 4 Water Conservation, effective July 24, as drought conditions continue across the region.” cheknews.ca/stage-4-wate... - @cheknews.ca #Drought #Nanaimo
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Stage 4 water restrictions coming to RDN water service areas
The Regional District of Nanaimo is moving all of its water service areas to Stage 4 Water Conservation, effective July 24, as drought conditions continue across the region.
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Kelly B @kellyblack.ca · 22/07/2026
FYI if you use the WeatherCan app made by Environment and Climate Change Canada you can set notifications for air quality. When it reaches the level you set, you will get a notification. Overall it’s a great app, highly recommend
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Erin @erindraws.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Bertie is having a real normal one today.
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Erin @erindraws.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
This looks like an amazing job for an ‘undergraduate or graduate student in the Fall 2026 semester, pursuing a degree or certificate in scientific illustration, fine arts, graphic design, or similar related field of study.’
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Erin @erindraws.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
This project sounds amazing!
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Tara Moriarty @moriartylab.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Canadian COVID Forecast Jul 18 - Jul 31, 2026 BRITISH COLUMBIA MODERATE [no change] About 1 of every 123 people is infected. Compared to lowest point of pandemic in Canada: -Infections: 2.2 x higher -Long COVID: 3.9 x higher -Hospitalizations: 3.4 x higher -Deaths: 3.1 x higher
This image describes the Canadian COVID Forecast for the fourteen-day period between Jul 18 - Jul 31, 2026, which is produced by COVID-19 Resources Canada. British Columbia's COVID Forecast outlook is MODERATE [no change] with a COVID INDEX SCORE of 2.9

About 1 of every 123 people is infected.

Estimated infections this week: 40,300-67,600
What these numbers mean: MODERATE 1-5, HIGH 5-10, VERY HIGH 10-15, SEVERE >15 COMPARED TO THE LOWEST POINT IN THE COVID PANDEMIC IN CANADA
How much higher are key indicators compared to the lowest point in the COVID pandemic in Canada?
Waste water, infections: MODERATE; 2.2X higher
Long COVID: MODERATE; 3.9X higher
Hospitalizations: MODERATE; 3.4X higher
Deaths: MODERATE; 3.1X higher
HOW TO HELP:
EVERYONE:
UPDATE vaccines every 6 monthsWEAR N95-type masks

Who is HIGH RISK?
People 60 and older, babies < 1 year, pregnant
ALL AGES: immunocompromised OR medically at-risk OR no vaccine or infection in the last 6 months

Recommendations are based on the COVID-19 Risk Index from the Peterborough ON Public Health Unit
COVID-19 Resources Canada is a grassroots organization of volunteer scientists supporting Canadian COVID responses. Sources, data and methods for the COVID Index are available at www.Covid19Resources.ca
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Anishinabek Nation @anishinabeknation.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
We are accepting donations on behalf of Namaygoosisagagun First Nation to help them navigate through this crisis. If you can, please donate via e-transfer to: an7gc@anishinabek.ca Donations can also be made by credit card through PayPal or CanadaHelps with further information at an7gc.ca/donate/
We are accepting donations on behalf of Namaygoosisagagun First Nation to help the community navigate through this crisis. If you can, please donate via e-transfer to: an7gc@anishinabek.ca

Donations can also be made by credit card through PayPal or CanadaHelps with further information at https://an7gc.ca/donate/
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Ricochet Media @ricochetmedia.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
NEW from Brandi Morin. The last stand for old growth: As the chainsaws close in, land defenders refuse to look away. First Nations elders are once again on the front lines. With ancient forests facing imminent destruction, they say industry has written off entire ecosystem as ‘collateral damage.’
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The last stand for old growth: As the chainsaws close in, land defenders refuse to look away
First Nations elders are once again on the front lines. With the last ancient forests facing imminent destruction, they say industry has written off the trees, wildlife and entire ecosystem as ‘collat...
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Erin @erindraws.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Just realizing now that there are two Toms, Hiddleston and Holland.
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Awkward Monkey Puppet Reaction
Alt: Awkward Monkey Puppet Reaction gif
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Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
every time there are serious levels of forest fire smoke, I learn how many people still don't own air purifiers or don't have them on all the time even though the science is pretty clear on how they help with allergies and reduce the transmission of viruses like Covid-19
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Kelly B @kellyblack.ca · 16/07/2026
Drake meme. First panel has Mark Carney’s face in place of Drake’s, he puts his hand up at orcas. Second panel has Carney’s face and he is smiling and pointing at wildfire
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Paul Franz @paulfranz.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
The funniest (in a dark way) thing about the naturalization of covid denial is that now people won't think to wear a mask outside even when the AQI eclipses 150.
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âpihtawikosisân @apihtawikosisan.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
For folks struggling to figure out how to deal with wildfire smoke, I put together some information a few years ago: apihtawikosisan.com/2023/09/miti...
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Mitigating Exposure to Wildfire Smoke: What I’ve Learned So Far
Folks, we need to talk. I’m shut up in the house again, windows tightly closed, air-filters running, because the outside air quality is absolutely terrible. It’s “wildfire season&…
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Clare Blackwood @clareblackwood.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
"I don't have time to worry about explosive diarreah-causing lettuce, I'm too busy worrying about fascism" is not a phrase I thought I'd be uttering in the year of our Lord 2026, but tbh maybe that's on me
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Jane Kilthei @janekilthei.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
The Canadian federal government is proposing major legislative changes that would make it easier to fast-track climate-wrecking pipelines. If you are a Canadian, use this 350 Canada's online tool to flood the public consultation before July 22! share.nwmd.social/s/a02SfMBi
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Flood the Consultation: Don’t Fast-Track Destruction
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Erin @erindraws.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Lovely mini documentary about Satinflower Nursery here on so-called Vancouver Island. They carry out important and beautiful work with native plants! www.visiontv.ca/videos/visio...
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Erin @erindraws.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
🚨 🚨 we’re halfway to our goal of a monorail cat with two of four legs in proper position 🚨 🚨 🚨
Photo head-on of a tabby tuxedo cat with his chin on the armrest of a yellow couch and his front legs dangling on either side. He’s being cute!
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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
I'm pleased with this
A lightning bug lights up their butt standing on a blade of grass, next to some asters, with the night sky in the background, with the words Grow Native Plants in the sky
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Erin @erindraws.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
You know Nanaimo News Bulletin’s Beefs & Bouquets, but what about the Gabriola Sounder Smiles & Snarls @magpie.tips? Smiles only!
Photo of newspaper that reads: 

SMILES & SNARLS
SMILE - to the BC Ferries deck crews, GVFD firefighters, and everyone else who was helping direct, calm, and inform ferry travellers on Wednesday last week when the ferry broke down.
SMILE - to Kira Bradley and the Agi Hall, GERTIE, Wishful.
Thinking Farm, Somerset Farm and Mad Ronas for helping to make the UVic Textile Archeology 485 class weekend retreat such a success! The students and prof Dr. Erin McGuire were thrilled to be here. Big thanks to former Gabriolan April Vannini for making this connection between our group and the students.
~ Gabriola Island Fibreshed Working Group
SMILE - to the People for a Heathy Community Workers & very grateful riders on the MediGo Van to Nanaimo Dr's appointments recently. To Karen, the Driver who assisted in many thoughtful ways to manage our special needs - which included a 3 hour (approx) wait for the Gabriola Ferry that was unfortunately disabled returning that day! Thank you,
Thank you!
SMILE - Enormous smiles to the cast of 'OZ'. So impressed with the professionalism of the whole production. Very well-rehearsed, and enjoyed by all. Well done! Drove home with a warm. fuzzy feeling. Thank you to the entire cast. Go Mara!
~ BJ Godson
To submit a smile or snarl, call 250-247-9337 or email derek@soundernews.com
Submissions subject to editing.
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Miffythegamer @miffythegamer.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Rest in peace, David Hockney. 😢
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