Hi Bluesky 👋 Small life update: I’m at the centre of a multimillion dollar lawsuit in Alberta launched by a failed candidate for Jason Kenney’s UCP It may be the longest and most expensive media trial in Canadian history I’m ready to go public about it and I want to share more details with you 🧵

A failed UCP candidate is suing @pressprogress.ca for reporting and quoting things she said. With no anti-SLAPP protection in Alberta, they've been drawn into a long, costly legal battle. If you believe in accountability and a free press, and can spare it, give them your support.

Deeply appreciate Canada’s media union speaking out against this multimillion dollar lawsuit An attack on one is an attack on all If they can do this to me, they can do this to you

This is an important case in defending freedom of the press.

for anyone stumbling across this thread @brishti.bsky.social covered the case accurately for @pressprogress.ca: pressprogress.ca/founders-of-...

Alcohol Still Leading Cause of Substance-related Hospitalizations in Canada, With Cannabis now a 'Concerning' Second pressprogress.ca/alcohol-stil... @brishti.bsky.social @pressprogress.ca 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁

I am very interested in this as Caylan Ford was the UCP candidate in my riding. She has now started a charter school that Peter “Canada’s aboriginal problem” has been advocating. Please read and donate if you can

!!!! This is a DISGRACE and so deeply disturbing. Support Luke! Support Press Progress! Support journalism!!!

Full article is up. “There is no issue that the Crown has proven the essential elements of the offence of [possession for the purpose of trafficking],” Murray said. “However, this case is not that straightforward.” Read more at @pressprogress.ca pressprogress.ca/founders-of-...

🧵👇 Important thread from PressProgress Editor @lukelebrun.ca If you're able, please support our Journalism Defence Fund: pressprogress.ca/journalism-d...

At some point, when all this is settled, I would like the BC public to hold this person to account for her disinformation and the community harm it has wreaked. Well done @brishti.bsky.social getting more for the public record.

Founders of groundbreaking Vancouver compassion club found guilty of drug trafficking Eris Nyx and Jeremy Kalicum, who sold club members drugs they had tested for safety, plan to launch a constitutional challenge against Canada's drug laws on November 24. pressprogress.ca/founders-of-...

To be clear: PressProgress stands behind its journalism We took multiple steps to verify the authenticity of Caylan Ford’s statements and gave Caylan Ford multiple opportunities to explain her words Journalists have a right to quote the words of politicians

🧵👇 Important thread from PressProgress Editor @lukelebrun.ca If you're able, please support our Journalism Defence Fund: pressprogress.ca/journalism-d...

Founders of Vancouver’s Drug User Liberation Front Eris Nyx and Jeremy Kalinin have just been found guilty of drug trafficking. Justice Murray rules CDSA exemption didn’t include procurement & distribution. “There is no doubt all of DULF’s actions were for one purpose.” @pressprogress.ca

If you care about journalism and press freedom, read this thread from Luke.

Alcohol still leading cause of substance-related hospitalizations in Canada, with cannabis now a ‘concerning’ second Hospital data for substance use visits now counts CHS, a growing weed-related illness pressprogress.ca/alcohol-stil...

Mark Carney is billing it as an “investment budget,” but with plans to cut $60 billion in program spending and eliminate 40,000 jobs (10% of the federal public service), @dtcochrane.bsky.social says it’s more like an austerity budget Our podcast live from inside the budget media lock-up yesterday:

my colleague @stephenmag.bsky.social's reporting on the Alberta government sending teachers back to work, and the labour movement's response, en français pour @pivot.quebec

@lukelebrun.ca and @dtcochrane.bsky.social break down what Mark Carney's austerity budget means for workers — both public and private sector — in the latest episode of Sources

🎧 PODCAST: Looking inside Mark Carney’s ‘extremely Orwellian’ austerity budget From $60 billion in cuts to eliminating 40,000 jobs, Canadian Labour Congress Sr. Economist @dtcochrane.bsky.social shares his impressions of the Carney government's first budget live inside the media lock-up in Ottawa

🎧 PODCAST: Looking inside Mark Carney’s ‘extremely Orwellian’ austerity budget From $60 billion in cuts to eliminating 40,000 jobs, Canadian Labour Congress Sr. Economist @dtcochrane.bsky.social shares his impressions of the Carney government's first budget live inside the media lock-up in Ottawa

INFO | Le gouvernement albertain a utilisé la clause dérogatoire pour imposer une loi spéciale et forcer le retour au travail des enseignant·es. Le plus grand syndicat de la province entend répliquer fermement, sans toutefois en arriver déjà à la grève générale.

In response to Alberta’s use of the notwithstanding clause, labour groups are vowing retaliation. Danielle Smith's attack on bargaining rights has unions raising the spectre of a general strike: pressprogress.ca/alberta-labo...

“Our members are highly motivated by the fact that the government treated them with the disrespect that they did, that they will be more than happy to engage in pushing back,” [Alberta Teachers' Association president] Schilling told PressProgress.

In response to Alberta’s use of the notwithstanding clause, labour groups are vowing retaliation. Danielle Smith's attack on bargaining rights has unions raising the spectre of a general strike: pressprogress.ca/alberta-labo...

When beat reporters are becoming fewer and far between, it’s good news when a publication adds one instead!

We're launching a newsletter about healthcare in Canada: Sign up for your first dose: pressprogress.ca/canadian-hea...

Hi so I'm about to launch a Canadian healthcare newsletter with @pressprogress.ca If you sign up, I'll be in your inbox 2x a month w exclusive health news, info, research, and more, all broken down and digestible for you. 1st edition goes out soon, see for yourself! pressprogress.ca/pulsecheck/

Bike mechanics want the government to recognize the job as a distinct profession and skilled trade. Right now, they're officially grouped with workers who repair accordions, jukeboxes and the safety valves on pipelines. pressprogress.ca/bike-mechani...

Ontario cities are clearing homeless encampments. Where are people supposed to go? Amidst a housing crisis with no end in sight, municipalities across the province have been cracking down on the unhoused: pressprogress.ca/ontario-citi...

Ontario cities are clearing homeless encampments. Where are people supposed to go? Amidst a housing crisis with no end in sight, municipalities across the province have been cracking down on the unhoused: pressprogress.ca/ontario-citi...

On a new episode of 🔴 @pressprogress.ca SOURCES🔴 health reporter @brishti.bsky.social sits down with virologist Dr. Angela Rasmussen to talk about the very real health risks of zoonotic diseases and the political circus surrounding a particular flock of ostriches pressprogress.ca/podcast-bc-o... 🔶

They've been making headlines in Canada and U.S. for months. B.C. ostriches facing a cull after an #H5N1 outbreak killed 69 birds last winter. On this episode of Sources, virologist @angierasmussen.bsky.social joined me to unpack + #factcheck health/public health questions and claims circulating.

🎧 PODCAST: Ostriches and deer and viruses, oh my! Join PressProgress health reporter @brishti.bsky.social as she goes down a "labyrinthine ostrich hole" with virologist Dr. Angela Rasmussen to learn more about zoonotic diseases and a far-right ostrich farm in rural BC

CAG is in the news! 🔴 pressprogress.ca/vancouvers-f...

A Pickering councillor has been suspended without pay seven times. I went through the integrity commissioner reports each time she was suspended. Here's what I found:

This city councillor in Pickering, Ontario has now been suspended seven times. Here are the reasons why: Lisa Robinson has a history of disruptive behaviour and associating with far-right media personalities

This city councillor in Pickering, Ontario has now been suspended seven times. Here are the reasons why: Lisa Robinson has a history of disruptive behaviour and associating with far-right media personalities

I'm quoted in this piece! It's about how and why animation workers have been forming so many unions in Vancouver the last few years ☺️

Nearly a decade of organizing in Vancouver's animation and VFX industries is transforming wages and working conditions for the workers behind shows like Star Trek: Lower Decks, even amid a historic slowdown in film and TV. I spoke to workers + organizers about it for @pressprogress.ca

Vancouver’s film and TV industry is facing one of its ‘toughest slowdowns’ ever. Animators and visual effects workers are unionizing to take back control: “It’s time to level the playing field for the workers ... so they can have more of a say, more control and a democratization of their workplace”

Vancouver’s film and TV industry is facing one of its ‘toughest slowdowns’ ever. Animators and visual effects workers are unionizing to take back control: “It’s time to level the playing field for the workers ... so they can have more of a say, more control and a democratization of their workplace”

Before nominations even opened in Edmonton's mayoral race, Tim Cartmell raised nearly half a million dollars — with half of that coming from sources tied to real estate, construction and development. How the development industry helped Cartmell get a head start: pressprogress.ca/how-developm...

No, Tylenol didn’t *actually* mean that its products aren’t recommended during pregnancy. @brishti.bsky.social unravels an old, poorly-worded tweet that the U.S. President and his supporters are clinging to: pressprogress.ca/no-tylenol-d...

No, Tylenol didn’t *actually* mean that its products aren’t recommended during pregnancy. @brishti.bsky.social unravels an old, poorly-worded tweet that the U.S. President and his supporters are clinging to: pressprogress.ca/no-tylenol-d...

“These recommendations amount to service cuts, contracting out and major rollbacks to important provisions in our existing collective agreements” - @cupwsttp.bsky.social

Canada Post workers hit the picket lines in a surprise strike escalation just hours after the federal government announced massive cuts to the postal service. I break down what the government is planning and what some CUPW members think about the proposed changes for @pressprogress.ca

“The fact that their way to save money involves getting rid of a whole bunch of our jobs is insulting." - Nicole Chouinard, president of CUPW Local 812 in Prince George, BC. Why Canada Post Workers Are Back On Strike by @emmaarkell.bsky.social: pressprogress.ca/why-canada-p...

The government wants to end mail delivery as we know it. Postal workers hope to stop them. Why Canada Post workers are back on strike: pressprogress.ca/why-canada-p...