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British Columbia, Canada

An composite illustration depicts a Vancouver police officer, a Canada Border Services Agency sign, and yellow tape that says "Police line do not cross"

Vancouver cops are calling border enforcement more than ever. Community members fear that puts them in danger

Migrant sex workers say they're ‘more afraid of police than perpetrators of a crime,’ as new data reveals VPD ‘immigration status checks’ spiked 80% to nearly 1,000 people in two years

How a Mexican woman’s 2013 death in custody of Canada’s ‘de facto ICE agents’ sparked a movement

How a Mexican woman’s 2013 death in custody of Canada’s ‘de facto ICE agents’ sparked a movement

Detained at a transit fare check, Lucía Vega Jiménez died awaiting deportation back to a violent ex-boyfriend. An inquest revealed shocking details

Photographs show police facing protesters, as well as an Indigenous Elder outside law courts with a sign reading 'Our land, our law'

BC journalists launch new worker-owned investigative publication

Six reporters, editors, and photojournalists in Victoria and Vancouver are taking matters into their own hands with a new co-operative — launching just after World Press Freedom Day and International Workers’ Day — to publish investigative journalism about legal, justice, and rights issues.