SophPhotos @sophiabanks.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The wiring in the car door snapped and my window got stuck down. Read about this hack using a ryobi battery and some wires to jump the motor for the power window. Actually worked. One polarity goes up and if you switch it goes down. 1st gen CRV fan club :) 130
SophPhotos @sophiabanks.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Little walk along comox Lake today. The Fuji half-x is such a fun camera. 050
SophPhotos @sophiabanks.bsky.social · 16/09/2026The new Trump memorial in Canada has been making the rounds for a week now. 000
SophPhotos @sophiabanks.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Lot of fighter jets heading south. I live near an airbase but don’t usually hear them. Have we started the American invasion? 020
SophPhotos @sophiabanks.bsky.social · 05/09/2026I work with unhoused people. People with addictions. Everyone deserves housing and dignity. I am never there to judge anyone. 080
SophPhotos @sophiabanks.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Americans glorifying Doug Ford tells me how bad it is that he seems like a good guy 150
SophPhotos @sophiabanks.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Bought some extra veggie starts for my autumn garden. It’s going to be an expensive winter with this trade war 181
SophPhotos @sophiabanks.bsky.social · 25/08/2026America is gaslighting Canada and it’s such a classic you’re obviously the aggressor 040
SophPhotos @sophiabanks.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Was talking with my co-worker about my fear of hiking in the woods because of cougars and the he goes on about how many more cougars are around that they have started hunting in packs. Thanks bud :) 020
SophPhotos @sophiabanks.bsky.social · 17/08/2026America is on such an unhinged bender. Fuck Canada, North Korea is my new bestie. 030
SophPhotos @sophiabanks.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Went to the sea last night to watch some of the meteor shower. Was lovely to listen to waves and have that aroma of salt water. During the day you could look up and see a glacier from this beach. 020
SophPhotos @sophiabanks.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Mandatory treatment advocates never have a plan for the after. Ok, they do 90 days of forced treatment and then are back in the street with no income and nothing but the clothes on them. What’s the next step in this plan? 270
SophPhotos @sophiabanks.bsky.social · 06/07/2026Closing supervised consumption sites is expensive. 0125
SophPhotos @sophiabanks.bsky.social · 06/07/2026Decided to take the steps forward to become a paramedic. 180
Reposted by SophPhotosCorey Ranger @nurseranger.bsky.social · 27/06/2026I agree. You should read this. 084
Reposted by SophPhotoskaren ward @kwardvancouver.bsky.social · 27/06/2026this is a really thoughtful -- and thought-provoking -- commentary, and you should read it #bcpoli www.timescolonist.com/opinion/comm...timescolonist.comComment: The real cost of displacement and recriminalizationAcross Victoria, we are witnessing repeated sweeps of encampments and public spaces. 12118
SophPhotos @sophiabanks.bsky.social · 06/06/2026So America built a permanent gladiator arena in front of the White House? 030
SophPhotos @sophiabanks.bsky.social · 06/06/2026Changing up my dogs walk because there is a cougar with cubs at the local park. Sometimes I miss Toronto :) 190
SophPhotos @sophiabanks.bsky.social · 22/05/2026Gentle reminder from a harm reduction worker. Narcan is made to reverse fentanyl toxicity. Not veterinary sedatives. Oxygen to the brain is imperative. A slow medium breath every 5 seconds. You want to watch for the chest to rise. If it doesn’t check your seal around the mouth. 000
Reposted by SophPhotosisabella zavarise @isabellazavarise.bsky.social · 06/05/2026“It would avoid us doing drugs in public, doing drugs around children, around elderly folks, just around people who don't want to be around drugs. Right now, we're on the street corners, we're on the sidewalk, and it's inhumane.” www.biv.com/biv-rss-link...biv.comVancouver mayor moves to block opening of downtown overdose prevention siteVancouver Coastal Health plans to open site in June in building at 900 Helmcken Street 24017
SophPhotos @sophiabanks.bsky.social · 09/05/2026Supervised consumption sites not only save lives and build community. They also keep that extra burden off of first responders like fire fighters. 13720
Reposted by SophPhotoskaren ward @kwardvancouver.bsky.social · 06/05/2026"a surge that coincided with the closure of Prairie Harm Reduction's supervised drug consumption site." DON'T do two years of research to figure out this puzzler OPEN a Drug Consumption Space NOW #skpoli www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...cbc.caSaskatoon firefighters responded to 'staggering' 680 overdoses in April | CBC NewsThe new high mark of 680 surpasses the 509 responses in March of 2025 and happened the same month that Prairie Harm Reduction closed for good due to financial troubles. The numbers represent a more th... 03121
Reposted by SophPhotosHRNA_AIIRM @hrna.bsky.social · 07/05/2026Today, on International Harm Reduction Day, we honour everyone working to keep people alive, safe, connected, and cared for. This work is hard. Many are carrying grief, exhaustion, and uncertainty. But we are stronger together, and none of us do this work alone. #harmreduction 11513
SophPhotos @sophiabanks.bsky.social · 24/04/2026That Zach Galifianakis Guy moved to where I live in and made this love letter Netflix show about it. Stay away. It’s not paradise at all. Smells like cow poop. We don’t really get snow or cold and you will be depressed without horrible winters. There is sharks. There is cougars 1100
SophPhotos @sophiabanks.bsky.social · 20/04/2026Already over the noise from snowbirds practice flights. 050
SophPhotos @sophiabanks.bsky.social · 15/04/2026Yesterday I was waiting for my physio appointment, someone ran inside to get help for an overdose in the parking lot. I ran outside and did my thing and we got him breathing and responding. Posting this because it’s a good example of why having narcan around and knowing what to do can save a life 040
Reposted by SophPhotosEuan Thomson @drugdatadecoded.ca · 20/03/2026BREAKING Alberta government preparing to announce closures of supervised consumption sites in Calgary and Lethbridge, nine days after it published a fraudulent study on site client outcomes. drugdatadecoded.ca/breaking-alb...drugdatadecoded.caBREAKING: Alberta government to announce Calgary and Lethbridge supervised consumption site closuresNine days after it announced a fraudulent study published by its staff, the Alberta government is moving quickly to dismantle what remains of supervised consumption services in the province. 47464
Reposted by SophPhotosDr. Hilary Agro, PhD 🍄 @hilaryagro.com · 25/03/2026"The libertarian cured by MDMA" - my infamous tweet has resurfaced again, the greatest thread in the history of forums, locked by a moderator after 12,239 pages of heated debate old.reddit.com/r/explainitp... 715821
Reposted by SophPhotosMary Gillis @marygillis.bsky.social · 27/03/2026There's always more than enough funding for police, and never enough funding for the things that could actually prevent crime.dailyhive.comDrop-in centre for at-risk Metro Vancouver youth to lose government funding | Business & TechIts started a GoFundMe page to try and fill the gap. 38224
Reposted by SophPhotosCorey Ranger @nurseranger.bsky.social · 27/03/2026“The decisions made by the governments of Alberta and Ontario will put tens of thousands of lives at risk for fatal overdose, increasing health system expenditures and wait-time pressures for an already strained system.” @canadanurses.bsky.social 👏👏 #abpoli #onpoli www.cna-aiic.ca/en/blogs/cn-...cna-aiic.caCNA concerned over Ontario & Alberta’s decision to close supervised consumption services 21511
SophPhotos @sophiabanks.bsky.social · 24/03/2026I have worked in shelters, supportive housing, wet buildings, SRO’s, supervised consumption sites. Sadly never got high from being around it :) Jokes aside. You don’t contact OD from being near second hand smoke Or even catch a buzz 100
Reposted by SophPhotosCorey Ranger @nurseranger.bsky.social · 25/02/2025‼️ New ‼️ Evaluating the risk for nurses of fentanyl exposure and the harms of perpetuating exposure misinformation. From Serena Eagland, @pattywilson.bsky.social and me! www.canadian-nurse.com/blogs/cn-con...canadian-nurse.comEvaluating the risks for nurses of fentanyl exposure and the harms of perpetuating exposure misinformation 54318
SophPhotos @sophiabanks.bsky.social · 24/03/2026North Island and Comox folks. Drug alert. Heavy down 032
Reposted by SophPhotosCorey Ranger @nurseranger.bsky.social · 19/03/2026Closing Supervised Consumption Services Will Cost Lives, Premier! The @rnao.ca “is urging Premier Ford to reverse this decision. For the sake of those at risk, nothing else will suffice.” Please sign this Action Alert urgently! #onpoli #cdnpoli rnao.ca/policy/actio...rnao.caClosing supervised consumption services sites will cost lives, Premier!RNAO is urging Premier Ford to reverse the decision to close supervised consumption site. This will cost lives. 11612
SophPhotos @sophiabanks.bsky.social · 18/03/2026Medetomidine means you’re more likely going to need to do breaths or CPR these days. Oxygen to the brain is imperative to avoid brain damage. Someone should have a minimum of 1 breath every 5 seconds 033
Reposted by SophPhotosHRNA_AIIRM @hrna.bsky.social · 17/03/2026For Immediate Release: “Harm Reduction Nurses Denounce Ontario Decision to End Supervised Consumption Services” Read the full statement here: www.hrna-aiirm.ca/2026/03/17/h... @rnao.ca @canadanurses.bsky.social #cdnpoli #onpoli #Ontario #HarmReduction #Nurses 11713
Reposted by SophPhotosEuan Thomson @drugdatadecoded.ca · 16/03/2026bullshit on bullshit on bullshit from Alberta and Ontario www.cp24.com/video/2026/0...cp24.com‘I want to help them’: Doug Ford says he’s closing safe consumption sites for people’s own goodDoug Ford says closing consumption sites results in free needles and equipment given to addicts and wants to get them help. 45230
Reposted by SophPhotosEuan Thomson @drugdatadecoded.ca · 16/03/2026I can’t think of another provincial government pushing a study through academic peer review that was so visibly infested with undisclosed conflicts of interest and easily discernible methodological flaws — breaking journal rules. This should be hugely alarming for the academic world. 05235
SophPhotos @sophiabanks.bsky.social · 15/03/2026So many folks coming out of treatment to no housing and no jobs. 022
