@moonlyfe.bsky.social
Travel, politics, and Vancouver Island things. Unapologetically #Indigenous. Difficult woman. Opinions are my own.
#adoptee #60sScoop activist 🥚
#adoptee #60sScoop activist 🥚
It should never have passed in the first place 🤦♀️
After BC NDP convention delegates passed a resolution calling on the government to repeal restrictions it made last year on people changing their names, Premier Eby says the government will review the law.
Andrew MacLeod reports. #bcpoli
Andrew MacLeod reports. #bcpoli
BC to Revisit Controversial Law Barring Some Name Changes | The Tyee
The goal was to block offenders from creating new IDs. Critics say it goes too far.
thetyee.ca
November 24, 2025 at 3:07 PM
It should never have passed in the first place 🤦♀️
Hoo boy the nons are big mad on this post on the I Am Adopted FB page. I haven't read all of the comments but they've been trolling my wall.
Adoptees👏 Do👏Not 👏Owe👏 Their👏Caregivers👏Anything. Not loyalty, not gratitude, not anything. I will die on that hill. 🥚
Adoptees👏 Do👏Not 👏Owe👏 Their👏Caregivers👏Anything. Not loyalty, not gratitude, not anything. I will die on that hill. 🥚
November 23, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Hoo boy the nons are big mad on this post on the I Am Adopted FB page. I haven't read all of the comments but they've been trolling my wall.
Adoptees👏 Do👏Not 👏Owe👏 Their👏Caregivers👏Anything. Not loyalty, not gratitude, not anything. I will die on that hill. 🥚
Adoptees👏 Do👏Not 👏Owe👏 Their👏Caregivers👏Anything. Not loyalty, not gratitude, not anything. I will die on that hill. 🥚
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Green Party of Canada 🇨🇦 -
Fact check: No, U.S. oil tankers do not pass through the Hecate Strait. Elizabeth May shows exactly why the tanker ban exists, and why protecting it matters. #cdnpoli
Fact check: No, U.S. oil tankers do not pass through the Hecate Strait. Elizabeth May shows exactly why the tanker ban exists, and why protecting it matters. #cdnpoli
November 22, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Green Party of Canada 🇨🇦 -
Fact check: No, U.S. oil tankers do not pass through the Hecate Strait. Elizabeth May shows exactly why the tanker ban exists, and why protecting it matters. #cdnpoli
Fact check: No, U.S. oil tankers do not pass through the Hecate Strait. Elizabeth May shows exactly why the tanker ban exists, and why protecting it matters. #cdnpoli
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If you're keeping score this week, Carney is:
* Negotiating backroom deals on pipelines with Alberta and without BC or Indigenous folks.
* Undermining anti-greenwashing laws.
* Making deals with the UAE despite their role in Sudan.
* Cutting funding for infectious disease work in Africa.
* Negotiating backroom deals on pipelines with Alberta and without BC or Indigenous folks.
* Undermining anti-greenwashing laws.
* Making deals with the UAE despite their role in Sudan.
* Cutting funding for infectious disease work in Africa.
November 21, 2025 at 8:55 PM
If you're keeping score this week, Carney is:
* Negotiating backroom deals on pipelines with Alberta and without BC or Indigenous folks.
* Undermining anti-greenwashing laws.
* Making deals with the UAE despite their role in Sudan.
* Cutting funding for infectious disease work in Africa.
* Negotiating backroom deals on pipelines with Alberta and without BC or Indigenous folks.
* Undermining anti-greenwashing laws.
* Making deals with the UAE despite their role in Sudan.
* Cutting funding for infectious disease work in Africa.
"Providing First Nations access to the economy creates stability, not conflict."
The BC government has missed an opportunity to step up and show how it's done, but it's not too late to change that - if they wanted to.
The BC government has missed an opportunity to step up and show how it's done, but it's not too late to change that - if they wanted to.
For the citizens of British Columbia, the Cowichan Tribes v. Canada decision in the B.C. Supreme Court has pulled back the curtain to reveal more of the historic land dispossession in our province.
@adampolsen.bsky.social writes. #bcpoli
@adampolsen.bsky.social writes. #bcpoli
Indigenous Relations: Letting Go of Zero-Sum Thinking | The Tyee
Responses to the Cowichan decision have stoked fear about private property. There’s a more just and hopeful way forward.
thetyee.ca
November 21, 2025 at 4:02 PM
"Providing First Nations access to the economy creates stability, not conflict."
The BC government has missed an opportunity to step up and show how it's done, but it's not too late to change that - if they wanted to.
The BC government has missed an opportunity to step up and show how it's done, but it's not too late to change that - if they wanted to.
"Indigenous populations disproportionately experience housing adversity and homelessness, whether urban, rural or on-reserve."
The irony.
The irony.
What does housing as a human right actually mean in a housing crisis that is only getting worse? 🏘️
BC Cities Declared Housing Is a Human Right. Now What? | The Tyee
Some municipalities are still voting against policies that could help end homelessness. Here’s a better way forward.
thetyee.ca
November 21, 2025 at 3:53 PM
"Indigenous populations disproportionately experience housing adversity and homelessness, whether urban, rural or on-reserve."
The irony.
The irony.
While I doubt either Brodie's or Sturko's bills will pass, it is gross that they're feeding off each other in an attempt to erode DRIPA and undermine Indigenous rights in BC. What's even more gross is that they supporters 🤮
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Elenore Sturko wants legislative amendment to change Interpretation Act - Peace Arch News
Cloverdale MLA introduced a Private Members Bill to repeal Section 8.1 of the Act
peacearchnews.com
November 20, 2025 at 9:59 PM
While I doubt either Brodie's or Sturko's bills will pass, it is gross that they're feeding off each other in an attempt to erode DRIPA and undermine Indigenous rights in BC. What's even more gross is that they supporters 🤮
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peacearchnews.com/2025/11/20/e...
“The real barriers for businesses and trading across Canada are distance and transportation costs.”
...let's agree to everything but that 🤦♀️
...let's agree to everything but that 🤦♀️
All people wanted was intraprovinical trade on food and alcohol! And cheaper goods.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Provinces sign agreement to drop interprovincial trade barriers on goods except food, alcohol | CBC News
An agreement, signed today, between all Canadian provinces, territories, and the federal government, will drop interprovincial trade barriers on many goods except food and alcohol. It's part of an eff...
www.cbc.ca
November 20, 2025 at 2:40 PM
“The real barriers for businesses and trading across Canada are distance and transportation costs.”
...let's agree to everything but that 🤦♀️
...let's agree to everything but that 🤦♀️
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Representatives of the Métis Nation British Columbia visiting the legislature Monday got up and left the public gallery in disgust as OneBC Leader Dallas Brodie asked a question rooted in residential school denial.
Andrew MacLeod reports. #bcpoli
Andrew MacLeod reports. #bcpoli
OneBC Leader’s Comments Drive Indigenous Delegation from Legislature | The Tyee
Dallas Brodie called reports of residential school graves the ‘worst lie in Canadian history.’
thetyee.ca
November 18, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Representatives of the Métis Nation British Columbia visiting the legislature Monday got up and left the public gallery in disgust as OneBC Leader Dallas Brodie asked a question rooted in residential school denial.
Andrew MacLeod reports. #bcpoli
Andrew MacLeod reports. #bcpoli
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Gladys Radek, a B.C. activist is worried about the potential impact an influx of workers would have on the safety of women and girls in the region. She's calling for criminal record checks in the hiring of any workers.
www.aptnnews.ca?p=279933
www.aptnnews.ca?p=279933
Potential influx of workers at Ksi Lisims LNG project concerning
A social justice activist from British Columbia is calling for criminal record checks for anyone hired to work on any federally approved "major project."
www.aptnnews.ca
November 17, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Gladys Radek, a B.C. activist is worried about the potential impact an influx of workers would have on the safety of women and girls in the region. She's calling for criminal record checks in the hiring of any workers.
www.aptnnews.ca?p=279933
www.aptnnews.ca?p=279933
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A court win for Cowichan Tribes and a wave of misinformation.
On the latest APTN News InFocus, Cierra Bettens looks at what the Aboriginal title ruling really says and why it sparked fear in B.C.
Listen: pod.fo/e/352bb6
On the latest APTN News InFocus, Cierra Bettens looks at what the Aboriginal title ruling really says and why it sparked fear in B.C.
Listen: pod.fo/e/352bb6
InFocus: The Cowichan win and what it really means for Richmond, B.C. residents
On this episode of APTN News InFocus, host Cierra Bettens takes a closer look at the B.C. court decision that recognized Aboriginal title rights for Cowichan Tribes and the misinformation that foll...
pod.fo
November 17, 2025 at 3:23 PM
A court win for Cowichan Tribes and a wave of misinformation.
On the latest APTN News InFocus, Cierra Bettens looks at what the Aboriginal title ruling really says and why it sparked fear in B.C.
Listen: pod.fo/e/352bb6
On the latest APTN News InFocus, Cierra Bettens looks at what the Aboriginal title ruling really says and why it sparked fear in B.C.
Listen: pod.fo/e/352bb6
"He told police he felt like a "nobody coming from nowhere," being picked up by two strangers and brought to a new country thousands of miles away from his homeland." He goes on to say how he made his adoptive parents' lives hell. 🥚
www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/c...
www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/c...
Dima Tower found guilty in Florida trial, stabbed parents 140 times. What to know
Dima Tower was found guilty in the brutal stabbings of his adoptive parents, Jennifer and Robbie Tower at their North Port, Florida home.
www.heraldtribune.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:01 AM
"He told police he felt like a "nobody coming from nowhere," being picked up by two strangers and brought to a new country thousands of miles away from his homeland." He goes on to say how he made his adoptive parents' lives hell. 🥚
www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/c...
www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/c...
His release is a systemic and public safety failure. He is a danger to society and esp to Indigenous women. No more #stolensisters
Families of the victims of Shawn Lamb say they weren't notified that the killer was being released.
Hear more on APTN News Brief:
Hear more on APTN News Brief:
APTN News Brief: November 13, 2025—Release of convicted killer catches First Nations victims' families by surprise
Our lead story: following news of the statutory release of Shawn Lamb—convicted in 2013 for killing two First Nations women in Winnipeg—family members of the victims are in shock, saying they h...
pod.fo
November 13, 2025 at 3:51 PM
His release is a systemic and public safety failure. He is a danger to society and esp to Indigenous women. No more #stolensisters
The cost is also prohibitive. This is a move in the right direction.
November 12, 2025 at 11:52 PM
The cost is also prohibitive. This is a move in the right direction.
"For the government to delay for two years will have a serious impact on children who need the support now...Two years is a long time in a child’s life.”
Punishing deaf children is cruel and harmful to their long-term development. MCFS needs to fund MORE programs for language & support families 💰
Punishing deaf children is cruel and harmful to their long-term development. MCFS needs to fund MORE programs for language & support families 💰
After 46 years of providing services, the Deaf Children’s Society of BC is closing. Andrew MacLeod reports. #bcpoli
BC Government Blamed as Deaf Kids Lose Key Support | The Tyee
A society that’s supported families for 46 years says a provincial decision forced it to shut down.
thetyee.ca
November 12, 2025 at 4:19 PM
"For the government to delay for two years will have a serious impact on children who need the support now...Two years is a long time in a child’s life.”
Punishing deaf children is cruel and harmful to their long-term development. MCFS needs to fund MORE programs for language & support families 💰
Punishing deaf children is cruel and harmful to their long-term development. MCFS needs to fund MORE programs for language & support families 💰
Today, we honour all who served and sacrificed to protect our freedoms. Let us take a moment to remember and reflect.
#RemembranceDay #LestWeForget
#RemembranceDay #LestWeForget
November 11, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Today, we honour all who served and sacrificed to protect our freedoms. Let us take a moment to remember and reflect.
#RemembranceDay #LestWeForget
#RemembranceDay #LestWeForget
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Na’kuset is an Indigenous rights activist and Sixties Scoop survivor. Now she’s releasing a children’s book; I Am My Name.
The book is about love, loss and a perspective on the Sixties Scoop for children to understand.
The book is about love, loss and a perspective on the Sixties Scoop for children to understand.
Montreal Indigenous rights activist Na’kuset releases children’s book on Sixties Scoop | APTN News
YouTube video by APTN News
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November 10, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Na’kuset is an Indigenous rights activist and Sixties Scoop survivor. Now she’s releasing a children’s book; I Am My Name.
The book is about love, loss and a perspective on the Sixties Scoop for children to understand.
The book is about love, loss and a perspective on the Sixties Scoop for children to understand.
Dallas Brodie and her hateful rhetoric have got to go. Imagine hating on the very people you claim to represent in government and creating an entire political party around it! Despicable.
Please sign and share. c.org/JctgszZTbf?s...
Please sign and share. c.org/JctgszZTbf?s...
Sign the Petition
Calling on Vancouver- Quilchena MLA Dallas Brodie to resign
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November 9, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Dallas Brodie and her hateful rhetoric have got to go. Imagine hating on the very people you claim to represent in government and creating an entire political party around it! Despicable.
Please sign and share. c.org/JctgszZTbf?s...
Please sign and share. c.org/JctgszZTbf?s...
Nov 8th is National Indigenous Veterans Day.
Despite their bravery, many Indigenous veterans returned home to systemic discrimination. They were denied the same benefits as non-Indigenous soldiers, excluded from veterans’ programs, & in many cases, lost their Indian status due to enlistment. 1/3
Despite their bravery, many Indigenous veterans returned home to systemic discrimination. They were denied the same benefits as non-Indigenous soldiers, excluded from veterans’ programs, & in many cases, lost their Indian status due to enlistment. 1/3
November 8, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Nov 8th is National Indigenous Veterans Day.
Despite their bravery, many Indigenous veterans returned home to systemic discrimination. They were denied the same benefits as non-Indigenous soldiers, excluded from veterans’ programs, & in many cases, lost their Indian status due to enlistment. 1/3
Despite their bravery, many Indigenous veterans returned home to systemic discrimination. They were denied the same benefits as non-Indigenous soldiers, excluded from veterans’ programs, & in many cases, lost their Indian status due to enlistment. 1/3
The #AdoptedChameleon dropping truths. Follow them on FB.
November 7, 2025 at 3:05 PM
The #AdoptedChameleon dropping truths. Follow them on FB.
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Please do! Details about the fellowship and the link to apply can be found here: thenarwhal.ca/2026-indigen...
November 7, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Please do! Details about the fellowship and the link to apply can be found here: thenarwhal.ca/2026-indigen...
Its pro-saviour propaganda. As a newborn interracial adoptee, I did not "fare well" mentally, and rejected Christianity at adolescence.
Actually, familial cultural connection is a protective factor for FNMI #SixtiesScoop adoptees: fpcfr.com/index.php/FP...
Lots more where that came from. 🥚
Actually, familial cultural connection is a protective factor for FNMI #SixtiesScoop adoptees: fpcfr.com/index.php/FP...
Lots more where that came from. 🥚
November 6, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Its pro-saviour propaganda. As a newborn interracial adoptee, I did not "fare well" mentally, and rejected Christianity at adolescence.
Actually, familial cultural connection is a protective factor for FNMI #SixtiesScoop adoptees: fpcfr.com/index.php/FP...
Lots more where that came from. 🥚
Actually, familial cultural connection is a protective factor for FNMI #SixtiesScoop adoptees: fpcfr.com/index.php/FP...
Lots more where that came from. 🥚
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BC won't be supporting/allowing the removal of a tanker ban on BC's north coast. #bcpoli #cdnpoli www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
B.C. premier, First Nations call on feds to continue oil tanker ban along northern coast | CBC News
B.C. Premier David Eby stood with members of numerous First Nations from B.C.’s northern coast on Wednesday to support and sign a declaration that asks Ottawa to continue a moratorium on oil tankers i...
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November 5, 2025 at 8:13 PM
BC won't be supporting/allowing the removal of a tanker ban on BC's north coast. #bcpoli #cdnpoli www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Couple days late but still valid 🥚
November 6, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Couple days late but still valid 🥚