
Kanahus Manuel, a Secwépemc and Ktunaxa land defender with the Tiny House Warriors, sits in front of a tiny home located in the Tiny House Warriors village in Blue River, B.C., Canada, on April 14, 2022. The village is located right beside a camp that houses 550 Trans Mountain Pipeline workers. (Photo by Aaron Hemens for HuffPost)

A person examines the cross country skiing trails at the Telemark Nordic Club in West Kelowna, B.C., during the clubÕs first day of the season on Nov. 12, 2022. The club is traditionally open for cross country skiing and snowshoeing in early or mid December, but after receiving more than 80 cm of snow since Nov. 4, this year is the earliest that the site has opened in nearly 30 years, said club manager Mike Edwards. (Aaron Hemens for the Globe and Mail)

Red dresses and cloth to honour Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, placed by members of the Tiny House Warriors, line the perimeter of a camp that houses 550 Trans Mountain Pipeline workers in Blue River, B.C., Canada, on April 14, 2022. A 2020 report by CanadaÕs National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls found Òsubstantial evidenceÓ that temporary worker camps increase violence against women in nearby communities. (Photo by Aaron Hemens for HuffPost)

A Kelowna General Hospital patient watches a protest against COVID-19 health measures unfold outside of the hospital on Sept. 1, 2021. After the announcement of a provincial vaccine passport, at least 1,000 people took to the streets in front of the hospital to protest the program. (Photo by Aaron Hemens for Kelowna Capital News)

A woman wipes her eye as she raises her fist in the air during Ottawa’s second annual Women’s March at Parliament Hill on Jan. 20, 2018. Ottawa was one of the hundreds of cities around the world to host a women’s march that day, which began in 2017 following Donald Trump’s inauguration as U.S. president. (Photo by Aaron Hemens for Centretown News)