BC Indigenous Leaders Win National Literary Award for "Unsettling Canada"

Unsettling Canada tells the story of the past 50 years of struggle for Indigenous rights and also lays out a course for the future relations between Indigenous peoples and other Canadians.

People & PlacesRobbin WhachellMay 31, 2016Aboriginal, Arthur Manuel, book, Book Award, Canadian History, Grand Chief Ronald Derrickson, history, indigenous, leaders, Unsettling Canada

Dragon boat team narrowly escapes harm as car crashes into water in Port Moody

The fact that no people were hurt or other vehicles damaged before she made that final leap, was a miracle.

News & EventsRobbin WhachellMay 17, 2016accident, BC, car crash, dragon boat, incident, Nothin Dragon Masters, Paddling, Port Moody, red car, Rocky Point Park, Toyota, training, Tri-Cities

B.C. brides-to-be encouraged to enter Bahamas 16 Weddings contest

With The Bahamas laying off the east coast of the United States, it's often not the destination of choice for Canadians living in the western provinces of Canada.

My Allergies are in Bloom!

I was raised on lots of vegetables, vitamins, chiropractic, and rarely went to a doctor growing up.

Nature & ScienceRobbin WhachellMarch 7, 2016allergens, BC, drowsy, flowers, hay fever, hiking, itchy eyes, Omnaris, Paddling, Pataday, runny nose, sneezing, spring allergies, streaming eyes, The Trinity, Vancouver, watershed

Cherish our inheritance on Louis Riel Day

My mother said she remembers a story that her grandmother would tell her of her mother feeding Riel when he was on the run. My mother lived in Duck Lake Saskatchewan. We are Metis.

People & PlacesRobbin WhachellFebruary 15, 2016Canada, Duck Lake, Grandmother, Louis Riel Day, manitoba, Metis, Ottawa, Red River Resistance, Saskatchewan, treason

Trudeau statement on Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission

Let’s hold him and the government accountable…

Uncategorized, News & EventsRobbin WhachellDecember 15, 2015Canada, Commmission, Indian, inuit, Justin Trudeau, Metis, nation, national inquiry, reconciliation, Residential Schools, School children, school system

Pets in a Cage – Parents in Apartments

We all realize the dilemma of pets in cages. We understand that they are in a foreign environment and so we compensate by taking them out, petting them, or talking to them to ensure they feel loved.

People & PlacesRobbin WhachellNovember 21, 2015cage, cages, parent, parenting, parents, pet, pets, senior

Edgy artists to converge at #VALT2015 (Vancouver Alternative Arts & Fashion Week)

I checked out Vancouver Alternative Arts & Fashion Week (VALT) for the first time last year and I loved my experience. VALT is not your usual fashion show, and the organizers are proud of that difference.

Fashion & BeautyRobbin WhachellNovember 18, 2015#VALT2015, Aquatica, Canada, Celestia, Earth, fashion, Kat Ferneyhough, sky, Terrestria, VALT, Vancouver, Vancouver Alternative Arts & Fashion Week, water

My great-grandfather served in World War I and II

It is my great-grandfather Primeau who carries the Native bloodline of Cree and Sioux; French-Canadian on the other side. We are Metis.

I paddled the Fraser River from Fort Langley to Coquitlam for FraserFEST!

The BC Windstorm of August 2015

Nature & ScienceRobbin WhachellSeptember 2, 2015Abbotsford, BC Hydro, BC Wind Storm, Canada, Coquitlam, Hoy Creek, Hoy Trail, leaves, trees, White Rock, windfall

Fashion Show to Raise Funds for Canada's Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women

“Speak by remembering the loss of so many of our aboriginal women and girls gone missing and murdered, and their families…”

A Sweetings Cay Treasure

The beauty of taking so many photos is that one day they become treasures.

People & PlacesRobbin WhachellAugust 11, 2015Bahamas, childhood, fishing village, Grand Bahama Island, Miss World Bahamas, Rosetta Cartwright, Sweetings Cay, Tony Macaroni, Treasure

Summer Wanes...

I am so much into nature these days that I revel in every little change, excited like a young child.

Nature & ScienceRobbin WhachellAugust 11, 2015autumn, BC, British Columbia, Canada, coloured leaves, Coquitlam, excited child, fall, leaf, nature, red, seasons, summer, trail, trees, waather

Creator of the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge supports ALS BC event

ONE AMAZING DAY! I have to think that life is taking care of itself, when things happen for me that seem to be divine providence.

News & EventsRobbin WhachellAugust 6, 2015ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, ALS Society of BC, Canada, Global BC TV, James Peters, Jim Williams, Jimbo, New York, Pat Quinn, Rice Crispies, Richmond, Steveston, Vancouver, video, Yonkers

The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge Returns!

My brother has had ALS for over 6 years, and last year's viral campaign made a huge difference to the lives of those suffering with ALS, bringing much awareness about what these individuals and their families are dealing with.

News & EventsRobbin WhachellAugust 3, 2015ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, ALS Society of BC, BC, Canada, Canadians, Dean Whachell, donations, research, Richmond, Robbin Whachell, Stephen Hawking

All Nations Festival celebrates an inclusive Coast Salish Territory

Summer Night Sky

There's nothing like driving home at 10 pm in the heart of a warm summer night in Vancouver's lower mainland, and the moon is an amazing sliver, with Venus at its side