I'm returning to my normal reporter's life today after two months of prep and international travel, a month of writing and three weeks of shameless self-promotion of my 5-part series Lethal Exports (which you can still read here: vancouversun.com/feature/lethal…)

By detaining journalists doing their job, police in Canada threaten the public interest, by Brent Jolly Ethan Cox Andrea Houston theglobeandmail.com/opinion/articl… via Globe Opinion Canadian Association of Journalists #policing #cdnmedia #journalism

It's true! I've joined the talented and ambitious team at the Investigative Journalism Foundation. Reach out if you have any thoughts about B.C. stories that deserve closer attention — particularly in the world of white collar crime.

The Wisdom of the Universe | Christi Belcourt | TVO Arts youtu.be/Gktriwbs2x4?fe… via YouTube Thank you TVO.me for featuring my work in such a caring and respectful way.

Life expectancy for First Nations people in B.C. decreased by 6.6 years during the dual public health emergencies of COVID and toxic deaths from 2019-2021, compared to -1.1 years for non-FN, per @FNHA (h/t Canadian Drug Policy Coalition). Between 2015 and 2021, -7.1 years fnha.ca/about/news-and…

Signatures are piling up on an online petition to have the performance of a Canadian comedy group cancelled after it was revealed the group was selling t-shirts making fun of the Robert Pickton case. vancouver.citynews.ca/2024/02/27/bc-…

B.C. comedy club announces cancellation of Danger Cats show after Pickton T-shirt outrage bc.ctvnews.ca/b-c-comedy-clu…

Thanks to the Washington Post, I found my ancestor’s remains at the Smithsonian IndigiNews publisher Eden Fine Day writes about how she found out her relative was at the institution — and her responsibility to visit and give thanks indiginews.com/first-person/t…

Ottawa adds funding to CBC, despite executives' claims it was asked to cut its budget trib.al/khSIH4F

“Right now, Spotify is risking a strike over less than $50,000,” said the Gimlet Union. “That equates to 0.0001% of the company’s $50 billion market cap.”

BREAKING: Charges against journalist Brandi Morin have been withdrawn! “This is a moment of reckoning regarding the efforts of police to prevent journalists from covering events in the public interest,” said Canadian Association of Journalists president Brent Jolly. ricochet.media/en/4041/obstru… #YEG #abpoli

In B.C., the coroner sends 15% of suspected overdose deaths to autopsy. In other Canadian provinces, the rate is upwards of 60%. Forensic pathologists say it's a problem. And some families are left with painful questions that will never be answered. thetyee.ca/News/2024/03/0…

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“What chafes critics, even those who might consider themselves progressive, is that they expect reconciliation to instead look like a kind of reversal, rewinding the tape of history to some museum-diorama past.” apple.news/AmvjjRLoFRpm_7…

Indigenous Services Canada and Crown-Indigenous Relations intend to cut a combined $417 million from their budgets over three years, and Indigenous Services alone forecasts $4.1-billion decrease in spending over the same period. cbc.ca/news/indigenou…

Because most universities keep the findings of misconduct investigations confidential, sexual-harassment perpetrators are often able to move to other institutions without having to disclose why they left their old jobs go.nature.com/3TFjjkj

Last Chance Alert! Just one more day left to register for the Justice as Trauma Conference at the Vancouver Convention Centre! Registration closes at midnight PST time on March 27th. Don't miss out on this vital opportunity to be part of groundbreaking discussions

Study says 72% of people w substance use + mental health disorders ended up back in jail within three years of being released #bcpoli vancouversun.com/news/crime/bc-…

Mom is ready for the #eclipse -- in Montreal

Resolution #1 at the AFN special assembly to accept the $47.8 billion final settlement agreement on child welfare reform did NOT pass. In favour of- 147 267 against.