Twilight beach walk
December 29, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Twilight beach walk
“The U.S. labeling the strikes as targeting ISIS shows either a lack of understanding of regional dynamics or a deliberate attempt to fit its Christian genocide narrative for the American public,” independent Nigerian governance researcher Malik Samuel said on social media.
December 26, 2025 at 6:25 PM
“The U.S. labeling the strikes as targeting ISIS shows either a lack of understanding of regional dynamics or a deliberate attempt to fit its Christian genocide narrative for the American public,” independent Nigerian governance researcher Malik Samuel said on social media.
My Christmas piece in today’s paper about Mary, a young woman of colour who knows that God is at work scattering the proud, bringing rulers down from their thrones, lifting up the lowly, filling the hungry with good things, and turning the rich empty away.
A holiday wish for a “Magnificat” Christmas
The Magnificat is not a sentimental Christmas carol about bells or reindeer, but a revolutionary song of protest and of hope.
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December 20, 2025 at 9:15 PM
My Christmas piece in today’s paper about Mary, a young woman of colour who knows that God is at work scattering the proud, bringing rulers down from their thrones, lifting up the lowly, filling the hungry with good things, and turning the rich empty away.
Starving mothers in Gaza are giving birth to malnourished babies, some of whom have died in hospital, according to a recent report by UNICEF. As winter rains pick up, displaced families living in tents have been left exposed to the elements and without supplies to cope with floods and biting cold.
Gaza aid falling short of ceasefire terms: AP analysis | CBC News
Aid deliveries into Gaza are falling far short of the amount called for under the U.S.-brokered ceasefire, according to an Associated Press analysis of the Israeli military's figures as humanitarian g...
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December 16, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Starving mothers in Gaza are giving birth to malnourished babies, some of whom have died in hospital, according to a recent report by UNICEF. As winter rains pick up, displaced families living in tents have been left exposed to the elements and without supplies to cope with floods and biting cold.
Go Gabriola!
Unsanctioned roadway barriers installed in the dark of night on Gabriola Island | CBC News
Just a few weeks after residents pleaded with local government to take action on "traffic chaos" at Descanso Bay Ferry Terminal on Gabriola Island, someone has gone rogue and installed delineators alo...
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December 16, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Go Gabriola!
During third week of advent we light a small pink candle and pray that joy may come. Joy is not a feeling but an act of resistance on a dark and broken world
December 16, 2025 at 12:11 AM
During third week of advent we light a small pink candle and pray that joy may come. Joy is not a feeling but an act of resistance on a dark and broken world
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Victoria cannot solve the homelessness crisis alone. We need other CRD municipalities to step up and build more supportive and affordable housing for those experiencing homelessness. The Province has mandated that local governments need to take care of vulnerable populations! #yyj #victoriabc
December 15, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Victoria cannot solve the homelessness crisis alone. We need other CRD municipalities to step up and build more supportive and affordable housing for those experiencing homelessness. The Province has mandated that local governments need to take care of vulnerable populations! #yyj #victoriabc
#Canadapost closes the counter at the back of my local pharmacy and no longer permits said pharmacy to sell stamps at the front counter. Making it ridiculously hard for me to buy stamps to send Christmas cards overseas. Is a little bit of innovation and business sense too much to ask????
December 15, 2025 at 9:34 PM
#Canadapost closes the counter at the back of my local pharmacy and no longer permits said pharmacy to sell stamps at the front counter. Making it ridiculously hard for me to buy stamps to send Christmas cards overseas. Is a little bit of innovation and business sense too much to ask????
“In 2020, he says, applications took one and a half to two years to process. Now, they often stretch to four years.” This is why churches and non profits can no longer do this work at scale. It takes too long and costs too much. And so people are stuck in unsafe situations
From hope to hurdles: How Canada’s refugee system has changed since 2015 | CBC Radio
A decade after Ottawa did much to help resettle displaced Syrians, refugees and advocates say wait times have lengthened, funding has dwindled and federal policies may tighten the path to safety.
www.cbc.ca
December 13, 2025 at 5:32 PM
“In 2020, he says, applications took one and a half to two years to process. Now, they often stretch to four years.” This is why churches and non profits can no longer do this work at scale. It takes too long and costs too much. And so people are stuck in unsafe situations
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New calf sighted with B.C.’s endangered orcas a ‘huge, welcome surprise’.
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December 10, 2025 at 9:08 PM
New calf sighted with B.C.’s endangered orcas a ‘huge, welcome surprise’.
Read more at: vicnews.com/2025/12/10/v...
Read more at: vicnews.com/2025/12/10/v...
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Leaders of a Catholic church in Massachusetts kept a Nativity display with an anti-ICE message in place on Monday, defying an order from the Catholic Archdiocese of Boston to remove it. The display shows Mary, Joseph and baby Jesus missing, replaced by a sign reading “ICE WAS HERE.” trib.al/adPW46y
December 9, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Leaders of a Catholic church in Massachusetts kept a Nativity display with an anti-ICE message in place on Monday, defying an order from the Catholic Archdiocese of Boston to remove it. The display shows Mary, Joseph and baby Jesus missing, replaced by a sign reading “ICE WAS HERE.” trib.al/adPW46y
Lack of access to housing, washrooms and clean water leads to ICU admissions and death. First in Cowichan. Now in Victoria. It’s immoral and expensive. We need housing. We need co-housing and supportive housing.
Island Health is reporting an outbreak of a highly contagious intestinal illness in the South Island's unhoused community.
Outbreak of highly contagious intestinal illness in homeless, Island Health reports
Island Health is reporting an outbreak of a highly contagious intestinal illness in the South Island's unhoused community.
cheknews.ca
December 4, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Lack of access to housing, washrooms and clean water leads to ICU admissions and death. First in Cowichan. Now in Victoria. It’s immoral and expensive. We need housing. We need co-housing and supportive housing.
Analysts say that instead of coming as a reprieve for Palestinians, the ceasefire gave the international community an excuse to stop focusing on Israel’s actions in Gaza.
Israel’s genocide in Gaza has not stopped, despite the ceasefire: Analysts
Analysts and a human rights group say Israel's genocide in Gaza has not stopped, despite the ceasefire.
www.aljazeera.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Analysts say that instead of coming as a reprieve for Palestinians, the ceasefire gave the international community an excuse to stop focusing on Israel’s actions in Gaza.
This #Whitecaps game is nuts. And now penalties.
November 23, 2025 at 5:29 AM
This #Whitecaps game is nuts. And now penalties.
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“We need more housing, we need more villages, we need more beds, and we need supports,” said Kapela.
Desperation reached dangerous levels in Cowichan on Tuesday, where officials say as many as 80 toxic drug overdoses occurred in just 24 hours, with one shelter even running out of naloxone.
‘Very scary’: Cowichan records as many as 80 drug overdoses in single night
Desperation reached dangerous levels in Cowichan on Tuesday, where officials say as many as 80 toxic drug overdoses occurred in just 24 hours, with one shelter even running out of naloxone.
cheknews.ca
November 22, 2025 at 7:24 PM
“We need more housing, we need more villages, we need more beds, and we need supports,” said Kapela.
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Quote: ""When you are reaching for the notwithstanding clause, what you're essentially doing is saying we're going to adopt a law without regard as to whether that law is reasonable in a free and democratic society," [Federal Justice Minister Sean Fraser] said."
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Danielle Smith pushes back at criticism for using Charter override on Alberta’s transgender laws | CBC News
Premier Danielle Smith pushed back Wednesday on accusations that her government is trampling on Charter rights through repeated use of the notwithstanding clause, saying it's all about protecting chil...
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November 20, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Quote: ""When you are reaching for the notwithstanding clause, what you're essentially doing is saying we're going to adopt a law without regard as to whether that law is reasonable in a free and democratic society," [Federal Justice Minister Sean Fraser] said."
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I can't help to think of the young lives that will be lost because of this hateful legislation & the further harm that occur in the 2SLGBTQIA community. The use of the notwithstanding clause is just egregious & unnecessary.
This Alberta government has more blood on their already bloodstained hands.
This Alberta government has more blood on their already bloodstained hands.
November 18, 2025 at 11:44 PM
I can't help to think of the young lives that will be lost because of this hateful legislation & the further harm that occur in the 2SLGBTQIA community. The use of the notwithstanding clause is just egregious & unnecessary.
This Alberta government has more blood on their already bloodstained hands.
This Alberta government has more blood on their already bloodstained hands.
Wolves outsmart researchers
B.C. wolves use line to pull up crab traps in first possible tool use by species | CBC News
Within a day of the cameras being set up in the Heiltsuk First Nation last year, researchers captured footage of a sea wolf emerging from the water with a buoy hanging from its mouth. The footage the...
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November 18, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Wolves outsmart researchers
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Rev. Kelly Duncan said she’ll be ready that night with her tent, sleeping bag and mat, but “that’s more than what most people have when they’re sleeping outside in the cold.”
November 15, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Rev. Kelly Duncan said she’ll be ready that night with her tent, sleeping bag and mat, but “that’s more than what most people have when they’re sleeping outside in the cold.”
“Our country needs religious leaders of all different faiths to reach deep within their traditions and find the strength to resist tyranny.”
Why clergy should risk assault to protest ICE
(RNS) — For people wanting to experience God, we are more likely to meet the Divine trying to shut down the Broadview, Illinois, ICE facility than we ever were in church.
religionnews.com
November 15, 2025 at 3:11 PM
“Our country needs religious leaders of all different faiths to reach deep within their traditions and find the strength to resist tyranny.”