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De Facto Journalism Co-op @defactomedia.ca · 29/09/2026

Canada’s drug policy violates its Charter, BC Supreme Court Justice Catherine Murray ruled on Tuesday, by making it de facto illegal to run a compassion club providing tested illicit drugs. Read the full breakdown of her decision, by @godfrey.work: www.defactomedia.ca/breaking-dul...

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BREAKING: DULF founders’ trafficking charges thrown out in BC Supreme Court ruling on constitutional challenge

Justice Catherine Murray applauds Eris Nyx and Jeremy Kalicum, declares a section of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act unconstitutional

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Michelle Cyca @michellecyca.com · 29/09/2026

huge victory for DULF — also a great day to support @defactomedia.ca which has excellent coverage of this case

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De Facto Journalism Co-op @defactomedia.ca · 28/09/2026

A Vancouver cop told DULF’s founders he would personally advocate for them. 2 years later, he approved the investigation that led to raids on their homes. www.defactomedia.ca/how-vancouve...

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How Vancouver police turned against DULF

Court records show the same inspector who encouraged the compassion club’s founders also approved the investigation that led to raids on their homes

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dustin @godfrey.work · 28/09/2026

with a decision expected tomorrow in the constitutional challenge against DULF's criminal charges, i did a deep dive for @defactomedia.ca into internal VPD documents to look at how their relationship with DULF changed so dramatically www.defactomedia.ca/how-vancouve...

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How Vancouver police turned against DULF

Court records show the same inspector who encouraged the compassion club’s founders also approved the investigation that led to raids on their homes

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De Facto Journalism Co-op @defactomedia.ca · 14/07/2026

VPD claimed no emails went "to or from" senior cops about DULF ahead of their Oct 2023 raid But emails sent to 2 officers were included in evidence in the resulting trial How did police justify not revealing those emails? By saying the officers were only CC'd www.defactomedia.ca/vpd-emails-f...

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VPD claimed no emails sent to or from senior cops about compassion club ahead of raid. That’s untrue

Freedom-of-information advocates say force's non-response likely broke BC’s transparency law — and ask if Vancouver police should undergo ‘greater scrutiny’ for public transparency

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De Facto Journalism Co-op @defactomedia.ca · 08/07/2026

Here are 10 stories from last week about policing, freedom of info, overdose prevention, & legal systems. Check them out in the thread below, or all together here in our latest Post Facto newsletter: www.defactomedia.ca/newsletter/p...

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POST FACTO: Hospital OD secrecy, a 'rubber stamp' police board, consumption site survives vote

13,000 paid hours for suspended cops. Police corruption tied to Olympic drug case. Class action over separatist data leak

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Mike Graeme @mikegraeme.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Subscribe to @defactomedia.ca’s newsletter for weekly round-ups and our upcoming investigations!

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The Narwhal @thenarwhal.ca · 23/06/2026

To go with the story, we commissioned two pieces of custom art by Melanie Garcia (www.melaniegarcia.ca), featuring photos by @mikegraeme.bsky.social and @writermjs.bsky.social. Read the story here: thenarwhal.ca/how-to-live-...

A photo illustration depicting a snowy mountain with stylized flames behind it.

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Mike Graeme @mikegraeme.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Immigrants have become the scapegoat for economic precarity. This misdirected blame “takes the spotlight away from the affordability crisis, from the way the economy is structured, and the way that corporations are channeling wealth away from services and people” —Syed Hussan Read the full story:

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De Facto Journalism Co-op @defactomedia.ca · 20/05/2026

Last weekend, migrant workers from across BC shared stories in a small Victoria living room Stories of farms where they say supervisors pursue sexual favours Where a work injury can get you blacklisted Where bosses won't pay, & threaten deportation if you object www.defactomedia.ca/a-two-tier-s...

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‘A two-tier system’: Rights groups say the immigration system is built on exploitation. A new law could make it even worse

With Bill C-12 now in force, volunteers build a mobile office for migrant workers amid escalating concerns over deportations and asylum restrictions

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David P Ball @davidpball.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Our newest investigation is up at @defacto-ca.bsky.social! Continuing our launch theme on immigration enforcement, photojournalist @mikegraeme.bsky.social delved deep into Bill C-12 (now passed into law) — and how migrants and rights organizations are responding www.defactomedia.ca/a-two-tier-s...

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‘A two-tier system’: Rights groups say the immigration system is built on exploitation. A new law could make it even worse

With Bill C-12 now in force, volunteers build a mobile office for migrant workers amid escalating concerns over deportations and asylum restrictions

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De Facto Journalism Co-op @defactomedia.ca · 14/05/2026

Zool Suleman is a long-time immigration lawyer & the executive director of BC non-profit MARU He spoke to De Facto about what our newly reported data reveal about police collaboration, Vancouver’s “access without fear” movement, & immigration detentions. www.defactomedia.ca/a-troubling-...

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‘A troubling trend’: Lawyer Zool Suleman on rising cop-immigration collaboration

Everyday contact with police, such as transit fare-checks, is getting migrants reported to the feds. Why this expert finds De Facto’s newly revealed data ‘disturbing’

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De Facto Journalism Co-op @defactomedia.ca · 11/05/2026

Transit police are calling immigration on transit riders—and most of the time they aren't documenting it Freedom-of-info docs indicate Transit Police calls to CBSA have risen. But in available 2024 data, 91% of calls didn't go into daily duty reports as required www.defactomedia.ca/transit-poli...

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Transit Police are calling border enforcement more — but you wouldn't know that from their own records

In 2024, Metro Vancouver transit cops’ immigration calls reached their highest in a decade. But not even a tenth of them went into daily duty reports as required

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Mike Graeme @mikegraeme.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Vega Jiménez’s story is heart-wrenching. @davidpball.bsky.social’s recount is especially poignant in the context of @defacto-ca.bsky.social’s recent investigation by @emmaarkell.bsky.social and @godfrey.bsky.social which exposes VPD’s soaring information sharing with CBSA.

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Mike Graeme @mikegraeme.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

So impressed by this debut feature in @defacto-ca.bsky.social — two years in the making — by @godfrey.bsky.social and @emmaarkell.bsky.social on how VPD calls to border enforcement for immigration status checks have skyrocketed.

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De Facto Journalism Co-op @defactomedia.ca · 04/05/2026

Today is World Press Freedom Day. True press freedom requires freedom of information. But in recent years, governments have shrunk access to info the public deserves, and cuts to newsrooms have shrunk the time & resources that journalists need to rigorously report that info.

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David P Ball @davidpball.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

It’s #WorldPressFreedomDay My new journalism co-op @defacto-ca.bsky.social drops our 1st stories tomorrow Tonight I need help with startup/branding/website costs—so we can just focus on reporting Will you become our 50th paying subscriber & push us past $2,500? www.defactomedia.ca#/portal/

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De Facto Journalism Co-op

Interrogate power. Highlight truth.

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De Facto Journalism Co-op @defactomedia.ca · 01/05/2026

“After 2 job losses in 1 year from publications that claimed to be in dire financial straits but doled out hefty salaries & bonuses to executives, I was looking for a place to do journalism sustainably, without the fear of having the rug pulled out at any minute” – De Facto co-founder Brishti Basu

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De Facto Journalism Co-op @defactomedia.ca · 02/05/2026

Yesterday we unveiled De Facto, a co-op of journalists shining a light on power Within hours a community of supporters stepped up to back our dream In just a day, we passed $2K for hard-hitting journalism, 96% of it in dependable recurring donations. Thank you so much! www.defactomedia.ca/welcome

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We are De Facto Journalism Co-op

A non-profit, worker-owned co-operative of investigative journalists — including award-winning reporters, editors and photojournalists.

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Mike Graeme @mikegraeme.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

So honoured to be among this amazing team of people I’ve looked up to for a very long time. Stay tuned for upcoming investigations that interrogate systems of power. The first one drops on Monday.

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Mike Graeme @mikegraeme.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

As #BC marks ten devastating years since declaring a toxic drugs emergency, VicPD and bylaw continue to criminalize and displace people without homes, which @backpackproject.bsky.social founder Niki Ottosen says increases deaths on the streets. This video filmed by Mar Hammel shows that reality.

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Mike Graeme @mikegraeme.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

B.C.’s 2021 #OldGrowth Strategic Review promised a paradigm shift in forestry management. Yet in the four years that followed, “around 113,000 football fields worth of old-growth deferral zones were logged,” according to a recent article by Zoe Yunker, where this photo was published. #bcpoli

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jackwebsterfdn.bsky.social @jackwebsterfdn.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

Who will win the Webster Award Nov. 3 for Community Reporting, presented by the Al Roadburg Foundation? The Discourse for Van. Island outdoor enthusiasts ... or their story Tiny homes & RVs ease housing crisis, or @indiginews.bsky.social @mikegraeme.bsky.social for How a colonial line shapes...

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The Narwhal @thenarwhal.ca · 12/09/2025

A B.C. court has granted an injunction against a group of people blocking a logging road on southern Vancouver Island. The decision paves the way for the RCMP to move in, stirring memories of the Fairy Creek conflict 4 years ago thenarwhal.ca/walbran-vall... #bcpoli

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Walbran Valley logging blockade escalates with injunction | The Narwhal

Four years after Fairy Creek, a new battle over B.C.’s old-growth forests looms in the Walbran Valley on Vancouver Island

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Mike Graeme @mikegraeme.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

The RCMP’s CRU-BC unit — formerly C-IRG — is set to enforce B.C.’s new Bills 14 and 15 designed to fast-track resource and infrastructure projects. This is according to documents obtained by The Breach, which published this photo I took at the Fairy Creek crackdowns: breachmedia.ca/rcmp-unit-co...

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IndigiNews @indiginews.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

Tiny house for matriarch opposing PRGT arrives in Gitxsan Lax’yip from ‘Victoria’ Volunteer supporters built the home for Maas Gwitkunuxws Teresa Brown, who has been camping in the path of the controversial pipeline in northern ‘B.C.’ indiginews.com/news/tiny-ho... Story @mikegraeme.bsky.social

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Tiny house for matriarch opposing PRGT arrives in Gitxsan Lax’yip from ‘Victoria’

Volunteer supporters built the home for Maas Gwitkunuxws Teresa Brown, who has been camping in the path of the controversial pipeline in northern ‘B.C.’

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Mike Graeme @mikegraeme.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

“All my life I wanted a home that no one could take from me,” says Teresa Brown, who received a hand-built tiny house from 100+ volunteers Sunday. The home will help her resist the PGRT pipeline’s incursion on her unceded territory. Latest for @indiginews.bsky.social indiginews.com/news/tiny-ho...

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Tiny house for matriarch opposing PRGT arrives in Gitxsan Lax’yip from ‘Victoria’

Volunteer supporters built the home for Maas Gwitkunuxws Teresa Brown, who has been camping in the path of the controversial pipeline in northern ‘B.C.’

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Mike Graeme @mikegraeme.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

This week, #climate justice activists gathered outside the international Summit on the Future of Energy Security in London to call for an end to all new fossil fuel projects. They also delivered a million-strong petition to the UK PM demanding an end to oil and gas drilling in the North Sea.

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Mike Graeme @mikegraeme.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

Thousands gathered in Belfast, Northern Ireland this month to commemorate the 1916 Easter Rising—the historic rebellion against British rule in Ireland. The annual remembrance was also interwoven with Palestinian solidarity, with many recognizing the parallels of occupation and land theft.

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Mike Graeme @mikegraeme.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

Thousands gathered across the world on April 25 for the Global Day of Action for Gaza. These photos were taken of the International Solidarity Mural in Belfast, where memorials honouring those who died fighting for Irish liberation can also be seen flying Palestinian flags throughout the city.

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Mike Graeme @mikegraeme.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

100+ people gathered in #Victoria on Tuesday following Israel’s resumption of massive airstrikes that killed over 400 people and injured more than 560 others. Entire families were wiped out, according to survivors. Netanyahu said the renewed strikes on #Gaza are “only the beginning.” #Palestine

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Mike Graeme @mikegraeme.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

Today my heart is with Cambria and Elle Harris, who after nearly three tireless years have located the body of their mother, Morgan Harris, found in Prairie Green Landfill in Winnipeg. Morgan Harris and three other Indigenous women were murdered by convicted serial killer Jeremy Skibicki in 2022.

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Mike Graeme @mikegraeme.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

Crackdowns on unhoused residents sheltering in #Victoria continued this week as #VicPD and bylaw officers dismantled tent encampments in Oakland’s Park, stripping people of their possessions and survival gear.

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Mike Graeme @mikegraeme.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

Today, #VicPD and bylaw officers continued evicting unhoused residents in Oaklands Park, seizing their possessions/survival gear. When I arrived, I witnessed police standing guard as bylaw officers threw an unhoused woman’s tent, sleeping bag & other survival gear into garbage bins. #stopthesweeps

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Mike Graeme @mikegraeme.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Hundreds marched through Lekwungen homelands over the long weekend for the 15th annual #StolenSisters Memorial March, honouring the thousands of #Indigenous women, girls & 2SLGBTQQIA+ people who have been murdered or remain missing in Canada. The crisis is a “race-based genocide” -National Inquiry

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Mike Graeme @mikegraeme.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Trump declaring his plan to “take over” and “own” #Gaza under the justification of it being full of “death and destruction,” while sitting cordially beside the culprit war criminal whose U.S.-backed military destroyed Gaza is as disgusting as it is unsurprising. The Onion headline writes itself.

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Torrance Coste @torrancecoste.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

More seriously though, it’s striking how quickly those in power admit we can interfere with markets and divert supply chains at the stroke of a pen after they’ve spent years insisting they’re powerless to do so in order to pull people out of poverty, fight climate change or protect ecosystems.

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Mike Graeme @mikegraeme.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

As Israel submits to Phase 1 of a ceasefire in Gaza, community members in Victoria marched through the streets for the 67th week, continuing to call on Canada to ends its complicity in Israel’s genocide and war crimes. #yyj #freepalestine

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Mike Graeme @mikegraeme.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

Community members came together in Victoria on Saturday to honour the life and legacy of Shea Smith, an outspoken housing justice advocate who was killed at the cross-sections of the drug poisoning crisis and bylaw policies that criminalize homelessness. #yyj #stopthesweeps

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Mike Graeme @mikegraeme.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

Following the deaths of 13 unhoused community members over the past 3 weeks, @backpackproject.bsky.social founder Niki Ottosen sharply criticized City of Victoria Mayor & Council this week as they deliberated on allocating another $4.7 million to enforce the city’s daytime sheltering ban.

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Carl Meyer @meyer.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Nesheiwat was at the table when Trudeau dined with Trump at Mar-a-Lago

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Mike Graeme @mikegraeme.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Unhoused community members set up an encampment at Centennial Square in #yyj #bc last night following a rally where they spoke about the systemic neglect & punitive policies targeting the unhoused. The encampment of around eight tents and a dozen people lasted until this morning when police arrived.

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Mike Graeme @mikegraeme.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Global National picked up photos I took for @indiginews.bsky.social of Gitxsan youth’s recent action in Victoria during the #BC NDP’s swearing-in ceremony. See Neetu Garcha’s full reporting on the Gitanyow/Gitxsan resistance to the #PRGT pipeline here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-30V...

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Haymarket Books @haymarketbooks.org · 29/11/2024

It’s #ReadPalestine Week! 🇵🇸📚

A stack of Haymarket Books on Palestine:
Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Palestine: A Socialist Introduction
Light in Gaza
Dear God, Dear Bones, Dear Yellow
Rifqa
Boycott, Divestment Sanctions
A Little Piece of Ground
Uncivil Rites
The Battle for Justice in Palestine
On Edward Said
Culture and Resistance
Apartheid Israel
Israelis and Palestinians
Against Apartheid

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Torrance Coste @torrancecoste.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Gitxsan and Gitanyow Land defenders continue to organize against PRGT as its environmental certificate is up for review. It's time for the BC NDP to do the right thing and let this certificate expire. Story by @mikegraeme.bsky.social via @indiginews.bsky.social indiginews.com/features/win...

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As winter looms, Gitxsan and Gitanyow pipeline resistance shows no sign of slowing

Land defenders continue to organize against PRGT as its environmental assessment certificate is up for review starting this week

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IndigiNews @indiginews.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

“It’s scary thinking I’m going to be out here in the winter, but it really feels like I can’t leave," says Maas Gwitkunuxws Teresa Brown, who's been camping near the projected PRGT pipeline route. “I do this from love.” Story by @mikegraeme.bsky.social indiginews.com/features/win...

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As winter looms, Gitxsan and Gitanyow pipeline resistance shows no sign of slowing

Land defenders continue to organize against PRGT as its environmental assessment certificate is up for review as of this week

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Mike Graeme @mikegraeme.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

It was a great honour to interview 94-year-old Haida basket weaver Delores Churchill for @indiginews.bsky.social. So happy that her work will be recognized through her book, published this fall, after 35 years in the making. #Indigenous #weaving

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Mike Graeme @mikegraeme.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

“It’s scary thinking I’m going to be out here in the winter, but it really feels like I can’t leave," says Maas Gwitkunuxws Teresa Brown, who's been camping near the projected #PRGT pipeline route. “I do this from love.” Latest feature for @indiginews.bsky.social indiginews.com/features/win...

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As winter looms, Gitxsan and Gitanyow pipeline resistance shows no sign of slowing

Land defenders continue to organize against PRGT as its environmental assessment certificate is up for review as of this week

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