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Podcast: Expert UBC Medicine witness on testifying in DULF trial (E04: Oct 10, 2026)

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David P. Ball 10 Oct 2026

Podcast: Drug User Liberation Front's big court win (E03: Oct 3, 2026)

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David P. Ball 03 Oct 2026
DULF co-founders (from right) Eris Nyx and Jeremy Kalicum speak at a 2014 press conference alongside their lawyers Tim Dickson and Stephanie Dickson

DULF founders’ trafficking charges thrown out in BC Supreme Court ruling on constitutional challenge

Justice Catherine Murray applauds Eris Nyx and Jeremy Kalicum, declares a section of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act unconstitutional
29 Sep 2026
How Vancouver police turned against DULF

How Vancouver police turned against DULF

Court records show the same inspector who encouraged the compassion club’s founders also approved the investigation that led to raids on their homes
28 Sep 2026

Podcast: Workers' right to strike under Bill C-39 (E02: Sept 26, 2026)

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David P. Ball 26 Sep 2026
We’re on the radio! Spies and corporate intel-sharing

We’re on the radio! Spies and corporate intel-sharing

Hear our new show & podcast today. Plus: UN pauses Toronto deportation. DULF update soon. Tumbler Ridge chatbot logs emerge.
26 Sep 2026

Podcast: Canadian spies' corporate intel-sharing (E01: Sept 19, 2026)

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David P. Ball 19 Sep 2026
Apples, carrots, and peas on bikes

Apples, carrots, and peas on bikes

A ride for migrant rights. VPD officer charged with fraud. Police knew voyeur breached bail. Court blocks decampment. Hospital sent senior to DTES shelter.
12 Sep 2026
How frontline workers are tackling Victoria’s overdose crisis

How frontline workers are tackling Victoria’s overdose crisis

On the block on Overdose Awareness Day
07 Sep 2026
4 months of De Facto event

4 months of De Facto event

Sept. 13 backyard gathering in Victoria. Plus: 318 days of delays. Shooting inquest results. School board allegations. Income rule changes. Shelter bed shortfall.
02 Sep 2026
How we found emails police claimed didn't exist

How we found emails police claimed didn't exist

The challenges & costs of freedom-of-info reporting
28 Aug 2026
My time fighting BC’s wildfires

My time fighting BC’s wildfires

Plus: Overdose prevention site axed. Cop guilty of breach of trust. 138 more toxic drug deaths.
25 Aug 2026
Park officers gather beside a tent near a baseball fence, seen from across the park

Unhoused woman sues city over impounded property

53 police-involved deaths this year. Feds buried safe supply report. BC's top Mountie out over allegations. Vancouver's $400,000+ ballot questions.
18 Aug 2026
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.
01 May 2026

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