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Paula Carlson 🇨🇦 @thepaulacarlson.bsky.social · 2d

Btw, these incredible photos are all taken on disposable film cameras!! #streetart
#streetphotography

Paula Carlson 🇨🇦 @thepaulacarlson.bsky.social · 2d

The 2026 #HopeInShadows calendar is here!!! ❤️
Get 'em while they're hot + support our low-income photographers + vendors!

Cover shot winner by vendor Martin Verna, who sells outside Bean Around the World @ Main + Broadway. Stop by + say hello and congrats! 🥳
megaphonemagazine.com/find-a-vendor/

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Paula Carlson 🇨🇦 @thepaulacarlson.bsky.social · 4d

“It was like I had been reborn to the world or the world reborn to me. In death, I found life, peace, happiness and contentment.”

Amazing piece by Bob R. Williams Jr.

The power of writing transcends prison walls ✍️

Prison Journalism Project @prisonjournalism.bsky.social · 4d

"After about two weeks it hit me like a sword strike to the throat: we are all gonna die and that is a simple fact of physical existence. As for me, I’m already on Death Row which puts my death right there in my face."

Dying in the Samurai Way

I came across a passage in a book called "Hagakure, The Book of the Samurai," that states, “Meditation on inevitable death should be...

prisonjournalismproject.org

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Paula Carlson 🇨🇦 @thepaulacarlson.bsky.social · 4d

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Paula Carlson 🇨🇦 @thepaulacarlson.bsky.social · 4d

💥 Our board member and writer/photographer Colleen Lamothe in @georgiastraight.bsky.social:

@megaphonemagazine.com #fundraiser

Megaphone’s Evening Edition fundraiser serves an important purpose

Meet the people behind the red vests.

www.straight.com

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Rebecca Bollwitt @miss604.com · 5d

The City of Vancouver's autumn tree sale is on now 🌳 Purchase trees for $15 (up to 3 per household). Residents can plant trees on private property within the City to support efforts to increase the urban canopy cover.

Vancouver's Autumn Tree Sale

It's the City of Vancouver's autumn tree sale for residents. Purchase your trees online and pickup at Nat Bailey on Sunday, October 19, 2025.

miss604.com

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Paula Carlson 🇨🇦 @thepaulacarlson.bsky.social · 7d

1/3. I love this photo of Gyuu Tsi'iga Jaad (Head Strong Woman), Angel Gates of Haida Nation. It captures her fierce warrior essence, courage and intelligence. Angel died in 2022 and @megaphonemagazine.com's Angel Gates Memorial Award was created by her dear friends...

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Paula Carlson 🇨🇦 @thepaulacarlson.bsky.social · 7d

3/3... Every year since Angel’s passing, @megaphonemagazine.com honours the recipient of this award at our annual fundraiser, taking place this year Oct. 16 at the Russian Hall, 600 Campbell Ave., from 5-8 p.m. Come take part in the celebration of people making a difference in the #DTES!

Megaphone's Annual Fundraiser: The Evening Edition

Join us as we celebrate our annual Vendor of the Year award recipient and Angel Gates Memorial award winner!

www.eventbrite.ca

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Paula Carlson 🇨🇦 @thepaulacarlson.bsky.social · 7d

2/3... Julie Chapman, Eva Takakenew and Nicolas Crier to honour those in the #DTES who exemplify Angel’s resilience and passion for social justice.

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Paula Carlson 🇨🇦 @thepaulacarlson.bsky.social · 7d

1/3. I love this photo of Gyuu Tsi'iga Jaad (Head Strong Woman), Angel Gates of Haida Nation. It captures her fierce warrior essence, courage and intelligence. Angel died in 2022 and @megaphonemagazine.com's Angel Gates Memorial Award was created by her dear friends...

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Megaphone Magazine @megaphonemagazine.com · 8d

📰 Hot off the press! The latest edition of Megaphone is here.

✨ Our cover story dives into the upcoming Hope in Shadows calendar (launching October 9) 📸, sharing the stories behind some of this year’s top 30 powerful images + MORE ⬇️

megaphonemagazine.com/find-a-vendor/

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Rebecca Bollwitt @miss604.com · 9d

Get your tickets for Megaphone’s fundraiser on October 16th

🎟️ Hear a keynote from Am Johal on non-profit sustainability during periods of incredible uncertainty
🎟️ Celebrate recipients of the Catherine Ludgate Vendor of the Year and Angel Gates Memorial Awards

@megaphonemagazine.com

Megaphone's Annual Fundraiser: The Evening Edition

Join us as we celebrate our annual Vendor of the Year award recipient and Angel Gates Memorial award winner!

www.eventbrite.ca

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Prison Journalism Project @prisonjournalism.bsky.social · 14d

Did you know that PJP produces a unique educational magazine, PJP Inside, specifically for incarcerated writers across the nation?

Your support helps us deliver the magazine to readers on the inside.

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Paula Carlson 🇨🇦 @thepaulacarlson.bsky.social · 15d

Gorgeous work over at @iranzye.bsky.social 🙌🏼 ✨

Iranzy Art @iranzye.bsky.social · 17d

Another painting process, hope you like it...

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Paula Carlson 🇨🇦 @thepaulacarlson.bsky.social · 25d

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BC Policy Solutions @bcpolicy.bsky.social · Sep 11

BC nonprofits in crisis: unprecedented funding disaster threatens to cut essential services in communities throughout the province.

Over 200 BC nonprofit leaders issue urgent letter to govt, foundation, union, business funders. #bcpoli
bcpolicy.ca/funding-...

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Megaphone Magazine @megaphonemagazine.com · Sep 10

Early bird tickets for our annual fundraiser are available until this Friday! Tickets include an evening of inspiration with keynote speaker Am Johal, catered canapés, and 2 drink tickets ✨🥂🎈 www.eventbrite.ca/e/megaphones... www.eventbrite.ca/e/megaphones...

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Paula Carlson 🇨🇦 @thepaulacarlson.bsky.social · Sep 10

😱 I was today years old when I learned this! I am forthwith a fortnightly convert 🫡

Thank you for your service 😆

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Paula Carlson 🇨🇦 @thepaulacarlson.bsky.social · Sep 5

Fab cover story/photo essay by @megaphonemagazine.com’s own — visual journalist Mike McNeeley from The Shift peer newsroom! 📸 💥

#DTES #streetart

Megaphone Magazine @megaphonemagazine.com · Sep 5

The September issue is here! This month’s cover story takes you inside the Downtown Eastside, with limited resources, residents — many living with disabilities — are reworking everyday items to meet their needs and make life a little easier.

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Justin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · Aug 26

why build ferries in british columbia when you can threaten legal action against bands who make fun of how long you have to wait to get on a ferry in british columbia

Simon Little 🍁 @simonplittle.ca · Aug 26

It's often said imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, but one Victoria band says it's landed them in rough waters with BC Ferries.

globalnews.ca/news/1135084...

‘Cease and desist’: Victoria band’s logo runs afoul of BC Ferries - BC | Globalnews.ca

A Victoria rock band has hit rough waters with BC Ferries over its logo that is too close to the company's wordmark.

globalnews.ca

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Paula Carlson 🇨🇦 @thepaulacarlson.bsky.social · Aug 13

What’s a “darkroom?” 🤔😂

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Paula Carlson 🇨🇦 @thepaulacarlson.bsky.social · Aug 10

Same, melting bunny. Same.
🥵 🔥 😎

daily bunnies 🐇✨ @dailybunnies.bsky.social · Aug 10

A bunny lies stretched out on a bed next to a person's feet. Bright daylight filters through nearby curtains.

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Paula Carlson 🇨🇦 @thepaulacarlson.bsky.social · Aug 6

colonial wounds
scars of oppression
desperately beg for healing
but they get infected
because this world
has no medicine
called justice
— Karim Wafa Al-Hussaini

#DTES #streetphotography by Mike McNeeley for @megaphonemagazine.com
Photographed with consent

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Paula Carlson 🇨🇦 @thepaulacarlson.bsky.social · Aug 2

Wanna find @megaphonemagazine.com’s awesome 🇨🇦 August mag? Hit up longtime vendor Peter Thompson today at West Fourth Avenue + Vine in #Kitsilano!

Summer books, #DTES writers, #Indigenous stories and so much more! ☀️❤️

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Paula Carlson 🇨🇦 @thepaulacarlson.bsky.social · Aug 1

August's @megaphonemagazine.com has hit the streets! From Nova Scotia to the Northwest Territories, our cover story spotlights must-read Canadian authors. 📚🇨🇦 Cover art 🤩 by Nora Kelly (norakellyart.
com) + story by Hannah Mondiwa: megaphonemagazine.com/find-a-vendor/

#Never51 #ElbowsUp #Canada 🍁

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