Robyn Mawhinney
Rural community advocate; Regional Director; printmaker; gardener; lover of the wilds on Quadra Island in the Salish Sea. Ligwilda’xw Territory. settler; she/her
- Every two weeks I write a Director’s Report on local government//regional district news relevant to the Discovery Islands. Here’s a link to the report in inboxes today: mailchi.mp/6e7c80634fb7... With photos from recent explorations on Quadra Island.
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- Reposted by Robyn Mawhinneyin order to save this country we are probably going to have to do things that make rich men sad 😔
- Reposted by Robyn MawhinneyCleanup at Port Alice's bankrupt pulp mill has cost the public $170 million and counting. BC said this was a "symptom of a wider problem" facing taxpayers, and vowed to close the legal loopholes that allowed it to happen. Now it's quietly halted that process. My story for @thetyee.ca #bcpoli
- Incredible workmanship 🙌🙌
- Tlingit weaver Anna Brown Ehlers of the Tlingit Chilkat tribe, Pacific Northwest Coast #WomensArt
- Reposted by Robyn Mawhinney[butterfly meme] is this deescalation? www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/u...
- Reposted by Robyn MawhinneyFor anyone wondering if public pressure works. Bravo to all Canadians who said “no” to a Canadian-based company being involved in fascism.
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- Exactly this: “Rather than a leader focused on criticizing Canada, the majority of Canadians wanted one who promised to stand up against the American threat. Similarities between Poilievre and Trump — sometimes rhetorical, other times substantive, and sometimes both — deepened the suspicion.”
- "In a sense, Poilievre is the most successful unsuccessful leader in Canadian politics." @stewartprest.ca writes in @ca.theconversation.com
- Reposted by Robyn MawhinneyFirst Nations Chiefs are calling on Alberta’s premier to resign, accusing Danielle Smith of conspiring with separatists and violating Treaty rights “I hope you have your bags packed. When this referendum is defeated, I will gladly walk you to the border.” #fyp
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- Reposted by Robyn MawhinneyYesterday I was asked about Jim Pattison Group’s potential ties with ICE. I have a clear message for them: I urge them to do better on behalf of British Columbians. The world is appalled watching this situation unfold, especially the deaths of citizens at the hands of ICE. We cannot watch in silence
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- “Fascism is not a territory with clearly marked boundaries but a constellation of characteristics. When you view the stars together, the constellation plainly appears.” …and the fascistic constellations are plainly laid out in this essay
- www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0... by Jonathan Rauch
- Reposted by Robyn MawhinneyAbsolute banger of a comment on r/military: www.reddit.com/r/Military/c...
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- With some powerful photos by @bennelms.bsky.social
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- Between a Committee of the Whole discussing grant policy and an evening community OCP meeting about housing, a dog walk through the neighbouring woodlot down to the shore. We’ve been experiencing really beautiful fog lately, shifting our usual landscapes ✨
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- Reposted by Robyn MawhinneyNothing to see here, just the Canadian military modelling a defence against an American attack for the first time in a century. Gift link www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/96d31e4...
- Reposted by Robyn MawhinneyRefusing to participate in the electronicification of your entire life stays winning
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- Pirates of the Caribbean, 2026 reboot
- Reposted by Robyn MawhinneyNew report from doctors shows the Iranian regime slaughtered 16,500 protesters during the communications shutdown.
- “the court's reasoning regarding fee simple title was not based on DRIPA. Rather, the court found the 1871-1914 provincial transfers of invalidly appropriated Indigenous settlement lands lacked statutory and constitutional authority… 1/
- Wrote to @vancouversun.bsky.social that, contrary to Interim BC Cons Leader, Halford’s Dec 27 oped, repealing #DRIPA cannot and will not resolve the challenges that the #Cowichan decision presents. Let us keep dialogue around Cowichan constructive, respectful, and grounded in fact.
- “The ruling is grounded in Section 35 of the Constitution and that a historical village was occupied by the Cowichan. Consequently, repealing DRIPA would not alter the Cowichan result nor would it correct unlawful 19th-century grants… 2/
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- Reposted by Robyn MawhinneyDo we need to say it louder? Here. Louder. " Federal courts in Alabama are using a law last applied during the U.S. internment [incarceration] of people of Japanese descent during World War II to charge immigrants who don’t register themselves..." www.al.com/news/2026/01...
- Hi-ho hi-ho, sweet sunny morning on sword fern patrol. A good workout with my trusty mattock and friends who also like trails and trail maintenance #quadraisland
- A low bar… wonder if BC Cons can manage to hop over it
- Reposted by Robyn MawhinneyThis isn't satire. This is a real headline published in the UK.
- Great read cautioning against the Liberal government’s support for artificial intelligence, the “money-losingest technology ever seen”.
- Reposted by Robyn MawhinneyNon-protesting dad just trying to hustle his kids, as young as 6mo, out of the neighborhood. ICE threw a flash-bang INTO HIS car, all 6 kids in the hospital now. If anyone wondered how things turn against occupying armies there's a case study playing out in front of you.
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- Reposted by Robyn MawhinneyHeated Rivalry (1935)
- Hope your night is going better than being in limbo-hold with Telus for 67 minutes and counting 😩 Searched their website for human customer service support and got offered their new GenAI Support Tool. Lolol @telussupport.bsky.social
- Outside is the antidote
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- Reposted by Robyn MawhinneyIn 2024, I rose in Senate QP to ask why the Govt of Canada was still using X for official communications. Today, they are still there. What exactly will it take to break the spell?
- A proliferation of sexual deepfakes on X has prompted other countries to investigate Grok, the platform’s AI software, but, so far, Ottawa remains silent. www.hilltimes.com/story/2026/0...
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- Winter tides — high during daylight, low after dark. Pics from my first dog walk of 2026
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- Christmas baking became raspberry science and I’m stoked to report that my premiere foray into the world of pâté de fruits was successful
- This is awesome 🙌🙌 For no reason, lm curious where one purchases these reflective lane delineators
- It’s unseasonably warm, rain is causing floods, everything is fine please pass the LNG
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- Summer has a new coat so she can stay warm when we’re outside this winter, making trails or pruning fruit trees.
- “Gunn has repeatedly drawn fire for his history of inflammatory social media posts. First Nations leaders say his posts promote residential school denialism. Gunn’s online statements have asserted there are only two genders + argued that pay gaps between men & women and systemic racism are myths” 🤢🤮
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- “The Capital Regional District isn’t taking a decision to reject mattresses from provincial recycling regulations lying down” 😅 The Province’s unexpected 180 shift on mattress recycling is uniting local governments across BC! Read more at: goldstreamgazette.com/2025/12/09/c...
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- Another windy day & forest industry detritus scrubs Quadra’s shores of intertidal life news.uvic.ca/media-releas... : Researchers suspect loss of barnacle beds & invertebrates due to log abrasion has contributed to decline of shorebird populations. Since 1970, a 50-per-cent drop in some shorebirds
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