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@moonlyfe.bsky.social
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Travel, politics, and Vancouver Island things. Unapologetically #Indigenous. Difficult woman. Opinions are my own. #adoptee #60sScoop activist 🥚

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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 29/09/2026
Ahead of the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, Kamloops residents are grappling with a disturbing recent gathering of an apparent white supremacist group. @jenstden.bsky.social reports. thetyee.ca/News/2026/09...
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Masked Group in Kamloops Sparks Alarm and Racism Fears | The Tyee
‘I don’t want these people in my neighbourhood, in my city, in my country.’
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Gord Johns @gordjohns.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I stand with MP Leah Gazan, NDP Critic for Indigenous Affairs, and Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc, residential school Survivors, families and communities. Residential school denialism is dangerous, harmful and unacceptable. We condemn it unequivocally.
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APTN News @aptnnews.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Indigenous members of Parliament say they are “appalled” by an ongoing shirt campaign to promote residential school denialism. www.aptnnews.ca?p=294024
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Indigenous MPs ‘disgusted’ by residential school denialist shirts
Indigenous members of Parliament say they are “appalled” by an ongoing shirt campaign to promote residential school denialism.
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Canada's National Observer @nationalobserver.com · 04/09/2026
Environmental groups say there’s a reason why the federal government quietly released its latest climate report, which finds that average temperatures in Canada are set to go up by at least 3.5 C by the end of the century.
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Carney government accused of burying climate report warning of worsening impacts
The report, which analyzes the impacts of climate change in Canada, was posted to a government website with no fanfare on Thursday evening ahead of the Labour Day long weekend.
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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
We had the opportunity to limit catastrophic damage to a 1.5 degree increase but that meant calling on the oil giants to do their part. Canada is now predicting a 3.5 to 5 degrees increase. That will spell the end of civilization. And we are still going all in on a $100 billion pipeline?
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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 03/09/2026
About 45 per cent of people experiencing homelessness for the first time are over the age of 55. “Unfortunately, many seniors are one unexpected expense or rent increase away from losing their housing,” said B.C.’s seniors advocate Dan Levitt. thetyee.ca/News/2026/09...
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Senior Surprised to Find Herself Unhoused Four Years After Retirement | The Tyee
Elizabeth Davis lost her apartment after months in hospital. She was discharged to a shelter in the Downtown Eastside.
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APTN News @aptnnews.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
The Kentner Family marched on Parliament Hill Monday to deliver a letter to the Parole Board of Canada, demanding answers about why the man who killed their loved one was granted parole. Brayden Bushby threw a trailer hitch at Barbara Kentner in Thunder Bay in 2017. She died months later.
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Family of Barbara Kentner wants probe of parole for Bushby
The Kentner family is demanding the Parole Board of Canada explain why it granted her attacker full parole without first meeting with them.
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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 29/08/2026
Are we in a romance recession? 🥀 An Indigenous reality show confronts the depressed dating economy with élan, offering sweet, hopeful roses in what appears to be an ocean of solitary thorns. @jackie-wong.bsky.social writes. thetyee.ca/Culture/2026...
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‘Rezervations for Two’ Is Reviving Romance | The Tyee
In a cynical summer, the Indigenous dating show delivers an uplifting message.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
My suggestion is to cancel your subscription to any media company that refers to Lake Ontario as Lake America.
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APTN News @aptnnews.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
The federal government has announced funding for three salmon hatcheries in British Columbia, including a $7.5 million investment into a facility that will be a partnership between the Department of Fisheries and Tŝilhqot’in National Government.
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Three salmon conservation hatcheries funded by federal government in British Columbia - APTN News
The federal government has announced funding for three salmon hatcheries in British Columbia, including a $7.5 million investment into a facility that will be a partnership between the Department of …
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APTN News @aptnnews.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
A statement from the AFN says this is the latest effort to 'disrupt these final proceedings and further delay justice and effective remedies for First Nations children, youth and families | Story by @mblackburn21.bsky.social
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Ottawa calls on Tribunal to pause child welfare case
Canada is requesting that the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal pause the child welfare case and fill out the panel hearing the case.
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moonlyfe.bsky.social @moonlyfe.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
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Gord Johns @gordjohns.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Huge win for Port Alberni & Canada. Ten retired Hercules aircraft will be sold to Coulson Aviation and converted into firefighting tankers, creating skilled Canadian jobs and strengthening our ability to protect communities from increasingly devastating wildfires.
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Federal Govt implements MP Johns plan to use retired RCAF aircraft to fight wildfires
YouTube video by Gord Johns
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APTN News @aptnnews.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
A racist banner near Edmonton provokes outrage and fear among First Nations. Hear more on APTN News Brief:
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APTN News Brief: "The Indians have done nothing": racist banner elicits fear, outrage ahead of Alberta referendum
Our featured story: a racist banner spotted near Edmonton provokes outrage and fear among First Nations, with some saying it's just the latest example of anti-Indigenous hate leading up to a pivota...
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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 23/07/2026
Canada arguably has a Red Tory party — it just so happens to still be called “the Liberal Party of Canada.” Rachel Gilmore writes. thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
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Mark Carney, Red Tory | The Tyee
The prime minister is causing a major realignment in Canadian politics. More proof came Wednesday.
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The Narwhal @thenarwhal.ca · 23/07/2026
Canadian politicians have for two decades promised carbon capture technology would slow industrial emissions that drive global warming. @meyer.bsky.social dug into those promises, as a deadly wildfire season — made worse by climate change — ravages the country. thenarwhal.ca/wildfires-ca...
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A glance at Canada’s carbon capture promises as wildfires burn | The Narwhal
As wildfires driven by climate change rage on, Canadian politicians from Harper to Carney have for two decades promised to use unproven technology to abate industrial carbon pollution
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moonlyfe.bsky.social @moonlyfe.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Wowww, this is big news, and I'm thrilled for Snuneynuwx and the growing relationship with the City of Nanaimo! #FutureFocused #SelfDetermination
Bc approves Nanaimo municipal boundary expansion to include Snuneymuwx First Nation
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moonlyfe.bsky.social @moonlyfe.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Pole carved by renowned artist Carey Newman now installed at the #SookeRegionMuseum 🙌
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Times Colonist @timescolonist.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
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A place to belong is gone for Island's Deaf community
About a hundred people gathered online and in person on Friday in Victoria to discuss the loss of the Island Deaf and Hard of Hearing Centre.
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APTN News @aptnnews.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Hundreds of mourners filled Buffalo Airways' hangar in Yellowknife to celebrate the life of Ryan Beck, a young Métis wildfire fighter who died when the plane he was in crashed. Story by Charlotte Morritt Jacobs.
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Friends, family gather to remember Métis firefighter Ryan Beck
Friends and family filled an air hangar in Yellowknife, N.W.T. to remember the life of Ryan Beck, a Métis firefighter who died in June.
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The Narwhal @thenarwhal.ca · 13/07/2026
A proposed wind farm with turbines nearly 700 feet tall has sparked debate in Manitoba. Some Polonia residents worry about the landscape, health impacts and costs, but supporters say the majority Métis-owned project will meet growing electricity demand and cut emissions thenarwhal.ca/manitoba-pol...
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A small Manitoba town grapples with a big wind power proposal | The Narwhal
Imagine an emissions-free, Indigenous-owned energy project — with turbines twice as tall as anything else nearby. Polonia residents are worried
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Times Colonist @timescolonist.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
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Pride Parade and festival set to take over downtown Victoria on Sunday
Both the parade and festival start at 11 a.m., with the festival set to continue until 6 p.m.
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moonlyfe.bsky.social @moonlyfe.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
And kids who went through foster care...🥚
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moonlyfe.bsky.social @moonlyfe.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
It's a good day to be Indigenous! 🪶🦅 "We are still here, powerfully" ~ Michelle Good. Happy Father's Day to all the great dads and male role models today too 🙏 #NationalIndigenousPeoplesDay #SixtiesScoopSurvivors #Reclamation
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moonlyfe.bsky.social @moonlyfe.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
May 5 is Red Dress Day also known as the National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and 2SLGBTQI+ people. We take a moment to honour and remember #MMIWG2S 🌹⚘️❤️ 📷 Taken in Winnipeg, March 2026. #RedDressDay #MMIWG #MMIWG2S #NoMoreStolenSisters
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moonlyfe.bsky.social @moonlyfe.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Making Indigenous rights a political football is an egregious move by this government, and look how it turned out for the Pallister Conservatives in Manitoba. Using the landfill search for human beings as a campaign platform is just evil.
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Adoptee Advocates of Michigan @aaom-adoptees.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Adoptees can experience conflicting emotions, including gratitude for their current life while also grieving what has been lost. Ike Robin, 27, originally adopted from Vietnam as a baby, talks about his reunion with his birth mother and what that meant for him personally. buff.ly/iuWsOTi 🥚
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Man reunites with mum in Vietnam three decades after adoption
Ike Robin says meeting his birth mother helped solve the "missing piece of the puzzle" in his life.
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Times Colonist @timescolonist.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
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Les Leyne: Coastal economic trust needs a reset and cash
A new report says the Island Coastal Economic Trust needs to convert to a “co-governance” model with First Nations and get more provincial funding to avoid shutdown.
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moonlyfe.bsky.social @moonlyfe.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Amazing to be in person for this historic moment 🙌
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moonlyfe.bsky.social @moonlyfe.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
cPTSD is common in #SixtiesScoop adoptees and survivors of child welfare. More health supports are needed to treat our #adoption and relational racism trauma now 🥚 www.erudit.org/en/journals/...
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“You're Native but You're not Native Looking”: A Critical Narrative Study Exploring the Health Needs of Aboriginal Veterans Adopted and/or Fostered During the Sixties Scoop – First Peoples Child & Fam...
An article from First Peoples Child & Family Review, on Érudit.
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The Narwhal @thenarwhal.ca · 05/03/2026
Accessing fresh produce is a challenge in many northern communities, but for one First Nation in northeastern B.C., harnessing geothermal energy may offer a path to better food security. @zoeyunker.bsky.social reports: thenarwhal.ca/west-moberly...
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B.C. First Nation taps geothermal power for food security | The Narwhal
In northeast B.C., fresh food is scarce. West Moberly First Nations is turning to an underground clean-energy solution
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moonlyfe.bsky.social @moonlyfe.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Sixties Scoop adoptees also face this terrifying situation, even as the original peoples of this land. Disgusting.
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moonlyfe.bsky.social @moonlyfe.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Shameful of Eby and the BC NDP.
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MPR News @mprnews.org · 10/02/2026
Super Bowl viewers Sunday speculated that 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos appeared in the halftime show. In fact, he has been in hiding with his family. “He can’t sleep well at night. He wakes up three or four times a night screaming, ‘Daddy, Daddy,’” Liam's father Adrian Conejo Arias, said.
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‘He’s not the same’: Father of Liam Conejo Ramos says 5-year-old continues to suffer
Some people thought they say the 5-year-old during the Super Bowl halftime show. But Liam is still in hiding with his family, after he and his father were detained and then released from a Texas deten...
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kwisatz haderade (#FreeSkylar) @booksandbows.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Lil guy with the Benito Bowl pava on, holding a Tim Hortons cup
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Tony Corsentino @notalegalrecord.net · 06/02/2026
the National Council for Adoption, which has spent $16 million on a Super Bowl ad positioning relinquishment for #adoption as the quietly heroic choice above the partisan fray, announced the departure of its president, who took a job in Trump’s HHS department. adoptioncouncil.org/press-releas...
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An Announcement from the NCFA Board of Directors - National Council For Adoption
It is with mixed emotion that we announce that the National Council for Adoption’s (NCFA) President and CEO Ryan Hanlon has informed us of his intent to depart the organization to take another positio...
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
JANE FONDA: “I know Don Lemon. My husband created CNN. And I will fight for their right to speak… they arrested the wrong Don. This is how autocrats act. We can’t fall for it.”
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Bruce Springsteen @brucespringsteen.net · 28/01/2026
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free
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Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
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Prison Adoptee @prisonadoptee.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
🥚... report Adoptee Voices draws on the experiences of more than 300 adopted young people aged 13 to 25 and reveals widespread feelings of isolation, confusion about identity and difficulties accessing specialist support. www.cypnow.co.uk/content/news...
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Eight in 10 adopted young people say society doesn’t understand adoption, inquiry finds - CYP Now
A parliamentary report is calling for the creation of a national adoptee forum to shape policy and services – after most young people said society and government do not understand adoption.
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Decolonize Myself @decolonizemyself.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
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First Nations leaders call on universities to ban residential school denialist demonstrations | CBC News
The British Columbia Assembly of First Nations said in a statement Friday it is calling on all universities to stand with residential school survivors and prohibit denialist demonstrations to ensure c...
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moonlyfe.bsky.social @moonlyfe.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Adam Olsen ~"It is time that promise moves from aspiration to action by finally stitching Indigenous nations’ contribution as an essential panel in the pan-Canadian quilt," not as public opinion, but as full partners and decision-makers. 💯
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moonlyfe.bsky.social @moonlyfe.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Winter on Vancouver Island 🌊
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moonlyfe.bsky.social @moonlyfe.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Studies show that children fare better emotionally and spiritually in their family of origin, even with significant ACEs. Imagine if we invested in families and prevention instead of foster care! 🥚
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#indigenoushealth #indigenousresilience #indigenouswellness | Devon Headdress
The Indigenous Buffer: Why Some High-ACE Youth Still Thrive In many Native communities, young people carry high ACE scores and still grow into leaders, caregivers, and culture keepers—that is not a m...
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moonlyfe.bsky.social @moonlyfe.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
The Ties program offers adoptees, their families and loved ones a curated, seamless and supportive way to connect with their country of birth. Check it out 🥚 www.thetiesprogram.com/the-ties-pro...
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Ex-Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura: “We’re a 3rd world country now. I know. I’ve been to ‘em. I spent 17 months in SE Asia while the draft dodger was playing golf… that’s what happens in a dictatorship. In comes the military. That’s what’s happening here.” 🇺🇸
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
His anger is all of us.
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Minneapolis Mayor Tells ICE To 'Get The F—k Out' Out Of The City After Agent Fatally Shoots Woman
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moonlyfe.bsky.social @moonlyfe.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
#NationalRibbonSkirtDay
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moonlyfe.bsky.social @moonlyfe.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
Wow if I had known that, I could have saved myself years of therapy for attachment and abandonment disorders. To this day, my detachment game is strong - too good imo
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moonlyfe.bsky.social @moonlyfe.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
Why isn't this a bigger story, and in mainstream media across the nation? Oh right...
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