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Jimmy Thomson @jameswsthomson.com · 9d

Freelancers based on Vancouver Island or the BC coast, please get in touch if you're available over the next few weeks!

Emily Fagan @thatemfagan.bsky.social · 11d

A judge has sentenced a man who he says was involved in a shooting and arson at the B.C. home of musician AP Dhillon in 2024 on the direction of the Bishnoi crime group, which is now a terrorist entity in Canada.

My latest:
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Man sentenced for arson, shooting at B.C. home of Punjabi musician AP Dhillon | CBC News

A 26-year-old man will serve 4½ years in jail after being found guilty of his involvement in an arson and shooting at the Vancouver Island home of Punjabi musician AP Dhillon. RCMP have an arrest warr...

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Emily Fagan @thatemfagan.bsky.social · 17d

UVic's president committed to implementing all 18 of an independent report's recommendations in the wake of a student's fatal overdose on campus — most before September.

While progress has been made, few recommendations were finished by the start of term.

My latest:

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

UVic behind in implementing most of 18 recommendations from student's death by new term | CBC News

In the wake of a student's fatal overdose on campus, UVic received 18 recommendations from an independent report. It committed to implementing most of them before the fall term, but only three have be...

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

Five months after Premier David Eby directed the British Columbia government to cancel U.S. contracts wherever possible, the work has fallen short of what he had wanted, by Andrew MacLeod #bcpoli

thetyee.ca/News/2025/09...

BC Is Failing on Its Plan to Shun US Businesses | The Tyee

Five months after Eby called for action, the government can’t point to changes.

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Amanda Follett Hosgood @amandafollett.bsky.social · 22d

31 journalists and media staff killed by Israeli strikes on newspaper offices in Yemen in deadliest attack on journalists in the last 16 years.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

Israel attack on Yemeni newspaper was second deadliest on journalists ever recorded

Press freedom group says ‘brutal and unjustified attack’ is deadliest since 2009 Maguindanao massacre in Philippines

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Emily Fagan @thatemfagan.bsky.social · 27d

A First Nations family is seeking justice after a man’s remains were misplaced by Island Health and the B.C. Coroner’s Office.

They’re not the first island First Nation to experience this – but are pushing for changes to prevent it from happening to others.

Latest:
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A First Nations man's remains were misplaced in B.C. It's not the 1st time it's happened | CBC News

Two years after the death of her father, Amanda Large received news that brought added grief and unanswered questions: her father’s brain, which had been removed during an autopsy, had never been retu...

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Michelle Cyca @michellecyca.com · Aug 21

two scandals here: VPD fuelled panic over stranger attacks even as they fell dramatically in 2022, and then refused to release records about them for 14 months, which is against the law

CTV News Vancouver @ctvnewsvancouver.bsky.social · Aug 21

‘Fear and anxiety’: What our police FOI requests uncovered about Vancouver’s stranger assaults scare

Internal emails obtained through Freedom of Information requests shed light on the Vancouver Police Department's media strategy related to stranger assaults ahead of the city's 2022 election.

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Michelle Cyca @michellecyca.com · Aug 19

a really great and well-researched story from @zoeyunker.bsky.social about the context and implications of the Cowichan decision, including how the namesake of Port Moody, B.C., secretly bought a Cowichan village site that should have been a reserve: thetyee.ca/News/2025/08...

Inside Richmond’s Precedent-Setting Cowichan Tribes v. Canada Case | The Tyee

The BC Supreme Court decision affirms Aboriginal title on private lands. What’s next?

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Emily Fagan @thatemfagan.bsky.social · Aug 18

The longest transit strike in BC's history appears to be at a standstill. After weeks of calls for the province to step in, BC's minister of labor says they may appoint a second mediator to try and resolve the dispute.

My latest, with help from @katiederosa.bsky.social:
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

B.C.'s labour minister says 2nd mediator may be tasked to try to end Cowichan transit strike | CBC News

The province may appoint another special mediator to end the nearly seven-month transit strike in the Cowichan Valley, according to B.C.’s labour minister, Jennifer Whiteside.

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Emily Fagan @thatemfagan.bsky.social · Aug 13

Fantastic news for healthcare in Canada, at a time when more in-depth and consistent coverage into issues around health is so needed! Can't wait to see the impact @brishti.bsky.social is sure to make in this role.

Brishti Basu @brishti.bsky.social · Aug 13

I'm so excited to announce that as of last week, I've joined the power-packed team at @pressprogress.ca as their health reporter.

It's a topic that touches everyone's lives, and a healthy healthcare system is often a litmus test for a healthy community.

In this new role, I'd like to... (1/n)

PressProgress @pressprogress.ca · Aug 13

Meet Brishti Basu, PressProgress’ new health reporter:

The promise of universal public healthcare has always been central to the ‘Canadian Dream’. Our new health reporter Brishti wants to help keep the dream alive.

Say hi to @brishti.bsky.social 👋

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Emily Fagan @thatemfagan.bsky.social · Aug 13

First, a fatal house fire. Then, a fiery car containing human remains. And most recently, a fatal assault.

Three people have died in Port Alberni, B.C., within a 9-day period in early August, each of them under circumstances RCMP are investigating as suspicious.

Latest:
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Port Alberni RCMP investigating 3 suspicious deaths in city in 9 days | CBC News

Three people have died in Port Alberni, B.C., within a nine-day period in early August, under circumstances RCMP are investigating as suspicious.

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Emily Fagan @thatemfagan.bsky.social · Aug 12

Congrats Paloma!!

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Emily Fagan @thatemfagan.bsky.social · Aug 7

While Vancouver Island wildfire evacuees from about 100 properties were able to return to their homes on Wednesday evening, the majority remain displaced as efforts continue to try to rein in the fire's continued growth.

My latest on what this looks like on the ground:

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

'Fighting for our community': Vancouver Island evacuees, fire crews see groundswell of support | CBC News

While evacuees from about 100 properties were able to return to their homes on Wednesday evening, the majority remain displaced. In the midst of it, a groundswell of community support is helping fire ...

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Jimmy Thomson @jameswsthomson.com · Jul 22

They receive a salary, but there's no food to buy. Their vehicles are useless without gas, so they walk or use donkey carts.

News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · Jul 21

🚨BREAKING: The last journalists working for AFP in Gaza have said they can no longer work for the news agency.

They are out of energy and they are starving to death.

I have never seen a statement from a news organisation like it.

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Sans intervention immédiate, les derniers reporters de Gaza vont mourir
21 juillet 2025
L'AFP travaille avec une pigiste texte, trois photographes et six pigistes vidéo dans la Bande de Gaza depuis le départ de ses journalistes staff courant 2024.
Avec quelques autres, ils sont aujourd'hui les seuls à rapporter ce qu'il se passe dans la Bande de Gaza. La presse internationale est interdite d'entrer dans ce territoire depuis près de deux ans.
Nous refusons de les voir mourir.
L'un deux, Bashar, collabore pour l'AFP depuis 2010, d'abord comme fixeur, ensuite comme photographe pigiste, et depuis 2024 comme principal photographe.
Samedi 19 juillet, il est parvenu à poster un message sur Facebook: « Je n'ai plus la force de travailler pour les médias.
Mon corps est maigre et je ne peux plus travailler ».
Bashar, 30 ans, travaille et vit dans des conditions égales à celles de tous les Gazaouis, allant d'un camp de réfugiés à un autre camp au gré des bombardements israéliens. Depuis plus d'un an il vit dans le dénuement le plus total et travaille en prenant d'énormes risques pour sa vie. L'hygiène est pour lui un problème majeur, avec des périodes de maladies intestinales sévères.
Bashar vit depuis février dans les ruines de sa maison de Gaza City avec sa mère, ses quatre frères et sœurs et la famille d'un de ses frères. Leur maison est vide de tout aménagement et confort, à part quelques coussins. Dimanche matin, il a rapporté que son frère aîné était « tombé, à cause de la faim ».
Même si ces journalistes reçoivent un salaire mensuel de l'AFP, il n'y a rien à acheter ou alors à des prix totalement exorbitants. Le système bancaire a disparu, et ceux qui pratiquent le change entre les comptes bancaires en ligne et l'argent liquide prennent une commission de près de 40%.
L'AFP n'a plus la possibilité d'avoir un véhicule et encore moins de l'essence pour permettre à ses journalistes de se déplacer pour leurs reportages. Circuler en voiture équivaut de toutes les façons à pre…

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Gord Johns @gordjohns.bsky.social · Jun 27

@thatemfagan.bsky.social Proud to introduce C-211 to make it easier for people with disabilities to obtain the benefits they are entitled to and to reduce the paperwork load on health care workers. Each Disability Tax Credit form takes up to 1 hr to complete.

MP Johns introduces Bill C-211, cutting red tape for Canadians applying for disability benefits

House of Commons, Private Members' Business June 17, 2025 MP Johns introduces Bill C-211, cutting red tape for Canadians applying for disability benefits

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André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · Jun 26

#Disability tax credits are critical for some Canadians. But applying for them can cost thousands. Experts raise alarm that DTC companies are bilking applicants, by @thatemfagan.bsky.social www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... via @cbcnews.ca

Disability tax credits are critical for some Canadians. But applying for them can cost thousands | CBC News

As Canada launches its new disability benefit payments in July, medical and disability experts are raising alarms over barriers to obtaining the main eligibility requirement, the disability tax credit...

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Emily Fagan @thatemfagan.bsky.social · Jun 26

The disability tax credit can be critical for people with disabilities—especially now that it's required to access the new Canada Disability Benefit.

But some people, including low-income families, are being charged thousands by companies for help applying.

My latest:
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Disability tax credits are critical for some Canadians. But applying for them can cost thousands | CBC News

As Canada launches its new disability benefit payments in July, medical and disability experts are raising alarms over barriers to obtaining the main eligibility requirement, the disability tax credit...

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Jimmy Thomson @jameswsthomson.com · Jun 24

Note to freelancers: I'm open to pitches for @nationalobserver.com! We pay pretty well, and we're flexible with timelines for assigned stories. I don't need a long pitch — think 2 paragraphs — but please give an idea of what your story is.

Some recently published freelance pieces:

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Toronto Star @thestar.com · Jun 19

#StarInvestigation: She spent a year living in hotels while in the care of Children’s Aid. It was the last of her young life. This is Jade’s story,

Children’s aid societies have housed hundreds of kids, including many with mental health conditions and high-risk behaviours, in unlicensed settings.

She spent a year living in hotels while in the care of Children’s Aid. It was the last of her young life. This is Jade’s story

Over four years, children’s aid societies have housed hundreds of kids with mental health conditions and high-risk behaviours in unlicensed settings.

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Alistair Kitchen @alistairkitchen.bsky.social · Jun 19

I was deported by the U.S. for reporting on the Columbia University student protests.

www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...

How My Reporting on the Columbia Protests Led to My Deportation

As an Australian who wrote about the demonstrations while on campus, I gave my phone a superficial clean before flying to the U.S. I underestimated what I was up against.

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Shannon Waters @sobittersosweet.bsky.social · Jun 18

Really important work from @halifaxexaminer.ca and the most rage-inducing reporting I've read in a long time

Farhan Mohammed and Andrew Wilkinson have a lot to answer for. Instead of hiring 250 reporters across 50 outlets, they've wrecked and ravaged vibrant local news outlets like The Coast

The erosion of The Coast: Founders of Halifax's storied alt weekly have quit, and the new owner is publishing AI slop - Halifax Examiner

With nothing more than grit, hard work, and determination, Christine Oreskovich and Kyle Shaw created and built the famed alt weekly, The Coast.

www.halifaxexaminer.ca

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Toronto Star @thestar.com · Jun 9

#StarInvestigation: Hours of audio and video evidence is missing from Maplehurst guards’ crackdown on inmates.

The missing footage, which some jail staff allege was purposely destroyed, has fuelled calls for a public inquiry into the violent incident.

Hours of audio and video evidence is missing from Maplehurst guards’ crackdown on inmates

The missing footage, which some jail staff allege was purposely destroyed, has fueled calls for a public inquiry into the violent incident.

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Jana G. Pruden @janapruden.bsky.social · Jun 6

Over a year ago, a woman approached me with a story about her five-year relationship with Regina police Sgt. Robert Semenchuck.
Her case has exposed a disturbing misuse of police power and resources targeting dozens of women.
Please read, please share.
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

For years, he preyed on vulnerable women. Then they found out who he was

A Regina officer is accused of using police resources to pursue women. Seven of them told us their stories

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Emily Fagan @thatemfagan.bsky.social · May 22

You can watch me trying to act casual (and trip) while being filmed walking around a series of hallways in the video version of this story:

www.cbc.ca/player/play/...

People with disabilities face barriers to navigating B.C. Legislature, advocates say

Historic buildings in Canada face logistical and cost challenges to becoming accessible to people with disabilities, including the B.C. Legislature. People with disabilities and current and former MLA...

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Emily Fagan @thatemfagan.bsky.social · May 22

People with disabilities face barriers to navigating the B.C. Legislature, like steep ramps, inaccessible areas, and limited entrances, politicians and advocates say.

My latest for the CBC:

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

People with disabilities face barriers to navigating B.C. Legislature, say politicians and advocates | CBC News

Historic buildings in Canada face logistical and cost challenges to becoming accessible to people with disabilities, including the B.C. Legislature. And advocates, along with current and former MLAs, ...

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