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Richard Dal Monte

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Michelle Gamage @michellegamage.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
After a year in court DULF co-founders walk free, with a judge praising their work and declaring Section 5(2) of the CDSA unconstitutional (the part that covers trafficking). Ottawa has six months to revamp the law to be in line with the Charter. Me today for @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2026/09...
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DULF Wins Constitutional Challenge, Judge Applauds Their Work | The Tyee
Compassion club co-founders Eris Nyx and Jeremy Kalicum will avoid prison and Canada told to update its drug laws.
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Jen St. Denis @jenstden.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A BC judge has declared Section 5(2) of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act unconstitutional and given Ottawa six months to bring the legislation in line with the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. @michellegamage.bsky.social reports: thetyee.ca/News/2026/09...
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DULF Wins Constitutional Challenge, Judge Applauds Their Work | The Tyee
Compassion club co-founders Eris Nyx and Jeremy Kalicum will avoid prison and Canada told to update its drug laws.
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Andrea Woo @andreawoo.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
After reading decision, BC Supreme Court judge who sided with DULF operators in Constitutional challenge to Canada's draw laws addressed them directly: "It's people like you who make a difference. And you just did.” First web hit, more to come: www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
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B.C. top court judge rules in favour of operators of illicit-drug compassion club
Lawyers had argued the pair who tested illicit drugs for fentanyl before reselling them offered a safer alternative to toxic supply
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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
No matter what happens in the 2026 midterms -- or even the 2028 presidential election -- Canadians will never trust the United States the way it used to. The north remembers. #cdnpoli www.nationalobserver.com/2026/09/29/o...
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America still doesn't understand how deep the rift goes
Memo to our friends (and yes, our enemies) to the south: the problem isn’t just Donald Trump. It’s you
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andrea bennett (they/them) @akkabah.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
How will B.C.'s snap provincial election affect voter turnout for municipal elections? And why the heck is muni voter turnout so low?? @gracekennwrites.bsky.social takes a look for @thetyee.ca: thetyee.ca/News/2026/09...
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Will Duelling Elections Confuse Municipal Voters? | The Tyee
Some fear the province’s snap election will decrease turnout to local races with historically low participation.
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City of Port Coquitlam @cityofpoco.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Don’t let FOG go down the drain! 🚫 Protect public infrastructure, prevent costly sewer backups, and safeguard local waterways and ecosystems. Fats, oils, and grease (FOG) may be liquid when they’re hot, but they cool, harden, and clog pipes.
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De Facto Journalism Co-op @defactomedia.ca · 29/09/2026
We have a full story from Dustin on the DULF decision coming up Subscribe to the De Facto newsletter to get it as soon as it's out: www.defactomedia.ca/newsletters/ bsky.app/profile/godf...
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Brishti Basu @brishti.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
MAJOR verdict this morning in the constitutional challenge brought forth by DULF founders. Published yday, read Dustin's deep-dive into how drastically Vancouver Police, who were initially supportive of DULF, flipped their script amid changing political tides: 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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Tessa Rowland @tessarowland.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
ahhhh INCREDIBLE!!!! what amazing news 🖤 if you haven't already, read dustin's great accounting from yesterday of how VPD turned against DULF and turned DULF towards this constitutional challenge: 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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Simon Little 🍁 @simonplittle.ca · 29/09/2026
Holy smokes, a constitutional earthquake in the Safe Supply debate
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Jen St. Denis @jenstden.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Breaking news from the DULF trial, where two founders of a drug compassion club in B.C.had previously been found guilty of trafficking but their lawyers started a constitutional challenge. The judge issued a ruling today in that constitutional challenge. A previous story: thetyee.ca/News/2026/07...
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DULF Founders’ Drug Law Charter Challenge Ends | The Tyee
Compassion club co-founders Eris Nyx and Jeremy Kalicum will wait months to learn if they face prison.
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Charles Rusnell @charlesrusnell.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Incredible story of how it appears Moroccan intelligence created a fake journalist who successfully duped numerous Canadian media outlets and in particular, The Western Standard and The Hub.
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Richard Dal Monte @richdalmonte.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Also — and this shouldn’t need to be said — drug users are our friends, family and neighbours, and we should do what we can to keep them from dying, not fight and imprison people who are trying to help them.
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Brad Cavanagh @canspice.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
From this I get that Fontaine wants to get rid of the 24 Metro Vancouver parks and ditch housing for over 10,000 people, because parks and housing aren’t “core services”. Fantastic. #NewWest
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Vision Zero Vancouver @visionzerovancouver.ca · 16/09/2026
Our much-anticipated Vancouver City Council full term report card is here! 📝 We look back over 4 years of council votes and give the mayor and each councillor a grade, backed up by solid numbers. How did your favourite councillor do? visionzerovancouver.ca/2026/09/16/v...
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Vancouver City Council Full Term Report Card
Vancouver heads to the polls in October to vote for its Mayor and Council, so we’re looking back on how all the incumbents voted on road safety measures over the full 4 year term.
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Garth Mullins @garthmullins.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
We’ll have more to say on @crackdownpod.bsky.social
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Garth Mullins @garthmullins.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
We won!!!
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dustin @godfrey.work · 29/09/2026
and there was no real avenue for DULF to get approved to operate legally through s. 56 of the CDSA. she finds s. 7 of the charter was violated and that declaring s. 5(2) of the CDSA is unconstitutional.
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Richard Dal Monte @richdalmonte.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Wow, big win for DULF. Kudos to @godfrey.work and @defactomedia.ca for following this story.
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Euan Thomson @drugdatadecoded.ca · 29/09/2026
@defactomedia.ca heroes 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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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 28/09/2026
Five years since over 660 organizations added their name to an urgent call for B.C. government action in response to the climate emergency, the state of climate action in the province remains grim, the authors write. thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...
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BC Needs a Real Climate Action Plan | The Tyee
After pressing the province for five years, we’re still coming up short.
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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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Jimmy Thomson @jameswsthomson.com · 28/09/2026
We've also pulled all three stories on this out from behind the paywall.
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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 28/09/2026
A 300-metre bank of old tires has been sitting on the shore of Little Shuswap Lake since 1991. Built to control erosion, it now leaks a toxic chemical into the lake. Bill Metcalfe reports on a local effort to address the danger. thetyee.ca/News/2026/09...
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A Massive Tire Embankment Decays Along a Shuswap Lake | The Tyee
Despite concerns from residents, the province has declined to assess the danger of a 300-metre tire embankment.
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Andrea Woo @andreawoo.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
FBI offering US$1-million reward for info leading to arrest of Satinderjeet Singh, aka Goldy Brar, an Indian gangster charged w/ racketeering in July in connection w/ 2023 killing of Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Surrey www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
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FBI offers $1-million reward for tips about gangster tied to Nijjar killing
Indian gangster Satinderjeet Singh, also known as Goldy Brar, was named in a U.S. federal indictment in July
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Richard Dal Monte @richdalmonte.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This is one of my favourite journalism things: 1 - story reported 2 - politician boldly claims it's inaccurate 3 - journalism outlet releases the recordings Inject this shit into my veins.
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Canada's National Observer @nationalobserver.com · 28/09/2026
This morning — following two investigations into Toronto mayoral candidate Brad Bradford's use of an app that rewards supporters for posting AI-generated comments and sharing contacts — Bradford called our reporting "inaccurate." We're now releasing the recording that proves our reporting.
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Bradford calls CNO reporting of AI app rewards ‘inaccurate.’ Here’s the recording proving our reporting.
Canada’s National Observer has decided to publish the segment of the Zoom call that corroborates its reporting.
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The Narwhal @thenarwhal.ca · 28/09/2026
More than 38,000 residential school survivors testified to the abuse they experienced as children. Next September, Canada plans to destroy their records.
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Canada plans to destroy thousands of residential school testimonies. These women are trying to save them
The 38,000 testimonies are the largest body of evidence about children’s experiences in these institutions. Journalist Connie Walker and lawyer Kimberly Murray say losing it would mean losing history — both painful and illuminating
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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 28/09/2026
Brad Bradford disputing @nationalobserver.com’s reporting: “There’s no rewards … there’s nothing” Audio recording from Brad Bradford’s campaign meeting: “There are going to be rewards … it’s a gamification of the system”
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Anna Mehler Paperny @mehlerpaperny.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Ok, dumb qs: What's the argument in favour of destroying residential school survivor records? And could we not just preserve the testimonies of survivors who want their testimony preserved?
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Christopher Mathias @letsgomathias.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"Journalists may not have much. But we retain the right to call the frauds and bootlickers masquerading as the pillars of the media industry a bunch of scumbags. Truth, after all, comes free." remarkable @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social piece www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/the-free-a...
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The Free and Unfree Press
Journalism, and its adversaries.
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City of Port Coquitlam @cityofpoco.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Fall is here! 🌧️Environment Canada has issued a Yellow Warning for Rainfall Warning. Heavy rain is forecast to begin this evening, with rainfall amounts of 50 to 70 mm expected. Strong winds are also expected overnight and Tuesday morning.
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Freshet News @freshetnews.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Don’t know who to vote for in the municipal and school board election on Oct. 17? We’ve got our Election Special out on Oct. 1 for each of New Westminster, Burnaby and the Tri-Cities. Pick up a copy of the newspaper at rec centres, coffee shops, grocery outlets, libraries and businesses.
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Cycle Toronto @cycletoronto.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"What is certain, however, is that a vast sum of our money will be wasted, countless Torontonians will find themselves profoundly inconvenienced for extended periods, and, eventually, a cyclist will get struck by a car. But at least the congestion will be worse."
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Rebecca Bollwitt @miss604.com · 28/09/2026
I'm working on the October event list for Metro Vancouver. I have about 400 emails to get through but if you have anything coming up - an event you are hosting or want to promote - send it in for a free listing: miss604.com/contact
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Emma Arkell @emmaarkell.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
why are there so few labour reporters in Canada's mainstream news outlets? take a look at how their editorial boards disregard workers' rights, handwring over "economic harm" from labour disputes, and parrot CFIB talking points
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Orlagh O’Kelly @orlaghokelly.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Must read @patricklennox.bsky.social @thewalrus.ca thewalrus.ca/alberta-sepa...
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Alberta Separatism Is Built on a Big Lie | The Walrus
Danielle Smith has turned western grievance into a national unity crisis
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Andrew Kurjata @akurjata.ca · 27/09/2026
"A politician who gives the impression that they authentically speak their mind is likely to be seen by many as honest even if a high proportion of their actual words are not true." www.cnn.com/2026/09/27/p...
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I started fact-checking Trump 10 years ago. Here are 15 things I’ve learned | CNN Politics
Ten years ago this month, in my old job as Washington correspondent for the Toronto Star, I started what I believed would be a quick little side project: fact-checking underdog presidential candidate ...
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Carolyn Kellogg @paperhaus.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Huge props to the headline writers at The Guardian www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
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Alberta’s self-image as world’s only rat-free region shattered by discovery of rat
Province’s rat patrol called in to investigate as town of Bowden announces discovery of dead vermin
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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 26/09/2026
"Similarities between the far right in Canada and the United States suggest a certain amount of contagion across the border, but Alberta separatism is a home-grown movement." An excerpt from a new book on polarization by UBC political scientist Max Cameron. thetyee.ca/Culture/2026...
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The Uncomfortable Roots of Alberta Separatism | The Tyee
It’s a home-grown movement sparked by the Freedom Convoy protests. An excerpt from ‘Divided We Fall.’
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RBAC Fan Account @cdemwell.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I think if the BC NDP just came out and said "For most of you, the most important thing we're doing is keeping the BC Conservative clown car out of office, and that's what we're doing in this election" it would probably do wonders for their numbers.
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BC Policy Solutions @bcpolicy.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Join us on November 12 to hear from @pluralistic.net.web.brid.gy about “Disenshittification: How we break free from the US tech grip and leverage digital sovereignty for the public good.” Tickets: bcpolicy.ca/gala
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City of Port Coquitlam @cityofpoco.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
It was a great time at the Best Biz Awards with our amazing local business community! 🫶 Winners, nominees & photos ➡️ portcoquitlam.ca/bizawards
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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 25/09/2026
How a web of institutes and academics — with ties to a U.S. non-profit and outsized influence on the United Conservative Party government — helped turn separatism from fringe idea to the mainstream. thetyee.ca/News/2026/09...
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How the US Atlas Network Built Alberta Separatism | The Tyee
A global cabal of libertarian and right-wing organizations has fuelled the province’s independence movement.
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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 25/09/2026
Despite all the chaos and controversy of his first term as Kamloops mayor, Reid Hamer-Jackson is running again. thetyee.ca/News/2026/09...
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After City Hall Chaos, Kamloops Prepares to Vote | The Tyee
BC’s most controversial mayor is seeking re-election. Is anyone still on his side?
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Seth Masket @smotus.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Interviewing the inventor of napalm about his hats
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My IRL friends call me Chris @christyceeck.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Here's the direct link to @rorywh.bsky.social's Metro Morning interview on the story he broke this week about Brad Bradford's campaign using an app that uses "AI to launder its talking points through real people", as @woodsideful.bsky.social described it. #ToPoli
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© CBC/Radio-Canada 2026. All rights reserved.
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Seth Klein @sethdklein.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
My latest column is out today in @nationalobserver.com.web.brid.gy, in which I explain how the “new climate denialism” is holding back progress in the fight of our lives, and how PM Mark Carney has become its lead practitioner. www.nationalobserver.com/2026/09/25/o...
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Is Mark Carney a climate denier?
This new form of denialism has our political leaders assuring us they understand and accept the warnings about climate change — but they are in denial about what this scientific reality means for poli...
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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
We just dropped a bombshell investigation into ChatGPT's role in the Tumbler Ridge mass shooting. Incredible reporting from @markfollman.bsky.social that will have far-reaching effects...hopefully: www.motherjones.com/media/2026/0...
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ChatGPT helped the Tumbler Ridge school shooter focus on guns, tactics, and terror, our investigation reveals
OpenAI’s chatbot fed the shooter’s violent fantasies and planning up to the massacre.
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Jimmy Thomson @jameswsthomson.com · 23/09/2026
Political insiders have dismissed @rorywh.bsky.social's investigation of the creepy AI propaganda app being used by the Brad Bradford campaign. They say it's "inevitable." It's not.
nationalobserver.com
No, cyborg propaganda is not 'inevitable.' None of this is.
After Rory White revealed a Toronto mayoral campaign is putting AI-written comments in its supporters' mouths, political insiders were quick to dismiss it as run-of-the-mill politicking. So why does i...
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