@kateytomatey
Lekwungen lands (Victoria BC). Support harm reduction and safe supply, passionate about tomatoes, organ donation, trans rights 🏳️⚧️. Parent of a little kid. Emergency management and crisis communications and bikes. 🇵🇸
I will also say that it’s a bit wild to me that no press freedom organization or professional journalistic association has tried to contact me or even put out a statement here.
I mean Jesus Christ. A little solidarity from institutions would be nice here!
So beautiful! I have a lemon tree in a container that I move into my greenhouse in the winter, but it grew a lot last year. I think it's time to plant it in the ground and hope that it blooms this year!
"The Islamists oppose women getting an education," I mutter, as I aim my missile at the girls school
Israel, immediately after vaporizing a bunch of little girls:
Tiny Town, at 940 Caledonia Ave, being dismantled.
A tiny, tiny tent set up beside the sidewalk.
Hurts my heart to see Tiny Town being dismantled while steps away from 940 Caledonia, someone spent the night sleeping in a tent. Shelters are. being removed from our community, in the winter, while people are sleeping on the streets.
My personal investments are in an "ethical fund" but I 100% should be doing more investigation of what that means, especially as you say with things like AI and REITs...
Also very unhappy with my pension being invested in arms manufacturing and companies complicit in genocide and other atrocities. share.google/cKSa0rsVYzV3.... Also check out @betterpensionsbc.bsky.social
It’s feeling safer in downtown Victoria As a resident of downtown Victoria, I would also like to say how much positive change there has been since police officers and bylaw officers have been walking throughout the downtown core. An example is Millie’s Lane, where there used to be many people hunched over doing drugs and, in some cases, yelling profanities; the lane now feels safe enough to walk through again. On my daily walks, I still see some unhoused people in doorways or elsewhere. When I see an officer and give them the location, they immediately head there to have a conversation with the individual. They always move along.
My only hope is that they can move on to a place where they have warm shelter and food. Thanks to Victoria police and city council for making a difference. I would also like to thank the Clean Team for all the cleanup they do. It feels safer. Ian Munroe Victoria
Gross letter in the TC. Dude notifies vicpd when he sees unhoused folks "in doorways or elsewhere". What the actual fuck. Spoiler alert, Ian: unhoused folks aren't freezing outdoors because they haven't thought of moving on to a place with warm shelter & food instead of sleeping on the sidewalk.
Primula auricula with green centre ringed with eggplant plurple and pale pale green petal edges.
Primula auricula blooming so early.
“50% of the time it’s approved every time.” That’s the logic some city councillors seem to be bringing to their understanding of the VicPD budget and appeals to the province.
Just sent my opposition to increased spending on policing. Let's invest that money in programs and services that will help people and communities. Letters die tonight!
Victoria BC. For more information, the Living Donor Liver Program can be reached at 604-875-4111 ext. 66523, toll-free at 1-855-875-5182, or by email at liverdonornurse@vch.ca.
My dad had also had cancer and we'd hoped a liver donation would have helped. Knowledge Network made a little video about my process that has more info: youtu.be/roJ9P8gqY2M?...
I was motivated to donate after my partner's uncle received a life saving liver donation! I applied to be a kidney donor and was matched with someone who CBC had written an article about. My kidney went to her, and her daughter donated a kidney to someone else who needed a match!
Yes, and then the donor's liver regenerates!
Wow, you're amazing! Thank you! 💖
BC doesn't have an anonymous liver donor program, but BC Transplant can match you to become a life-saving kidney donor! It's an amazing process to be part of! www.transplant.bc.ca/organ-donati...
Please share - a woman in Victoria BC is seeking a living liver donor. I donated a kidney two years ago - being part of the organ donation process is pretty neat and the folks at BC Transplant are amazing. Please give this article a read to learn more. #yyj
vicnews.com/2026/01/07/v...
Very ttrpg way to make decisions, I love it!
Fascism is when the violence that maintains capitalism starts becoming too obvious to ignore.
Potted venus flytrap plant, very wet with rain.
Venus flytraps loving the rain.
Rescinding decriminalization was a profound betrayal of every principle that the BCNDP claims to hold.
Tuxedo cat snuggled in blankets.
I love her so much ❤️
Map showing the location of the 1315 earthquakes recorded in the southwest British Columbia region during 2025. Most were offshore and the largest was M5.0. A fairly typical year.
Canada's Quakes of 2025
Southwest #BritishColumbia - #Canada's seismic hotspot where tectonic plates collide. During 2025, 1315 #earthquakes (M0.1-5.0) were located here. 17 were felt and most were offshore along the active faults.
More:
www.earthquakescanada.nrcan.gc.ca/pprs-pprp/pu...
⚒️🧪🇨🇦
Table listing the number of earthquakes recorded within 100 km of select Canadian communities in 2025. The magnitude of the largest earthquake within 100 km is also provided.
How many earthquakes occurred within 100 km of your Canadian community in 2025?
Here is a partial list - ranging from 0 #earthquakes near Winnipeg to 630 near Daajing Giids, Haida Gwaii.
The "top 3" are the same as in previous years.
Search the database:
earthquakescanada.nrcan.gc.ca/stndon/NEDB-...
Document, file formal complaints, and inform the media
this is how to do it.
Absolutely brutal.
Saanich Police are asking for the public’s help to identify a suspect who allegedly attempted to steal more than $300 worth of meat from a grocery store in the 3400 block of Quadra Street. Police say the incident occurred when a man attempted to leave the store with the unpaid items but was stopped by security. The suspect then fled the store before police arrived.
So someone was unsuccessful in trying to steal $300 worth of food from a business owned by the Sobey family (net worth $5.5 billion), and the cops thought it warranted a news release
Emergency Warming Tent and Bus OPEN
❄️ The City is opening an overnight emergency warming tent and bus in response to freezing temperatures in Victoria.
📍 Location: 1611 Quadra St./Parking lot at Quadra St. and Mason St.
🕗 Hours: Tonight, December 27, 8 p.m. to 7 a.m.