BC Greens for Victoria - Beacon Hill

05/31/2021

05/27/2021

"Saul Arbess, 82, said when the officers saw more than 100 seniors marching up the road, they just rolled up their police tape that marks the exclusion zone at Road 2000 and left.

“We made quite an impression,” Arbess said."

About 100 elderly hikers swarmed the RCMP exclusion zone, no arrests were made

05/25/2021

Thanks to everyone who joined us for the Voices of Victoria event with Jasmindra Jaswanda on community placemaking. For who missed it, or want to watch again, enjoy! https://fb.watch/5Jf0gmtc0h/

05/20/2021

"True, meaningful and lasting reconciliation must include the return of our ancestors back to the Nations where they were taken from," said Dan Smith, a former chair of the museum association's Indigenous advisory committee and a member of the Wei Wai K*m First Nation."

The B.C. Museums Association is calling on publicly-funded institutions to return ancestral human remains and burial artifacts from their collections to their rightful Indigenous owners.

05/18/2021

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05/16/2021

“These things are precious to us, so I think it’s really important that we celebrate them,” Wastasecoot said.

She has a small hope people will come in and recognize the beadwork of some of the historical pieces and the beaders behind them. Wastasecoot said this has happened in the past with a basketry exhibit.

But, more importantly, she hopes when people enter they recognize themselves – their culture and their stories. The contemporary pieces are a crucial part of that.

“It’s important for people to know Indigenous people are still here,” Wastasecoot said. “We’re still producing art.”

On Beaded Ground features work from West Coast artists and a Cedar Hill Middle School group

05/15/2021

"Mayor Lisa Helps said it’s the first time in the city’s history that residents have come together to build housing for their neighbours.

“I think that sends a good message. You know, if you’re moving in out of somewhere, out of a tent, and you’re being welcomed with welcome arms into a neighbourhood, that sets a different tone than if there’s a lot of pushback or resistance,” she said."

As new residents moved into a tiny-home village near Royal Athletic Park on Friday, a sign in a house window just down the street offered an enthusiastic welcome. “Welcome to North Park tiny home. . .

05/09/2021

On variants, on cases by neighbourhood or positive cases after vaccination: whatever metric you can think of, chances are B.C. provides less information than other large states and provinces.

05/07/2021

Hundreds of scarlet dresses will hang across Canada to remember the lives of the victims of the genocide against Indigenous women. It’s a day where so...

05/04/2021

"Our Place Society, a non-profit experienced in helping the unhoused, operates the building and provides supports that include daily meals, access to sanitary and hygiene facilities, storage for belongings and health and wellness program access and referrals."

Russell Street Transitional Shelter opened Monday to those moving out of city parks

05/03/2021

“COVID continues to impact our region. The Vital Signs Survey will help us understand what that looks like, and help us chart a path forward from the pandemic,” says Victoria Foundation CEO Sandra Richardson. “At the same time, we’re also asking questions related to inclusion and diversity in our region, which will be a specific focus of this year’s Vital Signs report.”

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