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Emily Fagan

@thatemfagan.bsky.social
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Journalist with the CBC | formerly with the Toronto Star, the Globe and Mail | tips: emily.fagan@cbc.ca

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Emily Fagan @thatemfagan.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
One issue at the forefront of some voter’s minds in a Vancouver Island municipality has lead to threats, harassment, and serious division: off-leash dogs in local parks. I took a look into how this years-long battle is impacting the race for new local leaders: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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How a war over off-leash dogs could be poised to shake up Saanich municipal elections | CBC News
As British Columbians prepare to head to the polls, a grassroots campaign is underway to urge Saanich voters to elect municipal leaders who support one specific issue: the right for dogs to frolic off...
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Emily Fagan @thatemfagan.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
I've spent months investigating the case of Canada's most prolific voyeur. In the absence of details from police, I spoke to victims and looked into court records to find out the scale of these crimes, and the toll it's taken on 600+ women and girls. Here's part 1: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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'Hunted,' 'shattered,' 'scared': How victims say Canada's most prolific voyeur has altered their lives | CBC News
CBC News has spent months going through court records and speaking with victims in the largest case of voyeurism ever reported in Canada. Victims say it has left them feeling shattered, hunted and str...
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Emily Fagan @thatemfagan.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Five MLAs have left Kerry-Lynne Findlay's BC Conservative caucus in recent days — the same number of MLAs who left or were fired from the caucus under former leader John Rustad, which led to his ouster. If one more MLA resigns, Findlay will have doubled the number of departures since the election.
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Emily Fagan @thatemfagan.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Today I'm covering the start of a coroner's inquest into the death of an Indigenous man fatally shot by police in a remote community on Vancouver Island. I spoke to local leaders who say his death sparked questions and concerns over the role of police in their community: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Coroner's inquest to begin for Tla-o-qui-aht Nation man fatally shot by RCMP | CBC News
A coroner's inquest will begin today into the fatal shooting of a 28-year-old Tla-o-qui-aht First Nation man by Tofino RCMP in 2021, during what police described as a wellness check.
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Zoë Yunker @zoeyunker.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
As Canada plans another publicly-owned oil pipeline to BC's coast, it has quietly reached a settlement with oil companies to lower their fees on Trans Mountain. Those fees already didn't pay for the cost of building the line. 🛢️ My latest for @thetyee.ca
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Trans Mountain Looks to Slash Pipeline Shipping Fees | The Tyee
The deal would leave the public on the hook for more of the TMX megaproject’s cost overruns.
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Andrew Longhurst 🇨🇦 🍉 @alonghurst.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Public versus private health care spending in Canada A new data dashboard from @policyalternatives.ca Canada already sees a higher portion of private health care spending than a lot of countries, and it needs to change #cdnpoli www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
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Public versus private health care spending in Canada | CCPA
Canada already sees a higher portion of private health care spending than a lot of countries, and it needs to change
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Emily Fagan @thatemfagan.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Leaders on western Vancouver Island are calling for an alternative road after multiple wildfires have closed the lone road into communities in recent years. Here’s a look at the options they’re proposing, and the impact current access challenges have had: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Wildfires have cut off communities on Vancouver Island. Now, leaders push for an alternate road | CBC News
Twice in the last three years, communities on western Vancouver Island found themselves cut off by a wildfire that closed their lone road connecting them to the rest of the Island.
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Canada's National Observer @nationalobserver.com · 06/07/2026
Police officers with the Victoria, BC, police department appear to be asking a new, internal AI chatbot for legal advice and policing information.
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Documents suggest Victoria police ask AI for legal advice, feed it personal info
“There doesn't seem to be a very good accountability mechanism here,” said Victoria resident and frequent police critic Stephen Harrison, who obtained the documents. “Literally nobody other than the i...
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karen ward @kwardvancouver.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
so without access to naloxone, in the five-year study period (2019-2024), the study estimates that over 60,000 people would have died here in B.C. 12,356 people did die. this is important article by @thatemfagan.bsky.social and I'm going to go on about it #BCpoli www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Access to free naloxone in B.C. preventing 4 out of 5 potentially fatal overdoses, report finds | CBC News
Thousands of people have died due to the toxic drug crisis in the decade since B.C. declared it a public health emergency. But a new study shows that many more could have died if not for the province'...
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Emily Fagan @thatemfagan.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
One of the victims of Canada's most prolific voyeur shared her story publicly for the first time in an interview with me, along with her calls for a reform of the justice system to prevent future cases like this. Full story: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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1st known victim of Saanich voyeur calls for police, court reforms to prevent future offences | CBC News
The first known victim of a Saanich man convicted of what officials have called the most "egregious" case of voyeurism in Canada is speaking out, sharing her story and what she says are much needed re...
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Nick Hune-Brown @nickhunebrown.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Bowled over by this piece by @emmapaling.bsky.social, who's been reporting from the Moss Park safe consumption site for 18 months and was there the day the closure was announced. Her story about the last days of a life-saving hub is the best thing I've read in a while. thelocal.to/moss-park-sa...
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The Long Last Days of Toronto’s First Safe Consumption Site | The Local
Nick says he’ll go back to Manitoulin. Texas can’t even think about the closure. Inside Moss Park in the final days of a nine-year era of safe consumption.
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Emily Fagan @thatemfagan.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Community members are calling for more transparency from the Saanich Police Department following a case of voyeurism where hundreds of victims remain unidentified, causing anxiety for potential victims and their families. My latest: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Community members seek answers on whether they may be victims of Saanich voyeur | CBC News
Community members are calling for more transparency from the Saanich Police Department following a case of voyeurism where hundreds of victims remain unidentified, causing anxiety for potential victim...
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Simon Little 🍁 @simonplittle.ca · 03/06/2026
Great behind the scenes look here at the collapse of the BC Gov's case against the Greater Victoria School Board www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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What text messages reveal about the collapse of the province's case against Victoria's school trustees | CBC News
All Greater Victoria School Board trustees were reinstated last week after the province's late disclosure of court-ordered documents, which included text messages involving a senior ministry official.
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Brishti Basu @brishti.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
It's the most prolific case of voyeurism in Canadian history. Group chats and FB groups all asked the same question: How can you know if you're a victim if you don't know where this man did his filming? We have some answers now thanks to @thatemfagan.bsky.social digging into court records:
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Girls in school uniforms among hundreds filmed by Saanich voyeur, court records reveal | CBC News
The justice's reasons for sentencing a Saanich, B.C. man of voyeurism, obtained by CBC News, cast new light on the extent of his crimes in the community, and the toll it has taken on the victims who h...
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Emily Fagan @thatemfagan.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Filming through bedroom windows. Following school children. These are among the new details I’ve found in what officials say is Canada’s most prolific voyeurism case. It casts light on the extent of the secret filming of 600+ women and girls, and the community toll. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Girls in school uniforms among hundreds filmed by Saanich voyeur, court records reveal | CBC News
The justice's reasons for sentencing a Saanich, B.C. man of voyeurism, obtained by CBC News, cast new light on the extent of his crimes in the community, and the toll it has taken on the victims who h...
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Shannon Waters @sobittersosweet.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Minister Beare keeps saying the failure to produce documents was "inadvertent" The judge in the case seems...doubtful #bcpoli
“I am deeply concerned with the representations that were made to the court concerning the non-existence of documents that have now been disclosed,” Justice Lindsay LeBlanc said. “I’m also deeply concerned and troubled with what appears to be a cavalier approach exhibited by the respondents in meeting the document production obligations.”

LeBlanc said the scope of her order requiring the province to hand over the documents was considered in court over multiple days and again at the B.C. Court of Appeal, and she has “no hesitation” in concluding the province was aware of what documents it was required to provide.
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Shannon Waters @sobittersosweet.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Worth noting this type of embarrassment may be a thing of the past for the BC government In future, these types of documents may be covered by cabinet confidence and unavailable to those requesting reviews of government decisions Bill 16 received royal assent on May 21 #bcpoli
Disclosure of confidence of Executive Council
23 (1) In this section:

"cabinet secretary" means the deputy minister appointed under the Public Service Act with the title of cabinet secretary;

"secretary to the Treasury Board" means the person appointed as secretary under section 3 (2) of the Financial Administration Act.

(2) A minister, the cabinet secretary or the deputy cabinet secretary may certify in writing that information is a confidence of the Executive Council or any of its committees.

(3) Without limiting subsection (2), the secretary to the Treasury Board or the deputy secretary may certify in writing that information is a confidence of the Treasury Board.

(4) Subsections (2) and (3) apply in relation to a power, duty or function delegated to the chair or vice chair of the Treasury Board under section 4 of the Financial Administration Act as if the power, duty or function were exercised or performed by the Treasury Board.

(5) A person may not be compelled to disclose in an application for judicial review information certified as a confidence under subsection (2) or (3).
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Emily Fagan @thatemfagan.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
B.C. AG Niki Sharma says people deserve to know whether they may be among the at least 652 women and girls filmed by a Saanich man convicted of voyeurism and making child sexual abuse material. She's among those calling for police to be more transparent. My latest: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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B.C. attorney general says potential victims of Saanich voyeur have 'right to know' key details from police | CBC News
B.C. Attorney General Niki Sharma says people deserve to know whether they may be among the at least 652 women and girls filmed by a Saanich, B.C., man convicted of voyeurism and making child sexual a...
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Emily Fagan @thatemfagan.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
For the fifth year, deaths of people experiencing homelessness in BC are on the rise. I talked to the chief coroner and frontline workers about the factors they’re seeing contribute to this, and what needs to be done to prevent further deaths. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Deaths of people experiencing homelessness on rise for 5th year, B.C. Coroner data shows | CBC News
More than 500 people died while experiencing homelessness in 2024, a more than tripling from 2020. Many of the deaths, data shows, were as a result of the toxic drug supply.
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karen ward @kwardvancouver.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
B.C. is NOT building the housing so the people deprived of housing are dying this is an important article by @thatemfagan.bsky.social look at this photo of a street memorial www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Deaths of people experiencing homelessness on rise for 5th year, B.C. Coroner data shows | CBC News
More than 500 people died while experiencing homelessness in 2024, a more than tripling from 2020. Many of the deaths, data shows, were as a result of the toxic drug supply.
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Michelle Cyca @michellecyca.com · 12/05/2026
new from me, at @thewalrus.ca: it is, in fact, a big deal! thewalrus.ca/the-new-york...
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The New York Times Got Caught Using AI Hallucinations in Its Reporting | The Walrus
Despite how the newspaper downplayed it, this is—in fact—a big deal
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Jen St. Denis @jenstden.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Today we’re publishing an important investigative story by Emily Enns. This story maps the connections between a group of mostly retired academics and think tanks to sow doubt about the historical truths of residential schools in Canada. thetyee.ca/News/2026/05...
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Who’s Behind the Residential School Denialism Movement? | The Tyee
A network of retired academics and think tanks is chipping away at established truths.
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Emily Fagan @thatemfagan.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Tourism and festival industry organizers say the increased demands of new security guidelines in the wake of the Lapu Lapu Day attack, as well as rising costs, have resulted in significant strain — particularly on small community events. My latest: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Cancelled parades a result of growing pressure on B.C. community events, organizers say | CBC News
Tourism and festival industry organizers say the increased demands of these security measures, as well as rising costs for things such as insurance, permits, and supplies, have resulted in significant...
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De Facto Journalism Co-op @defactomedia.ca · 04/05/2026
Our first investigation is nearly two years in the making, as our reporters @godfrey.bsky.social and @emmaarkell.bsky.social began digging into this story in mid-2024, starting with questions about a TransLink fare evasion enforcement blitz. www.defactomedia.ca/vpd-immigrat...
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Vancouver cops are calling border enforcement more than ever. Community members fear that puts them in danger
Migrant sex workers say they're ‘more afraid of police than perpetrators of a crime,’ as new data reveals VPD ‘immigration status checks’ spiked 80% to nearly 1,000 people in two years
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De Facto Journalism Co-op @defactomedia.ca · 01/05/2026
This International Workers’ Day, we're putting media back in workers’ hands. De Facto Journalism Co-op is a new non-profit of 6 worker-owners producing in-depth journalism focused on justice issues and systems of power. To get our first investigations next week, subscribe here: defactomedia.ca
from left to right: Brishti Basu, Emma Arkell, Mike Graeme, Dustin Godfrey, David P. Ball and Cam Welch
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Amanda Follett Hosgood @amandafollett.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
A bi-weekly meeting of several BC ministries, industry regulators and the RCMP's CRU-BC protest policing unit has been keeping tabs on "ongoing climate action initiatives and treaty negotiations," according to a January update. My latest for @thetyee.ca. thetyee.ca/News/2026/04...
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BC’s Protest-Response Team Is Monitoring Treaty Negotiations, Internal Docs Show | The Tyee
The RCMP says the briefings are meant to provide ‘situational awareness.’ One climate advocate says it’s ‘deeply disturbing.’
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Amanda Follett Hosgood @amandafollett.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
The Tsitika River watershed on northeast Vancouver Island is home to ancient rainforests and abundant wildlife. Last year, BC quietly removed a large tract from its old-growth deferral list. Now 24 hectares are slated for logging. @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2026/04...
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The Forest Quietly Removed from BC’s Old-Growth Deferral List | The Tyee
Most of Vancouver Island has been logged. Now, one of the last ancient forests, in the Tsitika River watershed, is on the chopping block.
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Emily Fagan @thatemfagan.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
It's been a year since B.C.'s premier committed to reviewing the Mental Health Act after the Lapu Lapu Day tragedy — but there's still no progress or info on when the review may begin. I looked into why this review has been called for, and the stakes for getting it right. tinyurl.com/4pz7nxhu
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No progress on B.C. premier's promise to review Mental Health Act following Lapu-Lapu Day tragedy | CBC News
The Mental Health Act, which legislates the involuntary detention and treatment of people who have a mental illness, has been hotly contested in recent years. As B.C. has put involuntary care at the f...
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Sandra Smiley (she/her) @sandrasmiley.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
First Nations leaders say B.C. hasn’t made much progress in preventing outsized impact of toxic drug crisis by @thatemfagan.bsky.social #publichealth #harmreduction #toxicdrugs #healthequity www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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First Nations leaders say B.C. hasn’t made much progress in preventing outsized impact of toxic drug crisis | CBC News
In the 10 years since B.C. declared the toxic drug crisis a public health emergency, First Nations leaders say the crisis has had an outsized impact on Indigenous communities.
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Emily Fagan @thatemfagan.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
What’s the difference between a coroner’s inquest and a public inquiry, and why are some pushing for both in the case of Tumbler Ridge? I thought it might help to break down these two types of investigations, and the paths to finding answers that they could take: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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What's the difference between a public inquiry and coroner's inquest into Tumbler Ridge? | CBC News
A coroner's inquest has been called into the Tumbler Ridge mass shooting and B.C.'s public safety minister says a public inquiry is also possible. But how do the two differ and what can Canadians expe...
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Alex Boyd @alexboyd.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Absolutely wild. WSJ reporting that some OpenAI staffers thought the Tumbler Ridge shooter's use of ChatGPT raised the potential of real world violence but leadership decided not to alert RCMP. www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...
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Exclusive | OpenAI Employees Raised Alarms About Canada Shooting Suspect Months Ago
The ChatGPT maker opted against informing Canadian authorities about Jesse Van Rootselaar’s descriptions of violence last June.
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Jimmy Thomson @jameswsthomson.com · 04/02/2026
In its new report on the Hastings forced evictions, the BC Human Rights Commissioner just identified a, uh, pretty major gap in oversight:
the investigator assigned to investigate the complaint was not
sufficiently independent because the investigator was also the Gold Commander with overall operational responsibility for the decampment.
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Richard Warnica @rwarnica.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
I wrote a big piece that was, in part, about ICE arrests in Texas last summer. I ended up cutting a section on what it's like for kids in family detention. But if you're wondering what that five-year-old from Minnesota is now going through in Texas, this will give you some idea.
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Emily Fagan @thatemfagan.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
A wind storm that caused B.C. Ferries to cancel almost all sailings between Vancouver and the island came at the peak of the holiday travel season – leaving the fate of many passengers and their travel plans uncertain. I spoke to several of those left stranded. Latest: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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B.C. Ferries passengers face multi-sailing waits in wake of wind storm | CBC News
The wind storm on Monday afternoon that caused B.C. Ferries to cancel almost all sailings between the Lower Mainland and Vancouver Island came at the peak of the holiday travel season – leaving the fa...
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Emily Fagan @thatemfagan.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
RCMP are investigating after two early-morning shootings have taken place over the past three days on residential streets in the Cowichan Valley. Latest: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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2 ‘targeted’ shootings in B.C.'s Cowichan Valley in 3 days, RCMP say | CBC News
Police are investigating after two early-morning shootings have taken place over the past three days on two residential streets in Vancouver Island's, Cowichan Valley. Cpl. Alex Bérubé, media relation...
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Andrew Kurjata @akurjata.ca · 05/12/2025
What a post-script, from @thatemfagan.bsky.social www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #bcpoli
By mid-afternoon, the flurry of activity from the morning’s news had quietened. That’s when Rustad, taking a break from cleaning out his office, wandered into the press gallery and began regaling reporters with stories of animals he's encountered in northern B.C.

For about 20 minutes, he told stories about otters, wolves, eagles and other animals.

Once, he said, while snowshoeing through the bush, he realized he was downwind of a fully grown moose. He coughed, alerting the moose to his presence — and it began to charge, he said.

With only an axe to defend himself, Rustad said, he held his ground. Just before it reached him, the moose stopped, snorted and turned away.

"Politics is nothing compared to that," he said.
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Emily Fagan @thatemfagan.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
B.C. could be on the verge of flirting with another attempt at proportional representation. But after three failed attempts, what would make this time different? My latest: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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B.C. has tried and failed to change its voting system. Could this time be different? | CBC News
Recommendations from an all-party B.C. committee on democratic reform has reignited a longstanding conversation in the province about the possibility of proportional representation.
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PressProgress @pressprogress.ca · 25/11/2025
Canada’s drug laws are facing a constitutional challenge from the founders of a Vancouver compassion club. In trying to beat back a wave of toxic street drugs, "You feel lost and powerless, because you are," Jeremy Kalicum testified. pressprogress.ca/drug-laws-fa...
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Canada’s Drug Laws Face Challenge from Founders of Vancouver Compassion Club
'You feel lost and powerless, because you are,' Drug User Liberation Front co-founder testifies on day one of weeks-long hearing
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Emily Fagan @thatemfagan.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
While Premier Eby says changes to the Mental Health Act are necessary to make sure workers are protected from liability, some in the industry have raised questions about why this change is necessary — as they say the act already covers liability protection. Latest: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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B.C. gov't says Mental Health Act changes intended to help nurses, but critics concerned | CBC News
While Premier David Eby says these changes are necessary to make sure health-care workers are clearly protected from liability, some in the health-care industry have raised questions about why this ch...
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Jen St. Denis @jenstden.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
You wouldn’t believe the lengths @kehyslop.bsky.social had to go to to get basic info on the training for school liaison officers. This contoversial VPD program was briefly shuttered in 2021 before being reinstated in 2023. #vanpoli thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
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We Finally Have Some Info on School Liaison Officer Training | The Tyee
After two years of FOI requests and complaints, the Vancouver police finally let The Tyee review some training modules.
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Emily Fagan @thatemfagan.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Politicians and experts are calling for nasal naloxone to be free for everyone in B.C.—as it is in other provinces—as they say providing a more accessible option for the general public could make a difference in saving lives amid the toxic drug crisis. Latest: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Experts, politicians are pushing for widespread free nasal naloxone. So why doesn’t B.C. have it? | CBC News
While the province has explored wider distribution of the spray for free as a pilot program, Health Minister Josie Osborne says it has not completed an evaluation of the program initially set to be co...
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Shannon Waters @sobittersosweet.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
My initial reaction to Minister Parmar's comments was raised eyebrows and rolled eyes A few weeks later, standing on the edge of a freshly logged cutblock in the Walbran Valley, his words seemed even more jarring In fact, "the clearcutting continues as we speak" #bcpoli
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Emily Fagan @thatemfagan.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
A Canada-wide agreement signed today will drop interprovincial trade barriers on many goods, except food and alcohol, starting in December. Latest: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Provinces sign agreement to drop interprovincial trade barriers on goods except food, alcohol | CBC News
An agreement, signed today, between all Canadian provinces, territories, and the federal government, will drop interprovincial trade barriers on many goods except food and alcohol. It's part of an eff...
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Jay Rosen @jayrosen.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
Columbia Journalism Review recently interviewed Betsy Reed, editor of the Guardian's U.S. edition. www.cjr.org/the-intervie... She says: "If we regard it, for good reason, as being extreme and out of line with basic humane values, we won’t treat it as part of the normal discourse in America."
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Emily Fagan @thatemfagan.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
Many services on Salt Spring Island are experiencing a labor shortage, driven by a lack of housing workers can afford. It's pushed businesses around the island to offer housing for workers in order to improve recruitment — including illegal trailers. My latest: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Illegal housing essential to keep Salt Spring Island businesses open, employers say | CBC News
Many services on Salt Spring Island are experiencing a labour shortage, driven by a lack of housing workers can afford. It’s pushed businesses around the island to offer housing for workers in order t...
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Emily Fagan @thatemfagan.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
B.C. Green Party MLA Rob Botterell says in a province where a third of residents are renters, it’s time to remove the ability for landlords to raise rent prices after evicting tenants. He's pushing for vacancy control — but is facing an uphill battle. Latest: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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B.C. Greens want to tie rent increases to units, not tenants – but face uphill battle | CBC News
A B.C. Green MLA bill this week aims to create vacancy control – a policy that would limit rent increases by tying them to a unit, not an individual tenancy. It's generated support from poverty reduct...
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Emily Fagan @thatemfagan.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
The Victoria Police Department spent more than $22,000 in public funds on a celebration for its outgoing and incoming police chiefs this summer, according to documents obtained through FOI by @stephenharrison.bsky.social Latest: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Victoria police spent $22K on party for outgoing, incoming chiefs | CBC News
The Victoria Police Department spent more than $22,000 in public funds on a celebration that honoured its outgoing and incoming police chiefs, according to a freedom of information request.
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Shannon Waters @sobittersosweet.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
I'm really glad Stephen keeps such a close eye on the goings on related to our local police department It's such essential, public service reporting that I don't see from other local outlets
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Stephen Harrison @stephenharrison.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
The #yyj police board is presenting its draft 2026 budget at 5:00 pm. They want $90 million+, including 25 new officers. It would be an $11 million increase, or 14% (a 52%, $31 million increase from 2021). Budget: vicpd.ca/wp-content/u... 🧵 with highlights before the meeting starts. #vicpdboard
Table showing VicPD’s proposed 2026 budget increase. VicPD has labeled $7.8 million as a “core increase” and $3.1 million as “optional resources,” totalling $10.8 million, a 13.73% increase, or $89,845,665. Next to text indicating VicPD is asking for 17 new officers as “optional resources,” red text is added that says “Doesn't mention they're actually asking for 25 new officers; they just decided to brand eight of them "non-optional." The entire budget is optional.” Red text added below the “Total budget” says “+ $925,425 still under appeal, rejected by Esquimalt last year $90,771,090 (if appeal succeeds).”
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