Dawn Sparks
@sparkygazelle.bsky.social
Just a human living in Musqueam, Tsleil-Waututh, and Squamish territory. Cats, horses, the smell of the sea, the smell of the forest - heaven. She/her. Let's stop the fascists, the transphobes, the racists and bigots.
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Please share and help if you’re able to. Don’t skip. This family needs your help. Donate today.
Why did the support stop? I’m still displaced in the south, living in a tent with no home or work. My little Nasser needs daily medicine, and my family has no food or warmth. Without your help, we’re slipping closer to danger every day. Please don’t turn away from us now.💔
chuffed.org/project/155233
chuffed.org/project/155233
November 30, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Please share and help if you’re able to. Don’t skip. This family needs your help. Donate today.
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'The puddle bathers' by contemporary Glasgow printmaker Fiona Watson #WomensArt
November 30, 2025 at 6:37 AM
'The puddle bathers' by contemporary Glasgow printmaker Fiona Watson #WomensArt
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"Our Little Fluff Ball' etching by contemporary printmaker Faith Chevannes #ReframingWomenPrintmakers
November 30, 2025 at 6:53 AM
"Our Little Fluff Ball' etching by contemporary printmaker Faith Chevannes #ReframingWomenPrintmakers
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To put a finer point on this whole thing: "Two people with direct knowledge of the operation" — presumably uniformed military leaders — are accusing the U.S. Secretary of Defense of personally ordering specific war crimes. That's a historic accusation.
Textbook war crime/extrajudicial killing
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:48 PM
To put a finer point on this whole thing: "Two people with direct knowledge of the operation" — presumably uniformed military leaders — are accusing the U.S. Secretary of Defense of personally ordering specific war crimes. That's a historic accusation.
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Friends, that moment has arrived. A dream has become reality. A concept has grown into something tangible. Today, the PRINTED copies of The Gurdeep Magazine finally arrived in my hands. To secure your copy, please visit gurdeep.ca/Magazine
November 28, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Friends, that moment has arrived. A dream has become reality. A concept has grown into something tangible. Today, the PRINTED copies of The Gurdeep Magazine finally arrived in my hands. To secure your copy, please visit gurdeep.ca/Magazine
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2 months ago Coastal First Nations asked Minister Hodgsons for a meeting. The liberals got back to them Wednesday and said they could talk on Friday- after Carney announced the pipeline.
Hodgson's is a Goldman Sachs buddy.
This isn't going to end well.
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Hodgson's is a Goldman Sachs buddy.
This isn't going to end well.
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Stephen Maher: Mark Carney’s in a bigger mess than he thinks with this pipeline
Before the ink on the agreement has had time to dry, there are questions around the ability of Carney and his colleagues to get it built
www.thestar.com
November 28, 2025 at 2:42 PM
2 months ago Coastal First Nations asked Minister Hodgsons for a meeting. The liberals got back to them Wednesday and said they could talk on Friday- after Carney announced the pipeline.
Hodgson's is a Goldman Sachs buddy.
This isn't going to end well.
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Hodgson's is a Goldman Sachs buddy.
This isn't going to end well.
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
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This afternoon, I informed the Prime Minister of my decision to resign as Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture, Minister responsible for Official Languages, Minister of Nature and Parks Canada, as well as his Lieutenant in Quebec.
You can find my full statement below.
You can find my full statement below.
November 27, 2025 at 10:32 PM
This afternoon, I informed the Prime Minister of my decision to resign as Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture, Minister responsible for Official Languages, Minister of Nature and Parks Canada, as well as his Lieutenant in Quebec.
You can find my full statement below.
You can find my full statement below.
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A huge 89% majority of global people [56% even in the United States] want stronger action to fight the #ClimateCrisis, but mistakenly believe they’re in a minority.
People want action. Smart cities are taking action. Nations should support city action.
#ActionStartsHere @mayors4climate.bsky.social
People want action. Smart cities are taking action. Nations should support city action.
#ActionStartsHere @mayors4climate.bsky.social
Activate climate’s ‘silent majority’ to supercharge action, experts say
Making concerned people aware their views are far from alone could unlock the change so urgently needed
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:18 PM
A huge 89% majority of global people [56% even in the United States] want stronger action to fight the #ClimateCrisis, but mistakenly believe they’re in a minority.
People want action. Smart cities are taking action. Nations should support city action.
#ActionStartsHere @mayors4climate.bsky.social
People want action. Smart cities are taking action. Nations should support city action.
#ActionStartsHere @mayors4climate.bsky.social
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Au Québec, la vie se durcit: les loyers qui explosent, les études trop chères, le manque de médecins. Les gens veulent des solutions progressistes, des options publiques et de la solidarité. Le moment du NPD est devant nous.
Joignez-nous: choisisavi.ca
#polqc #npd #ndp
Joignez-nous: choisisavi.ca
#polqc #npd #ndp
November 28, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Au Québec, la vie se durcit: les loyers qui explosent, les études trop chères, le manque de médecins. Les gens veulent des solutions progressistes, des options publiques et de la solidarité. Le moment du NPD est devant nous.
Joignez-nous: choisisavi.ca
#polqc #npd #ndp
Joignez-nous: choisisavi.ca
#polqc #npd #ndp
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Reading the MOU as a whole, there's an impression of policy in a time warp. Environmental commitments are fuzzy and down the road; Indigenous engagement amounts to financial inducements to go along with the state. It's as if nothing has been learned the last 15 years. www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/back...
Canada-Alberta Memorandum of Understanding
PREFACE At this pivotal global moment, Canada and Alberta, working closely with Indigenous Peoples and industry, must work together cooperatively, and within their respective jurisdictions, to foster ...
www.pm.gc.ca
November 27, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Reading the MOU as a whole, there's an impression of policy in a time warp. Environmental commitments are fuzzy and down the road; Indigenous engagement amounts to financial inducements to go along with the state. It's as if nothing has been learned the last 15 years. www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/back...
Noooooo.... Not ready!
November 27, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Noooooo.... Not ready!
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My dear friends, despite the war and harsh conditions, I obtained a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration and Economics - Accounting - with an excellent grade. Your support was my strength, and I need it to complete my journey.⬇️🫂💐
chuffed.org/project/157281
chuffed.org/project/157281
November 27, 2025 at 3:12 PM
My dear friends, despite the war and harsh conditions, I obtained a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration and Economics - Accounting - with an excellent grade. Your support was my strength, and I need it to complete my journey.⬇️🫂💐
chuffed.org/project/157281
chuffed.org/project/157281
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US Citizenship and Immigration Services is indefinitely halting all immigration requests involving Afghan refugees.
They are pretending that they are doing this in response to today's shooting in DC—but in fact, they ordered this *before* the shooting.
They create crises, then capitalize on them.
They are pretending that they are doing this in response to today's shooting in DC—but in fact, they ordered this *before* the shooting.
They create crises, then capitalize on them.
The folks at @afghanevac.bsky.social have in hand a new USCIS directive which largely targets Afghan refugees who fled the Taliban in the wake of the U.S. withdrawal in 2021.
In case you needed a reminder that the most loathsome people in the world work for DHS.
In case you needed a reminder that the most loathsome people in the world work for DHS.
November 27, 2025 at 7:17 AM
US Citizenship and Immigration Services is indefinitely halting all immigration requests involving Afghan refugees.
They are pretending that they are doing this in response to today's shooting in DC—but in fact, they ordered this *before* the shooting.
They create crises, then capitalize on them.
They are pretending that they are doing this in response to today's shooting in DC—but in fact, they ordered this *before* the shooting.
They create crises, then capitalize on them.
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The stress and anxiety that has been placed on families has been astronomical, and we need your help! Let’s send Ken Sander, President of Alberni Golf Club, a message: Bring the crew back to work! ✊🏼
🔗 Read the story + send President Ken Sander a message! action.seiulocal2.ca/letters/supp... 2/2
🔗 Read the story + send President Ken Sander a message! action.seiulocal2.ca/letters/supp... 2/2
Support Alberni Golf Club Workers
Support Alberni Golf Club workers. Tell the Club's Board to stop attacking the grounds crew- workers in our community deserve fair treatment! We take great pride in our golf club. Last year we union...
action.seiulocal2.ca
November 25, 2025 at 11:13 PM
The stress and anxiety that has been placed on families has been astronomical, and we need your help! Let’s send Ken Sander, President of Alberni Golf Club, a message: Bring the crew back to work! ✊🏼
🔗 Read the story + send President Ken Sander a message! action.seiulocal2.ca/letters/supp... 2/2
🔗 Read the story + send President Ken Sander a message! action.seiulocal2.ca/letters/supp... 2/2
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“The VPD Celebration of Lights“ sponsored by the Vancouver Police Foundation
Vancouver's iconic, three-decade-old fireworks festival cancelled due to finances
Vancouver's iconic, three-decade-old fireworks festival cancelled due to finances
VANCOUVER — The iconic Vancouver waterfront fireworks festival that has been held for more than three decades has been cancelled indefinitely due to financial difficulties.
dlvr.it
November 27, 2025 at 1:15 AM
“The VPD Celebration of Lights“ sponsored by the Vancouver Police Foundation
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Thank God for the good and sane people defending their traditional territories in BC's north coast.
“As the Rights and Title Holders of the Central and North Coast and Haida Gwaii, we are here to remind the Alberta government, the federal government, and any potential private proponent that we […]
“As the Rights and Title Holders of the Central and North Coast and Haida Gwaii, we are here to remind the Alberta government, the federal government, and any potential private proponent that we […]
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mstdn.chrisalemany.ca
November 26, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Thank God for the good and sane people defending their traditional territories in BC's north coast.
“As the Rights and Title Holders of the Central and North Coast and Haida Gwaii, we are here to remind the Alberta government, the federal government, and any potential private proponent that we […]
“As the Rights and Title Holders of the Central and North Coast and Haida Gwaii, we are here to remind the Alberta government, the federal government, and any potential private proponent that we […]
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We’re disappointed to see the City of Vancouver approve a devastating austerity budget, with no clarity on what services, programs and plans will be cut. Despite hundreds opposing this budget by speaking in person or writing in, Mayor Sim and ABC party chose to push it through anyway.
#VanPoli
#VanPoli
November 25, 2025 at 10:29 PM
We’re disappointed to see the City of Vancouver approve a devastating austerity budget, with no clarity on what services, programs and plans will be cut. Despite hundreds opposing this budget by speaking in person or writing in, Mayor Sim and ABC party chose to push it through anyway.
#VanPoli
#VanPoli
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I am also a big shiny no/“fuck you” to Danielle Smith and pipelines.
We respect the ocean and protect it.
We respect the ocean and protect it.
“The answer is still no. No pipelines in British Columbia, no further fossil fuel pipelines, period,” said Stewart Phillip, grand chief of Syilx Nation and president of the Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs. From @sonalg.bsky.social
BC First Nations denounce reported Alberta-Ottawa agreement
Ahead of Thursday's expected announcement, Indigenous leaders in the province are accusing the federal government of making a "back room deal" to force through a pipeline to the province's northwest c...
www.nationalobserver.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:43 PM
I am also a big shiny no/“fuck you” to Danielle Smith and pipelines.
We respect the ocean and protect it.
We respect the ocean and protect it.
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“The emails, the correspondence that we're receiving from people, are constituents sitting down and actually writing their thoughts and I think that actually speaks volumes in terms of how committed people are to this issue,” MP Will Greaves said. From @natashabulowski.bsky.social
BC Liberal MPs face pressure from voters over pipeline, tanker ban
Liberal MP for Victoria Will Greaves said the feedback he's getting from constituents "is almost universally opposed to lifting the tanker ban and is deeply skeptical of building another pipeline to t...
www.nationalobserver.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:30 PM
“The emails, the correspondence that we're receiving from people, are constituents sitting down and actually writing their thoughts and I think that actually speaks volumes in terms of how committed people are to this issue,” MP Will Greaves said. From @natashabulowski.bsky.social
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Exciting update: The print edition of The Gurdeep Magazine is being printed at a printing press. They're handing over all the copies to me this Friday. The shipping process to subscribers will start then. Visit Gurdeep.ca/magazine to reserve your copy.
November 26, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Exciting update: The print edition of The Gurdeep Magazine is being printed at a printing press. They're handing over all the copies to me this Friday. The shipping process to subscribers will start then. Visit Gurdeep.ca/magazine to reserve your copy.
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These women were all drugged in a job interview.
And you wonder why women like myself are getting angrier with age.
Because these stories just never stop and the bad men just keep appearing.
And men keep saying “but •I• am not like that.” Yeah, well, your buddies are and it’s a problem.
And you wonder why women like myself are getting angrier with age.
Because these stories just never stop and the bad men just keep appearing.
And men keep saying “but •I• am not like that.” Yeah, well, your buddies are and it’s a problem.
‘I didn’t even know this type of attack existed’: more than 200 women allege drugging by senior French civil servant
‘I didn’t even know this type of attack existed’: more than 200 women allege drugging by senior French civil servant
In a case echoing the Pelicot trial, dozens of women allege they were given hot drinks mixed with a diuretic to make them urinate. Three of them speak out here
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:53 PM
These women were all drugged in a job interview.
And you wonder why women like myself are getting angrier with age.
Because these stories just never stop and the bad men just keep appearing.
And men keep saying “but •I• am not like that.” Yeah, well, your buddies are and it’s a problem.
And you wonder why women like myself are getting angrier with age.
Because these stories just never stop and the bad men just keep appearing.
And men keep saying “but •I• am not like that.” Yeah, well, your buddies are and it’s a problem.
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This article is from December 2016. This happened in December 2016.
Jeremy is describing the reality of this emergency: treading water in an ocean of death while people with life rafts and oxygen and safety watch indifferently from the shore as you drown
ten years
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Jeremy is describing the reality of this emergency: treading water in an ocean of death while people with life rafts and oxygen and safety watch indifferently from the shore as you drown
ten years
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
November 26, 2025 at 2:18 AM
This article is from December 2016. This happened in December 2016.
Jeremy is describing the reality of this emergency: treading water in an ocean of death while people with life rafts and oxygen and safety watch indifferently from the shore as you drown
ten years
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Jeremy is describing the reality of this emergency: treading water in an ocean of death while people with life rafts and oxygen and safety watch indifferently from the shore as you drown
ten years
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Yeah okay so the @bcndpcaucus.bsky.social is still gleefully helping forestry companies destroy our old-growth rainforests.
Fairy Creek was well reported. Nothing else since has been.
Fairy Creek was well reported. Nothing else since has been.
Four arrested as police enforce injunction at Upper Walbran blockade #Vancouver
Four arrested as police enforce injunction at Upper Walbran blockade - BC News
Dozens of police descended Tuesday morning on a blockade set up by old-growth activists in late August to prevent logging in the Upper Walbran Valley on Vancouver Island.
www.castanetkamloops.net
November 26, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Yeah okay so the @bcndpcaucus.bsky.social is still gleefully helping forestry companies destroy our old-growth rainforests.
Fairy Creek was well reported. Nothing else since has been.
Fairy Creek was well reported. Nothing else since has been.
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Weddings in Gaza used to be a time for celebration. But now, weddings that people once dreamed of only exist in their imaginations, writes Hassan Herzallah. After all the loss, the waiting, & the silence of two years, Gazans are trying to rebuild not just their homes, but the meaning of life itself.
Gaza, where love and loss share the same breath
Weddings in Gaza used to be a time for celebration. But now, weddings that people once dreamed of only exist in their imaginations
prismreports.org
November 19, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Weddings in Gaza used to be a time for celebration. But now, weddings that people once dreamed of only exist in their imaginations, writes Hassan Herzallah. After all the loss, the waiting, & the silence of two years, Gazans are trying to rebuild not just their homes, but the meaning of life itself.