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...

A friend of mine is looking to speak to an immigration lawyer or consultant for a story she is working on. If you have any leads plz feel free to DM me! Thnx in advance!

I want to be clear, Rumneek is a wonderful editor and I am not mad.

*me editing one of our reporter's work & cutting out/shortening some sections* "hey are you mad at me?"

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hell on earth? oh you mean listening back to an interview in Punjabi and hearing myself struggle with certain terminology

Generative AI causes so many demonstrable harms, from counseling kids into suicide, stealing creative work and destroying the market for it, perverting education, and this predictable horror. Any other product like this would be regulated into the smallest possible box by a responsible society.

Appreciate @nationalobserver.com underlining the threat these lawsuits pose to our democracy: “One way to help preserve an independent media is to protect them from vindictive US-style lawsuits… we must be free to report fairly without the threat of expensive lawsuits designed solely to shut us up”

“[Our] community is being actively targeted on an ongoing basis by a foreign government ... and our government ignores all of that and says, ‘Ah well, we’re going to start rebuilding ties.’”

While the Sikh community is sounding the alarm and trying to push for accountability, the federal government is rebuilding ties with India. pressprogress.ca/wave-of-viol...

There’s a wave of violence targeting Canadian Sikhs, and the government seems powerless to stop it. "It’s a feeling of helplessness." pressprogress.ca/wave-of-viol...

Our editor @rumneeek.bsky.social is back with a big story that has been massively underreported. pressprogress.ca/wave-of-viol...

There have been hundreds of cases of extortion and violent crimes against Canadian Sikhs over the last few months, yet the story isn't front page news across the country. Why do you think that is? New, from me: pressprogress.ca/wave-of-viol...

POV: you are a young woman celebrating a recent academic success

As more and more studies expose fossil-fuel health harms, Mark Carney is doubling down First Nations and frontline workers are leading the charge against Canada's aggressive LNG expansion

You are infinitely closer to struggling than you ever will be to billionaires

So many questions, so little time.

Union Presidents Say Federal Government is “Scapegoating” Public Servants For the Deficit “This government is not on your side,” says Canadian Association of Public Employees president pressprogress.ca/union-presid...

As Ms. Rachel slams the New York Times for its dehumanizing coverage of Palestinians, our editor-in-chief Mehdi Hasan asks the questions that really matter. “People try to make it controversial when you speak out for children that are facing immeasurable suffering.” 🔗 zeteo.com/p/exclusive-...

The day pipeline security followed reporter @writermjs.bsky.social — and what he’s learned since about CSIS — has him asking a lot of questions. thenarwhal.ca/csis-resourc...

B.C. MMA champion denounces gyms, coaches with ties to white supremacist groups

Effectively immediately, B.C. employers "cannot ask for a sick note for a worker’s first two health-related, short-term absences of five consecutive days or fewer in a calendar year." news.gov.bc.ca/releases/202...

just used "they're not new to this, they're true to this" in a work meeting

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3/ We got photos of all of them and got to work finding their names. CBC verified our identifications and added two. By bringing in the CBC, we were able to reach a much larger audience to talk about the threat of white nationalism in Canada. Read CBC's reporting here:

Honestly, one of the great parts of journalism is that really smart people are willing to take the time to explain things to you

Canada is once again known internationally as a country with measles. I am heartbroken and scared for all of my friends who are going to be having kids in the next couple months because of the horrible and very real risk their infants now face. www.cbc.ca/player/play/...

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-...

I’m reporting from B.C. Supreme Court in Vancouver. There is no sentencing today. Nyx and Kalicum + lawyers will be launching a constitutional challenge to the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act. That starts Nov. 24. Story TK for @pressprogress.ca

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

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In other provinces, journalists can use anti-SLAPP legislation to challenge lawsuits when they believe they are groundless or undermine the public interest Alberta has no such laws, leaving journalists vulnerable to long and expensive legal battles I believe that is fundamentally bad for democracy

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 🧵

"The inside story of how two alleged murder plots brought India, the US and Canada to a diplomatic crisis" @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/features/202...

This was her speech…. I’m boutta start crying

For @spitfirenews.com I wrote about "ChatGPT induced psychosis," how the chatbot distorts reality for all of its users, and why, despite what feels like growing pressure to conform to the hype, I still won't use it (and I'm not missing out) spitfirenews.com/p/why-i-stil...

Hiiiiiii friends, I am BACK from maternity leave and ready to report on all the things I missed out on while away. DM or send tips to rjohal@/pressprogress.ca

Hiiiiii, I've been MIA cause of the whole having a baby thing but I wrote about motherhood and postpartum as a response to Sarah Hoover's memoir "The Motherload." You can read it here: rumneekjohal.ca/post/motherh...

I like how everyone was like "AI is going to revolutionize the world" and society is like, "the best I can do is AI slop of dead celebrities doing weird shit."

"Nine times in 15 years: That’s how often the federal government has imposed either back-to-work legislation or binding arbitration." www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

Air Canada has been “encouraged by the federal government’s pattern of intervention in labour disputes…there’s a ‘Get Out of Jail Free’ card now, with the use of section 107.”— @stephross.bsky.social #canlab

Defying an order to end the strike, the union's president proclaimed: "If we stick together, they can’t fire us all." Here's what Air Canada flight attendants are fighting for: pressprogress.ca/air-canada-f...

I'm at Vancouver Airport where CUPE's Air Canada Component is picketing. Air Canada flight attendants are still on strike, defying a back-to-work order from the federal government.

“Their small bodies are shutting down - they can’t breathe, their immune systems are collapsing.” - Scott Lea, International Rescue Committee. “A worst-case scenario is finally unfolding” Full Washington Post story below 👇

New, from me: a reflection on being a new mom: www.rumneekjohal.ca/post/trying-...

Some rando on Twitter tagged me in this today which is hilarious because they follow me and also think they owned me by... posting great pics of me? Sorry I'm a baddie and good at my job, go cry about it!

At least Poilievre won't have to worry about getting that security clearance he had been avoiding.

Me to @brucefanjoy.bsky.social right now:

Once again begging Canada to bring back "I voted" stickers as a reward for surviving politics.