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Introducing Queer Momentum’s Winter 2026 webinars Through our webinars, we power-up 2SLGBTQIA+ advocates and allies with skills and tools. These sessions are free, and intended to help you - as an activist or ally - become a stronger advocate. This winter, we are offering five sessions to help you level up. Swipe through to learn more and register via the link below!

Join Queer Momentum’s Winter Webinars

Through our webinars, we help power-up 2SLGBTQIA+ advocates & allies with training on effective advocacy, movement-building & community organizing. These sessions are free & intended to help you become a stronger advocate.

Visit www.QueerMomentum.ca/training

CALL TO ACTION: *Please write Council (info@powellriver.ca) to share your support for an Emergency Weather Response Shelter located at Dwight Hall for folks in need during upcoming colder weather by Tues, Jan 20. It will open as needed to support folks in our community who need it.

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Settler Allyship & Residential School Denialism. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar. With residential school denialism on the rise, it is time for non-Indigenous Canadians to step up and learn how to become better allies. Confronting and debunking residential school denialism is one o...

With residential school denialism on the rise, learn how you can step up and become a better ally with this new webinar from National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation ❤.
umanitoba.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Conversations with friends, strangers, community orgs, local businesses, email lists, etc. For example, I subscribe to @qathet Climate Alliance email list and they offered helpful comments and considerations in their last message. Share your priorities in the comments, if you like!

City Council meetings + highlights: powellriver.ca/pages/counci...

The Peak. A recent article describes a Staff report on possibilities for reducing spending such as decreasing transit service hours and eliminating future transit expansion, cutbacks to library hours, and eliminating cultural services and the aquatic centre.

You don't need to be informed about every issue to express your priorities. And, if you like, here are some useful resources:
Draft 1 2026 - 2030 5 Year Financial Plan
powellriver.civicweb.net/document/154...

Balancing Act Welcome to Balancing Act, a public budget simulator. Have a voice in your government. Show your elected officials how you’d balance the budget.

Municipal politics impacts our lives in every way - and we can impact municipal politics. Share your views by Jan 31 by filling out the City of Pxwll Rver Budget Survey. Resources + links in the comments. powell-river.ca.abalancingact.com/city-of-powe...

heya - i don't have a sign up, i mostly focus on amplifying local mutual aid requests in the qathet region <3.

Solidarity with trans neighbours & strangers.
Trans Action Alberta.
Egale Canada.
Momentum Canada.
Trans Care BC.
Trans qathet.
Check em out + support their good work <3.

Meal Train Plus for qCEH - community meal train The only emergency shelter in qathet is now closed, (as of March 26th 2025). Not only does this mean folks are without a place indoors to be, sleep, and take shelter from the elements, it means the m...

qathet Coalition to End Homelessness seeks donations of warm clothing. meals, snacks, servers, and other items - Tuesday- Sunday, 6-8pm or contact directly to arrange donations: qathetceh@gmail.com. 7156 Duncan St. www.mealtrain.com/trains/zz02gr
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Transanta Send gifts to trans youth in need, safely and anonymously!

@transanta is the best. send some gifts and show some love to trans youth in need >3. Browse the registry, read the letters, buy what you can, brighten someone's day, hey? www.transanta.com

Hey PR City Council: Keep funding the Zunga bus! A few lines via email makes a difference <3. City Council: info@powellriver.ca; rwoznow@powellriver.ca; tisakson@powellriver.ca; rsouthcott@powellriver.ca; ealmeida@powellriver.ca; jpalm@powellriver.ca; celliott@powellriver.ca; gdoubt@powellriver.ca

City Council: info@powellriver.ca; rwoznow@powellriver.ca; tisakson@powellriver.ca; rsouthcott@powellriver.ca; ealmeida@powellriver.ca; jpalm@powellriver.ca; celliott@powellriver.ca; gdoubt@powellriver.ca

Write a letter to PR City Council in support of opening an emergency weather centre now: health, dignity, safety, community, care, responsibility. A few lines of support via email makes a difference <3. Check out the call to action and letter template from the qathet Community Action team!

tend & gather & rest what we share together makes a difference

December possibilities list - actions for solidarity & care
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McVitie veterinary assistance program - Vancouver Humane Society The McVitie Veterinary Assistance Program assists low-income individuals by providing funding to treat pets with emergency health issues. Emergency veterinary cases are when the animal is at risk of d...

The McVitie Veterinary Assistance Program assists low-income individuals by providing funding to treat pets with emergency health issues. Funding decisions made on a case-by-case basis by program staff in consultation with a veterinarian. Available in qathet. vancouverhumanesociety.bc.ca/vet-assist/

COVID-19 is “Airborne AIDS”: provocative oversimplification, emerging science, or something in between? COVID-19 caused by SARS-CoV-2 is often compared to other pandemics for its societal and global health impact, with some commentators drawing parallels to HIV/AIDS due to the immune dysfunction caused ...

New Research: "COVID-19 is “Airborne AIDS”: provocative oversimplification, emerging science, or something in between? - Chronic inflammation, immune exhaustion, and accelerated biological aging are shared hallmarks of HIVI/AIDS and Long COVID/PASC."

AJPM Focus www.ajpmfocus.org/article/S277...

We keep each other safe - a collection of Covid-19 resources for information, health, and connection ❤.

Looking to update your Covid vaccine? www2.gov.bc.ca/.../immuniza...

Masks + tests by donation + to purchase: donatemask.ca

We keep each other safe - a collection of Covid-19 resources for information, health, and connection ❤.

Living with Long Covid symptoms? www.phsa.ca/health-info/...

Canadian COVID-19 Hazard Index

We keep each other safe - a collection of Covid-19 resources for information, health, and connection ❤.
Track the recent numbers (Canada and provinces): covid19resources.ca/covid-hazard...

October action: dulf.ca/dulf-aid-2/

Scientists Confirmed that Living Organisms Emit a Glow that Fades Upon Death - Profolus Scientists confirmed that animals and plants emit invisible light during normal cellular activity.

PROFOLUS: For decades, scientists have suspected that living organisms emit faint glimmers of light. Recent experiments using ultra-sensitive photon detectors have finally captured that elusive glow across entire animals and plants.

This image shows gauges with the Oct 11 - Oct 24, 2025 Forecast scores for Canada, the provinces, & territories. From left to right: Canada: HIGH - 8.9 Alberta: HIGH - 7.0 British Columbia: HIGH - 8.4 Manitoba: VERY HIGH - 14.9 New Brunswick: VERY HIGH - 11.3 Newfoundland & Labrador: SEVERE - 17.0 North: VERY HIGH - 12.3 Nova Scotia: SEVERE - 16.3 Ontario: HIGH - 7.5 Prince Edward Island: VERY HIGH - 11.8 Quebec: HIGH - 10.0 Saskatchewan: SEVERE - 17.0 A text box reads: "The COVID Forecast is calculated from 3 equally weighted categories: 1) Current infections and spread; 2) Healthcare system impact; 3) Mortality. Within each category there is one sub-category for trends over the most recent week (Trends) and one sub-category for current parameter values relative to a specified baseline (Current values). Trends and current values are weighted equally when determining the final score for a category. All Forecast input data and sources are available here (https://datastudio.google.com/embed/u/0/reporting/42b886cf-d661-488e-b7d8-5c5836b55ab6/page/p_2yqs028mwc). Past Forecast scores are available in the table below. Forecast scores are grouped into 4 ranges: MODERATE (1 to <5, white), HIGH (6 to <10, yellow), VERY HIGH (10 to <15, orange), SEVERE (>15 red)."

Canadian COVID Forecast: Oct 11 - Oct 24, 2025
SEVERE: NL, NS, SK
VERY HIGH: MB, NB, North, PEI
HIGH: CAN, AB, BC, ON, QC
MODERATE: none

About 1 in 95 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.

URGENT: Stop Alberta's Premier From Overriding Charter Rights of Trans Youth Healthcare is a right, protected by evidence, compassion, and core Canadian values.

sept action: transactionalberta.ca

heart as home art and movement

Thank you to everyone involved in helping to make the Comfort Kit Social such a lovely, fun, and abundant gathering ❤. This community is filled with creative, generous, and supportive folks - grateful to be a part of it. Project story + photos here: heartashome.com/blog/

Thanks to generous folks, the Comfort Kit Social is happening on Sept 8 + 9. MealTrain spots are still available - any amount of food, drink, and snacks is really really awesome! Thanks for your support, rad community www.mealtrain.com/trains/zz02gr

Action: Support life-affirming and life-saving programs in qathet RD. A new Shelter and home for the Overdose Prevention Site - essential in our community for well-being, safety, dignity, and care: www.change.org/p/support-li...

Community care in action: Grateful for all the generosity towards the Comfort Kit Social. Powered by neighbours helping neighbours & the Neighbourhood Small Grants, we raised $1275 and collected over 500 items! Event will be in late August and all the deets are posted here: heartashome.com/blog/ ❤.

be with good company | Substack A mutual aid action space. Online monthly meet up. Encouragement and celebration. Opinions, resources and updates. Our positive actions make a difference. Collab and create with our small team in qath...

August Possibilities List: Choose hope. Take action. Keep it simple. Love, always love. bewithgoodcompany.substack.com?r=54a0hq&utm...