Community Stories
BC Budget Consultation – by 2 pm, June 19
The NDP Budget Committee is accepting written submissions for its 2027 Budget. What should we be asking for? You can make up to three recommendations, with an explanation for each. Participate by using the submission form HERE . We have set up a google doc to share…
Flood the Consultation: Don’t Fast-Track Destruction
The Government of Canada is proposing major legislative changes that would make it easier for mega-corporations to profit while our communities and the planet suffer the consequences. Act now. See email template to send critical feedback to Prime Minister Carney and…
One of the Strongest Marine Protected Areas in the World
Six First Nations, BC and Canada will preserve and steward a large chunk of the Central Coast. That means no pipelines. The area will be protected under Indigenous law, and known as Mia-yaltwa Ha’lidzogm hoon , pronounced “Me-ah-yall-twa Ha-lee-joh-gom hOH-own,”…
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A Poem by Richard Hendrick: Lockdown
This poem is titled Lockdown, written by Brother Richard Hendrick from Ireland. Yes there is fear. Yes there is isolation. Yes there is panic buying. Yes there is sickness.Yes there is even death. But, They say that in Wuhan after so many years of noise You can hear…
A Different Perspective on COVID-19
There is no question COVID-19 is a serious issue. If we did nothing, hundreds of thousands of Canadians, especially older people, might die and the health care system would be overwhelmed, jeopardizing the health of many other people with other health problems.
Social Change Requires an Open Mind
This is a video I created out of a PowerPoint presentation created by a social change movement that I’m part of. I invite you to take the time to watch it. I hope it sheds light on my state of agitation, and why you too might be frustrated with the widespread inertia…
Neighbourhood Markets Open During Pandemic!
The coronavirus continues to spread across the globe, and while many despair and are living in fear, we attempt to ease their burden by bringing a little hope and peace in providing free produce and groceries.
BC Mines Act Permit Q-8-121 “Climate Change is not relevant!”
The Highlands District Community Association (HDCA) has learned that the BC Government had Permitted a proposed strip mine in the District of the Highlands. This approval came three years after the application, yet only a few hours after the Government had declared a…
Laid Off and Looking For Work? Chamber Job Board Lists Employers Looking For Workers
After mandated restaurant closures today (now take out and delivery only) we know there will be more people looking for work. Pharmacies, grocery stores, island health and others are hiring right now. At time of this writing there are 37 jobs listed on the Jobs Board…
Spread Compassion – Stop Diseases
This short report describes the special problems that contagious diseases such as COVID-19 present to people experiencing homelessness, and the organizations that serve them. Homeless people tend to be vulnerable to infections due to a combination daily stress, poor…
Keeping Yourself Strong and Healthy in this COVID-19 Time
I have been reading the news more than I ever have in my entire lifetime for the past couple of months. When the virus first erupted in Wuhan, I was away on Orcas Island with friends. We were all sitting around discussing what was happening and the initial numbers-…
50 Ways to Stay SANE During the Coronavirus Pandemic
How can we stay strong during this crisis? With love, careful planning, and care for others – and total lockdown. When we emerge, huge numbers of people will hopefully want a more caring, cooperative approach to life, and a new kind of economy, based less on greed, selfishness and the destruction of Nature, and more on the economics of kindness.
Nature in the Heart of the City Map
Here’s a fun cartoon colouring map that brings the outside in with a scavenger hunt for locating and learning about the nature found in the heart of downtown Victoria. Created in collaboration with the Robert Bateman Centre, this map features the talents of…
The Vibrating Matrix
There is current that flows beneath all form. It moves imperceptibly. It is the flow of Spirit, that which creates, sustains, dissolves, learns from and informs all things. It is called by many names: The Divine Matrix, Indra’s net, the Unifying Field, God, the…
And the People Stayed Home – A Poem
This poem is written by Kitty O’Meara. And when the danger passed, and the people joined together again, they grieved their losses, and made new choices, and dreamed new images, and created new ways to live and heal the earth fully, as they had been healed. And…
