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Nathan Griffiths

@njgriffiths.bsky.social
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Graphic/data journalist 📈 📉 Currently @vancouversun 📰 Formerly @AP, @nytimes, @scmp 🗞️🗞️🗞️ Contributing photographer for thehub.vancouver, a social documentary project in east Vancouver. 📸

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Interactive Journalism @interactives.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
New on The Guardian : “Monarchs, MPs and merchants: the register laying bare Britain’s slave-trading past”
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Monarchs, MPs and merchants: the register laying bare Britain’s slave-trading past
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Nathan Griffiths @njgriffiths.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
BC Changed a Law to Keep Gas Royalties Secret via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2026/09...
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BC Changed a Law to Keep Gas Royalties Secret | The Tyee
‘Improved confidentiality’ for oil companies leaves the public without previously available payment data.
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Jen Christiansen @jenchristiansen.com · 07/09/2026
Looking forward to this! 📊 #sciart
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
SHOUT-OUT to Political Cartoonist extraordinaire & Member of the Order of Canada Michael de Adder, who routinely does a far better job of holding this administration accountable than the corporate media. Thank you for your attention to his brilliant satirical wit! 🙏 (also: 🤣)
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Nathan Griffiths @njgriffiths.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Scatterplot! 📈 🤓
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Nathan Griffiths @njgriffiths.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
“In the places where transit got improved, transit ridership is up. And in the places where transit got cut back, transit ridership is down,” Denis Agar #transit #vanpoli #translink thetyee.ca/News/2026/08...
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TransLink Ridership Is Down. More Buses Are the Answer | The Tyee
Cuts mean slower bus routes, costing TransLink millions, says a transit user advocate.
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Nathan Griffiths @njgriffiths.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
😂
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Nathan Griffiths @njgriffiths.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
“This company is putting the fragile recovery of Howe Sound at risk and that is unacceptable.” #environment #bc #HoweSound vancouversun.com/news/fortisb...
Chart shows volume of effluent released by FortisBC during Woodfibre LNG tunnel construction.
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Nathan Griffiths @njgriffiths.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
🇪🇬 🇪🇬🇪🇬 oh isht!!!!! 🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Happy Father's Day 🖤
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Nathan Griffiths @njgriffiths.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Amazing.
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Nathan Griffiths @njgriffiths.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
“the increase is driven by a combination of worsening housing shortages, drug toxicity and limited access to health care.” #bcpoli #toxicdrugs
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Nathan Griffiths @njgriffiths.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
This 📊 on severance agreements at the City of #Vancouver is a pretty stark indicator of scale of the recent job cuts there – and it doesn't include union staff... City also refused to provide a $$$ value for the cost of those 79 severance agreements. #vanpoli vancouversun.com/opinion/colu...
Bar chart shows 79 severance agreements signed by City of Vancouver in 2025
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Nathan Griffiths @njgriffiths.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Wow
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Nathan Griffiths @njgriffiths.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
So cool. Striking visuals & such an effective use of audio in reporting… #dataviz 🐋 🔊 Dive Into a Very Noisy Sea With Some Very Rare Whales www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Dive Into a Very Noisy Sea With Some Very Rare Whales
Fewer than 100 Rice’s whales remain on Earth. Researchers say sonic blasts from oil exploration are a top threat to the species. See and hear why.
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Nathan Griffiths @njgriffiths.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Whoa 😵‍💫
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Nathan Griffiths @njgriffiths.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
RIP MS
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Jen St. Denis @jenstden.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
The normalization of far-right ideas continues as Curtis Yarvin and Lauren Southern are invited to a glitzy tech conference in Vancouver - which several Canadian politicians also attended. Full story here, no paywall: thetyee.ca/News/2026/05...
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Far-Right Speakers Given a Perch at Vancouver’s Web Summit | The Tyee
Pro-dictatorship Curtis Yarvin, Canadian YouTuber Lauren Southern and a vaccine basher addressed the tech confab.
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Nathan Griffiths @njgriffiths.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Trying a little something different recently. My latest 📈 datacomic 📉 – a (very) brief look at the latest #pressfreedom index from Reporters Without Borders @rsf-interfr.bsky.social #dataviz #comic #data
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Andrea Woo @andreawoo.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Vancouver Coastal Health secures new location for Thomus Donaghy Overdose Prevention Site at 900 Helmcken. Previous location at 1060 Howe responded to 480 ODs, closed Jan 31. Lease begins June 1. Mayor Ken Sim moving urgent motion today directing city staff to use all tools to prevent its opening.
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Nathan Griffiths @njgriffiths.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
FortisBC’s pipeline project near Squamish dumped 3 oil tankers-worth more copper & aluminum-filled effluent into a creek than its permit allowed, according to its own water quality reports: vancouversun.com/news/fortisb... #environmentalpollution #waterpollution #bcpoli
Infographic maps location of effluent discharged by FortisBC and the daily volume of effluent discharged
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Nathan Griffiths @njgriffiths.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Inside the Fiery End of Vancouver Island's Last Coal Mine 🔥 ⛰️ from @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2026/05...
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Inside the Fiery End of Vancouver Island’s Last Coal Mine | The Tyee
How a US owner’s dream of ‘clean’ coal left behind acid, arsenic and a warning for today. A Tyee investigation.
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Andy Yan @ayan604.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
40 years since it opened, what is the Expo legacy? "Legacy of '86: Expo helped shape our little coastal town into a global city, but at what expense?" as told by Dan Fumano via @vancouversun.bsky.social #bcpoli #vanpoli #vanre vancouversun.com/news/legacy-...
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Legacy of '86: Expo helped shape our little coastal town into a global city, but at what expense?
How the world's fair transformed Vancouver into a metropolis, for better and for worse.
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Nathan Griffiths @njgriffiths.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Love this (& not just b/c it has maps! 🗺️ ) Well said by @vancolour.bsky.social #bcpoli
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Nathan Griffiths @njgriffiths.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Nerd lol 🤣
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karen ward @kwardvancouver.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
October 1, 2025 www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Vancouver shutters city equity office in move to save $285K | CBC News
An office created at the City of Vancouver in 2019 that was meant to ensure reconciliation, diversity, equity and inclusion among its employees and services has been cut, amid a push by Mayor Ken Sim ...
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Nathan Griffiths @njgriffiths.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
“In a sentence, it has chosen to save money over lives.” #vanpoli #vancouver
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Andy Yan @ayan604.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
"'Downtown is stabilizing': Mixed signals from latest downtown Vancouver business report" feat @downtownvan.bsky.social and told by @njgriffiths.bsky.social via @vancouversun.bsky.social #cdnpoli #bcpoli #vanpoli #vanre vancouversun.com/news/mixed-s...
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'Downtown is stabilizing': Mixed signals from latest downtown Vancouver business report
"When I look at where we were last year, this is an improved report,” said Jane Talbot, CEO of the Downtown Vancouver BIA.
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Nathan Griffiths @njgriffiths.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Maple syrup mysteries are far & away my favourite true crime sub-genre 🍁 😝 www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/g...
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Great Canadian Maple Syrup Heist
Over the course of several months in 2011 and 2012, a team of thieves stole approximately 2,700 tonnes of maple syrup from a strategic maple syrup reserve maint...
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Andy Yan @ayan604.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
"Opposition to supportive housing mounts at municipalities across Metro Vancouver" as told by @isabellazavarise.bsky.social #bcpoli #vanpoli #vanre www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
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Opposition to supportive housing mounts at municipalities across Metro Vancouver
Two community groups are behind growing opposition toward supportive housing projects across Metro Vancouver.
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Patsy “Resistance Kitty” Evans Ph.D. @drharmony.net · 04/04/2026
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John Bistline @bistline.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
This is my favorite climate change chart. Japanese monks, aristocrats, and emperors kept meticulous records of cherry blossom festivals for 1,200 years and accidentally built the world's longest climate dataset.
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Nathan Griffiths @njgriffiths.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Good lord, pls no.
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Sonja Kuijpers | STUDIO TERP @sonjakuijpers.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Sometimes 3D #dataviz is just the way to go 🤠 I created this illustration for @sciam.bsky.social December '25 issue on rare earth elements and how much of it is estimably left. Comparing the already produced with how much is in reserve. As always great to be working with @jenchristiansen.com
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Nathan Griffiths @njgriffiths.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
This is deeply disturbing is so many ways 😡 “affiliated active clubs have claimed to know my home address and threatened to share it, raising concerns that I might have to uproot my life and move.” The Fallout from Reporting on White Nationalism in Canada via thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...
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The Fallout from Reporting on White Nationalism in Canada | The Tyee
Journalist Rachel Gilmore published an investigation in The Tyee. The men she unmasked showed up to intimidate her in person.
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Nathan Griffiths @njgriffiths.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Vancouver mayor Ken Sim sued for defamation after accusing a colleague of handing out illegal drugs on Xmas 🎄 💊 😮 #vanpoli #vancouver vancouversun.com/news/sean-or...
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Vancouver city Coun. Sean Orr sues Mayor Ken Sim for defamation
Orr filed a lawsuit Tuesday alleging Sim defamed him last month when he falsely accused the COPE councillor of distributing illegal drugs.
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Nathan Griffiths @njgriffiths.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
“There’s some really bad stuff in here that I think erodes transparency in British Columbia.” #bcpoli #foi BC Government Accused of a Stealth Attack on Freedom of Information via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2026/03...
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BC Government Accused of a Stealth Attack on Freedom of Information | The Tyee
The new bill includes ‘some really bad stuff,’ warn advocates and opposition.
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Andy Yan @ayan604.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Amidst all this real estate wealth, why all this cultural (with others) poverty "From street parties to fireworks: Why Vancouver’s festival scene is on shaky ground" as told by Sarah Grochowski via @vancouversun.bsky.social #bcpoli #vanpoli #vanre vancouversun.com/news/why-van...
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From street parties to fireworks: Why Vancouver’s festival scene is on shaky ground
Organizers point to same reasons for why events are at risk: Rising costs, shrinking sponsorships and shifting public-funding priorities.
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Nathan Griffiths @njgriffiths.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
“these aren’t numbers, these are people, and it’s a new person dying every time.” #bcpoli #toxicdrugs thetyee.ca/News/2026/03...
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‘Mass Death on This Scale Is Incomprehensible’ | The Tyee
Overdose deaths are trending down, but BC is still in the thick of a crisis. Here’s what the data tells us.
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Nathan Griffiths @njgriffiths.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
“The news conference began at 2 p.m., and by 2:05 p.m., the mayor had disappeared.” #vanpoli
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Nathan Griffiths @njgriffiths.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
🚨 All the car free days 🚫🚗in #vancouver are cancelled this year 😢 vancouversun.com/news/vancouv...
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Car Free Day cancelled for Main Street, Commercial Drive, Denman Street
Organizers cited rising costs and changes to funding as a factor in their decision not to move forward with this year's events.
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Nathan Griffiths @njgriffiths.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Oof. Drug poisoning calls to B.C. EHS have doubled since 2016 #toxicdrugs #bcpoli vancouversun.com/news/local-n...
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The Narwhal @thenarwhal.ca · 24/02/2026
After revealing LNG Canada is flaring far above permitted levels, we went to experts. What they told us about a three-year fix — and the role of the BC Energy Regulator — raises new questions about timelines and enforcement. thenarwhal.ca/lng-canada-f... #bcpoli
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LNG Canada likely delaying flaring fix to save money | The Narwhal
Experts think LNG Canada is prioritizing profits over the public and ask why the BC Energy Regulator isn’t stepping in
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Nathan Griffiths @njgriffiths.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
“We’re at a point in this country in Canada where we have the largest white nationalist movement that has ever existed in this country’s history.” Yikes. Great reporting from @jenstden.bsky.social tho #bcpoli #cdnpoli thetyee.ca/News/2026/02...
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Inside the Far-Right Push to Influence Canadian Political Parties | The Tyee
A conference call shows a political operative with past Conservative connections advising several white nationalist groups.
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Nathan Griffiths @njgriffiths.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Health officials think medetomidine, a sedative used for aggresive animals, is behind a second spike of drug poisonings to hit #BritishColumbia in two months #toxicdrugs #dataviz vancouversun.com/news/local-n...
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The Narwhal @thenarwhal.ca · 24/01/2026
Internal documents show LNG Canada is burning a lot more natural gas than expected — while repeatedly saying the situation is ‘normal.’ Get the story behind the story in our latest newsletter: thenarwhal.ca/newsletter-l...
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LNG Canada’s ‘integrity issue’ in Kitimat, B.C. | The Narwhal
Internal documents show LNG Canada is burning a lot more natural gas than expected — while repeatedly saying the situation is ‘normal’
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Nathan Griffiths @njgriffiths.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Daaaaammmmmn… 😍 www.reddit.com/r/britishcol...
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From the britishcolumbia community on Reddit: Insane Vancouver Downtown fog from a bird's-eye view
Explore this post and more from the britishcolumbia community
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The Narwhal @thenarwhal.ca · 12/01/2026
“As we stand outside this courthouse, stepping into five weeks of trial, we know the legitimate right of journalists to do their job, to perform their vital role in our democracy, is at stake.” — Narwhal co-founder Carol Linnitt on our case against the RCMP: thenarwhal.ca/press-freedom/
Narwhal co-founder Carol Linnitt speaks at a press scrum outside the B.C. Supreme Court in Vancouver
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Nathan Griffiths @njgriffiths.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
Canada-wide, U.S.-bound flights were down 13.5 per cent this past November, compared to the same period in 2024.
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