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Native Calgarian 🪶🧡>🇨🇦 @nativecalgarian.bsky.social · Dec 8
#indigenoustiktok #reconciliation #indigenousbooktok #BookTok #IndigenousReads #CanadaReads #2025 When: Jan 13, 2025 06:30pm Mountain Time (US and Canada)
Register in advance for this meeting:
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nativecalgarian.bsky.social
WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH AISH? with Petra Schultz and Danielle English
Tuesday, November 11 at 7pm

RSVP to: 403-688-0812
ZOOM MTG: 277 275 5886 for those with a Zoom account to join directly.
HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE!
WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH AISH? with Petra Schultz and Danielle English Tuesday, November 11 at 7pm RSVP to: 403-688-0812 ZOOM MTG: 277 275 5886 for those with a Zoom account to join directly. HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE!
November 10, 2025 at 7:50 PM
nativecalgarian.bsky.social
For the first time the faces of Japanese Canadian veterans who fought in the First World War for the right to vote are on display in Vancouver after a century largely unrecognized.” Ashley Burke, CBC reporter www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Japanese immigrants fought for Canada during WW I while denied the right to vote | CBC News
For the first time the faces of Japanese Canadian veterans who fought in the First and Second World War are on display on the streets of Vancouver after a century largely unrecognized and their storie...
www.cbc.ca
November 10, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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thatheatherc.bsky.social
More needs to be said about the strength and bravery of @sphillipsab.bsky.social to have gone through this for 8 years.

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Lethbridge officer searched ex-Alberta MLA on database after overhearing 'tail end' of conversation: report | CBC News
After "completely unsatisfying" investigation outcome and no criminal charges, Shannon Phillips plans to continue with lawsuit against her city's police.
www.cbc.ca
November 9, 2025 at 10:16 AM
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nigelb.bsky.social
My read of ASIRT's report confirms a clear breach of the duties associated with public office - see 18 -23
The report's conclusions are unsustainable. A witness is allowed to say (at 12) I do not recall the exact reason I searched Philip’s name but it wd have only been done for a lawful purpose. LOL
November 10, 2025 at 3:57 AM
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drugdatadecoded.ca
The news that Lethbridge police got away with stalking, harassing and threatening Phillips because the chance of conviction was too low is an indictment of the entire justice system in Alberta.
November 9, 2025 at 10:18 AM
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rjjago.bsky.social
BTW if you're curious - what would national building and First Nations priorities actually look like? Like this: afn.ca/economy-infr...
The Infrastructure Gap - Assembly of First Nations
Housing Crisis:Aging Infrastructure: The last major federal infrastructure investment was in 1994-96 for buildings/utilities and 1980 for transportation.Drinking Water:Education Gaps: Population Growt...
afn.ca
November 5, 2025 at 12:57 AM
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rjjago.bsky.social
Pre-Trudeau, First Nations communities suffered under a 2% annual funding increase cap. That cap didn't keep pace with population growth. Under Carney's Liberals, it's not just a 2% increase cap - it's a ZERO percent cap, a freeze. Literally worse than Harper. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
November 4, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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rjjago.bsky.social
budget.canada.ca/2025/report-... While there are a couple hundred mentions of Indigenous people, it's all genuflection - little substantial. Look past this fiscal year, and it's all zeroes... where do they think we're going?
November 4, 2025 at 11:53 PM
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rickharp.bsky.social
Folks curious to compare what helped catalyze #IdleNoMore can watch free, 2-part @aptnnews.bsky.social documentary I co-created with @anishinaboy.bsky.social !

▶️ youtu.be/VHgGbW6exB4?...
November 6, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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luisdcaldero.bsky.social
November 8, 2025 at 4:31 AM
nativecalgarian.bsky.social
I was in the waiting room listening to Albertans, who’s rights are actually being stripped, talk more about the ostriches in horror. How on Earth do we bridge this gap?
November 8, 2025 at 4:39 AM
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kpateonthehill.bsky.social
Today on International Inuit Day, we honour Inuit leadership, culture, languages, and the ongoing fight for justice, self-determination, and equality. Inuit have long led the way in advancing human rights, community-based solutions, and land and water stewardship. 1/3
November 7, 2025 at 10:58 PM
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kpateonthehill.bsky.social
We have a responsibility to listen, act, and ensure policies reflect Inuit priorities – from housing, income and food security, health care to safety, climate action, and the rights of Inuit women, girls, and 2SLGBTQIA+ people. 2/3
November 7, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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pressprogress.ca
Founders of groundbreaking Vancouver compassion club found guilty of drug trafficking

Eris Nyx and Jeremy Kalicum, who sold club members drugs they had tested for safety, plan to launch a constitutional challenge against Canada's drug laws on November 24.
pressprogress.ca/founders-of-...
Founders of groundbreaking Vancouver compassion club found guilty of drug trafficking
Eris Nyx and Jeremy Kalicum, who sold club members drugs they had tested for safety, plan to launch a constitutional challenge against Canada's drug laws on November 24.
pressprogress.ca
November 7, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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drugdatadecoded.ca
Here it is, through the eyes of @brishti.bsky.social 🔥⬇️
pressprogress.ca PressProgress @pressprogress.ca · 3d
Founders of groundbreaking Vancouver compassion club found guilty of drug trafficking

Eris Nyx and Jeremy Kalicum, who sold club members drugs they had tested for safety, plan to launch a constitutional challenge against Canada's drug laws on November 24.
pressprogress.ca/founders-of-...
Founders of groundbreaking Vancouver compassion club found guilty of drug trafficking
Eris Nyx and Jeremy Kalicum, who sold club members drugs they had tested for safety, plan to launch a constitutional challenge against Canada's drug laws on November 24.
pressprogress.ca
November 7, 2025 at 11:51 PM
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drugdatadecoded.ca
At some point, when all this is settled, I would like the BC public to hold this person to account for her disinformation and the community harm it has wreaked.

Well done @brishti.bsky.social getting more for the public record.
When asked by PressProgress for comment about Murray’s allusion to “backbench politicians” and conclusion that public money was not used to buy drugs, contrary to what she has claimed in the past, Sturko stood her ground. “All I heard was a judgment that I think raises questions about funding that was provided by the government,” she said. “It’s disappointing that if the government was going to give money, that they weren’t more clear with these two individuals exactly what was exempt in their activity and what was not.”
November 7, 2025 at 11:56 PM
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drugdatadecoded.ca
This is a cop, trained in ‘investigation’ ⬇️ More excellent coverage of the DULF trial by @michellegamage.bsky.social
He also said he researched DULF online but never saw DULF’s website, which also laid out exactly what DULF was doing. “Really, your Google search never turned up DULF.ca?” asked Dickson. Cheah said the VPD hadn’t paid much attention to DULF until the Economist published a feature about DULF on Sept. 8, 2023, which said DULF was operating out of a storefront in Vancouver.
November 8, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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drugdatadecoded.ca
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thebreakdownab.bsky.social The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 4d
WOW!

Pete Guthrie has filed legislative FOIP requests and one of them seems to suggest…

Dani’s former Chief of Staff, Marshall Smith is making bank of his government connections?

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
November 6, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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ragyyc.bsky.social
November 7th Inuit Day: Celebrating the Language and Culture of Inuit in Canada and Internationally.

Join Tapisa Kilabuk for a webinar Nov 7th at noon. Registration required at socialwork.ucalgary.ca/news/where-a...

Learn more at inuitcircumpolar.com and nccih.ca

#InuitDay #Indigenous #icc
Alt text: Arctic scene of blue sky and clouds, water with ice chunks in foreground. Yellow text box states INUIT DAY: CELEBRATING THE LANGUAGE AND CULTURE OF INUIT IN CANADA AND INTERNATIONALLY nccih.ca @Reconciliation_Action_Group Alt text: Grey blue solid background with white text Inuit Day was first celebrated on November 7th, 2006 The day chosen by the ICC coincides with the birth date of ICC founder Alaskan Eben Hopson, considered a visionary by Inuit populations internationally The day is thus intended to celebrate the identities, languages, and cultures of over 160 000 Inuit from several Arctic regions in Canada, Alaska, Greenland, and Russia. Yellow patch fading into background with text nccih.ca @Reconciliation_Action_Group
November 7, 2025 at 2:56 AM
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ragyyc.bsky.social
For Immediate Release

Calgary Police Enforcement Blitz November 5, 2025

See our full statement

#yyccc #CPS #94callstoaction #231callsforjustice #Indigenous #Treaty7
City of Calgary Mayor and Councillors, It is with great disappointment that our first communication to the newly formed council of the City of Calgary is to speak to an act of reprehensible violent raids perpetrated by the Calgary Police Service upon the most vulnerable residents. There can be no confusion that this was an act of deliberate harm and the continued genocide of First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples, who as you know disproportionately represent the population of homelessness in Calgary, as a direct result colonial violence. Targeting, arresting and dismantling desperate survival conditions of the most vulnerable people in the city will do nothing but perpetuate harm and cause further trauma. The loss of belongings, punitive fines and jail terms serve only to put the means of survival further from reach. Shelters and group facilities are not alternatives to housing and culturally appropriate wrap around services; they are places where people are forced to give up loved pets and belongings and are subjected to physical and emotional violence. Police sweeps are colonial tactics used to further displace vulnerable people and incarcerate Indigenous peoples to continue the displacement and assimilation tactics of land theft. They are not, as police Chief McLellan states “a collaborative and compassionate approach to addressing concerns about disorder and violent crime.” The measured and misleading language from the police Chief including statements such as “Arresting is connecting,” and “Arrests will be made when necessary, but always with dignity and care.” are intended to deliberately manipulate the public and camouflage the violence of raids and imprisonment each of the victims of Wednesday’s attacks will suffer from. Crime rhetoric weaponized during the recent municipal election is now being used to gain public sympathies for the acts of violence by the police. Many of the victims of these raids are Residential School survivors - the depravity of thi… This city is situated on Treaty 7 Territory, a councillor or mayor has a duty to represent residents as good Treaty partners, honouring the true intent and spirit of Treaty 7, and the responsibility to protect from colonial institutions, the rights of Indigenous peoples to live in freedom, peace and security. We have a duty to ensure the care of survivors by acting on the fulfillment of all 94 Calls to Action and ending the continuing violence with the full implementation of the 231 Calls for Justice. Non-Indigenous people carry the responsibility for the governing structures of Canada, its provinces and municipalities and an obligation to end the colonial violence that continues today. Each one of us is responsible for dismantling the systems that harm children first.
November 7, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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drugdatadecoded.ca
BREAKING: DULF organizers found guilty of trafficking. More to come w/ @tsk.bsky.social in the courtroom today.

Legal fund linked below ⬇️ please give what you can. This is just getting started.
November 7, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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ragyyc.bsky.social
City of Calgary Mayor and Councillors,

It is with great disappointment that our first communication to the newly formed council of the City of Calgary is to speak to an act of reprehensible violent raids perpetrated by the Calgary Police Service upon the most vulnerable residents.
November 7, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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ragyyc.bsky.social
Police sweeps are colonial tactics used to further displace vulnerable people and incarcerate Indigenous peoples to continue the displacement and assimilation tactics of land theft.
November 7, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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ragyyc.bsky.social
The measured and misleading language from the police Chief including statements such as “Arresting is connecting,” and “Arrests will be made when necessary, but always with dignity and care.”
November 7, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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ragyyc.bsky.social
... intended to deliberately manipulate the public and camouflage the violence of raids and imprisonment each of the victims of Wednesday’s attacks will suffer from.
November 7, 2025 at 5:57 PM