Lots to talk about as British Columbians attempt to choose their province’s “best” symbol…
Michael Dawson
IT'S BRACKET TIME
but also an acknowledgment that the coastal symbols british columbians like most were used to sell this province at the same time the people creating those symbols were deprived of basic rights
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BRACKET TIME
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Puns, indeed! But also a great exchange on themes ranging from Indigenous cultures to settler colonialism to environmentalism to domesticity.
There's a certain symbolism in the fact that three of the four coastal finalists left in the Search for B.C.'s Best Symbol have had shifting symbolism to different people over British Columbia's histo...
More unusual critter news from Oceania… complete with over-the-top 1940s gender stereotypes:
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Fun to defend the dogwood this morning on the CBC Vancouver's Early Edition with @cbcstephenquinn.bsky.social as @jmcelroy.bsky.social's epic BC Symbols Bracket enters the home(ish) stretch. Come for the #bchist, stay for the terrible puns!
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And with the totem pole still in contention why not check out (or reacquaint yourself with) John Lutz’s take on how it became a “Canadian”symbol?
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Whoa -- Moa! Life imitating art with a big serving of Jurassic Park (and a side order of Lord of the Rings) in Aotearoa New Zealand.
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