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Olive 🇨🇦

@imapest.bsky.social
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Member of the Métis Nation ♾️ of Ontario 🇨🇦 transplanted from Manitoba to Vancouver Island. 🇨🇦 Aboriginal People = 1st Nations + Inuit + Métis I’ve worked as a journeyman machinist, teacher and now as a graphic designer.

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Olive 🇨🇦 @imapest.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I stopped buying American produce long ago because their FDA is controlled by big donors. Kennedy’s MAHA is a joke #pesticides #foodSafety www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
cbc.ca
Fruit giant Driscoll's faces class-action lawsuit in Quebec | CBC News
Lawyers are asking a Quebec Superior Court judge to authorize a class-action lawsuit against American fruit giant Driscoll’s. It comes after allegations that the company had sent millions of pounds of...
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Olive 🇨🇦 @imapest.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Why is everyone implying that only an extraordinary outlier would ever ask her to a dance? And why support putting girls in these humiliating auction blocks? Her value isn’t determined by this one moment.
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Olive 🇨🇦 @imapest.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Campobello NB is being choked by trump’s asinine tariff war. Isn’t the tiny American zone of Point Roberts on the west coast in BC lower mainland in the same vulnerable position? Isn’t this a bartering chip? #tariff #Campobello #NewBrunswick #PointRoberts #trump #BC www.ctvnews.ca/world/trumps...
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Island mayor doesn’t know what comes next after truck wasn’t allowed over U.S.-Canada border
The truck bound for Campobello Island, N.B., was stopped earlier this week after it was found carrying milk and "over 1,000 bottles of spirits," U.S. Customs and Border Protection said.
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Olive 🇨🇦 @imapest.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
It's so rare to see a politician working through the checklist of promises.
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Olive 🇨🇦 @imapest.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Big waste of money but we've got no choice but to vote for him. Does this kind of legacy give him the warm fuzzies?
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Olive 🇨🇦 @imapest.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Came here to spew at the turd who called the election @davidebybc.bsky.social I really don't see typical NDP policy coming out of this government or even anything that inspires anyone to vote for you other than the fact that we're held hostage with few choices. Every vote you get = a bitter pill
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Olive 🇨🇦 @imapest.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Trump is aching for excuses to raise tariffs on Canada. How unpresidential to attack us when we’re fighting off wildfires caused by global climate change. Instead, besides offering help, he could improve global air quality instantly by ending his illegal Iran war www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...
theguardian.com
5m tonnes of CO2 emitted in just 14 days of US war on Iran, analysis finds
Exclusive: War in the Middle East is draining the global carbon budget faster than 84 countries combined
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Olive 🇨🇦 @imapest.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
I will ABSOLUTELY NEVER subscribe to Apple News as long as they promote the racist National Post outlet. NP is obsessed with Aboriginal hatred that’s jarring and hurtful even if I don’t click on it. Can NP be sued for its racist hate speech?
Screenshot of Apple News feed highlighting yet another anti Aboriginal racist National Post article ridiculing the existence of gravesites at former residential school sites
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Olive 🇨🇦 @imapest.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
How can Conservative seats be a part of federal Conservatives if they’re supporting the push for Alberta to separate from Canada? Treaty rights are forever. Respect UNDRIP globalnews.ca/news/1185804...
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Alberta referendum committee meeting implodes when UCP prematurely releases statement | Globalnews.ca
Chaos descended upon an Alberta legislature committee meeting when the UCP issued a news release declaring the outcome of a referendum question vote that had not yet happened.
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Olive 🇨🇦 @imapest.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Just an interesting side note: this is my ancestors’ traditional land (Métis) prior to the war of 1812
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Olive 🇨🇦 @imapest.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
That $1.5 billion defence slush fund sure will come in handy after the midterms & beyond when trump expects to be fighting off endless legal battles. What’s to stop him from using the entire fund for himself?
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Olive 🇨🇦 @imapest.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Welcome back to Vancouver Island Pamela Anderson!! 🤗 Smart move. It’s really the best of all worlds apple.news/A8UDJfh_7RwK...
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Pamela Anderson wants to talk to you about Canada — The Washington Post
Pamela Anderson returned to her childhood home on Vancouver Island, part of her transition to a more authentic lifestyle. She shares tips for resetting in Canada.
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Olive 🇨🇦 @imapest.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Oh GREAT! 😡 Now Kristi Noem will be Canada’s and other North and South American countries’ problem. Of course her stellar performance as Homeland Security Secretary has proven her more than capable of managing trump’s dream team taking control of the Americas
Kristi Noem speaking at a congressional hearing with the caption indicating that Trump just fired her as homeland security secretary while simultaneously appointing her to a newly created position as special envoy for Shield of the Americas, a new security initiative for the Western Hemisphere. Screenshot is from NYT.
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Olive 🇨🇦 @imapest.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Well I know for a fact that someone cares 😉 But I hear what you’re saying and know that feeling
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Olive 🇨🇦 @imapest.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
My role as Auntie (Métis culture) has no borders
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Olive 🇨🇦 @imapest.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
I’m in Canada but I like to think that our gains were at least aspirational examples 💕
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Olive 🇨🇦 @imapest.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
I was a protesting, union, journeyman machinist feminist single mom who got passed over for all sorts of opportunities because of not toeing the line. It can be pretty harsh to hear over and over that I ruined the world after helping to get legislation passed for affordable daycare & equal pay
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Olive 🇨🇦 @imapest.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Comma comma chameleon! Remember presidents who had basic literacy skills? This one isn’t capable of even understanding the concept.
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Olive 🇨🇦 @imapest.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Things that make you go 🤔 hmmm! Charlie Kirk spoke out against Lindsey Graham’s calls for regime change in Iran. Shortly afterwords, Kirk was assassinateod. Kind of convenient since he would be leading the charge against Trump’s Epstein Distraction War apple.news/AlRqcqv3DQzi...
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“He Could Be Impeached.” Donald Trump’s Base Revolts Over War With Iran — Vanity Fair
MAGA leaders are expressing dismay and anger at the president, who campaigned on isolationism and
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Olive 🇨🇦 @imapest.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Not just New York. Tax the rich everywhere!! As it stands, they’re opportunists that keep moving to states that are tax havens. THEY’RE the problem migrants
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Olive 🇨🇦 @imapest.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
🤔 “notorious for his shocking rhetoric, making sexist remarks, cursing out the pope & Barack Obama & comparing himself to hitler” And he’s on trial for crimes against humanity! Kind of makes you hopeful that it’s training ground for donald trump’s trial. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Rodrigo Duterte: Ex-Philippine president faces court for crimes against humanity
Duterte is facing charges relating to a long and bloody war on drugs in which thousands were killed.
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Olive 🇨🇦 @imapest.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Stunning artwork. Captivating
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Olive 🇨🇦 @imapest.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Even when they do, it’s always in safe, cushy positions.
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Justin @ediparolev.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
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Olive 🇨🇦 @imapest.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
I’m going to trust you on that. But that scene was strangely erotic. And, for the time, it was probably pushing censorship rules. Especially William Shatner
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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
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Olive 🇨🇦 @imapest.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
I grew up being horribly allergic to wool and lots of other stuff. Now that I’ve outgrown that, it feels like a superpower to envelop myself in wool every chance I get. I also love my antique HBC blankets. I figure my ancestors worked hard to trade for those things, I’m going to cherish them.
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Olive 🇨🇦 @imapest.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Went to a neighbourhood party last night and we were outnumbered by the dogs that tagged along. And they also out charmed us!
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Olive 🇨🇦 @imapest.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
I save up my holey merino wool clothes to repurpose the good parts into other stuff. I bet you could make an interesting patchwork scarf with the pieces 🤔
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Olive 🇨🇦 @imapest.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
That’s great. It’s less likely to soak up “stuff”
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Olive 🇨🇦 @imapest.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
It’s pretty sad that the team is so into partying with that pond scum.
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Olive 🇨🇦 @imapest.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
You’ll want a really long narrow scarf that wraps around and around. Then as you need to, you can pull open the mouth opening if it starts to get too much condensation
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Olive 🇨🇦 @imapest.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
We wrapped scarves around our foreheads and then around our faces so that just your eyes peep through. It’s also a great way to make an instant snow blindness mask.
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Olive 🇨🇦 @imapest.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
I guess. I spent my growing up years in Winnipeg and Northwestern Ontario and I don’t think I ever owned an umbrella. Someone needs to tell them about scarves. Or maybe pinch one of those balaclavas from an ICE dude.
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Olive 🇨🇦 @imapest.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
This strangely makes me feel heard
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Olive 🇨🇦 @imapest.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
It happens when you’re a victim of partner violence also. And trying to report violence towards their kids results in accusations of retaliation or spitefulness. It’s always about those with more power protecting each other’s backs even when the harassment comes from their trad wives.
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Olive 🇨🇦 @imapest.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Why are these people carrying umbrellas?
People walking in a snowstorm carrying umbrellas with the American flag blowing in the background
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Olive 🇨🇦 @imapest.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
And a wickedly hot, sexy scene had Captain Kirk slipping on his boots after an encounter that we filled in with our imaginations.
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Olive 🇨🇦 @imapest.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
Of course Kavanaugh is Trump’s hero. Rapists gotta stick together
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Olive 🇨🇦 @imapest.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
Well what’s actually troubling is that it wasn’t SEEN but definitely was unscrupulous behaviour by people with a degree of shame & understanding of laws to skirt around. USA has a long history of overthrowing governments for it’s own gain. Voters support cruelty for the promise of “affordability" 🙄
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Olive 🇨🇦 @imapest.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
MAGA is still freaking out over Bad Bunny’s show not speaking English. Imagine the Washington National Opera having to cater to that crowd. No wonder they’re leaving the Kennedy Centre
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Olive 🇨🇦 @imapest.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
It seems like a very recent thing to hear it so much in the mainstream. It’s especially a huge problem when the “truth-telling news” uses colloquialism in reporting. It’s not heard in Canada. We mostly say “the states.” Like “going to the states” … when that used to be a thing 🫤
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Olive 🇨🇦 @imapest.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Think of all those sad sacks who will never know the joy of house parties 🤔 where some dumbasses challenge each other to rip a phone book in half.
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Olive 🇨🇦 @imapest.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Yes!! So please STOP 🛑 calling that one country “America” as though you’ve already annexed the rest of us!! I’m looking at you too NYT And ps it’s still the Gulf of Mexico 🇲🇽
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Olive 🇨🇦 @imapest.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
I guess putting lead back in gasoline is next. It would sure make gas guzzler manufacturers happy. Big deal if it destroys children’s brains and potential
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Olive 🇨🇦 @imapest.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Just got the latest Walrus magazine in the mail. I’m guessing that, if they had a crystal ball, the editors would not have published this right now when Canada is mourning the mass shooting of mostly children in Tumbler Ridge BC.
Cover of the latest Walrus magazine with the feature story titled “The Untold Story of the Deadliest Mass Shooting in Canadian History.”
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Olive 🇨🇦 @imapest.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
Ouch took me a few seconds but 🤣
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Olive 🇨🇦 @imapest.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
Feeling grateful for my West Coast island life right now. Even though it’s kind of a damp day, seeing the start of cherry blossoms when we haven’t even hit February is a shot of happy #VancouverIsland #VictoriaBC
Downtown Victoria BC on Vancouver Island city scene with a few people walking on quiet streets lined with cherry blossom trees beginning to bloom
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Olive 🇨🇦 @imapest.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
I’ve had some tough times with my daughter… as a single mom when she was a baby & might have made some questionable choices. But she sent me this song and my heart just melted. I’m atheist but still 💕 Makes it all seem worthwhile to have kept working through it all youtu.be/nnzV49VYHOc
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I Thank God for U
YouTube video by MC YOGI & John Pattern - Topic
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Olive 🇨🇦 @imapest.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
That’s really what they call me
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