Great Northern Arts Festival organizers looking ahead after $90K funding request turned down
A major arts festival in Inuvik has been slowly coming back over the last few years, but organizers of the Great Northern Arts Festival (GNAF) are facing another hurdle, after two funding requests to the Canada Council for the Arts were turned down.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/great-northern-arts-festival-funding-shortfall-9.7180227?cmp=rss
Medicine Hat is ready to 'shine' hosting Canada Special Olympics
It's taken longer than expected for Medicine Hat to welcome Special Olympians from across the country, but organizers are promising that it will be worth the wait. The southern Alberta city began preparing to host the 2022 games seven years ago, but the event was called off because of the uncertainty of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Games are f...
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/medicine-hat-special-olympics-9.7168530?cmp=rss
Free thrift event creates safe space for trans and non-binary community in Montreal
A free thrift event, organized by the T’es mon genre social club, allows participants to take clothes at no cost, helping those who may need to rebuild their wardrobes after coming out. In a time of rising anti-trans rhetoric, organizers say the impact goes beyond affordability.
https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/9.7161174?cmp=rss

🚀 HoYoverse brings the Star Express to St. Petersburg: a big offline event for the 3rd anniversary of Honkai: Star Rail, running 23 Apr, 17 May 2026 at Loft Project Etazhi (Ligovsky Ave, 74).

Expect themed zones, guest cosplayers, partner‑store promos and an exclusive photobooth by Fandom Fest; entry is FREE but booking is required, reservations open 17 April. Organizers promise more details soon. HYPE

#SteamAndEpic #Star #Petersburg #Organizers #HoYoverse #Ligovsky

No Data Centers Toolkit — Honor The Earth

Honor The Earth

Winner stripped of the title at a Pokémon Go regional for an allegedly "unsportsmanlike" celebration, the clip looks harmless and pretty tame 😳

Fans are outraged: threads demand the title back, call the punishment OTT and unfair, and the debate quickly turned into memes and pile‑on. Organizers insist rules were broken, but most viewers see this as a massive overreaction. WTF

#SteamAndEpic #Organizers #Pokémon #Winner #Fans #OTT

Ijeoma Oluo explains the corrosive role that #carceral logics & thinking play in undermining movements. It alienates #organizers from one another and makes it harder to build a genuine #community or act in solidarity. Effective #organizing has to be rooted in care, trust, & supporting one another to collectively grow & learn. As Oluo makes clear, to get over this, you must “kill the cop in your head”. Listen to #IjeomaOluo's #ResistantCommuniques episode: https://bit.ly/rc2026ijeomaoluo
Ijeoma Oluo: General Strikes, Abolition & Building Community Power to Resist State Repression (S2,E2)

Ijeoma Oluo joins the Resistant Communiqués Podcast on general strikes, abolitionist organizing, and multiracial coalitions to resist state repression.

Resistant Communiqués Podcast
Festival organizers in London aren't sold on new BYOB rules
Ontario is opening the door to bring-your-own alcohol at some public events but festival organizers say it may not work the way people think.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/byob-ontario-festivals-9.7135162?cmp=rss
Province's BYOB plan draws mixed reaction from festivalgoers, organizers
A provincial proposal to allow people to bring their own alcohol to certain outdoor events is drawing mixed reaction from Ottawa residents and festival organizers.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/province-s-byob-plan-draws-mixed-reaction-from-festivalgoers-organizers-9.7133706?cmp=rss
Longest ballot organizers eye protest in upcoming Montreal-area byelection
A group that has signed up droves of protest candidates in a number of elections and byelections in recent years is organizing in another upcoming vote, this time in Terrebonne.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/long-ballot-protest-terrebonne-byelection-9.7132560?cmp=rss