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Jen St. Denis

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Vancouver, B.C. journalist covering politics and housing for TheTyee.ca Instagram and TikTok: @jenstdenis Email: jstdenis at thetyee dot ca

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Jen St. Denis @jenstden.bsky.social · Jul 11

Katica Dusanic died in a man's SRO room in 2021. Police were investigating the death as suspicious. Then, the coroner showed up, and swiftly declared the death an accidental overdose - a decision that pretty much shut down the police investigation. thetyee.ca/News/2025/07...

What Really Happened to Katica? A Tyee Investigation | The Tyee

Did the police and coroner dismiss a homicide as an overdose?

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Jen St. Denis @jenstden.bsky.social · 11h

I had a video removed because I named a landlord who’d had multiple fires in his buildings, including one that caused a fatality. Super frustrating and another illustration of the age of censorship we’re living through.

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Jen St. Denis @jenstden.bsky.social · 11h

TikTok doesn’t want the platform being used for journalism - even thought users expect to access it there.

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 17h

Huh: TikTok took down my 8-second video featuring this image of Debbie Brockman — the news producer just detained by Trump’s CBP agents — saying it violates the “joy of TikTok”

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Harms Committed @harmscommitted.com · 20h

"This wasn't a school — it wasn't a choice, and the children who attended were stolen."

"[S]híshálh Nation [announced] in August that archeologists had found evidence for 41 unmarked and shallow graves — in addition to 40 it identified in 2023."
#BritishColumbia #Canada #Genocide

St. Augustine’s survivor hopes for closure after evidence of 81 unmarked graves released

50 years after the residential “school” closed, shíshálh Nation uncovers evidence of many burial sites. A Tla’amin Elder wonders how many more children died

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Jen St. Denis @jenstden.bsky.social · 19h

Welcome to my world of explaining the Bush II era to my teenage children

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Jen St. Denis @jenstden.bsky.social · 20h

And reminds me of this other recent case of a woman going missing from another rural B.C. community. www.coastreporter.net/national-new...

'Looking over our shoulders': A killing looms large in a little B.C. town

LUMBY, B.C. — Something has shifted in the pretty little village of Lumby, B.C. It's subtle, say residents of the community of 2,000 people, nestled in the hills of the North Okanagan in B.C.'s Interi...

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Jen St. Denis @jenstden.bsky.social · 20h

Very disturbing case of a woman going missing from a rural B.C. community and her partner not bothering to file a missing persons case.

CFJC Today Kamloops @cfjctoday.bsky.social · 21h

Husband of missing Forest Grove mother denies any involvement in her disappearance

FOREST GROVE, B.C. - Eight months after Jennifer Provencal vanished from her rural home in the South Cariboo under suspicious circumstances, her husba...

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Jen St. Denis @jenstden.bsky.social · 22h

Meh, it's been like this for awhile. There is just so much going on (COVID, rise of fascism, etc). We still have to do our jobs and report this stuff and think more carefully about what "impact" really means.

Jen St. Denis @jenstden.bsky.social · 23h

This is an absolutely insane story - and Interior Health is still claiming they didn't have "a large [data] breach." Please read: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Hacked CRA accounts, crime sprees as B.C. health agency denied massive data breach for a decade | CBC News

For a decade, a B.C. government agency denied a data breach that affected 28,000 health-care workers, creating a situation that one privacy expert says opened the door for fraud artists to continue cr...

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Alan Forseth @alanforseth.bsky.social · 23h

Hacked CRA accounts, crime sprees as the Interior Health Authority denied massive data breach for a decade.

Former privacy commissioner calls for investigation into what health authority knew and when

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #IHA

Hacked CRA accounts, crime sprees as B.C. health agency denied massive data breach for a decade | CBC News

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Jen St. Denis @jenstden.bsky.social · 1d

They were searching their own MLA's phones, not those of journalists, which they would definitely never be allowed to access.

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Jen St. Denis @jenstden.bsky.social · 1d

Wolf is such an unflappable guy 😂 and his questions are the best!

Jen St. Denis @jenstden.bsky.social · 1d

They did it to me during the election, but I’m not part of the legislature press gallery. Pretty sure the gallery would exert some pressure if they actually tried this.

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Jen St. Denis @jenstden.bsky.social · 1d

When Canadian Press reporter Wolfgang Depner asked Rustad if he was paranoid, Rustad said no. While the scrum was still underway Rustad’s chief of staff, Brad Zubyk, called it a “bullshit question” and said the reporter would be barred from asking questions in the future. thetyee.ca/News/2025/10...

Rustad Defends His Push to Search MLAs’ Phones | The Tyee

The effort to identify the source of leaks from the divided Conservative party failed.

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Justin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · 1d

My breaking file on the province requiring a referendum to kill Vancouver's Park Board.

Sim is avoiding criticism of the province on this decision — but he was originally hopeful to get rid of the park board in six months.

But he lost political capital, and the province wasn't inclined to help.

B.C. government says Vancouver requires a referendum to eliminate its park board | CBC News

The B.C. government has put forward legislation that would only allow the City of Vancouver to eliminate its independently elected parks board if it is approved by local voters in a referendum.

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andrea bennett (they/them) @akkabah.bsky.social · 1d

As drought in the Peace River region leads to massive wildfires and the Dawson Creek scrambles to find water, a report released today concludes that water use by the region’s fracking industry shot up 50 per cent last year. Ben Parfitt for @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/10...

Fracking’s Water Demand Soared in Drought-Plagued Northeast BC | The Tyee

A report today from Stand.earth shows the industry’s water use increased 50 per cent in 2024.

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Sean Tucker @seantucker.bsky.social · 1d

Latest on the strike by Canada Post workers by the Tyee's labour reporter @isaacphannay.bsky.social. Worth reading.

The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 2d

“None of us want to be out on a picket line. We’re prepared to fight, but nobody’s happy to be here.” #canlab

Picket Lines and the Fight for the Future of Canada Post | The Tyee

As workers strike once again, the dispute raises big questions about public services.

thetyee.ca

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Jen St. Denis @jenstden.bsky.social · 2d

Kinship agreements are commonly used to keep Indigenous kids out of the child welfare system and with family members.

But Julia's documentation was not recognized by a #DTES housing provider, contrary to BC Housing's own guidelines. thetyee.ca/News/2025/10...

Indigenous Caregiver Says She Faced Housing Discrimination | The Tyee

Kinship agreements keep Indigenous families together — but one housing provider didn’t accept an applicant’s documentation.

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Jen St. Denis @jenstden.bsky.social · 2d

Good morning to everybody except the Yankees

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Rebecca Bollwitt @miss604.com · 2d

“A motion calling on the Vancouver Park Board to officially apologize for hosting an upcoming Harry Potter attraction passed Tuesday in a unanimous vote.”

‘This will not happen again’: Vancouver Park Board apologizes for hosting Harry Potter event

A motion calling on the Vancouver Park Board to officially apologize for hosting an upcoming Harry Potter attraction passed Tuesday in a unanimous vote.

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Joseph Menn @joemenn.bsky.social · 2d

The president's antifa expert tells Holocaust jokes and uses neo-Nazi codes like 1488. www.splcenter.org/resources/ha...

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Jen St. Denis @jenstden.bsky.social · 2d

Afternoon editing soundtrack, courtesy Rufus Wainwright

Lyrics for the Rufus Wainwright song Going to a Town with they lyric « I’m so tired of America » highlighted

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Committee to Protect Journalists @pressfreedom.bsky.social · 2d

Journalists in Sudan’s El-Fasher are trapped under siege. They endure violence, hunger and relentless bombardment alongside the civilians they report on.

Read CPJ’s new investigation: cpj.org/2025/10/hunt...

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Jen St. Denis @jenstden.bsky.social · 2d

Elections BC fines Chip Wilson $600 for putting up three signs accusing the BC NDP of being "communist," etc. during the fall provincial eleciton

The conversation between Wilson and the Election BC investigator should be a one-act play 😂 #bcpoli elections.bc.ca/docs/amp/Enf...

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Tyler Olsen @tyolsen.bsky.social · 2d

If you are a local reporter who has specialized local knowledge and great story, but needs editing support, a second set of eyes, or even just someone to take some interviews off your plate, get in touch! We want to collaborate on more good pieces like this.

Jen St. Denis @jenstden.bsky.social · 2d

The definitive history of Kamloop's very own "Mayor of chaos" by @tyolsen.bsky.social and @castanet.net's Kristen Holliday #bcpoli thetyee.ca/News/2025/10...

Mayor of Chaos: How Kamloops Politics Became Infamous | The Tyee

Car dealer Reid Hamer-Jackson won office with charisma and ideas. Then the wheels came off.

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Jen St. Denis @jenstden.bsky.social · 2d

How city council is going this morning 👀 #vanpoli

isabella zavarise @isabellazavarise.bsky.social · 2d

Another speaker opposed to the motion and bringing up the rally and Sims tweet. She asks sim if he’s tired of getting ratioed on twitter by Orr. Coun. Zhou trying to interrupt her and now telling people it’s a serious environment.

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