There's a lot of talk about 'regulating the drug supply,' but the racial injustice of cannabis legalization, not to mention ex-police chiefs gobbling a fat slice of the pie, holds important lessons that can't be ignored. tyson singh kelsall ਟਾਈਸਨ ਸਿੰਘ walks us through it: drugdatadecoded.ca/drugprohibtion/

When Jewish ppl come on this app to say “we are the only community they do this too” is fucking insulting to racialized and LGBTQ communities—Black and Indigenous—as though this is Oppression Olympics. Yet these racialized communities never hear from them when shit pops off

Time to launch Best Lede award Canadian Association of Journalists

I've used a Toronto supervised consumption site for a year. What it's really like in these facilities Doug Ford is bent on shuttering thestar.com/opinion/contri… via @torontostar

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“A lack of education could also be a reason for higher rates of sexually transmitted infections, said Katie Ayres of SafeLink Alberta” So, you see, let’s make education even harder to access… #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

Ontario is "replacing" supervised consumption sites with ill-defined or regulated treatment buildings — not a thing — and Lorraine has questions. I suggest you hear them out:

So Jesse Brown emailed The Hill Times like the Karen he is to try and get me fired by saying my tweets were “stoking racial animosity”. First off, have you met me? Second, my thread was an observation on the racial constructs of power and…🧵

Canadian media orgs remain largely silent on Adam Zivo moonlighting as a spy and Postmedia's refusal to address it. This directly impacts journalists' safety. thegrayzone.com/2024/09/03/can…

After almost three plus years of discourse on the many forms of harassment & bullying & its impacts on journalism and democracy, it’s crazy how “powerful” male colleagues choose to watch silently as the very livelihoods and reputes of Black/ brown women journalists are attacked.

This is a Montreal hardcore band playing its first acoustic set and it's incredible.

“Kinney says evidence disclosure so far has revealed police spent more than 180 man-hours surveilling him, and that more than a dozen officers were involved in the investigation.” Seems a bit excessive for alleged vandalism. edmontonjournal.com/news/crime/edm… via Edmonton Journal