Anna Greenwood-Lee

Flag lowered to honour Songhees Elder Elmer Seniemten George - UVic News The university flag will be lowered on Monday, Oct. 20 to mark the passing of Songhees Elder Elmer Seniemten George.

I’d like to express my condolences to the Esquimalt and Songhees Nations who lost the remarkable elder, Elmer George, this week.

He was an elder of both Nations and the last native, fluent speaker of Lkwungen. An immense loss for the community.

Rest in peace.

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Pushing for a cease fire so you can look good in a genocide you specifically enabled, at the same time as you’re assaulting your own democracy & waging war on your own cities, is never going to get you a prize for peace. If there’s a prize for hypocrisy and narcissism though, you’ve got a real shot.

CBC’s Paul Hunter: “Israel’s war has left hundreds of thousands displaced and without essential supplies.”

Famine. Starving. You can use those words, Paul. That’s what’s happening

Heading to St Peter’s Campbell River this morning for the blessing of the animals and got a glimpse of two humpbacks from the pier.

YouTube video by The Archbishop of Canterbury Bishop Sarah Mullally on becoming the 106th Archbishop of Canterbury.

It didn’t happen fast but I see this as a sign that the church is moving away from patriarchy and back to servant leadership. Bless Bishop Sarah for her courage and grace.

ANALYSIS | After losing billions of dollars on Keystone XL and tank cars, Alberta is pursuing another pipeline | CBC News After months of Premier Danielle Smith vowing to find a company willing to develop a new oil export pipeline, the Alberta government itself is taking the plunge. The move is already drawing both prais...

Alberta. Land locked, sunny and windy. But sure, taxpayer dollars to plan for a pipeline they have no ability to build and a ban on investments in renewable energy.

Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs Opposes New Oil Pipeline Proposals to B.C.’s North Coast Working towards the recognition, implementation and exercise of our inherent Indigenous Title, Rights and Treaty Rights

"Any proposal to ram a new oil pipeline through to B.C.'s North Coast is a direct assault on the inherent and constitutionally protected title and rights of the First Nations who steward these lands and waters." Grand Chief Stewart Phillip www.ubcic.bc.ca/ubcic_oppose...

30 boats still sailing strong on their way to Gaza. On board: unarmed activists, journalists, doctors, and humanitarians. They carry aid for the people of Gaza, deliberately starved, bombed, and maimed by Israel.

Privileged to be in Whitehorse for a few days. The Ted Harrison stained glass windows at the Anglican Cathedral are breathtaking

Conservationists decry lack of progress 5 years after B.C.'s old-growth logging review | CBC News It's been five years since the B.C. government promised to overhaul how old-growth trees are logged in the province — a process that was supposed to take three years — and conservationists say the pro...

@bcndpcaucus for the sake of future generations please get your act together on this one

ANALYSIS | As hunger grows in Gaza, warnings that starvation hits the most vulnerable first | CBC News Despite Israel’s denials of famine and a recent uptick in food delivery, starvation in Gaza is getting worse. Before his death, a 17-year-old described to CBC News how his body and life were shutting ...

"The armed men will be the last to go hungry. You actually know that the targeting of your starvation will hit the poorest and most vulnerable first."

🧵Today, Victoria Council voted 7–1 against a motion to end decriminalization.

The motion was misguided. It falsely claimed decriminalization has been “especially harmful” without evidence. In reality, the crisis we face is driven by the toxic, fentanyl-contaminated supply—not decriminalization.

'Lived life fully': Cyclist struck by vehicle was psychiatrist who lived life of adventure Sylvie Argouarch was on her way to work at a seniors’ facility when she was fatally hit near a crossing of the Lochside Regional Trail on Quadra Street.

This story fills me with sadness.

But it’s not enough to feel sad. We must all do better to reach Vision Zero by redesigning our streets for multi-modal safety.

2025 has been a very bad year for peds and cyclists on the Island. It’s unacceptable.

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This one has the perfect ear to nose ratio #yyj urban creatures

Palestinian-Canadians in B.C. fighting to get their families out of Gaza stuck in limbo | CBC News A Toronto immigration and refugee lawyer has filed a petition to the federal court to force the Canadian government to speed up the resettlement process. Two Palestinian-Canadian families worry their ...

In order to sponsor a family member starving to death in Gaza said elderly relative or child has to be able to leave Gaza to a third country to have their biometrics done. This is an impossible ask for which we should be judged and found guilty of neglect leading to death Canada

Israel kills 61 people in Gaza City, at least 100 across enclave The surge in Israel’s bombardment in the north of the Gaza Strip comes as it plans to seize Gaza City.

At least 100 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks across Gaza since dawn, including 61 in Gaza City, as Al Jazeera reports intensified strikes in the north while Israel prepares to seize Gaza City aje.io/io4cij

Somewhat to my surprise I have become a 50-year-old woman who very happily loses track of time gardening

35 rabbis arrested in NYC and DC protests for Gaza food aid - Jewish Telegraphic Agency The arrests come as reports of mass starvation in Gaza draw global outcry.

“Our most urgent spiritual responsibility as Jews and as rabbis is to protect life. All life is sacred, but Palestinian lives are not treated as such, and that is a blot on our collective humanity. We are here to insist on the sanctity of life of every Palestinian, of every Israeli, of all of us.”

dawnymock cartoon of Hockey Players “Not guilty, but not innocent”

For EM

A quiet line to the other side: Mystery ‘wind phone’ appears along Dallas Road Tucked away on a quiet patch of pavement along Dallas Road, a small living room has emerged — not inside a home, but open to the ocean breeze.

Found this wind phone on a recent bike ride. So lovely

B.C. transfers 700 hectares of land to Snuneymuxw First Nation near Nanaimo The B.C. government has completed the transfer of more than 700 hectares of land near Nanaimo to the Snuneymuxw First Nation.

The B.C. government has completed the transfer of more than 700 hectares of land near Nanaimo to the Snuneymuxw First Nation.

Thanks for the world class cycling infrastructure #yyj. Water stations are fantastic

Netanyahu must be stopped. Fadel Naem, acting director of Al-Ahli Hospital, confirms a strike on a church that was sheltering both Christians and Muslims, including a number of children with disabilities.

Famine in Gaza: 1.25 million people face hunger and death while the world remains silent The Gaza Strip is facing catastrophic humanitarian conditions with the threat of famine worsening, amid the continuing Israeli genocide

Stop this madness. It is pure evil

Israeli strike kills children collecting water, Gaza officials say. IDF says there was a malfunction | CBC News At least eight Palestinians, most of them children, were killed and more than a dozen others were wounded in central Gaza on Sunday, local officials said, in an Israeli missile strike which the milita...

The strike hit a water distribution point in Nuseirat refugee camp, killing six children and injuring 17 others, said Ahmed Abu Saifan, an emergency physician at Al-Awda Hospital.

Netanyahu nominating Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize. Has humanity hit bottom?

Gaza hospital 'one massive trauma ward' treating Palestinians shot trying to access food: WHO | CBC News Nasser Hospital in Gaza is operating as "one massive trauma ward" due to an influx of patients wounded at non-United Nations food distribution sites run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, the World ...

The United Nations human rights office said on Friday that it had recorded at least 613 killings both at aid points run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation and near humanitarian convoys as of June 27.

We must stop the military offensives in Gaza and start feeding people and rebuilding housing and infrastructure

New government report shows 'hard evidence' of racial wage disparities in B.C. | CBC News The B.C. Anti-Racism Data Committee’s recent report has found that in many occupations, "significant gaps" exist between the salaries of racialized and white workers.

After adjusting for age, gender, education and generation, the occupations where racialized workers made less than white workers were: retail and service supervisors; processing and manufacturing; transport; trades, transport, management; business and finance; trades; technical and applied sciences

Only two years left of world’s carbon budget to meet 1.5C target, scientists warn Breaching threshold would ramp up catastrophic weather events, further increasing human suffering

“I tend to be an optimistic person. But things are not only moving in the wrong direction, we’re seeing some unprecedented changes and acceleration of the heating of the Earth and sea level rise.”