To the Children, Teens, and Twenty-Somethings of Vancouver

 To the Children, Teens, and Twenty-Somethings of Vancouver 💔🥺

I want to start by saying: I am so sorry. I am sorry that the city you were born into — the streets you walk, the schools you go to, the buses you ride — are so broken. I am sorry that you can’t understand why your parents or grandparents can’t afford bus fare 🚌💸, why they worry about rent 🏠, why sometimes there isn’t enough food 🍞🥛 or heat 🔥, and why they can’t always help you like you deserve.

You see people overdosing 💊💔. You see people sleeping on the sidewalks, in doorways, in parks 🏞️. You see friends or family struggling with substance abuse. Maybe some have died. Maybe your dad or mom works as a police officer 👮‍♂️👮‍♀️, and you notice how stressed, overworked, and unhappy they are. Maybe neighbors fight over money 💰. Maybe some friends go without lunches 🍎🥪, winter coats 🧥, or basic necessities. Maybe you’ve even had to sneak onto a bus because there was no other way to get around.

I want you to know: it’s not your fault. None of it is your fault. You are living in a city and a society where the systems that are supposed to protect and support people are failing — healthcare 🏥, housing 🏚️, social services 💬, schools 📚, policing 👮‍♂️. The people who are supposed to make your life safer and easier — the politicians, developers, and institutions 🏢💸 — often prioritize money, power, and appearances over the lives of ordinary people.

The truth is harsh: thousands of people in Vancouver are unhoused or homeless. Seniors 👵👴 are filling shelters like never before. Indigenous people 🌿 are overrepresented among those living on the streets. Every year, hundreds of people die from overdoses ⚰️💊 — some of them people you may have known, or who could have been your neighbors, your cousins, your friends.

I see the confusion in your eyes. You ask: why are my parents struggling? Why are my friends hungry or cold? Why do so many people around me seem to be suffering while the city keeps building condos 🏢, pouring money into policing 🚓, and ignoring basic human needs?

I don’t have all the answers. But I want you to know that what you see and feel matters. Your empathy ❤️, your awareness 🌟, your frustration 😡 — these are real. They are valid. You are noticing injustice, scarcity, and pain, and that matters more than you know.

I want you to remember that even in a city that often feels harsh, you have the power to see, care, and act. Small acts of kindness ✨ — sharing what you have, checking on a friend 🤝, speaking up about what’s wrong — ripple out in ways you may never see, but they matter.

And I want you to know that it’s okay to be angry 😠. It’s okay to feel sad 😢. It’s okay to feel scared 😨. These are normal reactions when the world around you feels unfair. You are not alone. There are people fighting for change ✊, even if it feels slow. There are others who see what’s happening and are trying to do something about it.

One day, when the systems finally start to catch up, your courage 💪, your understanding 💛, your ability to witness and care, will be the foundation for a better city 🌇. But until then, I want you to hear this: I see you. I hear you. I am sorry you have to live this way. And you are not to blame for the brokenness around you.

You deserve warmth 🧣🔥. You deserve safety 🛡️. You deserve a city where your parents don’t have to choose between rent and food 🍞🏠, and where your friends can go to school and ride the bus without fear 🚌.

Hold on to each other 🤝. Watch out for each other 👀💛. And remember: the fact that you notice, that you care, that you question — that is what keeps hope alive 🌟.

Letter to the Youth: “They’re Not Coming. So We Save Ourselves

(Spanish and French translation below)

🔥 A Letter to the Youth: “They’re Not Coming. So We Save Ourselves.”

By Tina Winterlik aka Zipolita

Dear Youth,

You’ve been lied to.
“Go to school,” they said.
“Get a job,” they said.
“Work hard, and you’ll be fine.”

But you’re not fine. You’re exhausted. You’re sending out hundreds of resumes into the void. You’re drowning in debt, working gigs that lead nowhere, living with your parents—or in a tent—while housing becomes a billionaire’s playground.

And now you’re quitting. Walking away from the job hunt altogether. And guess what?

I get it. I’ve lived it.

I’m 63. Born and raised in B.C.
I’ve worked more jobs than I can list—berry picking, factories, industrial laundries, nannying, Expo 86, cruise ship photographer, janitor, caregiver.
I’ve gone back to school, been buried in student loans, got tossed around by economic crashes, pregnancy, single motherhood, and now—I'm “too experienced,” “too old,” “too something.”

I still can’t get a job.

I clean houses for friends. Couch-surf. Make art. Try to survive. And in all these years, here’s the truth I’ve learned:

The government is not coming to help you.
They’re busy managing PR and propping up systems that serve corporations—not you.

But that doesn’t mean there’s no hope.

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🌱 Here’s what you CAN do: Build your own way. Together.

F*** waiting for help. F*** endless applications.

It’s time to organize.
Time to gather.
Time to build.

Imagine this:

• Kids in kindergarten designing tiny houses.
• Teens in high school building them—learning tools, plumbing, solar panels, carpentry, gardening.
• You graduate with skills, with community, with shelter you helped create.

You don’t need their system.
You need each other.

Start your own co-ops.
Build communes.
Create garden villages and art spaces.
Live together, support each other, trade skills and food and energy.

They want you isolated. Online. Addicted. Scared.
That’s how they control you.

But when you get together, in real life, and start to build—you become unstoppable.

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✊ Final Words from an Old Timer

You aren’t broken.
The system is.

You aren’t lazy.
You’ve been exploited.

You don’t lack skills.
You lack space to use them.

So take the space. Make it. Claim it. Together.

The new revolution is local. Practical. Communal. DIY.

Pick up a hammer. Plant a seed. Paint a mural. Build a table. Trade your labour for lunch. Share your story. Speak truth. Help your friends. Take care of the elders. Be fierce. Be soft. Be unstoppable.

With love,
🔥 Tina Winterlik aka Zipolita
Artist. Fighter. Mother.
Still here. Still dreaming. Still building.

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🇪🇸 Carta a la Juventud: “No van a venir. Así que nos salvamos nosotros mismos.”

Por Tina Winterlik alias Zipolita

Querida juventud,

Les han mentido.
“Ve a la escuela,” dijeron.
“Consigue un trabajo,” dijeron.
“Trabaja duro, y estarás bien.”

Pero no están bien. Están agotados. Envían cientos de currículums al vacío. Están ahogados en deudas, atrapados en trabajos basura, viviendo con sus padres—o en una tienda de campaña—mientras las viviendas se convierten en juguetes de los millonarios.

Y ahora están renunciando. Alejándose de la búsqueda laboral. ¿Y saben qué?

Lo entiendo. Yo lo viví.

Tengo 63 años. Nací y crecí en B.C.
He trabajado en todo: cosechando frutas, fábricas, lavanderías industriales, niñera, Expo 86, fotógrafa en cruceros, conserje, cuidadora.
Volví a estudiar, me endeudé hasta el cuello, viví los colapsos económicos, fui madre soltera... y ahora me dicen que estoy “demasiado experimentada”, “demasiado mayor”, “demasiado algo”.

Y aún así, nadie me contrata.

Limpio casas de amigos. Vivo de sofá en sofá. Hago arte. Sobrevivo. Y en todos estos años, aprendí algo muy claro:

El gobierno no va a salvarlos.
Están ocupados protegiendo a las corporaciones, no a ustedes.

Pero eso no significa que no haya esperanza.

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🌱 ¿Qué SÍ pueden hacer? Construyan su propio camino. Juntos.

A la mierda esperar ayuda.
A la mierda enviar currículums sin respuesta.

Es hora de organizarse.
Reunirse.
Construir.

Imaginen esto:

• Niños en kínder diseñando casas pequeñas.
• Jóvenes de secundaria construyéndolas—aprendiendo herramientas, plomería, energía solar, jardinería.
• Se gradúan con habilidades, comunidad y un hogar que ayudaron a crear.

No necesitan su sistema.
Se necesitan entre ustedes.

Formen cooperativas.
Construyan comunas.
Creen aldeas con jardines y espacios artísticos.
Vivan juntos, compartan, intercambien habilidades y alimentos.

Quieren que estén aislados. En línea. Adictos. Con miedo.
Así los controlan.

Pero si se reúnen en la vida real y comienzan a construir... se vuelven imparables.

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✊ Palabras finales de una vieja luchadora

No están rotos.
El sistema lo está.

No son flojos.
Los han explotado.

No les faltan habilidades.
Les falta un lugar donde usarlas.

Así que tomen el espacio. Háganlo. Reclámenlo. Juntos.

La nueva revolución es local. Práctica. Comunitaria. Hecha a mano.

Tomen un martillo. Planten una semilla. Pinten un mural. Construyan una mesa. Intercambien trabajo por almuerzo. Cuenten su historia. Digan la verdad. Ayuden a sus amigos. Cuiden a los abuelos. Sean feroces. Sean dulces. Sean imparables.

Con amor,
🔥 Tina Winterlik alias Zipolita
Artista. Guerrera. Madre.
Todavía aquí. Todavía soñando. Todavía construyendo.

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🇫🇷 Lettre à la jeunesse : « Ils ne viendront pas. Alors on se sauve nous-mêmes. »

Par Tina Winterlik alias Zipolita

Chère jeunesse,

On vous a menti.
« Va à l'école », disaient-ils.
« Trouve un travail », disaient-ils.
« Travaille dur, et tout ira bien. »

Mais tout ne va pas bien. Vous êtes épuisés. Vous envoyez des centaines de CVs sans réponse. Vous êtes engloutis par les dettes, enchaînés à des petits boulots, vivant chez vos parents—ou sous une tente—tandis que le logement devient un jouet pour les milliardaires.

Et maintenant, vous abandonnez. Vous arrêtez de chercher du travail. Et devinez quoi ?

Je comprends. Je l'ai vécu.

J’ai 63 ans. Née et élevée en Colombie-Britannique.
J’ai fait tous les boulots : cueillir des baies, travailler en usine, en blanchisserie, nounou, Expo 86, photographe sur un bateau de croisière, concierge, aide-soignante.
Je suis retournée à l’école, je me suis endettée, j’ai traversé les crises économiques, j’ai été mère célibataire… et aujourd’hui ? Je suis “trop expérimentée”, “trop vieille”, “trop quelque chose”.

Et toujours aucun emploi pour moi.

Je nettoie des maisons. Je dors chez des amis. Je fais de l’art. Je survis. Et j’ai appris une vérité très simple :

Le gouvernement ne viendra pas vous sauver.
Il sert les intérêts des grandes entreprises, pas les vôtres.

Mais ça ne veut pas dire qu’il n’y a aucun espoir.

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🌱 Ce que vous POUVEZ faire : Construisez votre propre chemin. Ensemble.

Assez d’attendre.
Assez d’envoyer des candidatures inutiles.

Il est temps de s’organiser.
De se rassembler.
De construire.

Imaginez :

• Des enfants qui conçoivent des mini-maisons à la maternelle.
• Des ados qui les construisent au lycée—apprenant les outils, le solaire, la plomberie, le jardinage.
• Diplômés avec des vraies compétences, une communauté, et un toit qu’ils ont bâti eux-mêmes.

Vous n’avez pas besoin de leur système.
Vous avez besoin les uns des autres.

Créez des coopératives.
Des éco-communautés.
Des villages-jardins et des lieux artistiques.
Vivez ensemble. Partagez. Échangez. Grandissez.

Ils vous veulent seuls. Connectés. Dépendants. Effrayés.
C’est comme ça qu’ils vous contrôlent.

Mais quand vous vous réunissez et que vous commencez à construire... vous devenez invincibles.

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✊ Derniers mots d’une ancienne combattante

Vous n’êtes pas cassés.
C’est le système qui l’est.

Vous n’êtes pas paresseux.
Vous êtes exploités.

Vous avez des compétences.
Il vous faut juste un espace pour les exprimer.

Alors prenez cet espace. Créez-le. Protégez-le. Ensemble.

La nouvelle révolution est locale. Pratique. Collective. Artisanale.

Prenez un marteau. Plantez une graine. Peignez une fresque. Fabriquez une table. Échangez un repas contre un coup de main. Racontez votre histoire. Dites la vérité. Aidez vos amis. Protégez les anciens. Soyez forts. Soyez doux. Soyez inarrêtables.

Avec amour,
🔥 Tina Winterlik alias Zipolita
Artiste. Guerrière. Maman.
Toujours là. Toujours rêveuse. Toujours bâtisseuse.

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Mood Pills, Vitamins, and the Hidden Danger

 

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🌿 A Pill for Every Problem? Not in My House

By Tina Winterlik aka Zipolita

📍  Mood Pills, Vitamins, and the Hidden Danger

Recently, Health Canada issued a warning about unauthorized "mood and stress" supplements sold online and in Alberta under the name Natrol DHEA Mood & Stress 25mg. Marketed as natural vitamins, they contained DHEA, a controlled substance in Canada linked to hormone imbalances, psychiatric issues, and even increased suicide risk.

These weren’t approved by Health Canada—but they were still sold to people desperate for relief.

I’ve lived through this story—from the inside.

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💬 English | Anglais | Inglés

I watched my mom suffer—not just from chronic pain, but from the pills that were supposed to help her. She was prescribed so many. I remember her taking nine pills a day. She just wanted relief.

But I saw the damage. I knew I couldn’t stay.

At nearly 28, I left. I moved 9 hours away. I quit smoking, lost 35 pounds, and started over.

In 1999, after I lost my job at a mapping company, I flew to Rarotonga for six weeks—carrying a suitcase full of vitamins, still looking for a fix.

But when I became a mom, I let it all go. I was poor and alone, but I chose real food, clean water, walks, rest, and presence. We didn’t take vitamins. We avoided pills.

But my kid still struggled. Depression hit hard. A doctor gave them medication with this warning:

"May cause suicidal thoughts in people under 19."

And it did.
But they survived.

That’s why I speak up—because people are still being sold hope in a bottle. But healing takes more than a label. It takes truth, safety, and community.

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💚 Mental Health Helplines – Canada, Quebec, Mexico, USA

🇨🇦 Canada (National):

• Talk Suicide Canada: 1-833-456-4566 – 24/7
  https://talksuicide.ca
• Kids Help Phone (Youth): 1-800-668-6868
  https://kidshelpphone.ca

🇨🇦 Québec (French):

• Tel-Aide (Montréal): 514-935-1101
  https://www.telaide.org
• Ligne québécoise de prévention du suicide: 1-866-277-3553
  https://suicide.ca

🇲🇽 México:

• SAPTEL Línea de Ayuda: 800-472-7835 – 24/7
  https://www.saptel.org.mx
• Línea de la Vida (CONADIC): 800-911-2000
  https://www.gob.mx/salud/conadic

🇺🇸 USA:

• 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline: Call or text 988
  https://988lifeline.org

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🇫🇷 Une pilule pour chaque problème ? Pas chez moi.

Par Tina Winterlik alias Zipolita

Récemment, Santé Canada a émis un avertissement concernant des suppléments d’humeur non autorisés vendus en Alberta et en ligne. Le produit contenait du DHEA, une substance contrôlée, pouvant causer des déséquilibres hormonaux, des effets psychiatriques graves, voire un risque accru de suicide.

J’ai vu ce genre de choses… chez ma mère.

Elle prenait jusqu’à neuf pilules par jour. Elle cherchait un soulagement. Moi, je voyais qu’elle souffrait plus encore.

J’ai quitté la maison à presque 28 ans. J’ai arrêté de fumer. J’ai changé ma vie.

En 1999, après avoir perdu mon emploi, je suis allée à Rarotonga pendant six semaines, avec une valise pleine de vitamines. Mais quand je suis devenue mère, j’ai arrêté tout ça. J’ai choisi la nourriture, le repos, l’amour.

Mon enfant a quand même traversé une dépression. Un médecin a prescrit un médicament :

« Peut causer des idées suicidaires chez les personnes de moins de 19 ans. »

Et c’est arrivé.
Mais il a survécu.

Alors je parle. Parce que l’espoir ne doit pas être vendu en capsule.

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💚 Ressources de soutien – Québec & Canada

Québec :

• Tel-Aide (Montréal) : 514-935-1101
  https://www.telaide.org
• Ligne québécoise de prévention du suicide : 1-866-277-3553
  https://suicide.ca

Canada (national) :

• Service canadien de prévention du suicide : 1-833-456-4566
• Jeunesse, J’écoute : 1-800-668-6868
  https://jeunessejecoute.ca

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🇪🇸 ¿Una pastilla para cada problema? No en mi casa.

Por Tina Winterlik alias Zipolita

Salud de Canadá advirtió sobre suplementos no autorizados vendidos como vitaminas en Alberta. El producto DHEA Mood & Stress contenía una sustancia controlada con riesgos hormonales y psiquiátricos —incluyendo riesgo de suicidio.

He vivido algo muy similar.

Mi mamá tomaba hasta nueve pastillas al día. Solo quería dejar de sufrir. Pero vi cómo empeoraba. A los 28 años me fui, dejé de fumar, bajé de peso.

En 1999, después de perder mi trabajo, viajé a Rarotonga por 6 semanas cargando muchas vitaminas. Pero cuando nació mi hija, dejé todo eso. Escogí comida real, amor, descanso.

Aun así, mi hija cayó en una profunda depresión. El médico recetó una medicina con esta advertencia:

“Puede causar pensamientos suicidas en menores de 19 años.”

Y así fue.
Pero sobrevivió.

Por eso hablo. Porque la salud no debería venderse en una botella.

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💚 Líneas de ayuda – México, Canadá, EE. UU.

México:

• SAPTEL: 800-472-7835 (24/7)
  https://www.saptel.org.mx
• Línea de la Vida (CONADIC): 800-911-2000
  https://www.gob.mx/salud/conadic

Canadá:

• Talk Suicide Canada: 1-833-456-4566
• Kids Help Phone (jóvenes): 1-800-668-6868

Estados Unidos:

• Línea 988: Llama o manda mensaje al 988
  https://988lifeline.org

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💬 If you made it this far, thank you. / Merci. / Gracias.

You’re not alone. You are needed. And your story matters.

—Tina Winterlik aka Zipolita
http://tinawinterlik.blogspot.com

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💚

Dark Web, Darker Days – A Canada Day Reality Check from Granville Island

 

Dark Web, Darker Days – A Canada Day Reality Check from Granville Island

I used to work at Granville Island.

A couple years ago, I gave it my all, did good work—but when the next season rolled around, I wasn’t rehired. Instead, I watched as someone else got the position—a Temporary Foreign Worker or maybe an International Student. Nothing against them personally, but it felt like a slap. Born and raised here. Skilled. Experienced. Still pushed aside.

And now?

Yesterday, that same area—Granville Island’s Toy Store—got hit. Two young men, most likely born here, shoplifted expensive games and bolted. Security cameras caught them. But we all know what happens next: nothing.

No arrests. No justice. No change.

Why? Because people—especially young people and seniors under 65—can’t get jobs. They can’t afford rent. They can’t afford the toys. And because they’ve grown up in a world where value doesn’t mean what it used to.

You see, when you work—when you earn something—you understand its worth. You don’t run out with unpaid merchandise. You don’t smash-and-grab. But how would they know that when doors are closed before they even knock?

These kids? They’ve been raised in a world where everyone is broke, overdosing, or dead. They've watched people sleeping in doorways, friends lost to fentanyl, adults too busy surviving to parent. Meanwhile, they scroll endlessly, exposed to horrors on the dark web no one should see.

And if that wasn’t enough, they’ve inherited a burning planet, an unaffordable city, and a crumbling democracy. Trump threatens to annex us. Billionaires fly to space while people die in alleyways.

So yes, maybe their little brains did short-circuit. Maybe they justified it. Maybe they thought it was funny. But there is nothing cool about what they did.

They will struggle to find work now. Their names will be flagged. Trust shattered. And still, no one is asking why kids are spiraling like this.

This isn’t just about shoplifting. This is about the rot eating through our foundations.

This is the generation meant to lead us? They’re angry, addicted to screens, disconnected, and confused. And what future have we given them to look forward to?

The future is dark—and getting darker.

So on this Canada Day, I’m not waving a flag. I’m lighting a signal fire.

Wake up.

We need real jobs. Real support. Real community. Or we’ll keep watching this society unravel, one stolen game at a time.

– Tina Winterlik aka Zipolita

Get YOUR BIDS IN! Bentwood Box Auction- Lattimer Gallery

http://www.lattimergallery.com/

http://www.lattimergallery.com/
Join us for the final night of bidding for our Annual Charity Bentwood Boxes event. Artists will be in attendance, refreshments will be served, and you will be able to witness the frenzy of the last minute bids on these amazing steam-bent boxes. This reception will be held at Lattimer Gallery in Vancouver on December 3rd between 5pm-8pm.









Lattimer Gallery has the unique, warm atmosphere of a Northwest Longhouse. We offer a fascinating display of gold and silver jewellery, argillite carvings, soapstone sculptures, bentwood boxes, masks, totem poles, and much more. In our "longhouse" we also feature a large selection of original paintings and limited edition prints by many well known Native artists. We want you to be swept away by the selection and quality of art that we house here at Lattimer Gallery.

http://www.lattimergallery.com/

1590 West 2nd Avenue
Vancouver, British Columbia
@lattimergallery
Call (604) 732-4556


I really love this one. I love Ian Reid work since seeing it this summer at the MOA. If you receive this, you are truly blessed!
http://www.lattimergallery.com/products/eeincarnation-back-into-en-light-enment-2016-charity-box

http://www.lattimergallery.com/

  Have you met Yágis ?
..
 Meet Yágis- he eats Tankers!!
https://tinawinterlik.blogspot.ca/2016/07/meet-yagis-he-eats-tankers.html


Sharifah Marsten

http://www.lattimergallery.com/

 http://www.lattimergallery.com/collections/2016-charity-boxes
For the past nine years Lattimer Gallery has organized an event to help support the Urban Native Youth Association, a Vancouver organization which has been providing 21 prevention-focused programs and services to Native youth since 1988. UNYA’s work includes advocacy, community development, and providing youth with meaningful opportunities to provide input into their programs and services.

All of the work in the creation of these small cedar boxes was donated: the boxes were steam-bent and constructed by Métis/Cree artist James Michels; the promotion and collected funds were be donated by Lattimer Gallery; and all the artwork was donated by the artists. 100% of the proceeds were donated to the Urban Native Youth Association.

Boxes will be available to view online, November 19th
This year's auction will be held from Nov. 19th - Dec. 3rd
Artist reception December 3rd from 5pm - 8pm

Attawapiskat Youth in Solidarity with Standing Rock!

Students at Vezina Secondary School and youth in Attawapiskat made this picture to show their support and their solidarity with those in Standing Rock North Dakota. Please share.

#NoDAPL #StandWithStandingRock #standingrock #ReZpectOurWater #NativeLivesMatter

Peace Keepers & Genocide- #SavetheSalmon #SavethePeople

Eviction Notice for Fish Farms!! Save Our Wild Salmon!! 

Save Our Wild Salmon in BC 

 


https://tinawinterlik.blogspot.ca/2015/12/to-savethewhales-in-opwhale-anonymous.html
https://tinawinterlik.blogspot.ca/2015/12/when-all-are-one-and-one-is-all.html 
http://savemycoast.blogspot.ca/
https://tinawinterlik.blogspot.ca/2016/06/did-not-consult-first-nations.html

Salmon Mural- Author Unknown- Photo: Zipolita

Salmon Mural- Author Unknown- Photo: Zipolita

Salmon Mural- Author Unknown- Photo: Zipolita

Salmon Mural- Author Unknown- Photo: Zipolita

Salmon Mural- Author Unknown- Photo: Zipolita

Listen - NEB- Kinder Morgan hearings

Are you ready for this???
Children vomiting brown goo? Burning eyes, never being able to put your hand in the water because it's toxic...business losing money...millions being spent to (not completely ) clean up the deadly toxic dilbit. Listen to this video and the excellent points made in the videos below from the KinderMorgan hearing. Notice how it's KinderMorgan, before it was Enbridge...it's all so sneaky, in the Amazon it was Texaco then it was Chevron..they will always pass the buck and it is the children, our children that will suffer.

This is the BIG POINT I want to make, the Oil Companies make money cleaning up the spill. That was demonstrated at that Exxon Valdez spill.  

Let’s not forget how much it cost to (not completely) clean the Kalamazoo. The current price tag is $1.21 billion (and rising), making it the most expensive onshore oil spill in U.S. history.
http://www.ecowatch.com/5-years-since-massive-tar-sands-oil-spill-kalamazoo-river-still-not-cl-1882075674.html

This is horrible, listen 3:35

And listen at 8:00








READ about Dilbit- RESEARCH IT FOR YOURSELF!!
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/20120626/dilbit-diluted-bitumen-enbridge-kalamazoo-river-marshall-michigan-oil-spill-6b-pipeline-epa

https://insideclimatenews.org/news/20120626/dilbit-primer-diluted-bitumen-conventional-oil-tar-sands-Alberta-Kalamazoo-Keystone-XL-Enbridge
"When emergency responders rushed to Marshall, Mich. on July 26, 2010, they found that the Kalamazoo River had been blackened by more than one million gallons of oil. They didn't discover until more than a week later that the ruptured pipeline had been carrying diluted bitumen, also known as dilbit, from Canada's tar sands region. Cleaning it up would challenge them in ways they had never imagined. Instead of taking a couple of months, as they originally expected, nearly two years later the job still isn't complete."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dilbit
https://www.policyalternatives.ca/publications/monitor/oil-industrys-dilbit-cover
http://thetyee.ca/News/2012/03/05/Diluted-Bitumen/





Watch this, could happen here...

https://tinawinterlik.blogspot.ca/2016/01/there-is-no-benefit-from-this-project.html
https://tinawinterlik.blogspot.ca/2016/03/a-lot-of-good-this-will-do-me.html
https://tinawinterlik.blogspot.ca/2016/02/oil-spill-in-amazon-does-anyone-care.html 
 https://tinawinterlik.blogspot.ca/2016/02/canada-do-you-know-what-environmental.html
https://tinawinterlik.blogspot.ca/2016/02/we-can-change-world-its-dyingto-get.html
This is a MUST WATCH!!
-NOTE THE PEOPLE who benefit from the oilspill is the oil company...even when it spills, they MAKE MONEY CLEANING IT.

WE HEAR YOU DEAR ONES!!

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Ricochet - English

"This is beyond heartbreaking, this is not a tragedy. Let's call it what it really is: a continuation of genocide." Day five at #OccupyINAC, where occupiers want to know why PM Justin Trudeau, who is also the minister of youth, won't meet with the children of Attawapiskat

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http://tinawinterlik.blogspot.ca/2016/04/lets-unite-in-solidarity-say-never-again.html
http://tinawinterlik.blogspot.ca/2016/04/rise-up-rise-up.html
http://tinawinterlik.blogspot.ca/2016/04/protestors-demand-help-for-attawapiskat.html

#Reveal'ution #SPEAKUP #Violence #HOPE #Youth #LivesMatter #Abbotsford

 #Reveal'ution- Let's make relational violence history!



 Watch this brilliant and moving video about violence and relationships.

I lived in Abbotsford for my teenage years and it was tough.

This will hit home for many people, so be mindful, please.

Share this! Share widely and share it with all youth, especially! Sending #love and #light and #peace to everyone who worked on this! Thank you!

Seriously, you will save many lives and relationships with this. You should be really proud of yourselves.  It can affect future generations- your children.  Well done! Really impressed.

 BRAVO!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yv8dtpWxFnU

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*Printscreens were to tell the story better. No infringement intended.

Info published on Youtube:
REVEAL'UTION is based on a violent & possessive high school relationship. The film aims to bring awareness to the viewers around getting involved, being of support and making relational violence history.

#speakup #don'tbeabystander

Special thanks to Mouat Secondary School and their Theatre Department.
Written by Shane Leonard & Ryan McAllister
Directed by Shane Leonard

All music licensed and used with permission
"Ember" by Tony Anderson
"Counsel" by Luke Atencio
"Wander" by Alaskan Tapes
"Sophorn" by Tony Anderson
"Dynasty" by MIIA

Abbotsford Police Department
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Filmed and Edited by FireCanvas Productions
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Powerful Words- Powerful Women- Poetry in MOTION!!

3 Girls Perform 'Somewhere In America'
3 girls went on national television and raised the bar for America. Fearless...
Posted by Omeleto on Thursday, January 7, 2016

THE POWER OF SPOKEN WORD SPEAKING TRUTH BY YOUTH!

Raffi- Calling on Millions of Young Adults to Vote!!

Raffi, whose music was in the childhood of millions of young adults, urges "beluga grads" and friends to vote! Voting is the responsibility that comes with the right to live in a free society. Democracy counts on you to vote! Do it. Take a friend. Vote together. #elxn42
https://www.facebook.com/Raffi.Cavoukian

Musician, Author, Children's Champion, Ecology Advocate

Millions know Raffi for his work as a children’s entertainer whose string of gold and platinum-selling recordings in North America includes his classic “Baby Beluga” song with its beloved melody and lyrics. But a very interesting piece of Raffi’s story is not as well known: Raffi’s pioneering commitment to honouring his young fans changed the way we came to view music made for children. Read more click here

https://www.facebook.com/Raffi.Cavoukian/timeline

These Youth Are Awake, Are You?

Well Spoken!! Something we all need to hear!

Everything is Going to Be Alright! Share This!

A mental health awareness video created by Amelia Curran and friends.
You are not alone.
Directed by Roger Maunder
www.thisvideo.ca

What will happen to Occupy Vancouver?

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Just following the twitter feed Greg Renouf

@grenouf Vancouver, BC

Technologist, hacker, ethicist, newly christened activist who loves #OccupyVancouver. Changing the world from inside & out...

https://twitter.com/#!/grenouf

From what I read here, people tried to get help for the girl that passed away yesterday at Occupy Vancouver. It is very sad what happened but the only reason that this poor girl's death is receiving so much attention is because of where and how it happened.

Apparently messages were sent to Mayor Robertson and Insite was contacted and it's unclear if a nurse and supplies arrived. Drug abuse is a very sad problem in Vancouver. Right now bad heroin is going around, I saw a sign posted on this warning people.

This province has a huge homeless problem and many are youths. Gordon Campbell contributed to the huge child poverty problem http://tinawinterlik.blogspot.com/2011/03/dignity-project.html we have right now and you can read about the work some wonderful people are doing a Covenant house. http://www.covenanthousebc.org/

I don't know what is actually going down at the camp. I know they have the best intentions and they are definitely trying hard but the are up against huge obstacles...OBVIOUSLY...or they wouldn't be there in the first place.

It's not perfect there, there are going to be bad things happening, bad things are happening all around...how to fix it, who knows...that's what this is all about.

At least people are taking a stand. When people stand up for Saving the Whales or Clayquot Sound, they are not popular, many look at them and think ...Wow! Crazy,...but THANK GOD they did or we wouldn't have whales or the Clayquot.

Yes, the stakes are much bigger now, this is a huge world wide problem. People are afraid. We have to be strong and stay positive, and channel the positive energy into the best avenues possible.

What will happen down at Occupy Vancouver...I have no idea, ...I have no words...

I am very sorry for the girl that passed away, she was someone's beautiful baby, someone's lovely little girl, but somewhere someone failed her, someone hurt her, something happened for her to turn to a terrible drug that would take her life.

Watching the news makes me crazy, they misrepresent things so badly, they kept showing scenes of what they said was "fighting" and saying how the camera man got pushed...but after a bit the reporter said it was because people did not want them filming the girl..that is was disrespectful...and it was.

I want to pay my respects and I pray that she is at peace now and is an angel watching down from heaven and lending a helping hand to this very important cause.

Perhaps the tents aren't the way to go anymore,...what other way can we unite and work together. I had this idea of paper necklaces...http://tinawinterlik.blogspot.com/2011/10/111111-occupy-world.html 

I posted that link above as it calls for  ALL PHOTOGRAPHERS, BLOGGERS, MUSCIANS, TEXTERS, SOCIAL CHANGES AND FILMMAKERS, ARTISTS- Creative Minds Unite!!

What can we do to keep this alive, it won't be easy, but it must be peaceful. Peace will attract Peace. What ideas do you have? How are we going to change the world? We didn't break it in a day, so it's not like it can be fixed in a day! We have to try though...we have to...for our children!! for the ones we love...



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http://tinawinterlik.blogspot.com/2011/10/message-of-hope-choose-love-not-fear.html

Reel Youth- Heart Food

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http://www.reelyouth.ca/reinvent.html
What a super cool site. They have these fabulous filmmaking camps.
Mark Achbar is one of Canada's leading documentary filmmakers. His film, 'The Corporation', is a groundbreaking movie about the economic and environmental impact of corporations. It has currently received 26 international awards, was awarded the winner of the 2004 Sundance Audience Award and Best...Read More

This film HeartFood was in the Gallery under Claymation. It's so cool, have to try to do this with my girl.

Reel Youth

Rick Mercer & Vote Mobs Rock

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I love Rick! He Rocks! This is so great! These Vob Mobs Are Awesome!! Way to Go Youth!!

And Elections Canada you better Wake Up and put the ballot
boxes at the Campuses and make it EASY for EVERYONE  to VOTE!!