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26/08/2025

AND BABY SHE SAID YES 💍…

To hydrating lip butter balms 👄 • available in your favourite natural flavours: vanilla + mint, strawberry, blackberry and coconut. 🥥

Taylor Swift | I Do Era | The Life of a Show Girl

24/08/2025

🌿✨ Sunday Reminder for All the Mamas ✨🌿

Your energy is precious. Your time, your love, your care—it’s all expensive. Think of it like a luxury item: not everyone has invested enough in you to deserve it, and that’s okay. 💛

Motherhood already asks so much of us our hearts, our energy, our patience. That’s why it’s so important to choose your community carefully. Surround yourself with people who value your worth, who pour back into you, and who make you feel safe, seen, and supported.

Not everyone can afford your energy… and not everyone is meant to. 🌸

This Sunday, give yourself permission to protect your peace, nurture your spirit, and lean into the people who fill your cup back up. 🫶

21/08/2025

The duo you won’t want to miss!
West Coast Wildflowers + Wayward Distillery

Catch us this Friday, August 22nd, from 5:30pm to 8:30pm at the West Coast Wildflowers stop on the sold-out Bevy About Town sip-and-stroll- fundraiser through downtown Campbell River.

01/07/2025

Truth-Telling is Not Always Comfortable, But It’s Necessary.

Growing up, summer often meant crab fishing with my dad and watching Canada Day fireworks. As a kid, those moments felt simple and celebratory. But other summers looked different. I remember aunties who were angry, voices tense, energy heavy. Instead of fireworks, we’d gather at the Smithers Friendship Centre for Indigenous-led events filled with ceremony and culture. I didn’t always understand why only that we were choosing something different, something that felt confusing.

As I got older, I began to understand.

Being both Southeast Asian and Indigenous hasn’t always come with clear belonging. I’ve been told I’m “not Asian enough,” and I’ve been pushed to dull my Indigeneity to fit in. And still, I am both. Fully. Fiercely. Uncomfortably for a younger me. And that blend shapes how I move through the world especially on days like today.

To be honest, attending Canada Day events can feel uncomfortable. I hear the frustration and pain of other Indigenous people who refuse to celebrate a country built on stolen land, broken treaties, and attempted erasure. I carry that truth too. But I also carry hope.

I’m not here for the old version of Canada the one that forgets or hides. I’m here for the Canada that’s restoring, reckoning, and rebuilding with continue to acknowledgment the truth of Indigenous elders of the past and continued racism today. The one that’s capable of new, shared histories. The one where Indigenous voices are not only heard but centered. The one where being both is no longer a question, but an honour.

And that kind of Canada isn’t created through silence. It’s built by those of us willing to speak up. To stand in the discomfort. To tell the truth. Our truths even when they don’t fit the narrative.

So today, I walk with that complexity. I walk with memory of my dad and my grandmother who raised me. And I walk forward—never hiding, never erasing—because healing only happens when we show up whole.
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26/06/2025

🥵 Not to brag… but I just got back from an expensive trip—
✨The grocery store.✨

I’m rich in vibes, poor in snacks.

For one day only, let’s all pretend bananas are still $0.16/lb 🍌 (ah, the good ol’ days).
Take that imaginary savings and treat yourself to something nice from us. You deserve it.

Inflation who? We’re investing in joy now. 💸💛

Motherhood unplugged | Canadian Foodie | Gift Shop | Gift Yourself | Treat Yourself

14/06/2025

Thank you NEDC Funding & Support for Indigenous Business for choosing my storytelling and experience and sharing that with other Indigenous business owners.

Community | Gathering | Storytelling | Small Businesses

14/06/2025

Thank you | Tabi Misiyh to Thewebc for promoting our new Vancouver pop-up store called Tidal. ❤️🌸

14/06/2025

04/06/2025

🌿 I’m so excited to be a vendor & participate in the Fashion Show at the New West Craft Indigenous Market on Saturday, June 7!
Come shop from over 65 Indigenous makers, enjoy live music, dance, storytelling, food and more.

📍 River Market & Boardwalk, New Westminster
🕚 11AM–5PM | FREE to attend
Don’t miss the Fashion Show featuring Ilona Verley at 1PM!

🎶 PERFORMANCE HIGHLIGHTS
📅 Saturday, June 8 | 🕚 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM
📍 River Market & Westminster Quay, New Westminster

11:00 AM – Opening Welcome

11:30 AM – Squamish Nation Canoe Family

12:30 PM – Live Performance: Peter White & Brooke Metchewais

1:00 PM – Indigenous Fashion Show featuring designs by Indigenous artists, beats by DJ Kritztelz, and a special performance by 2 Spirit Drag Icon Ilona Verley

Throughout the Day – DJ, Food and Explore the Spirit of the Children Tipi and Canoe on the boardwalk!

03/06/2025

PRESS RELEASE TIDAL: Turtle Island Design and Lifestyle
First Indigenous Women-Led Pop-Up Shop Launches in Vancouver’s Bentall Centre

Vancouver, BC – May 10, 2025 — The first Indigenous women-led pop-up shop is opening its doors in the heart of downtown Vancouver. TIDAL: Turtle Island Design and Lifestyle is a collaboration between four Indigenous women owned businesses: West Coast Wildflowers, by Alissa Assu, Copper Canoe Woman, founded by Vina Brown, Sriracha Revolver Hot Sauce by Jordan Hocking and Hawk Lace by Sade Makerra Auger.

Opened June 2nd, just in time to celebrate National Indigenous Peoples Month, TIDAL brings together Indigenous excellence in business, body care, food, and fashion. Located in The Shops at Bentall Centre at 202- 555 Burred Street, as part of its retail pop-up program, this unique retail space showcases a powerful celebration of Indigenous culture, entrepreneurship, and innovation.

TIDAL will be open Monday to Friday 10:00am-4:00pm at Unit 202, The Shops at Bentall Centre, 555 Burrard Street.

All four founders are proud participants in the Indigenous Digital Accelerator Program (IDA) at Capilano University, which supports early-stage Indigenous businesses in the digital, cultural, and tech sectors. Led by Doreen Manuel, Director of the Bosa Centre for Film & Animation & Inclusive Community Projects, the IDA fosters growth rooted in community, culture, and environmental sustainability.

“This space is more than just a store — it’s a movement rooted in authentic Indigenous storytelling and economic self-determination. Every product in our collective is Indigenous-owned, designed, and made right here in Canada. This isn’t about mass-produced designs manufactured overseas — it’s about genuine cultural expression crafted by our hands, not just our names. By supporting TIDAL, you’re helping keep financial resources circulating within our local economy, strengthening our communities and preserving our cultural integrity through commerce.” says Alissa Assu, owner of West Coast Wildflowers, Bear Essential Oils, and RavenSong Soap & Candle. “TIDAL is about lifting Indigenous women, our creativity, and our commitment to community and land stewardship.”

The four Indigenous founders represent diverse nations and heritages:
RavenSong Soap Bear Essential Oils West Coast Wildflowers
Alissa Assu: Wet'suwet'en, Nisga’a, and Southeast Asian
Vina Brown: Haíłzaqv (Heiltsuk) and Nuučaan̓uł
Jordan Hocking: Plains Cree, Sweetgrass First Nation
Sade Makerra Auger: Cree First Nation, owner of Hawk Lace

TIDAL invites everyone to shop Indigenous, support women-led business, and honour the stories, craft, and resilience of Indigenous communities.

Media Contact: Alissa Assu, alissa@ravensongsoap.com

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Monday	10:00 - 17:30
Tuesday	10:00 - 17:30
Wednesday	10:00 - 17:30
Thursday	10:00 - 17:30
Friday	10:00 - 17:30
Saturday	10:00 - 17:30
Sunday	11:00 - 16:00

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Wildflowers & Co. | Introduction

Hadih, Hello,

My name is Ali, I am the creator and owner of Wildflowers & Co.!

Welcome to Wildflowers & Co., we are an Indigenous woman, owned and operated small shop. You can find us along the West Coast of Vancouver Island. Our mission is to small shops along with women and Indigenous people in business. We offer local, high-quality products of women and children apparel, jewelry, home décor, and more! Online shop opens October 15, 2020!

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