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tyson singh kelsall @tsk.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
we have lost so many people while police & politicians created a spectacle, raided DULF, stopped the expansion of an alt to the toxic supply, and put its co-founders through the needless consequences of this process that took years. DULF saves lives bsky.app/profile/godf...
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tyson singh kelsall @tsk.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
read this www.defactomedia.ca/how-vancouve... bsky.app/profile/defa...
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karen ward @kwardvancouver.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
cops lie
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P.O.W.E.R. @policeoversight.ca · 28/09/2026
“I’m happy to take you for a coffee,” Heard told Kalicum [DULF's co-founder] on May 23. Just four months later, Heard would notify sergeant Mike Cheah, the lead investigator on the DULF file, that he was recommending Wilson approve the investigation plan: www.defactomedia.ca/how-vancouve...
defactomedia.ca
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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tyson singh kelsall @tsk.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
read this www.defactomedia.ca/how-vancouve... bsky.app/profile/defa...
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tyson singh kelsall @tsk.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
something like this is likely to happen soon. outside the double-electoral spectacle– the sanctioned toxic drug crisis continues, preventable community safety issues persist. and there are individuals and groups resisting this violence every day with few resources www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
ctvnews.ca
‘Fear and anxiety’: The untold story of the Vancouver Police Department’s stranger assault scare
Internal emails obtained through Freedom of Information requests shed light on the Vancouver Police Department's media strategy related to stranger assaults ahead of the city's 2022 election.
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Care Not Cops @carenotcops.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Care Not Cops hosts grassroots networks in the colonial city of glass NEW in @briarpatchmag.bsky.social: www.briarpatchmagazine.com/care-not-cops
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Care Not Cops hosts grassroots networks in the colonial city of glass — Briarpatch Magazine
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tyson singh kelsall @tsk.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
a reminder today that drug "decriminalization" never happened – the BC government slapped the word on a policy pilot that was set up to fail the general public from before its implementation (2023): www.straight.com/news/comment...
straight.com
Commentary: BC's upcoming illicit drug exemption is not decriminalization
British Columbia’s federally granted exemption to the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (CDSA) for some drugs, including opioids and methamphetamine, is set to roll out tomorrow.
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SFU Faculty of Health Sciences @sfu-fhs.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
This study is co-authored by FHS PhD candidate @tsk.bsky.social and professor Kanna Hayashi. They examined police statistics along with self-reported data from people who use drugs and found that both datasets offered deeper insights when viewed together. #SFUFHS #OpioidCrisis #Decriminalization
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Simon Fraser University @sfu.ca · 10/09/2026
New SFU research found reports of police drug seizures without arrest increased during the first year of B.C.'s drug decriminalization pilot. The study also found people reporting drug seizures were 3x more likely to experience a non-fatal overdose.
sfu.ca
​​Reports of drug seizures by police rose during first year of decriminalization, SFU study finds​
People in Vancouver experienced an increase in police drug seizures during the first year of British Columbia's drug decriminalization pilot project, according to a Simon Fraser University study. D...
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Euan Thomson @drugdatadecoded.ca · 09/09/2026
Police drug seizures without arrests roughly doubled during the “decriminalization pilot.” Decrim never happened in BC. It was just a smokescreen to stall demands for drug user liberation, and another betrayal of public trust by police.
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P.O.W.E.R. @policeoversight.ca · 09/09/2026
🚨 NEW study: ​​Reports of drug seizures by police rose during first year of decriminalization in Vancouver via @sfu-fhs.bsky.social: www.sfu.ca/sfunews/stor... @drugdatadecoded.ca @readthemaple.com
sfu.ca
​​Reports of drug seizures by police rose during first year of decriminalization, SFU study finds​
People in Vancouver experienced an increase in police drug seizures during the first year of British Columbia's drug decriminalization pilot project, according to a Simon Fraser University study. D...
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tyson singh kelsall @tsk.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
new Crackdown ep covers how BC's so-called police oversight system is a smokescreen that reinforces acceptability for continued police killings, violence and routinized harassment–rooted in settler colonial & racial capitalist logics foundational to policing here www.crackdownpod.com/episodes/epi...
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Episode 58: Toothless Tiger — Crackdown Podcast
Cops kill people. They hurt people. They sexually assault people. And when they do, there’s a whole system that’s supposed to hold them accountable, but it barely works. On Episode 58, Garth and Sam...
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Investigative Journalism Foundation @theijf.org · 03/09/2026
Manitoba’s police watchdog rarely charges officers with wrongdoing, doesn’t publish timely annual reports and hasn’t had a permanent civilian director since 2024. Read our investigation. zurl.co/Neo06
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karen ward @kwardvancouver.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
welp. my phone is broken. does anyone in the vancouver area have an android phone they don't use and isnt broken? please DM me i will check in here on public computers throughout the day(s) also this is me passing the hat around if anyone would like to chip in etransfer: thefool.ward@gmail.com
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Spidey Senses Tingling
Alt: Spidey Senses Tingling
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tyson singh kelsall @tsk.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
"It was with great disappointment that we learned of the Province’s decision to cancel the planned overdose prevention site slated for 900 Helmcken...Harm reduction services, including overdose prevention sites, save lives..." statement from @thefnha.bsky.social fnha.ca/statement-on...
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Statement on the Province’s decision to cancel 900 Helmcken Street overdose prevention site - First Nations Health Authority (FNHA)
Unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations | VANCOUVER It was with great disappointment that we learned of the Province’s decis...
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Care Not Cops @carenotcops.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
We are slowly getting our things in order to host our fourth anti-carceral healthcare worker convergence this Sept 19 & 20 Registration now open for Speculative abolition: Art, documentation and medico-legal disruption Register: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... Support: chuffed.org/project/1926...
care not cops event poster-September 19 & 20 
Poster is black and white. Text reads "An abolitionist health convergence" 
yarrow grows , with the Woodward's sign layered on top of a full moon. Hanging from the sign are three banners: 1 ) Care 2)  Not  3) Cops
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tyson singh kelsall @tsk.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
tfw when you are a clueless sap even in your own fantasy bsky.app/profile/isab...
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dustin @godfrey.work · 12/08/2026
I'm sorry to see this resource lost. Filter was a reliable space for good harm reduction reporting and a regular landing spot for my freelance work, with a fantastic editor to work with in Will. Support independent journalism that challenges power.
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tyson singh kelsall @tsk.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
BC RCMP replaced the head officer they fired with a former commander of C-IRG whose policing plan included surveillance of people opposed to pipeline expansion www.aptnnews.ca/ourstories/c... bsky.app/profile/ctvn...
This was left to Chief Supt. John Brewer, who served as silver commander from 2017 until June 2021, when Attfield retired and Brewer became the group’s top Mountie.

Brewer is a nearly 30-year veteran involved in domestic and international policing operations including in Afghanistan, according to court files. He’s a former member of an RCMP Emergency Response Team (ERT), the force’s militarized SWAT units.

His silver operational plan begins with a detailed timeline before offering “general comments on TMEP [Trans Mountain expansion project] and CGL opposition.”

The section reveals the C-IRG has been casually monitoring the political activity of peaceful law-abiding groups based on fears that unknown extremists, professional protesters and agents provocateurs may use violence to support the cause.
 
“While Police are impartial, it is operationally necessary to have awareness of opposition to the oil and LNG pipeline project,” the plan explains. “It is understood that the majority of individuals and groups will express their opposition through lawful advocacy, protest and dissent.
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tyson singh kelsall @tsk.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
"These systems have long sought to define and enforce whose bodies are valued and worth protecting. It tells people...what labour roles they are expected to occupy. It tells us what work is considered legitimate and how we are expected to exist in our bodies" www.policeoversight.ca/p/transcript...
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Transcript: Sex workers face criminalization and state abandonment because our autonomy and power threaten violence of the status quo
Speech from the 2026 Prisoners’ Justice Day rally at the Claire Culhane memorial bench
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Robyn Maynard @policingblack.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
I'm speaking at a Policing Black Lives event in Vancouver, hosted by the fabulous Weaving Our Worlds and Vancouver Black Library, and there is a prison book drive - please consider donating ! weavingourworlds.ca/book-list/
weavingourworlds.ca
Book Drive List for Policing Black Lives Event – Weaving Our Worlds
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P.O.W.E.R. @policeoversight.ca · 05/08/2026
an important reminder from Samona that despite the copaganda, the Downtown Eastside still exists and so do the people who call it home:
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tyson singh kelsall @tsk.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
the involuntary treatment legislation that Daniel Vigo and David Eby have been working to expand has been found to be in violation of the Charter: bsky.app/profile/dsdp...
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tyson singh kelsall @tsk.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
a valuable explainer of the legal arguments (and one maze of canada's drug war policies) heard in the last days of the DULF Charter challenge by @michellegamage.bsky.social: thetyee.ca/News/2026/07...
thetyee.ca
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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dustin @godfrey.work · 13/07/2026
as DULF dominated the news cycle, and as they planned their high profile raid, the VPD claimed in FOI responses that no emails about DULF were sent to or from several senior officers for two of those officers, that wasn't true @defactomedia.ca www.defactomedia.ca/vpd-emails-f...
defactomedia.ca
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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karen ward @kwardvancouver.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
cops lie
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International Journal of Drug Policy @ijdrugpolicy.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
“Regulation on the rocks: Community-directed appraisal on the projected harms of reform to alcohol pricing in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver” by Mark Ng Shun and colleagues (2026) via @ijdrugpolicy.bsky.social…harm reduction or higher prices? Link: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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tyson singh kelsall @tsk.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
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AI drawn cash that looks incredibly fake and badly done from the VPD's original photo about their drug seizures
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isabella zavarise @isabellazavarise.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
“We used software to edit out the names of the accused. The edited photo has been taken down and replaced with the original photo that has been cropped to exclude the names of the accused,” Sgt. Adam Donaldson wrote in an email. www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
ctvnews.ca
Vancouver police explain ‘made with AI’ image of seized drugs, cash
The Vancouver Police Department posted an image of seized cash and drugs labelled “made with AI” on social media Wednesday, drawing backlash from some commenters.
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tyson singh kelsall @tsk.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
samona, delilah & myself spoke about some of the things we have seen at P.O.W.E.R. (@policeoversight.ca) as District 5 was created and FIFA approached in @theguardian.com: www.theguardian.com/football/202... bsky.app/profile/shar...
theguardian.com
Vancouver’s World Cup has come with a supercharged policing campaign, residents say
In the Downtown Eastside neighborhood nearby BC Place, advocates have noted tactics and displacement that are putting lives at risk
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tyson singh kelsall @tsk.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
toronto & vancouver are both "increasing the number of officers and horses" for FIFA gift link: www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/c51f4d9...
theglobeandmail.com
Police forces use drones, surveillance and manpower from elsewhere to keep World Cup secure
Approaches to policing the tournament are expected to look different in Toronto and Vancouver
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P.O.W.E.R. @policeoversight.ca · 10/06/2026
VicPD officer Chris Kayiatos worked on Pandora Avenue “Beat Team” while under investigation for sexual assault New: www.policeoversight.ca/p/vicpd-chri...
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Victoria cop Chris Kayiatos worked on Pandora Avenue “Beat Team” while under investigation for sexual assault
VicPD were made aware of the allegation against Kayiatos in April 2025, according to chief Fiona Wilson. Kayiatos continued to work until he was suspended with pay in May 2026.
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tyson singh kelsall @tsk.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
whether this is a 'pause' or reversal is not the point. we are not just one OPS short of stopping the deaths and ending the crisis. access delayed is access denied–it has been denied already for thousands of people who deserved urgency: themainlander.com/2026/05/29/c... bsky.app/profile/them...
themainlander.com
Failure to ensure city centre overdose prevention site reflects BC NDP deadly abandonment of people who use drugs: Healthcare workers, legal advocates
Care Not Cops, Pivot Legal, BCCLA & BCNUSJ call for action on the 10-year long toxic drug supply emergency
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The Mainlander @themainlander.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Failure to ensure city centre overdose prevention site reflects BC NDP deadly abandonment of people who use drugs: themainlander.com/2026/05/29/c... "The Health Minister has capitulated to the ideology of criminalization and containment"
themainlander.com
Failure to ensure city centre overdose prevention site reflects BC NDP deadly abandonment of people who use drugs: Healthcare workers, legal advocates
Care Not Cops, Pivot Legal, BCCLA & BCNUSJ call for action on the 10-year long toxic drug supply emergency
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Anna Mehler Paperny @mehlerpaperny.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Maybe if Vancouver Coastal Health rebranded it the FIFA Overdose Prevention Site the mayor would support it.
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CHEK News @cheknews.ca · 25/05/2026
Provincial lawyers throw out case against fired SD61 trustees after texts between senior government officials and VicPD surface surface.
cheknews.ca
SD 61 trustees reinstated, Province concedes court case
Provincial lawyers have conceded their case against the fired Greater Victoria School District (SD61) trustees, new text messages between senior Ministry of Education, Victoria Police officials, and the special advisor appointed to SD61 board, came to light.
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Ximena González @ximenaka.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Bread and circus, friends! “PBO estimates total government support to co-host the 2026 FIFA Men’s World Cup to be $1,066 million, of which federal support will be $473 million, with the remainder of $593 million funded by other levels of government.” www.pbo-dpb.ca/en/publicati...
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tyson singh kelsall @tsk.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
$1000 fine for alleged street vending. the cruelty is the point. www.policeoversight.ca/p/prefifa-po... bsky.app/profile/poli... #vanpoli
image of $1000 bylaw ticket for street vending from post
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Andrea Woo @andreawoo.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Sim's motion directing staff to "use all tools available" inc permitting, licensing, prev legal settlements, etc to prevent opening of OPS passes. Councillors Fry and Orr had tabled motions to defer Sim's motion until council could hear from others, inc VCH; both voted down.
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tyson singh kelsall @tsk.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
this fund is ~1/4 of the way there. there is already a heightened police presence throughout the new "District 5." support this harm reduction initiative to counter sex worker criminalization on days projected to be heaviest policed this summer: chuffed.org/project/1775... bsky.app/profile/anik...
chuffed.org
SUPPORT FUND - Sex Workers Interrupting Criminalization Vancouver
Support our initiative by/for sex workers to reduce harm from FIFA policing.
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tyson singh kelsall @tsk.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
"According to the data obtained through freedom of information...there were 2,066 non-fatal overdoses at Surrey Memorial between Jan. 1, 2020, and Dec. 4, 2025" thetyee.ca/News/2026/05... @thetyee.ca
thetyee.ca
Hundreds of Surrey Memorial Patients Are Overdosing Every Year | The Tyee
But fatalities remain low, according to the BC Coroners Service.
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Brishti Basu @brishti.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
This has been a long time coming. Join me and this rockstar team of journalists as we take charge of our own workplace. Our 1st article series launches on Monday with an investigation from @godfrey.bsky.social and @emmaarkell.bsky.social that we think will anger you into action. Sign up & follow!
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dustin @godfrey.work · 01/05/2026
HI HELLO happy International Workers' Day! i'm so excited to say this is finally happening! After so much time and energy with these wonderful friends, we're launching our non-profit worker-owned co-operative to do journalism the way we want to do journalism.
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karen ward @kwardvancouver.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
the B.C. Coroners Service posted two reports on April 24 and I guess nobody noticed? I did just now. it should've been A HUGE SCANDAL #bcpoli Deaths of Individuals Experiencing Homelessness in British Columbia (2016-2024) www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/b...
deaths of individuals experiencing homelessness by death year, 2016-2024

2016- 183
2017- 166
2018- 169
2019- 140
2020- 157
2021- 303
2022- 381
2023- 495
2024- 507
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Vancouver Sun @vancouversun.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
World Cup games to have largest police deployment in Vancouver's history vancouversun.com/sports/vanco...
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tyson singh kelsall @tsk.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
this fund is ~1/4 of the way there. there is already a heightened police presence throughout the new "District 5." support this harm reduction initiative to counter sex worker criminalization on days projected to be heaviest policed this summer: chuffed.org/project/1775... bsky.app/profile/anik...
chuffed.org
SUPPORT FUND - Sex Workers Interrupting Criminalization Vancouver
Support our initiative by/for sex workers to reduce harm from FIFA policing.
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Robyn Maynard @policingblack.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
No cop city anywhere - from atlanta to vancouver, cities are being militarized against their inhabitants. themainlander.com/2026/04/20/v...
themainlander.com
Academy at Woodward's marks "tactical escalation" by Vancouver police, writes drug user education group
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SWAN Vancouver @swan-vancouver.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
“I’m not giving up – like a dandelion that can grow anywhere, even in the concrete. We still have a chance to fight to keep this open,” reflects long-time PACE member Mama Rosa in a new report on the 2025 closure of the organization’s drop-in space. themainlander.com/2026/04/17/p...
themainlander.com
New report looks at impacts of PACE Society’s closure
After 30 years of operating as a community organization by and for sex workers, PACE closed its services in 2025.
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Pivot Legal Society @pivotlegalsociety.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
We echo and stand with the First Nations Leadership Council. @davidebybc.bsky.social built his career on the backs of people that he now abandons and systematically dispossesses.
thetyee.ca
David Eby’s Abandonment of Human Rights Betrays His Own Government | The Tyee
Dropping DRIPA is a political calculation that will leave the province worse off.
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