My latest update on Francisco Barahona. After a two and a half year delay BC Cancer admitted him and started radiation. But now it says he has to pay a $5,000 deposit before treatment can continue. As a construction worker who hasn't been able to work for years that's money he doesn't have.

After winning the $1-million Arctic Inspiration Prize in 2024, #Inotsiavik is offering Inuit in Labrador outdoor cultural programming, Inuttitut lessons, virtual programs and more. #Nunatsiavut #Labrador Read the new feature from Frey Blake-Pijogge 👇 theindependent.ca/indy-archive...

Watch it. Then stop it.

Three years ago, the BC government promised an independent investigation into long-standing misconduct allegations within the BC RCMP. A report is expected in the coming weeks. But the province says it will review the findings before anything is released. @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2026/03...

BC has eliminated its long-running Climate Action Secretariat. At least 10 staff members have been sent to work on pipelines and oil and gas. Meanwhile, this month the City of Vancouver also scrapped its sustainability department. My latest for @thetyee.ca #bcpoli

Can confirm Park Board staff ignored my question about the savings. Props to @isabellazavarise.bsky.social for continuing to ask. www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...

“This was 12 years before the Boston Globe investigation into the sexual abuse of children by priests in 2002. The Academy Award-winning movie Spotlight was based on that series of reports.” Mount Cashel's Continuing Saga of Abuse and Conspiracy via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2026/03...

YEE-AH @sarahkrichel.bsky.social !!! Tyee Writer Nominated for National Newspaper Award via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Tyeenews/202...

Districts across B.C. cutting millions from budgets, again via @korisidaway.bsky.social & @cheknews.ca cheknews.ca/districts-ac...

“This time of year, there’s nobody thinking about water shortage." Oh no, I am definitely thinking about this. vancouver.citynews.ca/2026/03/19/v...

Warnings from Vancouver Park Board commissioners last fall that the city’s “zero means zero” 2026 budget would result in service cuts seem to be coming true as staff plan to halve the number of beaches and lakes with lifeguards this summer. @kehyslop.bsky.social reports. #vanpoli

"From 2015 to 2025, police in Toronto, Ottawa, Peel, York and Durham collectively were called out in court more than 1,000 times for Charter violations in 627 cases, the study found." www.thestar.com/news/canada/...

“We can’t ‘food bank’ our way out of food insecurity, we can’t ‘decrease food waste’ our way out of food insecurity, we can’t ‘smart shopping’ our way out of food insecurity." ^ Really appreciated this quote from Gerry Kasten, a retired honorary lecturer in food, nutrition and health at UBC.

My piece today: Why Is Vancouver's World Cup Human Rights Plan So Weak? via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2026/03...

“It sends a message that their needs are not as important as everybody else’s, and I don’t think that that’s the kind of society we want to be.” via @isaacphannay.bsky.social & @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2026/03...

The cost of my reporting stared me in the face last week, when two Nazis showed up to try to intimidate me for my journalism on a private night out. But that’s far from the only fallout of my latest investigation. I took a few days, watching the reaction -- and now I’ve got much more to share:

"During last year’s election, Gunn found himself in hot water for resurfaced social media posts denying that Canada participated in a genocide against Indigenous Peoples." First Nations Tell Aaron Gunn: 'Chillax, Bud' via @akkabah.bsky.social & @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2026/03...

‘Militantly illegal police conduct’: Conviction shatters years of protection for Thunder Bay police sergeant: ricochet.media/justice/poli...

Here’s my (frighteningly vulnerable!!) follow up on my reporting that exposed a white nationalist active club. On the professional and personal costs of this work:

The award for best press release goes to.... #canpoli #chillax

"Taken together, Botterell said, the amendments mean there will be no consequences if the government avoids releasing information it doesn’t want to." BC Government Accused of a Stealth Attack on Freedom of Information via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2026/03...

In case you missed yesterday's big local news story: Vancouver Coun. Sean Orr Sues Mayor Ken Sim via me & @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2026/03...

@timothysnyder.bsky.social on why war w/ Iran: "We will be horrified, but we cannot be surprised, if there is a terrorist attack on the United States. If choose to be surprised, we co-create a moment that Trump will exploit to undo what remains of our democracy." snyder.substack.com/p/the-desire...

In case you missed this last week like I did: RCMP Discriminated in Abuse Investigation, Human Rights Tribunal Finds via @amandafollett.bsky.social & @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2026/03...

"The Pride and trans flags make it so that when people walk in, it’s like, ‘Social justice warriors are being woke in here. And if you don’t like that, you probably shouldn’t work out here.’" 😂 Super joyful interview by @kehyslop.bsky.social thetyee.ca/Culture/2026...

Showing the sitting mayor of Canada’s third largest city a printout of an offensive AI slop image to confirm whether that’s the image he saw that led him to accuse a councillor of a crime, is possibly the weirdest thing I’ve ever done at work. And I once wrote about a merkin art exhibit.

Posting regarding petition E-7195 that recognizes in Canadian immigration law that the U.S. is not safe for queer people! www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en... #canadasky #transsky #vancouversky

If you haven't already, consider subscribing to @thetyee.ca -- they do amazing work and I'm so grateful to them for partnering with me on this story!

For @thetyee.ca, @rachelgilmore.bsky.social unmasks a former Olympian training with the white nationalist group Frontenac Active Club in a Montreal gym: thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...

The @theijf.org has found Surrey Speak’s content appears to be largely AI-generated and is laden with factual inaccuracies. The website also published AI-generated imagery based on real events, including an altered portrait of a murder victim. @zakvescera.bsky.social reports. #CdnMedia

In an exclusive interview with @thetyee.ca, an educator who testified against Neufled during the tribunal said his posts made LGBTQ2S(IA)+ students scared to go to school because of increased bullying, and pushed teachers back into the closet. My piece today. thetyee.ca/News/2026/03...

For years, contract workers at SFU have complained of bullying & harassment and workload issues. One janitor even died on the job. Despite organized advocacy from SFU faculty and staff to bring the workers in-house, nothing has changed. @isaacphannay.bsky.social reports thetyee.ca/News/2026/02...

What PM Mark Carney failed to note was a glaring contradiction: how could the attacks be intended to thwart development of Iranian nuclear weapons when, according to Trump, Iran’s nuclear capabilities had been “obliterated” in the 12-day war in June 2025? @crof.bsky.social writes. #uspoli

In about 3 minutes, the Mayor of Vancouver said “I spoke with Councillor Orr & apologized for my comments” 16 times. That was his answer to every question about why he claimed Sean Orr had handed out illegal drugs to people on the street during Christmas.

The Courageous Heart of 'True North' via @dorothywoodend.bsky.social & @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Culture/2026...

I don’t think anyone is going to be satisfied with these answers. Apologies for the lop sided video.

I guess now we know why Mayor Sim was not that shocked by Councillor Zhou's false accusations... via Darryl Greer vancouver.citynews.ca/2026/02/26/v...

Despite Tatyanna Harrison being a young Indigenous woman who was homeless, had mental health diagnoses & had been a fentanyl user, police did not designate her disappearance as "high risk" when she was reported missing. #MMIWG thetyee.ca/News/2026/02...

Re Today in Vancouver City Council - we're going on lunch break now. Cllr Bligh just gave notice that she's withdrawing her motion 3 regarding Supportive Housing due to Cllr Zhou’s misinformation campaign. Resuming at 1.15 pm with motion 4 which is my motion about remote work privileges.

1/ It's not everyday a sitting city councillor accuses his colleagues — in a language they don't speak, on a social media channel they don't use — of being drug users and dealers. Still 9 months out from the election and it's already getting nasty. via me & @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2026/02...

More journalists and media workers were killed in 2025 than in any other year since CPJ began collecting data more than three decades ago. At least 129 journalists and media workers were killed, two-thirds of them by Israel. Read CPJ’s #2025KilledReport: cpj.org?p=553549

Ultimatum or cheeky negotiation re-starter? Vancouver's progressive municipal parties can't agree, but they are still trying to reach a deal to avoid a vote split in the October election. My @thetyee.ca piece today: thetyee.ca/News/2026/02...

"Opposition to UNDRIP seems based in a misconception that it grants Indigenous Peoples “special rights” at the expense of other citizens. It does not." via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...

In 2024-25: "Only about six out of 10 hirings were found to be fully based on merit through a process that was both properly designed and applied." BC Quietly Kills an Office that Ensured Merit-Based Hiring via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2026/02...

remember when there was a whole media storm about a leaked document that gave some vague gesture towards "significant" diversion without ever really saying what that meant? it'd be cool if this got any attention from other media in the province

SOGI Is Under Attack. Educators Say It’s Never Been More Needed, by @kehyslop.bsky.social thetyee.ca/News/2026/02...

Was surprised to see this in the National Post, but it makes all the sense: "(National Post has not had an interview with Poilievre since December 2023.)" nationalpost.com/news/politic...

Budget day is a terrible day to post about anything else, but here goes: was delighted to give a lecture at the Canadian University Press national conference at Capilano Uni this past weekend. It was a CUP NASH conference that brought me to Vancouver for the first time ever in 2007...

THE BC BUDGET IS OUT! The B.C. government is projecting a $13.3 billion deficit for the upcoming fiscal year, and announced a series of tax increases, job cuts and project delays. Here are five things you need to know.

“For those who are just learning about Tumbler Ridge for the first time, know that it is so much more than the events of this week. The town is a portrait of resiliency. It has survived against the odds and emerged stronger.” @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2026/02...