Reposted by karen wardEmily Lowan (she/her) @emilylowan.bsky.social · 1hWhy are Indigenous people now being subjected to levels of overt hostility and racism unseen in decades? One chief recently told me he was denied entry into a store for being “Indian”. 37936
Reposted by karen wardBruce Arthur @brucearthur.bsky.social · 4hOn Tuesday the BC Supreme Court vacated the convictions of the co-founders of DULF, which bought and sold clean illegal drugs on Vancouver's Downtown Eastside, and struck down a part of Canada's drug laws. None of it was ideal, but in this crisis, it was to the good. www.thestar.com/opinion/star...thestar.comBruce Arthur: B.C. court right to absolve founders of Drug User Liberation FrontThe B.C. Supreme Court concluded that DULF kept people alive and did no public harm, Bruce Arthur writes. 05517
Reposted by karen wardBC Humanist Association @bchumanist.ca · 10hToday is the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. As part of our commitment to reflecting on Canada's past, present and future relationship with First Nations and Indigenous communities, read our latest report from historian Robert Jago. www.bchumanist.ca/origin_and_m...bchumanist.caThe Origin and Meaning of Land AcknowledgementsThe Coast Salish origins of modern land acknowledgements 053
Reposted by karen wardMichelle Cyca @michellecyca.com · 10hrecommended 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-...indiginews.comOrange 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 14433
Reposted by karen wardHannah Harris Green @whatsitlike.me · 29/09/2026But one by one, Canadian OPCs are being shut down. This is not because they didn't successfully save lives. It's because Canada is moving to the right politically and away from harm reduction—something that is happening around the globe. Powell thinks these closures are a good thing. 1143
Reposted by karen wardHannah Harris Green @whatsitlike.me · 28/09/2026When I set out to fact check “The Cities That Said Yes to Drugs” which argues that harm reduction may increase overdoses, I expected some cherry picking and misdirection. But not to find basic math errors and debunked right wing talking points asserted as fact in the Atlantic’s print edition.whatsitlike.meAtlantic's anti-harm reduction screed riddled with errorsA close read of "The Cities That Said Yes to Drugs" found errors in basic arithmetic as well as more deliberately misleading elements 1020375
Reposted by karen wardEmma Arkell @emmaarkell.bsky.social · 4h"There are those who oppose both supervised consumption sites and public displays of drug use... who support rehab as a panacea, without acknowledging research that shows rehab without adequate supports increases fatalities, because those who relapse have a reduced tolerance for drugs." 1218
Reposted by karen wardJoanne Hammond @joannehammond.bsky.social · 4hEssential @wickdchiq.bsky.social reading on Canada's political hypocrisy: "Conservatives have built party real estate around disdain for Indigenous Peoples", and Liberals too: "Prime Minister Mark Carney is also is streamlining anti-Indigenous sentiments into this government’s modus operandi." 073
Reposted by karen wardCastanet.net @castanet.net · 4hTwo First Nations elders killed in crash outside Tsawwassen Mills Mall #Tsawwassencastanet.netTwo First Nations elders killed in crash outside Tsawwassen Mills Mall - BC NewsUPDATE 3:25 p.m. Prime Minister Mark Carney says the Tsawwassen First Nation in Delta, B.C., has lost two beloved elders in a crash at a shopping centre, which police have said appears to have been set off by a medical emergency. 4811
Reposted by karen wardJoanne Hammond @joannehammond.bsky.social · 5hDallas Brodie and OneBC out here doing anti-Indigenous racism, masks off, day-to-day lives and in their election platform. #bcpoli 45326
Reposted by karen wardAnna Mehler Paperny @mehlerpaperny.bsky.social · 13hIf we're going to talk about truth and reconciliation we should talk about Canada fighting First Nations in court. ijb.utoronto.ca/news/liberal...ijb.utoronto.caLiberals are playing legal hardball with First Nations over drinking water - Investigative Journalism BureauPrime Minister Mark Carney’s Liberal government is playing legal hardball with First Nations fighting for clean drinking water — and First Nations are fighting back. Interviews and hundreds of pages o... 5171105
Reposted by karen wardErica Ifill @wickdchiq.bsky.social · 7hRead my latest column on this National Day of Truth and Reconciliation. I name names! “Political institutions and political leaders have effectively played their part in minimizing the horrors of residential schools” www.hilltimes.com/2026/09/30/o...hilltimes.comOutrage rings hollow when paired with lack of action on residential school denialism - The Hill TimesPolitical institutions and political leaders have effectively played their part in minimizing the horrors of residential schools. 510360
Reposted by karen wardShannon Waters @sobittersosweet.bsky.social · 21hThat seems like such a key point here: someone in power understood the urgency Governments have so utterly failed to respond to this crisis. People like Nyx and Kalicum stepped in and this court ruling acknowledges both their efforts and the abdication of government 2247
Reposted by karen wardShannon Waters @sobittersosweet.bsky.social · 21hCan we stop pretending the Canadian Taxpayers Federation is a credible, non-partisan org now? Their press releases get an awful lot of play in news stories considering Binda, Gunn, etc 85311
Reposted by karen wardAdam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 9hThe ACLU's Jeffrey Stein called the ruling a "huge step in the right direction." “The public deserves to know how our government is justifying the cold-blooded murder of hundreds of civilians." 🔽 15845302
Reposted by karen wardThe Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 7hBREAKING: Tsawwassen First Nation ends Truth and Reconciliation event early as police say 4 people hit in collision. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...cbc.caTsawwassen First Nation ends Truth and Reconciliation event early; police say 4 people hit in 'collision' | CBC 14916
Reposted by karen wardAndrea Woo @andreawoo.bsky.social · 7hStatement from Tsawwassen First Nation 1199
Reposted by karen wardbianca wylie @biancawylie.com · 8hThe curious part about engaging with power and capital is that time may be a more available and accessible tactical lever than money. lesscomputer.ca/ask-questions/ 142
Reposted by karen wardbianca wylie @biancawylie.com · 8hQuestions are specific tools that do not require immediate action. They are a full action in themselves, and an action that borrows time and puts it back on our side to create space. lesscomputer.ca/ask-questions/ 131
Reposted by karen wardAPTN News @aptnnews.bsky.social · 8hThe Memorial Cloth is a 60-metre commemoration the honours the names of thousands of children that died as a result of residential schools in Canada. It is displayed each year as part of the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation event on Parliament Hill. 113290
Reposted by karen wardjanelle 𓆝𓆞 @janellelapointe.bsky.social · 8hHypocritical politicians are a vile stain on Truth & Reconciliation day. Shameful. 052
Reposted by karen wardShannon Waters @sobittersosweet.bsky.social · 21hI dream of someday having the space to report on how David Eby went from telling NDP supporters BC could not afford to keep approving fossil fuel projects to being one of LNG's biggest boosters He made that shift in less than 4 years 85617
Reposted by karen wardDan H @hanoomansingh.com · 21hOften in the case of Charter challenges — especially on social issues — people disparagingly talk about 'legislating from the bench'. This case shows how laws are overly complex and not responsive to the situation on the ground. We rely on the courts figure out how that applies in real life. #BCpoli 122
Reposted by karen wardRhea Myers @rheamyers.bsky.social · 30/09/2026The backlash against safe supply in BC has been disgusting and it is absolutely fantastic to see this win. 0174
Reposted by karen wardCorinne Green @ket.bsky.social · 30/09/2026tears at this. so grateful for people who do right knowing they'll be done wrong. it doesn't always turn out like this. harm reductionists are the best fucking people and there is absolutely nothing stopping you from being one of them. 29721
karen ward @kwardvancouver.bsky.social · 11hwhat will David Eby say today this is from 2011 youtu.be/4begFT-ZPHcc...youtu.beDavid Eby on Strategic LitigationYouTube video by Ontario HIV Treatment Network (OHTN) 051
Reposted by karen wardNative Calgarian Podcast 🪶🧡>🇨🇦 @nativecalgarian.bsky.social · 14h🤣 I wonder if they ever found them? 🤣 072
Reposted by karen wardEmma Arkell @emmaarkell.bsky.social · 30/09/2026My second article for the day is about this morning's historic BC Supreme Court ruling in favour of the founders of the Drug User Liberation Front (DULF). The judge praised DULF's work, said a safe supply is necessary to save lives, and threw out charges of drug trafficking. 012441
karen ward @kwardvancouver.bsky.social · 15hall colonial states are insatiably bloodthirsty some people are saying Fuck That and Fuck You and Death Can Fuck Right Off Too some of those people are even doctors its a choice #SafeSupply *some are journalists. but definitely not Marcus Gee. 040
karen ward @kwardvancouver.bsky.social · 18hthe ruling says that people who use drugs are people: citizens of Canada with constitutional rights and members of the public. that's a big fucken deal 0143
Reposted by karen wardAndrew Weichel @andrewweichel.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Another election, another police candidate running with Mayor Ken Sim's ABC party. The latest is a crime analyst who detected the pandemic-era spike in stranger assaults that became a major campaign issue in 2022. www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...ctvnews.ca‘Unusual’ ties between Vancouver police, mayor’s party scrutinized as crime analyst joins campaignFor the second election in a row, a senior crime analyst with the Vancouver Police Department has stepped away from her role to run in a partisan campaign—raising new questions about politicization wi... 135
Reposted by karen wardVictoria De Capua @victoriadecapua.com · 20hYour glass house has a whale in it 032
Reposted by karen wardkaren ward @kwardvancouver.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I am not at my best and if I get worse I will need some help to be on the safe side. a 30$ for safety ok that's vague. im doing very badly right now, ok cut off is 9pm (because bank) etransfer: thefool.ward@gmail.com 11012
Reposted by karen wardTim Ford @timfordwrites.bsky.social · 29/09/2026There are dorks (evil, destroying the planet, forcing garbage down our throats nobody wants) And there are dorks (wonderful, making things everyone wants, often for free or very reasonable prices, like this guy who set out to make kits to convert the Lego Game Boy into a FUNCTIONAL GAME BOY WHAAAT) 191
karen ward @kwardvancouver.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I am not at my best and if I get worse I will need some help to be on the safe side. a 30$ for safety ok that's vague. im doing very badly right now, ok cut off is 9pm (because bank) etransfer: thefool.ward@gmail.com 11012
Reposted by karen wardKelly B @kellyblack.ca · 29/09/2026Here’s the thing about white supremacy in BC today: The Premier and opposition party have spent the last year saying “First Nations are coming for your homes. Private property is sacrosanct.” These politicians deny such statements are stoking racist backlash. But they are 28234
Reposted by karen wardAndrew Longhurst 🇨🇦 🍉 @alonghurst.bsky.social · 29/09/2026“The paramount concern is we’re not seeing this policy direction achieving the results that the government claimed it would,” Longhurst said at a news conference Monday. “And we’re a number of years into this.” www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #onpoli #cdnpolicbc.caWait times for most priority surgeries in Ontario have increased since 2017, study says | CBC NewsWait times for most of the province’s publicly funded priority surgeries and procedures have increased between 2017 and 2025, according to a study released Monday. 097
Reposted by karen wardJenny Kwan @jennykwan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Liberal MP Sean Casey was demoted by Mark Carney last week after voting in favour of Jenny Kwan’s Bill C-233, the No More Loopholes Act. When will the Liberals stop punishing MPs for doing their job—and finally act to close this loophole? 8291106
Reposted by karen wardB @monnomdeguerre.bsky.social · 29/09/2026People just now discovering that the members of Rush are right-wing millionaires is like the flip side of all those chuds being surprised that Rage are left-wing. Neal Pert loved Ayn Rand. Geddy lives in a mansion and collects wine. 131
karen ward @kwardvancouver.bsky.social · 29/09/2026instead of Question Period, the next legislative session will have government and opposition throwing critical minerals at each other across the aisle for a full hour 050
Reposted by karen wardcageyratfish (UTC-7) 🐟🏳️⚧️ @cageyratfish.bsky.social · 29/09/2026it's very upsetting how this residential-school denialism has been growing up here, there are quite a few right-wing politicians who are supporting this hate both openly & tacitly. As well as calling for the elimination of land acknowledgements & other steps taken towards reconciliation. And -- 393
Reposted by karen wardMichael @snowrunner.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Amazing how Canadian conservatives find money for burning down the planet a little bit faster, it turns out their pockets out when it comes to investments that would create a better future for generations 032
Reposted by karen wardThomas Seal @twseal.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I asked @davidebybc.bsky.social about what's coming tomorrow in light of the Prime Minister's Office saying Carney will highlight "an historic investment" in Canadian energy in Vancouver tomorrow. Eby answered about what it would mean "if" it's LNG Canada Phase 2 362